Russia
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Russia Agrees Debt Restructure With Ukraine
Russia Agrees Debt Restructure With Ukraine
November 19, 2015Russia has agreed to restructure a portion of Ukraine’s foreign debt, making them the last of Ukraine’s [...]
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Saudi Arabian Oil Pushing Into Russia’s European Market
Saudi Arabian Oil Pushing Into Russia’s European Market
November 18, 2015Saudi Arabian oil is making inroads into Russia’s European oil market, causing large concern for the [...]
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Unusual Protest by Mortgage Activists in Moscow
Unusual Protest by Mortgage Activists in Moscow
November 17, 2015Russians who have taken mortgages out in foreign currencies have taken the unusual step of sending coffins down the [...]
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UniCredit Announces Sweeping Job Cuts
UniCredit Announces Sweeping Job Cuts
November 16, 2015Italy’s largest bank, UniCredit, has announced large cuts to its workforce on the back of a decrease in [...]
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Foreign Clothing Stores Closing Down in Russia
Foreign Clothing Stores Closing Down in Russia
November 15, 2015For the first time in five years, more foreign retailers are closing theirs shops than opening new ones in Russia. [...]
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Turkish Airlines Now Russia’s Largest Foreign Airline
Turkish Airlines Now Russia’s Largest Foreign Airline
November 13, 2015Turkey’s national carrier, Turkish Airlines have become Russia’s largest foreign airline following cuts [...]
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X5 Retail Group to Launch Cafe Chain in Russia
X5 Retail Group to Launch Cafe Chain in Russia
November 10, 2015Retail group, X5 is to set up a cafe chain in Russia, according to reports. Vkusnaya Kukhnya or ‘Tasty [...]
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Ukraine PM Stresses Need for Common European Energy Policy
Ukraine PM Stresses Need for Common European Energy Policy
November 09, 2015Speaking at the 10th Riga conference in Latvia, Ukrainian Prime Minister, Arseniy Yetsenyuk said there was a need [...]
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Car Sales in Russia Down 43%
Car Sales in Russia Down 43%
November 09, 2015New car sales in Russia have dropped by 43% in the first nine months of the year, compared to the same period last [...]
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Transaero All But Finished as Takeover Talks Fall Through
Transaero All But Finished as Takeover Talks Fall Through
November 05, 2015After the second takeover deal of Transaero fell through this week, it appears the end has come for the indebted [...]
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Russian Airline Pobeda to Offer 15 Euro Flights to Europe
Russian Airline Pobeda to Offer 15 Euro Flights to Europe
November 05, 2015Russian low cost carrier, Pobeda will soon begin to sell tickets to destinations to Europe for as little as €15. [...]
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Duda Opposes Nord Stream Expansion
Duda Opposes Nord Stream Expansion
November 05, 2015In a visit to Bucharest this week, Polish President Andrzej Duda has said that his country opposes Russia’s [...]
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Ukraine Importing 67% Less Gas from Gazprom
Ukraine Importing 67% Less Gas from Gazprom
November 03, 2015Gazprom CEO, Alexei Miller has told journalists that the export model of Gazprom has changed significantly over the [...]
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Foreign Film Record in Russia for October
Foreign Film Record in Russia for October
November 03, 2015Despite reports that there is a pull back of foreign influence in Russian culture, October was the highest month in [...]
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High Tech Bus Stops Coming to Moscow
High Tech Bus Stops Coming to Moscow
November 02, 2015Moscow is to get an upgrade in a number of its bus stops, with WiFi and mobile phone charging stations [...]
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Profile of Russian Airline Metrojet
Profile of Russian Airline Metrojet
October 31, 2015Following the crash of the Kogalymavia, (trading as Metrojet), Airbus A321 carrying 224 passengers in central [...]
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Recession in Russia Hits the Sale of Shoes
Recession in Russia Hits the Sale of Shoes
October 30, 2015A recent study in Moscow has shown that the sale of shoes has plummeted over the previous 12 months in the city. [...]
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Turkey Launches Gazprom Court Proceedings
Turkey Launches Gazprom Court Proceedings
October 28, 2015With concerns that the relationship between the two countries are strained over the conflict in Syria, Turkey [...]
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Moscow Region Takes Over as Country’s Largest Mortgage Market
Moscow Region Takes Over as Country’s Largest Mortgage Market
October 28, 2015The region surrounding Moscow is now Russia’s largest mortgage market, according to a report cited in a [...]
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Ukraine Has ‘No Intention’ of Paying Russian Loan
Ukraine Has ‘No Intention’ of Paying Russian Loan
October 27, 2015In an interview with a German newspaper, Handelsblatt, Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Arseny Yatsenyuk has stated [...]
