Russian real estate tycoon Dmitry Zelenov passed away earlier this month after tumbling down a flight of stairs while visiting friends in the French Riviera, according to a local outlet and an independent Russian outlet. The French newspaper Var Matin reported Sunday that Zelenov, 50, had been dining with friends in Antibes on Dec. 9…
DetailsA Russian businessman arrested in London is identified by Russian state media as Mikhail Fridman, who also holds Israeli citizenship. A statement from the UK’s National Crime Agency — which didn’t name Fridman — says he is suspected of money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Home Office and conspiracy to commit perjury. Two other people…
DetailsMOSCOW, — A Russian court yesterday ordered private company Sistema to pay huge damages to state-controlled oil giant Rosneft over its controversial deal to acquire oil company Bashneft.
Moscow – A Russian naval reconnaissance ship sank Thursday after colliding with a freighter off Istanbul, but all crew members were rescued, the Defense Ministry said.
Russian government hackers penetrated the Democratic National Committee’s database and stole its opposition research on Donald Trump, according to a report published by the Washington Post.
A Russian fighter jet buzzed a U.S. Navy plane conducting surveillance operations in international airspace, the countries confirmed.
Four Russian cruise missiles aimed at targets in Syria instead crashed in Iran, a US official said Thursday, declining to comment on whether there were any casualties.
MOSCOW – A Russian court has ordered the arrest of Jewish former businessman and oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a spokesman for Russia’s Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, was quoted as saying on Wednesday by the RIA Novosti news agency.
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations died Monday morning after suffering heart problems at the embassy in Manhattan.
A top official at Metrojet, the Russian airline company whose flight crashed Saturday in Egypt, is insisting that a technical fault could not have caused the crash.
