Part of the Druzhba oil pipeline that connects Russia and Germany was closed down after the discovery of a leakage in western Poland, the Polish pipeline operator PERNsaid Sunday, adding that products continued untouched. On Sunday morning, a crude pipeline leak was identified near the town of Pniewy, on among the 2 lines of the western area t

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Russia's largest loan provider Sberbank expects the Central Bank to raise its crucial interest rate to as high as 23% later this month in its battle against increasing prices, a senior executivesaid Monday. There's a high probability of a rate walking by either one or two percentage points because we see that inflation is still relatively high, Sberbank's Deputy Cha

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The Kremlin stated Monday that Georgia's government was looking for to stabilize the scenario and restore calm after mass pro-EU protests. The Georgian authorities are taking steps to stabilize, return the situation to soothe, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists after Georgian police fired water cannons and tear gas at tens of thousands o

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Valentina Matviyenko, the speaker of Russia's upper legal house, said Monday she anticipates Russian-Ukrainian peace talks to resume in 2025 when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is successful outgoing President Joe Biden. The likelihood of a real attempt to begin such settlements and meetings in 2025 is much higher than the likelihood that no s

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The Kremlin has started constructing a story of success in Ukraine with Russia's local officials ahead of legal elections next year, the Kommersant business daily reported Monday, mentioning anonymous sources acquainted with the matter.The Russian public must translate any future outcome of what the Kremlin calls its special military o

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The Syrian military and its ally Russia performed lethal joint air raids on locations under Islamist-led rebel control on Monday, as they fight a lightning offensive that has actually wrested swathes of Syria from federal government control.Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is backed by Russia and Iran, both of which have actually verified they will assist his army fight back

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