News Russia: Russia’s Central Bank sues Belgian financial institution as EU mulls using Moscow’s frozen assets
Russia’s Central Bank has filed a lawsuit against Belgian financial institution Euroclear, the Brussels-based clearing house that holds most of Moscow’s frozen assets in Europe, the bank said Friday.
News Russia: Congress investigating Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials
Senate investigators are examining the activities of a little-known $10-billion Russian investment fund whose chief executive met with a member of President Donald Trump's transition team four days before Trump's inauguration, a congressional source told CNN.
News Russia: Russia Stokes Fears of First Foreign Currency Default in More Than a Century as It Attempts Payment
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Wednesday it is up to the U.S. to decide whether crucial interest payments on two dollar-denominated eurobonds go through, ratcheting up fears of Moscow's ...
News Russia: How the conflict in Iran is affecting global markets
Escalation of the Iran conflict is sending shockwaves through global markets — driving up oil, fuel, and commodity prices, stoking inflation and recession risks worldwide. We hear from three NPR reporters in Europe, Asia and Russia.
News Russia: Russian Oil Poised To Flood World Markets As Trump Admin Lifts Sanctions
The Trump administration is lifting sanctions on Russian oil to counter Iran’s stranglehold on Middle Eastern energy. The U.S. began ...
News Russia: Putin demands more taxes as Russia's growth slows to a crawl in the wartime economy
A roughly 20% drop in oil prices in 2025 has squeezed Russian President Vladimir Putin's war chest.Mikhail Metzel/Pool/ AFP/Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a "significant ...
News Russia: Russia says multiple cattle illnesses are complicating Siberian outbreak
By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters) - Russian authorities said on Friday "other diseases" were complicating an outbreak of cattle illness that has led to mass culling in Siberia, which they have blamed on pasteurellosis and rabies. The culling ...
News Russia: News Explorer — Scammers Exploit Sympathy for Iran to Trick Russians Into Sending Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP: Report
The All-Russia People’s Front, a political coalition linked to President Putin, warns of scammers using fake documents to solicit Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP donations. Russian security agencies are ...
News Russia: Bitcoin And Ethereum Plunge After Russia Invades Ukraine
Bitcoin and ethereum dived by 8% and 9.7%, respectively, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has sent equity markets in a spin. The cryptocurrency market has therefore lost $150 billion in the last 24 ...
News Russia: Russia shuts down WhatsApp, pushes citizens to state-run app accused of being a 'surveillance' tool
Russia has blocked the U.S.-based messaging app WhatsApp, the Kremlin announced Thursday, claiming the Meta-owned company failed to comply with local laws. The move follows six months of pressure on ...
News Russia: Russia says EU proposal on loan and reparations to Ukraine is crazy, will draw tough response
By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday the EU's idea of using frozen Russian assets to provide loans for Ukraine, to be repaid eventually using war reparations from Moscow, was "
News Russia: FT Uncovers $90 Billion Russian Oil Smuggling Operation
A Financial Times investigation has uncovered a sprawling network of nearly fifty companies, linked to Russia’s state-controlled Rosneft, that moved at least $90 billion worth of crude oil to mask its origin and circumvent international sanctions.
News Russia: Russia records $647M in daily crypto transactions, says deputy finance minister
Russian crypto market sees daily transactions of $647M, pushing for regulation to manage Europe's largest crypto market.
News Russia: Russia's daily crypto turnover is over $650 million, Ministry of Finance says
Government and central bank officials are pushing for legislation to regulate cryptocurrency activities, aiming for passage during the spring session.
News Russia: Russia-China investment fund has financed over 40 projects totaling $1.3 bln
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia intends to continue expanding the share of trade settlements conducted in national currencies with China BEIJING, November 25. /TASS/. The Russia ...
News Russia: Ambassador calls for fast, profitable Belarusian-Russian investment projects
Yuri Seliverstov has been vested with the authority of a deputy prime minister in charge of overseeing Belarus’ operation within the framework of the Union State of Belarus and Russia and relations with Russia.
News Russia: Russia’s Sberbank Prepares Corporate Crypto-Backed Lending
Russiaâs largest bank Sberbank plans corporate crypto-backed loans after a successful pilot, as regulators finalize digital asset rules by July 2026.
News Russia: Is Vitalik Buterin dumping his Ethereum?
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum (ETH), has withdrawn a sizable portion of his ETH holdings. What gives?
