President Vladimir Putin says Russian-American ties are more important than the issue of the fugitive former U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who is currently sheltering at a Moscow airport.
A bid to establish the world’s largest protected marine environment in the Southern Ocean has failed.
The Golos movement has proposed to acting Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin that video surveillance be provided for the mayoral elections on 8 September. Kommersant learned at the Moscow City Electoral Commission that the Moscow mayor’s office will have to allocate funds. Sobyanin’s campaign headquarters called Golos’ idea “not bad.” – Ed. Golos, the movement in […]
Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said Tuesday that the Central Bank’s decision to launch auctions for loans secured against non-market assets and guarantees is a more effective way to boost economic growth than cutting key interest rates.
The influx of foreigners into Russia testifies to the country’s economic appeal, but it has also brewed indignation and criticism among the residents of many cities and towns throughout Russia.
Russia’s state-controlled oil giant Rosneft is ready to invest 1 trillion rubles ($30 billion) in the development of East Siberia and the Russian Far East in the next five years, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said Tuesday.
A U.N. Security Council committee is split over whether Iran’s missile tests last year violated U.N. sanctions imposed on Tehran because of its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, Australia’s U.N. envoy said on Monday.
Awell-known Tajik opposition journalist has been denied entry at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.
Russia’s chief health inspector has said a recent outbreak of African swine fever in Russia had its origin in neighboring Georgia.
“He reached the conclusion that he needs to write an application for temporary asylum (in Russia), and his procedure has just been done,” said Anatoly Kucherena, a lawyer who met Snowden on Friday with human rights activists.
