by CBBSS | Jul 31, 2021 | Regional News
The U.S. added associates of powerful Russian businessmen and businesses to its sanctions list on Thursday. Crimean port operators and former Ukrainian officials linked to ousted president Viktor Yanukovych were also added to the list, Reuters reports. Read...
by CBBSS | Jul 31, 2021 | Regional News
Russia’s ruble hit 60 to the dollar this week, its lowest point in more than four months, AP reports. Inflation in Russia was at 15 percent in June. Read original...
by CBBSS | Jul 30, 2021 | Regional News
Turkey suspends talks with Russia on the Turkish Stream project, after Russia fails to sign a previously agreed discount of 10.25% on the 28-30 billion cubic meters of gas Ankara buys from Gazprom. Read original...
by CBBSS | Jul 30, 2021 | International News and Analysis
Carl Gershman, the president of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) writes an op-ed in the Washington Post about Putin’s crackdown on proponents of democracy in Russia. This week, Russian prosecutors deemed the NED an “undesirable...
by CBBSS | Jul 30, 2021 | International News and Analysis
The Guardian interviews a former Russian billionaire, who has been stripped of his wealth and is now living life on the run. Sergei Pugachev was a close associate of Putin, who co-ran his election campaign and would have nightly meetings with the president that lasted...