1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (426+ words) Russia’s Central Bank kept its key interest rate at 14% on Friday, saying that rising fuel costs, driven by Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries, and a “temporary reduction in production capacities” are making it difficult to tame inflation. The Central…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (248+ words) Russia and Vietnam signed a framework agreement Wednesday to cooperate on establishing a strategic oil reserve in Vietnam, as the two countries moved to deepen energy ties during President To Lam’s visit to Moscow. Following talks with To Lam, President…...

4+ day, 3+ min ago   (330+ words) A group of Russians who were on board a ship seized by Norway last week have returned home, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, as it accused authorities in Oslo of trying to push Russia out of the Norwegian Arctic archipelago…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (223+ words) The first governor of Russia’s Central Bank after the fall of the Soviet Union, Georgy Matyukhin, has died at the age of 91. Russia’s Central Bank announced Tuesday that Matyukhin passed away on Saturday, one day ahead of his 92nd birthday. The…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (254+ words) President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia's budget deficit, which grew by 40% in the first half of this year to reach 2.8% of GDP, poses no "critical" risk for the economy and remains manageable. "Considering that we have one of the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (984+ words) A review of the predictions made by experts from 2022 to 2026 shows, first, that nobody produced an accurate forecast. And second, that the mistakes of loyalist analysts were no greater than those of their colleagues who do not depend on the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (136+ words) At least two people were killed in a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks in southern Russia that targeted two oil refineries, forcing at least one facility to halt operations, regional officials said. In the Krasnodar region, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev wrote…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (275+ words) President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted the government powers to take control of critically important infrastructure sites if they are deemed to be poorly protected against Ukrainian strikes and other threats. The special powers, set out in an executive order,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1493+ words) This article was first published by VPost. It took 21 years for President Vladimir Putin to step aboard Russia’s new MC-21 passenger jet, the long-delayed plane that Moscow hopes will replace the aging Airbus and Boeing aircraft underpinning its commercial fleet....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (185+ words) The Kremlin said on Monday that measures were being taken to minimize the impact of Ukrainian strikes on Russia's grain exports as global wheat importers brace for tighter supplies amid attacks on Black Sea grain infrastructure. Tit-for-tat attacks by Russia…...