Russia’s Mechel to buy stake in Elga coal project for $461 mln – sources

Russian steel and coal producer Mechel has agreed to buy Gazprombank's 34% stake in the Elga coal deposit for around 30 billion roubles ($461 million), two sources familiar with the matter told... Read more »

Russia’s Medvedev slams U.S. for Cuba embargo during Havana trip

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lambasted the Trump administration on Thursday for trying to create a "toxic atmosphere" around Cuba, during a two-day trip to the island demonstrating Russia's support for its... Read more »

Russia’s Sberbank investigating potential client data leak

Russia's biggest lender, Sberbank, is investigating a potential leak of its customers' personal data, the bank said on Thursday, as the Kommersant newspaper reported that the leak may be the biggest ever... Read more »

There’s a new round of tensions between the US, NATO, and Russia, and that means there’s a new battle brewing in the Atlantic

With a new period of competition between the US and its NATO allies and a resurgent Russia, the North Atlantic is once again ... Read more »

Russia Helping China to Build Missile-Attack Warning System: Putin

Russia is helping China to build a missile attack warning system, something which only Russia itself and the United States possess at the moment, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Read more »

UPDATE 1-Russia’s Rosneft seeks euros for all new export deals -documents

Russia's Rosneft has set the euro as the default currency for all its new export contracts including for crude oil, oil products, petrochemicals and liquefied petroleum gas, tender documents showed. Read more »

‘Don’t tell anyone’: Putin jokes about Russia meddling in 2020 election

WASHINGTON – Russia President Vladimir Putin joked Wednesday that he is going to interfere in the 2020 presidential elections ... Read more »

Russia likely to focus on voter suppression in 2020, feds warn states

The federal government warned state election officials Thursday it suspects Russia may focus on voter suppression as a means to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. Read more »

China, the US, and Russia are building unstoppable Mach 5 missiles and leading a ‘hypersonic race to hell’

Hypersonic weapons are the latest manifestation of the misguided urge for an "arms race," writes international-relations ... Read more »

Putin: Russia Helps China Build Missile Warning System

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is helping China build a system to warn of ballistic missile launches. Read more »