This week, the Kremlin lashed out at the US after it announced plans to transfer millions of dollars of confiscated assets of Russian oligarchs to Ukrainian military veterans. Business Insider writes about this. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced this initiative...
Russian companies have received hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition from Western suppliers, including American sniper ammunition, according to Politico. In a 60-second video of the gear review posted on Telegram, a masked sniper wearing the skull insignia of the Wagner Mercenary Army praises the rifle...
Aeroflot, Russia's largest airline, sent a plane to Iran for repairs for the first time. All because of the sanctions imposed against Russia, RBC reports. The liner with registration number RA-73700 flew to Tehran on April 5. Employees of the largest Iranian carrier Mahan Air are going to carry out maintenance of the aircraft landing gear…
The pilot of Aeroflot, the captain of the A-320 liner Andrei Litvinov, spoke about the state of civil aviation in Russia and about its prospects, reports Current Time. Russian airlines may suspend flights on Russian regional Sukhoi Superjet liners due to a shortage of engine spark plugs. They are not...
Two businessmen have been charged with running a money laundering scheme to protect Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, from having his $90 million yacht confiscated. 51 year old…
Foreign manufacturers that produce processors for Russia according to the documentation provided by the country refused to fulfill orders in 2022, as well as supply already manufactured products, Voice of America reports. This year, according to the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev, 15 thousand PCs were produced ...
The consulting company NF Group (ex-Knight Frank Russia) has calculated the number of international brands operating in Russia. The study included 152 foreign retailers that continued to operate as part of shopping centers in 2022, according to CRE. The leaders in terms of the number of brands represented in Russia are…
On November 11, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation published a list of persons who are now banned from entering Russia. And then everyone rushed there. “In response to the ever-increasing personal sanctions imposed by the administration of US President Joe Biden, not only against Russian officials ...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said that one of its divisions is called upon to fight crime. Among other things, it monitors financial crimes and tracks down the expensive property of the Russian elite, which is under sanctions. In the current fiscal year, the division has identified more than $32 billion for a possible…
A sudden and unexpected surge in European exports of washing machines, refrigerators and even electric breast pumps to Russia's neighbors has officials fearing a trade boom could help Putin's war machine in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported. According to data compiled by Bloomberg from the EU Eurostat database,…