George Osborne wins first advising deal as a banker – taking Russian metals firm set up by US-sanctioned oligarch as a client George Osborne’s firm Robey Warshaw is now advising aluminium giant Rusal Company is subsidiary of EN+ which Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has a large stake in Osborne first met Deripaska, who is banned from the US, on … Read more
Do bears fish in the woods? Russian woman’s giant animal companion she rescued from a safari park loves going fishing with her in Russian forest’s lakes Russian Veronika Dichka adopted Archie, a brown bear, from a safari park that was running out of business The pair have been pictured together fishing on a lake in their … Read more
The ex-wife of a Russian oligarch who was awarded Britain’s biggest divorce payout of £453million has walked away with a settlement of just £150million, her husband has announced. Tatiana Akhmedova is said to have abandoned her fight to enforce the High Court judgement which awarded her the record matrimonial settlement. She has instead accepted a … Read more
The ex-wife of a Russian oligarch who was awarded Britain’s biggest divorce payout of £453million has walked away with a settlement of just £150million, her husband has announced. Tatiana Akhmedova is said to have abandoned her fight to enforce the High Court judgement which awarded her the record matrimonial settlement. She has instead accepted a … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has put on a show of force with the largest naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean since the end of the Cold War ahead of a meeting with the US President next week. At least 20 ships, submarines, and support vessels, flanked by 20 fighter jets, took part in the large-scale … Read more
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has successfully ended his hunger strike and can eat his favourite food of bread again after 46 days Alexei Navalny is serving sentencing in a penal colony for old fraud charges Kremlin critic went on hunger strike to demand proper treatment behind bars He ended strike saying his … Read more
A Russian billionaire’s ex-wife battling for a £453million divorce payout has hired former SBS operatives to seize the £225million super yacht at the centre of the row. The specialist asset recovery team has been instructed to take the 115metre Luna from Farkhad Akhmedov following a series of court actions over the vessel. It is the centrepiece … Read more
A Russian billionaire’s ex-wife battling for a £453million divorce payout has hired former SBS operatives to seize the £225million super yacht at the centre of the row. The specialist asset recovery team has been instructed to take the 115metre Luna from Farkhad Akhmedov following a series of court actions over the vessel. It is the centrepiece … Read more
Russian children carry toy guns and sing war songs about being ‘merciless to the enemy’ and ‘dying for the Motherland’ at primary school parade Schoolchildren as young as nine were filmed parading in military uniforms Footage was captured in industrial city of Elektrostal, which lies east of Moscow Vladimir Putin’s security official called for boost … Read more
Russian children carry toy guns and sing war songs about being ‘merciless to the enemy’ and ‘dying for the Motherland’ at primary school parade Schoolchildren as young as nine were filmed parading in military uniforms Footage was captured in industrial city of Elektrostal, which lies east of Moscow Vladimir Putin’s security official called for boost … Read more