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☆ Russia can't reach a pro-Russian region in Moldova easily — but there are ways it can cause trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Mikhail Svetlov/Getty ImagesMoscow is continuing its saber-rattling over the pro-Russian region of Transnistria in Moldova, and analysts are saying that while Russian authorities would find it hard to physically reach the breakaway region to annex it, there are still ways it can stir up pro-Russian unrest — and trouble for Moldova. All U.N. members consider the region to be part of Moldova, which has expressed a desire to reintegrate the region. Similarly to Ukraine, Moldova has a pro-Western government and wants to join the European Union. Problematically for Russia, Moldova and Transnistria are landlocked, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine. CNBC has asked the Kremlin to comment on concerns that Moscow could look to destabilize Moldova and is awaiting a response.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Svetlov, Russia, Problematically, it's, Ian Bremmer, doesn't, Maia Sandu, Putin, Sergei Lavrov, Abdoulaye Diop, Maxim Shipenkov, Lavrov, Bogdan Tudor Organizations: Getty, Moldovan, Kremlin, Russia's Defense Ministry, European Union, Eurasia Group, Gazprom, Western, CNBC, Foreign Affairs, Cooperation of, Reuters, Russian, West, RIA Novosti, Google, Russian Federation, Institute for, EU, Afp Locations: Kremlin, Moscow, Russian, Transnistria, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Moldovan, Romania, Cooperation of Mali, Reuters Russia, Central Asia, USSR, Sochi, Donetsk, Luhansk, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Georgia

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a presentation of a Haval F7 SUV produced at the Haval car plant located in Russian Tula region, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. Nikolai Patrushev, a close Putin ally and the secretary of Russia's Security Council, said Russia and China should deepen cooperation in the face of the West's attempt to contain them both. Putin will attend the third Belt and Road Forum after an invitation by Xi during a high-profile visit to Moscow in March. Putin has pivoted towards China, and Xi has stood by him. Putin last visited Beijing in February 2022, days before the invasion, where he and Xi announced a 'no limits' partnership.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Maxim Shipenkov, Putin, China's Xi Jinping, Putin's, Nikolai Patrushev, Wang Yi, Xi, Maxim Reshetnikov, Reshetnikov, William Burns, Guy Faulconbridge, Kevin Liffey, Christina Fincher Organizations: Kremlin, ICC, Security, Criminal Court, Cuban Missile Crisis, CIA, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian Tula, Moscow, Russia, China, MOSCOW, Beijing, Ukraine, CHINA, RUSSIA, Russian, United States

☆ China urges deeper trade ties with Russia despite Western rebuke
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a presentation of a Haval F7 SUV produced at the Haval car plant located in Russian Tula region, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. It insists the ties do not flout international norms, and China has the prerogative to collaborate with whichever country it chooses. The Russian Far East bordering China as well as North Korea has gained new strategic significance as a zone of cross-border trade and commerce. Chinese state media also says there is a growing "necessity" for China and Russia to step up their grain trading amid continued tight global supplies. The construction of a grain corridor linking Russia to Heilongjiang, China's northeastern bread basket, will help bolster China's food security.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Maxim Shipenkov, Wang Yi, Vladimir Putin's, Wang Wentao, Tongjiang, Ryan Woo, Alex Richardson, Timothy Gardner, Michael Perry Organizations: Kremlin, Reuters, Rights, West, Commerce, Chemical Co, Yuan Industrial, Thomson Locations: Russian Tula, Moscow, Russia, Rights BEIJING, China, Ukraine, Russian, Beijing, China's, North Korea, United, Yuan, Nizhneleninskoye, Europe, Japan, Heilongjiang

☆ Oil Prices Under Pressure on Economic Fears and Gusher of Russian Supply
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Joe Wallace | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Russia is the world’s third-biggest producer of oil. Photo: maxim shipenkov/ShutterstockThis week’s tumble in oil prices has its origins in concerns that the Federal Reserve’s campaign of higher interest rates is slowing the economy and curbing energy demand. But there’s another factor behind the slide: Traders think Moscow hasn’t followed through fully on pledges it made in response to Western sanctions to throttle production. They say Russia keeps pumping and exporting huge volumes of oil to maximize income for its beleaguered economy—crude that has added to a global surplus and undermined Saudi Arabia’s effort to bolster the market.

