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Russia, hit by new US sanctions, halts dollar and euro trade on main bourse
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 1 month ago(Reuters) -New U.S. sanctions against Russia have forced an immediate suspension of trading in...
Chinese Yuan Weakens Against Ruble to Lowest in More Than a Year
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 1 month ago(Bloomberg) -- Russia’s ruble strengthened against the Chinese yuan for the fifth day in a row after...
Analysis-Tax hikes to give Russia fiscal headroom to further increase spending
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 months agoRussia's proposed tax hikes for companies and the wealthy, which may add an extra $30 billion to...
Prominent Kremlin critic Boris Kagarlitsky detained for 'calling for terrorism' online
Euronews via Yahoo News UK· 12 months agoProminent sociologist and Kremlin critic Boris Kagarlitsky was detained in Russia for allegedly...
I left Moscow's autocracy but the apathy followed me to Belgrade
Euronews via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoIn his essay for Euronews View, Serbian political scientist Aleksandar Đokić describes how and why...
As a fifth term for Vladimir Putin looms, Russia is stepping up its war on its own people
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoPowerful dissident voices are becoming a rarity in Russia, where opponents to President Putin and...
Meet the woman who engineered Russia's wartime economy and helped secure another term for Putin
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoRussia's President Vladimir Putin and Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina in a 2008...
Welcome to the weird and lucrative world of adult Lego fans, where creativity — and crime — are...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLouis created custom Star Wars Lego builds and shared them on his YouTube page Republicattak — until...
Russian central bank holds rates at 16% after months of tightening
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 5 months agoMOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's central bank held its key interest rate at 16% on Friday, opting to leave...
Reversing course, Bank of Russia endorses new currency controls
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 9 months agoRussia's central bank on Thursday endorsed President Vladimir Putin's decision to reimpose currency...