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Lavrov: Russian military will remain in Syria as long as Assad regime needs them
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Argentine newspaper Clarin in a recent interview that Russia will maintain its military contingent in Syria as long as the local government continues to need it.
The Russian military personnel, as the Minister recalled, have been there since fall 2015 "at the invitation of the legitimate government of the Arab Republic." It then asked Moscow to help "in stabilizing the situation in the country, creating conditions for a political settlement of …
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US sanctions force Russian tycoon Deripaska to resign from the board of directors of Rusal
Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska decided to leave the Board of Directors of En+ Group, which is the largest shareholder of aluminum producer Rusal, Deutsche Welle reports.
The website of En+ Group reports that on Friday, May 18, at the meeting of the Board of Directors at the end of which his Chairman Gregory Barker accepted Mr. Deripaska's resignation, the Board unanimously endorsed the proposals aimed at lifting sanctions against En+ and its subsidiaries.
It is noted that the so-called …
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Putin approves new Russian government
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has named the members of Russia’s new government. Medvedev presented the new Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin accepted all proposals made by Medvedev, the website of the Russian president reports.
Medvedev proposed appointing Anton Siluanov as First Deputy Prime Minister, who, in his opinion, should also take on the role of the Minister of Finance.
Among other candidates for the posts of vice premiers are …
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German media: Putin's friend Rotenberg secretly buying real estate in Germany despite sanctions
A joint investigation by SWR and the Berliner Zeitung has uncovered that Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg, who has been individually sanctioned by the EU and US, is investing in large real estate projects in Germany, DW reports.
The authors of the investigation have specifically linked Rotenberg with the Kudamm-Karree-Hochhaus building complex in Berlin. The complex is located on Kurfürstendamm boulevard in the western center of the city, and includes a high-rise building, shopping center, …
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Russia files a case against American journalist who suggested blowing up the Crimean Bridge
The Russian Investigative Committee initiated criminal proceedings against a journalist from the Washington Examiner, an American political journalism website, who wrote that Ukraine should destroy the Crimean (Kerch) Bridge, reported the press-center of the Investigative Committee.
"The investigation suggests, Tom Rogan’s piece published in the public domain on the Internet contains signs of public calls for criminal activities on the territory of the Russian Federation aimed at destabilizing …