Search Results for: President Vladimir Putin
Putin to boost ties with China
May 19th, 2014
Amid a bitter crisis in relations with the West over Ukraine, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is moving to bolster ties with China. Russia sees relations with China as a top priority and their ties now are the best ever, ...
Did Putin Just Blink?
May 8th, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made an art of keeping his detractors off-balance from the start of the crisis in Ukraine. Today, he had even pro-Russian separatists lost for words when he called on them to postpone a May ...
Putin Calls On Ukraine Rebels To Put Off Secession Vote
May 8th, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine to postpone a vote on secession just five days before it was to be held, potentially pulling Ukraine back from the brink of violent dismemberment. It was the first ...
Google warning on Putin’s possible Internet censorship might prove right
April 30th, 2014
Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt warned last year that Russia was “on the path” toward China’s model of Internet censorship. Vladimir Putin is proving him right. With Russia locked in the worst standoff with the U.S. since the Cold ...
Putin Could Stop Selling Gas to Ukraine. Here’s Why He Won’t
April 14th, 2014
For a time this week, Vladimir Putin looked ready to turn off the gas. In an April 10 letter to 18 European heads of state, he warned that Russia could “completely or partially cease gas deliveries” to Ukraine, in ...
Siemens CEO Rebuked as German Business Defends Putin Partnership
March 31st, 2014
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s deputy chided Siemens AG (SIE) Chief Executive Officer Joe Kaeser for traveling to Moscow, saying German companies shouldn’t sell out European values to protect business with Russia. The conflict over Kaeser’s meeting with President Vladimir Putin ...
Billionaire Sought by U.S. Holds Key to Putin Gas Cash
March 24th, 2014
A detained billionaire who made a fortune as a middleman in Russia’s murky gas trade with Ukraine may hold the key for U.S. lawmakers seeking harsher sanctions against President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. Ukrainian Dmitry Firtash, arrested in Vienna ...
Putin Clears Crimea Annexation as Ukraine Signs EU Pact
March 21st, 2014
Russia completed the process of annexing Crimea and the European Union signed a political pact with Ukraine, escalating the worst standoff between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation approved by lawmakers ...
European stocks are seen opening on a flat note
October 12th, 2022
European stocks are seen opening on a flat note Wednesday after five consecutive sessions of losses. Recession worries persist with U.S. President Joe Biden conceding Tuesday in an interview that a “very slight” recession was possible. U.S. stock futures ...
Cyprus, Ghana and Kenya join growing list of countries to create beneficial ownership registries
April 15th, 2021
An infamous tax haven in the heart of Europe and two of Africa’s largest economies will force companies to declare their owners, joining a growing list of countries responding to public pressure over crime and tax avoidance enabled by ...
