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The Russian-themed spy thriller “Red Sparrow” is about to open in theaters around the world – maybe even in Russia.

A visitor describes what really happened at the Nikola-Lenivets Art Park this past weekend.

United Co. Rusal will name finance head Alexandra Bouriko as chief executive officer, the first time a woman will lead one of Russia’s largest commodity companies

Not sure what to see in Moscow’s theaters and concerts halls this week? Here are some picks.

Though he had been cutting his stake in the chain in small increments in recent years, the market was surprised to see Sergei Galitsky bail.

If you haven’t made plans for the weekend, consider a trip to Nikola-Lenivets Art Park where their traditional Maslenitsa bonfire will be lit on Saturday.

Over 130,000 babies were born in Moscow in 2017

If today is meant to be a day to celebrate love, then there’s a lot more to celebrate than just romance —a love for wine, for example, or a love for art, or jazz or even yourself

Bundle up, grab a date and go out into the beauty that is Moscow in the full embrace of winter

Break out your crepe pan! It’s Maslenitsa, Russia’s raucous and riotous Shrovetide!

As part of “Moscow Seasons,” the city is organizing spaces all over the city where you can celebrate Maslenitsa. Get ready for theater, dance, carnivals, games and piles of blini

If you’re in the northern capital, there is plenty of Maslenitsa merriment — and time to book tickets, too

Russian billionaires fund private schools to rival foreign counterparts.

The institute has some of Russia’s most powerful super-computers in a special network isolated from the internet for security reasons.

If you haven’t made weekend plans, we’ve got you covered

The country may reap between 73 million and 82 million metric tons of wheat next season

Russian business ombudsman met in London on Saturday with a group of Russians including businessmen who fled to the U.K. out of fear of arrest

Putin’s choice of economic model in 2018 will set Russia’s course for the next decade

The unique barge of the official sponsor – the BUD brand, which became one of the most memorable activities of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017, will return to the water area of the Moskva River for the period of the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, with a new design and to bring elite guests euphoric energy and incredible experience.During the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, guests’ attention will be focused on the double-deck BUD Boat. Loud parties in the light of bright spotlights and the unique concept combining the premium elements of decor and urban style will grant the guests amazing summer.‘As the official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup™ for more than 30 years, we know exactly how to create an atmosphere of an epic football holiday. Our project is unique not only for Russia, but also for the whole world. BUD Boat had attracted huge attention of both residents and guests of the capital during the “final rehearsal” of the FIFA World Cup™ – FIFA Confederations Cup 2017. However, we decided not to limit ourselves and completely updated the concept for the main tournament of the four year period. We are sure that BUD Boat will help football fans to experience euphoric energy and will find a response in their hearts,’ said Konstantin Tamirov, Marketing Director of AB InBev Efes.The BUD Boat decks will feature a bar, a food market and a giant screen for watching the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ matches. The focus of attraction and an excellent photo point will be a helicopter pad and an onboard jacuzzi with a bar. A great view from the water to the historical center of the Russian capital will complete the euphoric energy, while the captain of each party – a DJ – will create the right atmosphere for the brightest dancing marathons of the season.The ВUD Boat will launch its cruise on the first day of the tournament, June 14, and make incredible trips around central Moscow, granting the guests of the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ the unique opportunity to see the main sights of the city in the company of elite guests from around the world. All news and details from the organizers are settled in social networks Facebook and Vkontakte.

Cryptocurrency, Reserve Fund and a looong winter break

The controversy embroiling Kaspersky Lab could spoil its competitors’ chances abroad

After a glut sparked the biggest price crash in a generation and starved Russia of oil revenues, the nation sought to boost market share in the world’s top importer

Russia’s overall trade with India has increased by more than 15 percent in the last five years

Gazprom meets more than a third of Europe’s demand for natural gas.

Russia pipped Saudi Arabia most of last year as the top crude supplier to China, the world’s biggest buyer.

The Russian National Oil and Gas Forum and the 18thedition of the Neftegaz International Exhibition will run on 17-18 and 16-19April 2018 at Expocentre Fairgrounds in Moscow.

On the British Teachers Coming Work in MoscowRussian education is going through an investment boom. Every year, new private schools are opened, many offering an education in English leading to an international diploma.

The leading Russian private business school SKOLKOVO has announced a launch of a new programme in partnership with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) – EMBA for Eurasia.

