Polish fears of Russia run high on war anniversary
WARSAW, Poland: It was an unexpected question from a woman hoping to sell me her Warsaw apartment: "Are you sure you want to buy now, when war could be coming?" Though she was half joking, her comment revealed an anxiety Poles express frequently these days ...
Russia's MTS says business unaffected by investigation into Sistema
MOSCOW, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Russia's top mobile firm MTS said on Wednesday that the investigation of Vladimir Yevtushenkov, chairman of the board of Sistema holding company, "doesn't interfere with the operational activities of MTS." Sistema has an ...
Canada announces further sanctions against Russia
Canada has imposed further economic sanctions and travel bans against Russia in support of Ukraine, Canadia's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Tuesday. Since the start of the Ukraine crisis, Canada has imposed economic sanctions against hundreds of ...
Sistema boss arrested in Russia on money-laundering charges
Vladimir Yevtushenkov, one of Russia's richest men, has been placed under house arrest on accusations of money laundering. The arrest brought accusations from the fallen oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, released from prison by Vladimir Putin last year, that ...
Shares in Russia’s Sistema collapse as chairman under house arrest
MOSCOW: Shares in Russia's Sistema holding company dropped 27 percent in early trading in Moscow on Wednesday after its chairman was placed under house arrest by investigators, dragging Russia's wider stock market lower. Sistema's Vladimir Yevtushenkov was ...
Mail.Ru takes over \'Russia\'s Facebook\' VKontakte
Moscow: A media company owned by Kremlin-friendly oligarch Alisher Usmanov has splashed out $1.5 billion to gain full control of Russia's most popular social network, VKontakte, referred to as 'Russia's Facebook', bringing an end to a months-long dispute ...
Russia Places Billionaire Evtushenkov Under House Arrest
Billionaire Vladimir Evtushenkov, the richest Russian to face criminal charges since Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was placed under house arrest yesterday on suspicion of money laundering. The accusations stem from a probe into the alleged theft of shares in oil ...
Russia's Sistema chairman under house arrest in Bashneft case
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators said on Tuesday they had placed Vladimir Yevtushenkov, the chairman of conglomerate Sistema, under house arrest, accusing him of money-laundering in connection with the acquisition of shares in oil producer Bashneft.
Russia needs government investment to avoid recession, says former finance minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia risks slipping into recession because the government is not investing enough in the economy to weather Western sanctions, former finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Tuesday, criticizing the strategy so far. A strong advocate of ...
Opel to Scale Back Operations in Russia
FRANKFURT — Opel, the European unit of General Motors, said on Tuesday it would cut production and hundreds of jobs in Russia amid declining sales and profitability, and dispatched a senior manager from Germany to take charge of operations there.
