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Russia SWF head tries to avoid politics
Kirill Dmitriev points to fund’s successes and, while RDIF is not subject to sanctions, hopes peace talks over Ukraine will lead to them being lifted …read more Source: Financial...
Russia’s opposition shows signs of life
Rally against Putin’s undeclared war in Ukraine follows hint of challenge from Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former oligarch freed after a decade in prison …read more Source: Financial...
Blackstone to pull out of Russia
Pressure on western investors after Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and lack of opportunities led US buyout group to ‘give up on Russia’ …read more Source: Financial...
Russian oligarch’s arrest a warning from Putin, says hedge fund boss
Kremlin move against Vladimir Yevtushenkov is warning against a palace coup to protect any tycoons’ shrinking wealth, says Bill BrowderThe arrest of one of Russia’s richest men last week was an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to protect himself from a palace coup, according to one of his most vocal critics.Bill Browder, the hedge...
Moscow rally against Ukraine crisis
Tens of thousands of Russians are marching in Moscow in protest against Russia’s involvement in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says ceasefire violations hold up creation of buffer zone
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military accused separatists and Russian troops on Sunday of continuing to shoot at government forces despite a Sept. 5 ceasefire and said Kiev would not go ahead with setting up a proposed buffer zone until the truce violations stopped. …read more Source:...
Families of German MH17 victims to sue Ukraine: lawyer
BERLIN (Reuters) – Survivors of German victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 downed over Ukraine plan to sue the country and its president for manslaughter by negligence in 298 cases, the lawyer representing them said on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine truce ‘exists in name only’ says top Nato commander
Nato’s top military commander has said that the fragile two-week-old truce between Kiev forces and Russian-backed militants exists “in name… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine truce ‘exists in name only’
Nato’s top military commander said that a fragile two-week-old truce between Kiev forces and Russian-backed militants exists “in name only”… …read more Source: The...
VIDEO: Ukraine deal with eastern rebels
Ukraine’s government and pro-Russia rebels have agreed a memorandum on a peace plan for the eastern conflict. …read more Source:...
