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RWE CEO says concerns over DEA sale can be addressed - Financial Times
FRANKFURT - RWE is confident it can address concerns by the British government over the German utility's planned sale of its oil and gas company DEA to Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman, its chief executive told the Financial Times.
Maduro blames plunging oil prices on U.S. 'war' vs Russia, Venezuela
CARACAS - Venezuela's petroleum export price has plunged by half during the second half of 2014 to $48, President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday in denouncing a U.S.-led "war" against Russia and his nation in the global oil market
Yuri Milner's DST Global plans to invest more in U.S. start-ups
SAN FRANCISCO - Yuri Milner, the billionaire Russian who holds the largest outside stake in Chinese handset maker Xiaomi, said he expects to invest more evenly between the United States and China in 2015.
U.S. adds four more Russians to human rights sanctions list
WASHINGTON - The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on four more Russians for alleged human rights abuses, including two officials said to be involved in the cover-up of the death of a lawyer who died in prison after exposing large-scale corruption.
Ukraine's President to meet Russian, French, German leaders, rules out offensive
KIEV - Ukraine's President said on Monday he would meet the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on Jan. 15 in an attempt to restore peace to Kiev's eastern territories and acknowledged Kiev lacked the resources to regain control by military means. | Video
Russian economy suffers first contraction since global crisis
MOSCOW - Russia's economy shrank sharply in November and the rouble resumed its slide on Monday as Western sanctions and a slump in oil prices combined to inflict the first contraction in GDP since the global financial crisis. | Video
Russian economy suffers first contraction since global crisis
MOSCOW - Russia's economy shrank sharply in November and the rouble resumed its slide on Monday as Western sanctions and a slump in oil prices combined to inflict the first contraction in GDP since the global financial crisis. | Video
Russian company debt contaminates sovereign dollar bonds
LONDON, Dec 29 - As Russia confronts financial crisis, investors in its sovereign dollar bonds are braced for things to get worse before they get better, even though few expect a full-blown sovereign default.
RWE CEO says concerns over DEA sale can be addressed - FT
FRANKFURT - RWE is confident it can address concerns by the British government over the German utility's planned sale of its oil and gas company DEA [RWEDE.UL] to Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman, its chief executive told the Financial Times.
Russian court brings forward ruling in trial of Kremlin critic
MOSCOW - A Russian court has brought forward the date of its ruling in the trial of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to Dec 30, Navalny's lawyer told Reuters on Monday.
Indonesia expands search for missing AirAsia jet, U.S. sends warship
JAKARTA - Countries around Asia on Tuesday stepped up the search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that is presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, with Washington also sending a warship to help find the missing jet. | Video


