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Bid ’em up Bruce keeps them sweet

10.09.09
Bruce Wasserstein’s former allies are all over Kraft’s bid for Cadbury... ... more

Missing 'hijack' cargo ship Arctic Sea and crew found safe

17.08.09
The missing cargo vessel feared hijacked by pirates has been found after a huge search in the Atlantic... more

Suicide bomber kills 20 in rebel Russian region

17.08.09
Suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station today in Russia's North Caucasus, killing at least 20 and wounding 60... more

WORLD: I’ll lead probe into dissident murder. says Chechen president

16.07.09
Chechnya’s leader says he will personally oversee the investigation into the murder of a human rights activist — even though the victim’s colleagues accuse his security forces of being involved... more

Cyber attacks knock out major websites in US and South Korea

08.07.09
The websites of several US government agencies, including those responsible for fighting cyber crime, were knocked out by a widespread and unusually resilient computer attack... more

US and Russia mend fences with new nuclear deal

07.07.09
Barack Obama and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev have reached an agreement to cut back their nuclear stockpiles... more

Debt-laden Deripaska near to sealing rescue

26.05.09
Embattled Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska was close to securing a deal to save his businesses from collapsing under the weight of $20 billion (£12.6 billion) of debts ... more

Miliband: Russia's president is more liberal than Putin

02.03.09
David Miliband has seized on reports that Russian president Dmitri Medvedev may be pushing for a more liberal agenda than Vladimir Putin... more

Russian debt default worry spooks euro

10.02.09
The euro fell sharply amid concerns about the potential for massive debt defaults by Russian companies lent money by European banks including HSBC... more

Russia has cut gas supply to Europe, says Ukraine

07.01.09
Russia has been accused of turning off the gas tap supplying Europe via Ukraine amid sub-zero temperatures... more

Russia cuts output as tax adds to woes

13.11.08
The tumbling global oil price could see a drying up of exports from Russia the world's biggest producer after Saudi Arabia... more

New twist as tycoon loses $6bn oil firm to Russian in Osborne donor row

22.10.08
A tycoon who clashed with Lord Mandelson's billionaire friend Oleg Deripaska has sought sanctuary in Britain... more

Hotshot to be new RBS chair is not so hot

17.10.08
Just how brilliant is the track record of John McFarlane, favourite to be the new chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland?... more

Kremlin victory completes the hat-trick for Jankovic

13.10.08
Tennis: Jelana Jankovic confirmed her new status as world No1 by winning the Kremlin Cup on her first visit to Moscow... more

Kremlin’s denial of BP meddling stuns West

06.10.08
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sparked fury when he claimed the Kremlin had not meddled in the acrimonious TNK-BP dispute... more

Russia 'ready to annex Georgia's rebel regions'

29.08.08
America and Russia were locked in a fresh war of words as it emerged that the Kremlin is plotting to "absorb" breakaway regions in the Caucasus into its territory... more

Russia will pay for its invasion warns Miliband

27.08.08
Russia will pay a heavy economic price for its aggression, Foreign Secretary David Miliband has warned... more

The return of Putin and humiliation for the West

12.08.08
As Russian forces push further into Georgia, the Kremlin hawks see the invasion as payback time for George Bush and Nato. But a military triumph will leave Moscow the loser in the long run... more

Comment: Kremlin is exploiting uncertainty in the West

11.08.08
Georgia's bloody battle with Russia was a tragic blunder by an inexperienced leadership in Tbilisi: but none the less for that, a stark warning to Russia's neighbours and the West... more

Of inflation hawks and bolting horses

30.07.08
There may be a three-way split at the Bank of England over what to do with interest rates, with some arguing for a cut, others a rise, and the rest no change at all. ... more

Comment: BP and a case of Russian bullying

29.07.08
BP has turned in strong second-quarter results which will inevitably prompt cries of profiteering, even though most of the gains do not come from selling petrol at the pump... more

Russia extends TNK man's visa

18.07.08
TNK-BP boss Robert Dudley has had a 10-day reprieve in the visa row that could yet shake the world's perception of how western businessfriendly the new Kremlin regime is... more

Threats, tax probes, and three men holding BP's fate in Russia

09.06.08
Pressure may be leading up to Russian partners preparing to sell their stake in BP business... more

Winners and losers in new era for Russia

31.03.08
Wealthy Russian oligarchs left counting the cost of Russian election result... more

The dead billionaire and the 'KGB poison killer'

14.02.08
What killed Badri Patarkatsishvili? As the police scour his home for clues and a pathologist conducts a post-mortem examination, conspiracy theorists will point to the company he kept on the day he died.... more

Tycoons bringing explosive politics to London

13.02.08
Badri Patarkatsishvili is just one of a string of former Soviet Union exiles who have made London their home and refuge... more

Boy, 14, to conduct own ballet at the Kremlin

30.01.08
Child prodigy Alexander Prior will conduct the official world premiere of his ballet, Mowgli, at the Kremlin.... more

Legend lost on the big stage

19.06.07
The first apostle of psychadelia, Roky Erickson, and his three-piece band give a plodding performance at the Royal Festival hall.... more

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