Russian businessman Aleksej Gubarev has filed a US lawsuit against the online media company, BuzzFeed, that published a document stating the Russian special services collected dirt on the president of the United States, Donald Trump. The lawsuit was filed in the state of Florida. Aleksej Gubarev, CEO of XBT Holding,…
Oleg Anashchenko, military chief of Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), was killed in a car bomb attack in Luhansk recently. He died instantly. LPR officials accused Ukrainian intelligence operatives for the incident. The Ukrainian government denied any involvement. Mr Marochko said “Ukrainian secret services” were suspected of being behind the attack,…
Working in the same crew brings people together, says Russian space traveler. Our cosmonauts joke that if the space launch team gathered politicians, then the world would be free of conflicts – Russian cosmonaut and writer, Yury Usachev told Radio Baltkom. “It’s incredible, but when working for a long…
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is planning to pay a visit to Moscow next month to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin – the Interfax news agency quoted Turkey’s ambassador to Russia, Huseyin Dirioz. This will be Erdoğan’s fourth meeting with Putin over the past…
Russia Emerging From Recessionary Deep Freeze.
Russian Senator Downplays New EU, Georgian Visa Regime.
Russia Says With Sanctions Eased, Joint Anti-Terror Operations Can Begin.
Russia has experience an economic contraction over the past few years as Western sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea and the collapse in the price of crude oil have taken its toll. The Russian federal budget has also suffered due to the impact of these external shocks. Although the…
In early January, Belarus introduced a visa-free regime for citizens of 80 countries, including the US and EU member states. Citizens of these countries will be able to stay for five days in the country without a visa. In response to the country’s decision to abolish visas for short-term travelers,…
Russian manufacturing expanded at the fastest pace in six years as factory output, new orders, and employment surged. The seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers’ Index, or PMI, climbed to a 70-month high of 54.7 in January from 53.7 in December. Strong demand pushed production higher and factories added workers to keep…