Gazprom achieved record gas shipments to Europe this year

Several hotels have already raised prices 40-fold for the summer

As much financial wealth is held by rich Russians abroad as in Russia itself

Foreign investors entered 2017 anticipating sanctions to be lifted

Foodfox works with over 2,000 restaurants in Moscow

Duma deputies ruled to harshen fines in response to the high demand for World Cup tickets, especially among Russian fans

Russians in Silicon Valley, foreign media screws tightening, offshores coming home

Hong Kong Economicand Trade Office in London (HKETO in London) is the official representative ofthe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in commercial relationsand other economic and trade matters in the United Kingdom as well as Denmark,Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Russian Federation and Sweden.Its mission is to foster closer economic and Trade ties between Hong Kong andthese nine countries.To promote HongKong’s role in the implementation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and theopportunities there under, HKETO in London invites companies with experience inpublic and government relations, investment promotion, economic development, orinternational business development to submit an expression of interest forprovision of the following services in Russia.To act for HKETO in London to promote the interests of Hong Kong in Russia actively; To identify target companies/institutions in priority sectors and markets through intelligence update, media report, desk research, networking, attendance of conferences and exhibitions etc.; To develop and implement annual business plans for promoting and strengthening bilateral relations between Hong Kong and Russia; To organise and support business and/or promotional events to promote Hong Kong; To arrange and provide logistical support for meetings/visits of the Hong Kong Government and/or business delegation; andTo develop links and networks with political and opinion leaders, business multiplier organisations and the media. Interested Companies based in the markets above are invited to email a short profileof their company highlighting their business capabilities, including consultancyexperience in public and government relations, investment promotion, economic development,or international business development and business network in the specifiedmarket, in performing the aforementioned services to general@hketolondon.gov.hk inEnglish by 12:00 noon, 29 January 2018 London time; any late response will notbe considered. Selected companies will be provided with a consultancybrief with more detailed scope of services and other information and invited tosubmit a formal proposal.Only shortlisted companies will be notified. Companies which do not hear from HKETO inLondon by 9 March2018 should consider their bids unsuccessful.Please visit www.hketolondon.gov.hk for moreinformation. For enquiries, please contact general@hketolondon.gov.hk or+44-(0)20-7290 8218 

Relations between the two countries have soured in recent years after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in 2014

Russian wheat has largely been barred from entering the kingdom for the past decade

George Kachmazov, a Russian realtor, is buying up property in Athens.

Sanctions, infighting between the elite and popular protests could all make Russia a more difficult place for foreign business next year

Russia wants to create its own equivalents of the 77 companies abroad it imports from

Sanctions and plummeting relations with the West did little to deter an influx of foreign cash

“If you tell me that you need to build a bank, then don’t come to me or our team.”

The economy of the world’s biggest energy exporter is stalling without enough investment

Even half-naked on Tinder, where he just popped up, Pavel Durov loves to play hard to get

With the economy besieged by sanctions and some of its biggest companies becoming pariahs in western capital markets, Russia is cramming the high-rises with ministries and the biggest state firms

The pact would mark the first easing of Moscow’s ban on air travel since terrorists blew up a Russian passenger jet over the Sinai Peninsula

Nizhny Novgorod, which will host Argentina and England during the group stage, has topped a new ranking of the most expensive World Cup cities in terms of accommodation

Vladimir Putin is due to meet his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo on Monday.

Russia, considered a hotbed of government-backed information attacks, increasingly finds itself a victim of cybercrime

Did you accept $300 million or more? You might be at risk of sanctions

The construction was a priority for the Kremlin and has ended a year ahead of schedule

Russia has temporarily shut its border checkpoints with Ukraine amid reports that acts of sabotage could have left southern Crimea without power and gas supplies.

New regulations increasing Russian state control over the Internet by banning anonymous web surfing went into force on Wednesday.

Gennady Onishchenko claimed there was a “belt of biological warfare facilities surrounding” Russia

The Kremlin is following the Russia probe ‘with interest’

The Kremlin’s policies are locking in a generation of Ukrainians who will detest Russia

Russia’s new ranking places it ahead of many Western countries such as Belgium and Italy, and just behind Japan.

The head was delivered to a businessman who offered his furniture store as a venue for Navalny’s meeting