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Lukashenko bets on annexed Crimea opening its sky for flights from Belarus Reuters 2 hrs ago © Reuters/PRESS SERVICE OF THE PRESIDENT O Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko delivers a speech during a meeting in Minsk MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who has refused to recognise Russias 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, said on Tuesday that Minsk was working with Moscow about starting flights to Crimea from Belarus. The national airline of land-locked ...

RUSSIA-POLITICS/OPPOSITION-ARRESTS (URGENT):Russia detains opposition politician Gudkov -TASS citing sources

MOSCOW — Russian metals producers may face a demand to pay 100 billion roubles ($1.4 billion) in additional tax to the government for ‘screwing the state’,…

Russian metals producers may face a demand to pay 100 billion roubles in additional tax to the government for screwing the state, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov said in an interview... | May 31, 2021

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read MOSCOW, May 27 (Reuters) - Russia’s largest gold producer Polyus said on Thursday that its first-quarter core earnings rose by 25% year-on-year to $739 million due to higher gold sales and stronger global prices for the precious metal. Its revenue rose by 18% to $1.0 billion, the company said in a statement, adding that it was on track to spend $1.0-$1.1 billion on its capital expenditures in 2021. (Reporting by Polina Devitt and Anastasia Lyrchikova; Editing by Ja...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Sofia Sapega, a Russian citizen who was detained along with Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich after their flight was diverted by a warplane to Minsk on Sunday, may face criminal charges in Belarus, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The Belarus warplane intercepted a Ryanair passenger jet carrying Protasevich, a journalist critical of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in an act denounced by Western powers as “state piracy”. Sapega, a 23-year-old st...

Russian court fines Google additional 2 million rbls -TASS Toggle share menu Advertisement Russian court fines Google additional 2 million rbls -TASS A Russian court on Tuesday fined U.S. technology giant Google an additional 2 million roubles (US$27,270) over failure to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the TASS news agency reported after earlier fines totalling 4 million roubles. FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is seen on on the companys European...

Russian export prices for the summer’s new wheat crop fell last week following a decline in global benchmarks in Chicago and Paris, the IKAR agriculture consultancy said in a note on Monday. Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, usually starts harvesting in late June-early July. It may increase grain exports in the 2021/22 ...

Azerbaijan denies firing at Armenian positions This content was published on May 25, 2021 - 16:20 May 25, 2021 - 16:20 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Azerbaijans defence ministry on Tuesday denied accusations by Armenia that it had fired across the border at Armenian positions. Armenias defence ministry said earlier that an Armenian soldier had been killed during a shootout with Azeri forces on its eastern border with Azerbaijan. Azerbaijans defence ministry said in a statement that the soldier had died i...

Companion of detained dissident journalist may face charges in Belarus, Russia says Reuters 2 hrs ago MOSCOW, May 25 (Reuters) - Sofia Sapega, a Russian citizen who was detained along with Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich after their flight was diverted to Minsk on Sunday, may face criminal charges in Belarus, Russias Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Belarus on Sunday scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair passenger jet carrying Protasevich, a journalist critical of Belarusian le...