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Five Russian billionaires earned more in 2019 than the entire population of Russia
At a time when the incomes of most Russian citizens are still stagnating after a record dip since the 1990s, Russia’s billionaires have continued to amass wealth at a startling rate.
According to Forbes, the five wealthiest Russians became $27 billion richer.
Converted to rubles at the current exchange rate, Nornickel stakeholder Vladimir Potanin, Novatek co-owner Leonid Mikhelson, Lukoil president Vagit Alekperov, Vladimir Putin’s “friend” Gennady Timchenko and Power Machines’ owner Alexey …
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Kremlin: payment of $2.9 billion to Ukraine was a difficult decision
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said on Vesti Nedeli program on Russia-1 TV channel that Gazprom's $2.9 billion payment to Naftogaz of Ukraine was a difficult decision for the Russian side.
"There was a choice between bad and worse. But all of us together, we can lose much more, unprecedented amounts," said Kozak as quoted by TASS.
In mid-December, Gazprom and Naftogaz agreed on the terms and volumes of Russian gas transit to Europe. The parties also agreed to give up mutual claims. …
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Kremlin promises to respond to Nord Stream 2 sanctions
Russia is analyzing the situation surrounding the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Due to the threat of US sanctions, the Swiss company Allseas, which was providing its pipe-laying vessels to Gazprom, recently ceased its involvement in the project, halting progress.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia will not fail to respond to Washington’s new wave of anti-Russian sanctions. “Our position is that such sanctions are unacceptable to us,” said Peskov, …
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Kremlin: there was no significant breakthrough at Normandy Four Summit
Commenting on the results of the Summit with the participation of the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France, the press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the Normandy Four meeting in Paris did not lead to a significant breakthrough, reports TASS.
"Did the Normandy Four Summit resume after a long break? Yes, it did. Was a significant breakthrough achieved? No," said Peskov in an interview with Channel One Russia.
Earlier, Peskov declared that intentions of Kyiv to …
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Kremlin confirms meeting of Putin and Zelensky in Paris
An Aide to the Russian President Yuri Ushakov said during the “Moscow.Kremlin.Putin” TV program that Russian and Ukrainian presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky plan to meet during the Normandy Four Summit in Paris, but much will depend on the schedule.
"It all depends on how the situation will develop," said Ushakov, as quoted by Interfax.
Ushakov also added that the presidents "can step aside and talk for 30 minutes, or an hour and a half."
The Press Secretary of the Russian …
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It’s a miracle: Relatives of Putin’s former bodyguards, appointed as governors, are suddenly rich
Relatives of Putin’s former bodyguards have suddenly become rich and successful businessmen after the Russian president decided to appoint his bodyguards as governors, according to a study published by the Russian news outlet Proyekt.
Four members of the Federal Protective Service (FSO) became governors, although only two have retained the position to this day. Their relatives have apparently had better luck, because, as the article points out, they have been making good money by collaborating …
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Value of property owned by Putin’s wife’s family reaches $20 million
The value of the property owned by the family of Alina Kabaeva, chairwoman of the board of directors at the National Media Group and a former gymnast, described by the mass media as “Putin’s wife”, has reached 1.25 billion rubles (around $20 million), Open Media reports, citing its own investigation.
The news outlet discovered that Kabaeva and her relatives are the registered owners of six apartments, two houses and 7000 m2 of land in four regions. In July 2018, the former athlete became the …
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Kremlin confirms Putin’s plans to visit China in 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin does intend to visit China in 2020, Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed to RIA Novosti, commenting on a statement by China’s Vice Foreign Minister.
The fact that China is expecting a visit from Putin next year was mentioned previously by Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng in a statement published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. He noted that the Russian and Chinese leaders have met on several occasions in recent times, the most recent being an …
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Russian mercenary involved in Syrian soldier execution now inspiring patriotism in children in Bryansk
Various Russian news outlets have identified three people from the video of a Syrian soldier being executed that was recently published by Novaya Gazeta.
Novaya itself tentatively identified one of the mercenaries as Stanislav D., a former police officer from Stavropol Krai, who filmed the incident. After the publication of the article, the man’s wife closed her account on the Russian social network VKontakte and changed her surname to her maiden name.
The second participant in the reprisal …
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Kremlin is ‘shocked’ by the video of Syrian soldier's execution by Russian mercenaries
The Press Secretary for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on the video of the Syrian soldier's execution, which was published on the Internet, reports Interfax news agency. Syrian soldier was tortured to death allegedly by the soldiers of the private military company (PMC) Wagner.
Peskov said that the published video was "truly shocking." Peskov emphasized that he is not sure whether attempts to find out who is seen on the record are justified. According to him, the Russian …