Russia's federal government authorized strategies to decrease the country's short-term migrant employee quota by nearly half in 2025, the state-run TASS news firm reported Wednesday, citing a federal government file it obtained.According to the file, Russian authorities set next year's quota at 5,500 migrants, approximately half of this year's quota of 10,595. The quota d

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Two federal lawmakers have actually denied ordering the assassination of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov after he declared a blood feud versus them and a senator amid a disagreement over the merger of Russia's largest online merchant Wildberries.Last week, Kadyrov implicated State Duma deputies Bekhan Barakhoyev and Rizvan Kurbanov, as well as influential

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A prominent Moscow bar owner’s business partner was arrested as part of an investigation into a car bomb attack that injured the owner and his six-year-old son this week, authorities and Russian mediareported early Wednesday.

CEO and co-founder of the Shaker Group, Viktor Mishachev, his son and his neighbor were hospitalized after an explosive

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Zhanna Nemtsova, the child of the late Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, revealed the creation of a non-profit structure targeted at assisting Russian independent media, stating that Russian civil society lacks a transparent and competitive donor system.Shortly after Moscow released the full-scale intrusion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian

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Spanish authorities on Tuesday stated they had actually arrested four people believed of orchestrating a sanctions-busting business network after obstructing 13 tons of chemical items bound for Russia.The investigation started in 2022 after Western countries enforced waves of sanctions on Russia to prevent it from acquiring devices and technologies for

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The Ukrainian government has reiterated it will not renew its gas transit agreement with Russia when it expires in January 2025. The European Union is also preparing for life with even less Russian gas as it seeks to phase out Moscow's supplies.  

If this gas route is lost, it may intensify Europe's battle with Asia for liquefied natural gas (LNG)

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