Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov visited Mount Athos in Greece despite being on the EU sanctions list, Time magazine reported, referencing several different sources.

In May, Surkov reportedly accompanied Russian President Vladimir Putin and several prominent Russian politicians and priests to Mount Athos, a place of pilgrimage for Orthodox Christians.

When asked to comment on the allegations, the Kremlin responded that the information “does not correspond to reality.”

Surkov was …

In Russia, almost two-thirds of the country’s wealth is in the hands of millionaires. This makes its economy the "most unfair" of all major world economies, according to experts at the French multinational management consulting corporation, Capgemini.

The most unequal distribution of wealth of all the world's major economies is in Russia. This conclusion was reached in the World Wealth Report by the consulting company Capgemini, published on Wednesday, August 31, 2016. In the report, the …

The sudden check of the troops’ combat readiness, which was held in the south of Russia and in the Crimea, was mainly intended for Western partners, and Kremlin wants to force Ukraine to settle the conflict in the Donbas on Russia’s terms, according to the deputy director on international issues at the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (CACDS), Mykhailo Samus, Krym.Realii reported.

“This is [meant to be] pressure on the West with an aim to force Ukraine via Western partners …