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Biden Hits Russia With Sanctions, Says Putin Chose War

President Joe Biden ordered broad new sanctions targeting Russia on Feb. 24 after its invasion of Ukraine, declaring that Russian leader Vladimir Putin chose this war and his country will bear the consequences.

February 24, 2022
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Anguish Grows in Russia Oil Sector Overwhelmed by Price Fall

As Russias small oil producers struggle to survive a historic price crash, some say in private they wish they could just set their crude ablaze.

April 23, 2020
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Russia Willing to Pay to Lure Shippers to the Arctic

Russia wants to make its Arctic waters more attractive to shippers than the Suez Canal and could be willing to compensate for potential risks to make that happen.

October 21, 2019
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With Most Efficient Logistics, Wildberries Becomes Russias Biggest Web Retailer

Russia's largest online retailer, Wildberries, is run by a mother of four who founded her company in her Moscow apartment while on maternity leave from her job as an English teacher.

August 30, 2018
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Oil-Services Investors Unmoved by Latest US Sanctions on Russia

Investors of the worlds biggest oil-servicer providers are so far looking past the most punitive round of U.S. sanctions on Russia.

April 9, 2018
Government

Most Moscow Residents Support Protest by Truckers, Survey Says

Moscow residents are broadly supportive of protests by longhaul truckers over a new toll system in Russia, the Levada Center said.

December 11, 2015
Government

In Russia, a Protest Against Putin Rises From an Unlikely Source: Truckers

STUPINO, Russia Like most Russians, the truck drivers parked up at the Doughnuts roadside cafeteria south of Moscow care little for opposition politics, but a new government policy has made them rethink their attitudes toward Vladimir Putin.

December 8, 2015