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€2bn Russia-Greece gas deal: The EU should applauding us, Putin says
June 22nd, 2015
A deal to jointly build an extension of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline across Greece will help Athens to settle its multibillion euro debt to international creditors, President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Talking ...
Putin’s Next Takeover Target Is Oil Giant’s $34 Billion Cash Pile
May 12th, 2015
In Russia, even private companies serve at the pleasure of the president, particularly if they pump oil. A decade ago, Vladimir Putin’s allies had Mikhail Khodorkovsky jailed and seized his Yukos Oil Co. Last year, they forced billionaire Vladimir ...
Putin Says Russian Economy Could Return to Growth in 2 Years
April 16th, 2015
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia’s economy could return to growth in less than two years, even though he considers it unlikely that the West will lift economic sanctions over the Ukraine crisis soon. In a televised call-in ...
Putin Meets With Alexis Tsipras of Greece, Raising Eyebrows in Europe
April 9th, 2015
With Russia and Greece at odds with Europe, this week’s visit from the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, “could not have come at a better time,” President Vladimir V. Putin said Wednesday. Mr. Tsipras, who is in tough negotiations with other European leaders over international financial ...
Alexis Tsipras flies to Moscow amid speculation of bailout from Putin
April 8th, 2015
Greek prime minister to sign accords with Russia, including gas price discount and possible loans in return for Greek assets, that would alarm EU creditors The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, began a controversial visit to Moscow on Tuesday as ...
Russia’s Putin calls for regional currency union
March 23rd, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Friday creating a regional currency union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russia’s main partners in a union of ex-Soviet states facing growing economic challenges. Putin made his proposal at a meeting with the Belarussian ...
Richest Russians Repatriate Assets After Putin Turns Tax Screw
January 20th, 2015
President Vladimir Putin is pushing harder on Russia’s richest citizens to repatriate offshore assets amid a slump in the ruble and the imposition of sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union. Under new tax rules signed into law ...
What now for Putin after EU tightens Russia sanctions?
December 22nd, 2014
The pressure on the rouble has eased a bit, so the Russian president will just keep on sticking two fingers up until something gives. There is no sign of a détente in the new Cold War between Russia and ...
Putin predicts rouble recovery and blames ‘external factors’
December 18th, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country’s uncertain economic situation has been provoked by “external factors”, and believes it may take two years for the country to return to growth. Making an annual address in Moscow, he said he ...
Plunging Ruble Unsettles Russians, Poses Test for Putin
December 17th, 2014
As Russian President Vladimir Putin has ratcheted up the conflict with the West for most of the year, the economic fallout on ordinary Russians has been limited. Suddenly, though, the plunging ruble is reawakening fears of rising prices and ...
