WARSAW: When activists from eastern Poland traveled to Warsaw to join a far-right march, the local mayor from the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) paid for...
KALININGRAD, Russia: The Baltic Sea outpost of Kaliningrad was once touted as Russia’s future Hong Kong: separated from the mainland, with a special status...
MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank cut its main lending rate Friday for the first time in almost a year, signaling confidence that inflation risks are declining...
DUBAI/MOSCOW: When Iran took delivery of the first parts of an advanced Russian air defense system this month, it paraded the anti-aircraft missile launchers...
MOSCOW: Four years ago, Russia’s federal government cleaned up its finances by shifting responsibility for a chunk of social spending to regional...
MOSCOW: Russia, which is pressing Ukraine to repay a $3 billion eurobond soon, said Friday it was worried about proposed reforms to the International Monetary...
MOSCOW: The BRICS emerging economies will launch a development bank at a summit this week which President Vladimir Putin hopes will help reduce Western...
MOSCOW: At least 54 crew on a Russian fishing trawler died and 15 were missing after it sank in freezing waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Western...
MOSCOW: The Russian central bank cut its main lending rate Friday, sending a strong signal that it now sees the rapidly declining economy as a more serious...
MOSCOW: Russia’s ruble hit its highest levels in two weeks Tuesday, shored up by informal capital control measures designed to head off a repeat of the...
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin’s idea of a massive boost to Gazprom’s share capital has taken bankers and the energy industry by surprise, with...
MOSCOW: Russia unexpectedly raised interest rates for the second time in two months Friday and suffered its first credit rating cut in five years,...
MOSCOW/SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine: President Vladimir Putin rebuffed a warning from U.S. President Barack Obama over Moscow's military intervention in Crimea, saying...
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW: Russian officials are pushing for the International Monetary Fund to proceed with reforms without the United States, which could mean the...
MOSCOW/PEREVALNOYE, Ukraine: Russia paid a financial price on Monday for its military intervention in neighbouring Ukraine, with stocks, bonds and the rouble...
MOSCOW: Moscow's $15 billion financial aid to Ukraine should benefit the Russian economy and risks for both countries would have been greater if Kiev had...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia: The Group of 20 said Friday the global economy was improving but it was still too early to declare an end to the crisis with emerging...
MOSCOW: The Group of 20 nations pledged over the weekend to put growth before austerity, seeking to revive a global economy that “remains too weak” and...
NICOSIA/MOSCOW: Cyprus ordered banks to stay shut until next week as the government scrambled Wednesday to avert a financial meltdown after rejecting the...
NICOSIA/MOSCOW: Cyprus ordered banks to stay shut until next week as the government scrambled on Wednesday to avert a financial meltdown after rejecting the...
MOSCOW: Russians responded angrily Monday to the threat of a levy on bank deposits in Cyprus that could end the Mediterranean island’s appeal as a safe...
MOSCOW: The Group of 20 nations declared Saturday there would be no currency war and deferred plans to set new debt-cutting targets, underlining broad concern...
MOSCOW: The Group of 20 nations declared on Saturday there would be no currency war and deferred plans to set new debt-cutting targets, underlining broad...
MOSCOW: Russia sought Thursday to calm a “currency war” that has flared between the developed and emerging worlds and threatens to dominate...
MOSCOW: Russia will try to move the G20 major economies beyond financial sector fire-fighting during its year-long presidency, calling the group's first-ever...