Sweden calls in Russian diplomats to protest breach of its waters
Sweden has protested to Russia after two warships entered its territorial waters without permission, a defence department spokesman said on
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Russia says world’s largest nuclear icebreaker embarks on Arctic voyage
A nuclear-powered ice breaker Russia says is the world’s largest and most powerful set off on Tuesday on a two-week
Continue readingBank shares slide on report of rampant money laundering
The financial sector was hit hard Monday following a report alleging that a number of banks, JPMorgan, HSBC, Standard Chartered
Continue readingInternational lenders back $9.5 bln financing for Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 – document
International lenders have lined up about $9.5 billion in financial support for a Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project,
Continue readingNornickel says it collected more than 90% of fuel leaked by Arctic spill to rivers
Russia’s Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) said on Friday that it had collected more than 90% of fuel leaked into rivers during
Continue readingRussian watchdog files $2 bln lawsuit against Nornickel for fuel spill damage
Russia’s environment watchdog said on Thursday that it had filed a lawsuit against a power business owned by mining giant
Continue readingKonchalovsky’s tribute to ‘pure’ Soviet soul tipped for Venice win
A paean to the “pure” soul of the Soviet people by Russian master Andrei Konchalovsky has emerged as one of
Continue readingRussia publishes virus vaccine results, weeks after approval
Russian scientists have belatedly published first results from early trials into the experimental Sputnik V vaccine, which received government approval
Continue readingRussia’s Bolshoi Theatre reopens with a socially distanced ‘Don Carlo’
Russia’s opera aficionados will flock to the Bolshoi Theatre for the first time in almost six months on Sunday, wearing
Continue readingRussia jails two Jehovah’s Witnesses for four years on extremism charges, group says
A Russian court has sentenced two Jehovah’s Witnesses to four years in prison after finding them guilty of extremism, the
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