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Russian Energy Influence on Europe
September 30th, 2014
With the Ukrainian conflict unresolved and winter in sight, the EU will not only have the grand task of preparing the continent for the possibility of energy shortages, but also to define its long-term energy goals. Most East European ...
Russian lawmaker drafts bill on Foreign-Asset Freeze
September 26th, 2014
A member of Russia’s ruling party proposed a law that would allow the seizure of foreign states’ assets in the country after the U.S. and its allies targeted President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle including a childhood friend with asset ...
Another Western Energy Company Ends Russian Cooperation
September 25th, 2014
ExxonMobil Corp. was the first Western company to bow to Western sanctions against Moscow and suspend offshore Arctic drilling for Rosneft, the Kremlin-owned oil giant. Now another large Western energy company, France’s Total, is ending its effort with Russia’s ...
Russian ruble drops to historic low amid sanctions
September 16th, 2014
Russia’s currency dropped to an all-time low against the dollar on Tuesday as investors fret about the fallout of economic sanctions. The United States and the European Union last week imposed a new round of sanctions against Russia for ...
Russian Oil Exploration Could Be Next on West’s Hit List
September 11th, 2014
The United States and European Union plan to stop billions of dollars in oil exploration in Russia by the world’s largest energy companies including Exxon Mobil Corp and BP Plc, U.S. government sources said. The planned sanctions over Russia’s ...
Russian European food sanctions have consequences
September 5th, 2014
Bas Feijtel has a bumper crop of pears and no place to sell them all, so he’s leaving a quarter of them to rot. That’s because the price he gets for his pears plunged 70 percent from last year after ...
Which European countries would be hardest hit by a Russian gas embargo?
September 4th, 2014
With relations between Europe and Russia at their worst point since the fall of the Berlin wall, the Institute of Energy Economics (EWI) has taken it upon itself to examine what would happen to various European nations if Russia ...
Russian stocks rise following ceasefire announcement
September 3rd, 2014
Russian stocks have risen to their highest level in three months following the announcement of a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine. The main Micex index gained 2.6%, while Russian gas giant Gazprom saw its highest jump since June, rising 3.3%. ...
Russian food safety regulator shuts fifth McDonald’s restaurant
August 26th, 2014
Russia’s food safety watchdog has ordered the temporary closure of one of McDonald’s restaurants in Yekaterinburg in the Urals region, the fifth such closure in recent weeks, the fast food chain said on Tuesday. The restaurant was closed as ...
McDonald’s falls victim of US-Russian economic war
August 22nd, 2014
Having closed several McDonald’s restaurants in Moscow, Russia’s Federal Service for Consumer Rights Protection (Rospotrebnadzor) launched unscheduled inspections of the restaurants of the chain in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia. On August 20, it was reported that the federal ...
