The family of the former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, now head of state-owned bank Vnesheconombank, Igor Shuvalov owns a villa in Dubai worth approximately $8 million, OCCRP reported with reference to emirate’s private real estate registry.

An exclusive building with a private beach and swimming pool is located on the shores of Palm Jumeirah, an artificial island in the Persian Gulf. Nearby are villas owned by Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the youngest son of the former Emir of Dubai, Ilham …

Russia has asked China to take part in negotiations on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, reported Nikkei, citing sources familiar with the situation.

According to the news agency, the proposal was given in October, and “apparently, Beijing did not reject this idea.”

A source close to the Russian government told the agency that Russian president Vladimir Putin might have touched on the topic of inviting China to the negotiations in a short conversation with US President Donald Trump in …

At a press conference with reporters in Minsk, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that it is important for him to maintain independence from other countries, BelTA reported.

Lukashenko noted that there are no absolutely independent states in the world. Russia itself, according to Lukashenko, is rather sovereign than independent.

“If they want to divide us into regions and incorporate into Russia, as the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky suggested, it will never happen. And if the …