Zenit St Petersburg have made a bid to sign Andrey Arshavin on loan for the rest of the season. The Russian champions want their former star to step in for Portugal playmaker Danny Miguel, who has been ruled out for at least six months after suffering a cruciate knee ligament earlier…

The leading importer of bananas in Russia, JFC Group has filed for bankruptcy, claiming the Arab Spring and ensuing instability on the global market have undermined its business.Read Full Article at RT.com

New S-400-Triumph air defense missile systems have been delivered to Russian western military districts and will be deployed in a month, the district commander said Tuesday.

Deputies who were refused registration by the regional election commmission to take part in elections to the Lermontov City Council in the Stavropol region in southern Russia went on hunger strike on Tuesday.

CNBC.comBRICs No Safe Haven From Western Doom: StudyCNBC.comInvestors turning to the still-expanding BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China should be aware that these countries remain exposed to risks — including internal conflict and the impact of climate change — which could…

Luxury hotel oversupply in Bangkok is driving Erawan Group Plc to diversify into mid-range and budget segments thanks to the growth of emerging markets such as Russia, China and India.

Dispute pits Mehmet Karamehmet, Turkey’s richest man, against Alfa Group of Russia and TeliaSonera, the Nordic telecommunications company

Vladimir Putin reveals that Russia is set to embark on a $768bn programme over 10 years to modernise the country’s armed forces

Russia is scrapping plans to collect tax on corporate Eurobonds placed before Jan 1, 2013, following a storm of protest from major Russian companies.

Filed under: Economy, Retail, Market NewsFirst came higher food prices, thanks to heat in Russia and floods in China and Australia. Then came soaring gas prices as a result of the crisis in Libya. Now, imported consumer goods -- including almost everything from Brazilian orange juice to…

Filed under: Energy, Economy, Currency, Market NewsThe U.S. economy has just started to gain some steam, with manufacturers' humming, exports rising and companies finally adding jobs. But now high oil prices threaten to derail the fragile recovery. The price of oil, which has stood above…

Container terminal of Ukrtranscontainer (UTC), part of National Container Company (NCC), on February 16, 2012 resumed work at the port of Ilyichevsk (Illichivsk), NCC news release said.The joint activity contract between private company Ukrtranscontainer and state-run Sea Commercial Port of…

The second trunk line of the Baltic Pipeline System (BTS-2) to transport oil to Europe may be launched at the end of February or in early March, Igor Dyomin, spokesman of Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, said on Tuesday.

Maslenitsa is a cycle of folk holidays that has been observed in Russia since pagan times, celebrating the end of winter, the welcoming of spring and remembering dead ancestors

Neither Syrian opposition groups nor international powers want foreign military intervention in Syria, the Arab League (AL) envoy to Russia Giuma al-Ferjani said Monday.

Neither Syrian opposition groups nor international powers want foreign military intervention in Syria, the Arab League (AL) envoy to Russia Giuma al-Ferjani said Monday.

Mexican drug cartels do not have direct cocaine supplies to Russia, according to Mexico and Russia’s data, Russian Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov said on Tuesday.

Inflation in Russia in 2012 will not exceed last year's level of 6.1 percent, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.

Russia will not participate in a meeting of the so-called Friends of Syria Group in Tunisia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Tuesday.

Russia came closest to challenging China’s recent dominance of world diving on the first day of the 2012 World Cup in London, the last diving test event before the Olympics.

RVC Biofund and biopharmaceutical services provider Quintiles will together expand clinical research in Russia.

Moskau (BoerseGo.de) – Der russische Kremlkandidat Wladimir Putin setzt knapp zwei Wochen vor der Präsidentenwahl auch auf militärische Stärke. Russland will in den nächsten zehn Jahren 575 Milliarde..

CNBC.comBRICs vulnerable to global risks: reportExpressindia.comLondon BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) have not become less vulnerable to global shocks despite their strong economic growth over the past four years, a survey showed on Monday. Risk consultancy Maplecroft said…