Russia and the U.S. have been discussing resuming their economic cooperation, with Moscow touting potential joint projects in metals, rare earth mining and Arctic development.

However, despite the latest U.S.-Russian rapprochement, the economic rationale for such cooperation does not look particularly strong.

Russia-U.S. economic ties were already

The governor of Russia’s northwestern Vologda region reversed a ban on migrant labor in the construction sector after industrial giant Severstal warned that the decision would jeopardize its investments in the region.

Last Thursday, Governor Georgy Filimonov issued a decree barring migrants from working in the Vologda region’s construction sector f

The Kremlin plans to place 100 veterans of Russia’s war in Ukraine into the State Duma in 2026, exiled journalist Farida Rustamova reported Thursday, citing anonymous lawmakers and a Kremlin source familiar with the matter.

The move would see war veterans make up more than one-fifth of Russia’s 450-member lower house of parliament and one-third of t