Douglas Busvine

Russian economist flees in new sign of pressure on Putin critics

August 24, 2021 at 3:45 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A prominent economist and government adviser has fled Russia after being questioned by state investigators, amid a growing clamp-down on groups and individuals critical or independent of...

Russia’s leading social network banned by “mistake”

August 24, 2021 at 3:29 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading online social network was briefly banned on Friday, in a move dismissed as a "mistake" but which follows intensifying official pressure on the company as...

SocGen’s Russia unit CEO charged with bribery, faces seven years

August 24, 2021 at 2:55 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Societe Generale's Russian unit Rosbank was charged with bribery on Thursday after investigators released a film of him with cash piled on his office...

Special Report: Inside Putin’s central bank surprise

August 24, 2021 at 6:19 a.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - "It will be a surprise - you'll like it," President Vladimir Putin said with a smile when asked whether he had decided who should be next head...

Russia central banker slams vast criminal cash export

August 24, 2021 at 4:39 a.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank chief complained on Wednesday that some 2.5 percent of the national income was illegally siphoned abroad last year - a revelation critics said showed...

Analysis: Russia helps farmers, consumers by allowing grain exports

August 24, 2021 at 1:35 a.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's decision not to ban grain exports after another poor harvest shows its leaders recognize that the embargo imposed after the failed 2010 crop was a mistake....

Putin pledges to fight corruption, capital flight

August 22, 2019 at 12:29 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin pledged on Wednesday to crack down on corruption and the flight of capital from Russia in a new campaign to tackle problems that have...

Putin pledges to fight corruption, capital flight

August 24, 2021 at 12:17 a.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin pledged on Wednesday to crack down on corruption and the flight of capital from Russia in a new campaign to tackle problems that have...

Germany’s Merkel to press Putin on rights in Russia

August 22, 2019 at 11:56 a.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will complain to President Vladimir Putin on Friday about a crackdown on political freedoms in Russia at talks likely to deepen a chill...

Germany’s Merkel to press Putin on rights in Russia

August 23, 2021 at 10:43 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will complain to President Vladimir Putin on Friday about a crackdown on political freedoms in Russia at talks likely to deepen a chill...

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