Politics Vladimir Putin

ROME— With Sunday's Italian election potentially giving birth to a deeply divided parliament, here is a look at some of the key players in what could be a long and laborious process to form Italy's next government. He may be only 31, but Luigi Di Maio has his eyes set on becoming the populist 5- Star Movement's first premier. He has backed seeking a referendum on...

HOUSTON/ MOSCOW, March 1- Exxon Mobil Corp will exit some joint ventures with Russia's Rosneft, citing Western sanctions first imposed in 2014, in a move that the Russian company said would result in serious losses for its U.S. partner. The decision is an about-face for Exxon, which had opposed the sanctions over Russia's invasion of Crimea and argued they...

HOUSTON/ MOSCOW, March 1- Exxon Mobil Corp will exit some joint ventures with Russia's Rosneft, citing Western sanctions first imposed in 2014, in a move that the Russian company said would result in serious losses for its U.S. partner. The decision is an about-face for Exxon, which had opposed the sanctions over Russia's invasion of Crimea and argued they...

MOSCOW— President Vladimir Putin says Russia has developed a range of new nuclear weapons that he claims can't be intercepted by an enemy. Speaking Thursday in a nationally televised address, Putin said the new weapons represent a quantum leap in military technology and will render NATO's U.S.-led missile defense system useless. Russia has been working for...

"Russia must not only firmly entrench itself among the world's largest economies but, by the middle of the next decade, increase GDP per capita by half," Putin said. Putin also said Russia needed to increase spending on healthcare to five percent of gross domestic product. Russian officials and global institutions, such as the World Bank, have said that Russia must...

MOSCOW— President Vladimir Putin on Thursday boasted of new nuclear weapons and set a series of ambitious goals for Russia, vowing to boost living standards, improve health care and education and build modern infrastructure in a state-of-the-nation address. Putin used the occasion to announce that Russia has developed a slew of new strategic nuclear...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. response to Russian meddling and disinformation campaigns has not been strong enough to deter Moscow's activities, a top intelligence official said Tuesday. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, said he's taken steps to respond to the threat, but that neither President Donald Trump nor Defense Secretary James Mattis has...

Denmark's Berlingske daily says the leaked internal report indicated that the Danske Bank leadership knew "of far more serious conditions than previously stated." The paper adds that Danske Bank in 2013 shut down 20 Russian customer accounts following a whistleblower report alleging that its Estonian branch possibly had been involved in illegal activity.

*Deripaska's Rusal tries to block their deal in London court. MOSCOW, Feb 26- Two of Russia's richest men could trigger a complicated auction known as a "shootout", in a bid to end their long-running battle for control of mining giant. Potanin and Oleg Deripaska's aluminium giant Rusal,.

WASHINGTON, Feb 26- A group of U.S. investors is seeking Washington's approval to acquire the nearly 50 percent collateral in U.S. refiner Citgo held by Russia's largest state-owned energy firm Rosneft, one of the investors said. Texas- based Citgo operates a 749,000 barrel per day refining network in the United States. With Venezuelas economy devastated by five...

S&P Global Ratings raised Russia's foreign currency long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings to investment grade of' BBB-/A-3' from so-called junk level of' BB+/ B' late on Friday night. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, who called Russia's rating downgrades in 2014 "politically motivated" amid the Ukrainian crisis, said on Saturday the S&P's decision...