Capital outflow from Russia grew almost threefold
The rate of capital outflow from Russia continues to grow. From January to July 2018 $21.5 billion (compared to $ 8.7 billion in the first seven months of 2017) was exported by Russia’s private sector. From January to August, the capital outflow rose to $ 26.5 billion compared to $ 9.6 billion for the same period last year, according to the report of the Central Bank of Russia.
Thus, in the first eight months of 2018, the total net capital outflow from the private sector was 2.76 times higher …
Poland rejects European Commission demands to revise judicial reform
Polish authorities do not intend to comply with the demands of the European Commission to revise judicial reform, reported the press service of the Polish Foreign Ministry.
The Ministry noted that "in accordance with the EU agreements, justice is within the jurisdiction of the EU member countries themselves." At the same time, the ministry stressed that the law on the Supreme Court is aimed at combating corruption. "If the European Commission still has some doubts, it can file a complaint to …
Condoleezza Rice: Putin has very smartly hidden his assets
The US needs international assistance to find the secret assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in her speech at the forum of the Yalta European Strategy (YES), Evropeyska Pravda reports.
“Of course, this problem did not arise at the time when we were in power but I would venture to suggest that finding these secret assets [of Vladimir Putin] will be more difficult than it seems. The fact is that Putin is smart and he has very smartly …
Media: Two Russian spies were detained and deported from Netherlands
NRC Handelsblad and the Swiss media outlet Tages-Anzeiger report that two Russian spies were detained in the Netherlands at the beginning of the year. They were attempting to obtain data from a radiological and chemical-radiological analysis laboratory that participated in the investigation of chemical attacks in Syria and the Skripal poisoning in Salisbury, London.
The Russians tried to get into the laboratory in the Swiss city of Spiez. The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service confirmed that …
US prepares new round of sanctions against Russia
The United States is developing a second, more severe package of sanctions against the Russian Federation for November in response to the poisoning incident in Salisbury, said the State Department’s representative, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Manisha Singh. “We plan to impose a very severe second round of sanctions under the [chemical and biological weapons] law.”
According to Singh, the package will include “banking sanctions and prohibition on procurement …