TEHRAN, June 24 - The National Welfare Fund of Russia will be replenished by 2.2 trillion rubles (about $35 billion) this year, according to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
TEHRAN, June 18 -The international 'DC World Cup' football tournament has kicked off in Washington DC, with the Russian team beating their Uruguayan diplomat colleagues 4-3 in an intense inaugural game while Russia hosts the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
TEHRAN, June 12 -Russian oil output stood at 10.97 million barrels per day (bpd) in April, unchanged from an 11-month high in March and above a target set by a deal with OPEC on curbing output, Energy Ministry data showed on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, June 11 -Oil prices slipped on Monday, pulled down by rising Russian production and the highest U.S. drilling activity in more than three years but supported by concerns over future Iranian and Venezuelan output.
TEHRAN, May 30 -The reported killing of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko on Tuesday in Kiev was actually a ruse played by the Ukrainian law enforcement to prevent a planned hit, the Ukrainian authorities said.
TEHRAN, May 30 -A prominent Russian journalist and critic of President Vladimir Putin was shot dead in Ukraine where he had fled into exile following threats, police said on Tuesday, May 29.
TEHRAN, April 27 - Oleg Deripaska will reduce his share in Russian conglomerate En+ to below 50 percent, the company said on Friday. The billionaire has allowed En+ to look for independent directors for its board.
TEHRAN, April 27 -Former president of the Russian internal republic of Kalmykia and the current head of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, says he has proved in court that a Reuters report about alleged deals with ISIS was fake and aimed to slander him.
TEHRAN, April 22 - Russian President Vladimir Putin remains the most trusted Russian politician, though his trust rating decreased by about 7 percent in the month following the March 18 presidential election.
TEHRAN, April 12 - Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska has withdrawn his nomination candidacy to join the board of Norilsk Nickel, the mining firm said in a statement on Thursday.
TEHRAN, April 11 -A group of Russian lawmakers have announced a plan to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad while denying claims that the Syrian leader has left the Arab country.
TEHRAN, April 08 -The Russian embassy in London has sent a request for a meeting of its envoy with British foreign minister Boris Johnson to discuss the case of an ex-Russian spy and his daughter poisoned in Salisbury, the RIA news agency reported on Saturday.
TEHRAN, April 05 -The United States plans to sanction Russian oligarchs this week under a law targeting Moscow for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in what could be the most aggressive move so far against Russia’s business elite.
TEHRAN, March 31 -The Russian Embassy in the UK has filed a note to the Foreign Office, demanding an explanation for the "hostile" search of a Russian plane at London Heathrow Airport. It said the inspection was a provocation against Russia.
TEHRAN, March 16 -Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says any threat from the United States to strike the Syrian capital, Damascus, is “unacceptable.”
TEHRAN, March 16 -By telling Russia to “shut up,” UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has revealed his “extreme intellectual impotence” and underlined the vanity of British accusations against Moscow, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.
TEHRAN, March 15 -The White House has approved of the UK government’s decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats from the UK after blaming Moscow for the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in Salisbury.
TEHRAN, March 14 -US President Donald Trump has called on Moscow to provide “unambiguous answers” about the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England.
TEHRAN, March 12 -A Russian MP who has been accused by several women of improper behavior has asked forgiveness for hurting their feelings “in some way.”