World Bank forecasts zero per cent economic growth for Russia in 2015
The World Bank has revised its growth projections for Russia from 0.5 per cent up to 0.7 per cent in
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Russia predicts 2015 recession
Russia is predicting it will slide into a recession next year. Moscow’s economic development ministry said Tuesday it is forecasting
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Immediate end to military action in Ukraine needed, Bulgaria tells Russia
A key condition to normalising the situation in Ukraine is an immediate end to all military action on Ukrainian territory,
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NATO chief: Russia violating Ukraine cease-fire
NATO says Russia is violating a truce in eastern Ukraine by sending in convoys with advanced weapons and personnel reinforcements
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NATO commander warns of Crimea ‘militarisation’
The top U.S. general in Europe said he is alarmed at the Russian militarization of the Black Sea peninsula of
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Bulgaria bases policy on national interests, EU values, Foreign Minister tells Russian ambassador
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has held talks with Russian ambassador Yuriy Isakov, telling him that as a member of
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French far-right National Front reveals Russian financing
Amid growing evidence of links between the Kremlin and far-right groups across Europe, France’s National Front has admitted taking a
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Russia to lose billions over sanctions, falling oil prices
Russia’s finance minister says Russia is on a course to lose more than $100 billion due to Western sanctions and
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Ukraine marks anniversary of deadly 1930s famine
During a weekend commemoration for millions who died of starvation in Ukraine in the early 1930s, President Petro Poroshenko lashed
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