☆ JPMorgan Buys First Republic Bank in Second-Largest U.S. Bank Failure
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

How Russia’s Legal System Has Evolved as a Political ToolFrom Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin, Russian leaders have updated and evolved the country’s legal system. Yet for all of its past reforms, it remains a tool that can be used to crack down on dissent and opposition. Photo: Maxim Shipenkov/Shutterstock

☆ The Tech That Powers Tap-to-Pay
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

How Russia’s Legal System Has Evolved as a Political Tool From Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin, Russian leaders have updated and evolved the country’s legal system. Yet for all of its past reforms, it remains a tool that can be used to crack down on dissent and opposition. Photo: Maxim Shipenkov/Shutterstock

☆ India, Russia in talks on free trade deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attends a news conference following talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, November 8, 2022. Maxim Shipenkov/Pool via REUTERSNEW DELHI, April 17 (Reuters) - India and Russia are discussing a free trade agreement, ministers said on Monday, a move that would further deepen bilateral commercial ties that have flourished since war broke out in Ukraine. Russia, a traditional defence equipment supplier, also displaced Iraq last month to become India's top supplier of crude oil. Moscow was looking to increase machinery imports from India to improve the trade balance, Manturov said. India too aims to narrow its growing trade deficit with Russia, which has been India's largest supplier of military equipment for decades and is the fourth-biggest market for Indian pharmaceuticals.

☆ Evan Gershkovich’s Family Speaks Out for the First Time Since His Arrest
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

"The trend is now that there is less Western-made components but more – not hard (to) guess which country – made components. China has repeatedly denied sending military equipment to Russia since Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The assault triggered Western sanctions, including on sending military and dual-use technology such as microchips that could be used in either ordinary appliances or weapons. The experts also reported finding Chinese parts in the fire control system in Russian tanks that had earlier used French-made parts. Ukraine has imposed sanctions on the Chinese company Comnav Technology for supplying navigation and radar equipment to Russia that could be used to support Russian and Iranian drones and missiles.

☆ Xi and Putin: A Friendship Forged Against the West
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Kate Bubacz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In many ways, the two economies complement each other. Russia is a powerhouse in natural-resource and energy exports, which China needs to fuel its manufacturing sector. Despite this, China still does far more trade with the West than with Russia. Maxim Shipenkov/pool/Shutterstock

☆ Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin: A Visual Timeline of a Friendship With Benefits
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Kate Bubacz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In many ways, the two economies complement each other. Russia is a powerhouse in natural resource and energy exports, which China needs to fuel its manufacturing sector. Despite this, China still does far more trade with the West than with Russia. Maxim Shipenkov/pool/Shutterstock

☆ Chinese companies have rushed to fill the gap in Russia left by brands exiting from the Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Michelle Toh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Chinese manufacturers were already popular in Russia before the war, accounting for approximately 40% of the smartphone market in December 2021. Tough times for consumersAlthough Chinese brands are reaping the rewards of the Western embargo, the Russian market is shrinking as its economy slumps. If the war in Ukraine ends, Apple and Samsung will likely rebuild operations in the country — and quickly recapture smartphone sales, Stryjak said. Even then, with the return of international brands, Chinese players could retain their foothold, particularly given how long it could take to rebuild supply chains. “Stating this a bit harshly, but the Russian brands and the Chinese brands are kind of stand-ins for the real players,” said Le at Sino Auto Insights.

☆ How Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president, went from perceived pro-West reformer to virulent warmonger since the invasion of Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Russia's former president has become one of its most vitriolic figures amid the Ukraine invasion. When Dmitry Medvedev was elected, some saw him representing a more liberal future for Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin and then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, in December 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin and then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during the United Russia party congress in Moscow, Russia, in December 2017. Putin became president again once Medvedev's first term was up, and Medvedev duly became his prime minister, serving until 2020.

[1/3] Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attend a news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, November 8, 2022. India is keen to boost trade in this way, said the source, as it tries to narrow a ballooning trade deficit with Russia. During the Moscow visit, Jaishankar said India needed to boost exports to Russia to balance bilateral trade that is now tilted towards Russia. The list of items from Russia, which runs to nearly 14 pages, includes car engine parts like pistons, oil pumps and ignition coils. India is hoping to boost its exports to nearly $10 billion over coming months with Russia's list of requests, according to the government source.

☆ Kremlinul avertizează că va lua „măsuri” dacă Occidentul trimite trupe în Ucraina
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-02 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Agerpres / EPA / MAXIM SHIPENKOVKremlinul avertizează că va lua „măsuri” dacă Occidentul trimite trupe în UcrainaRusia spune că va fi nevoită să ia „măsuri” dacă Occidentul trimite trupe în Ucraina pentru a consolida poziția acestei țări, pe fondul rapoartelor despre o acumulare de trupe rusești la graniță, relatează AFP, citată de Digi24. Desigur, acest lucru ar necesita măsuri suplimentare din partea rusă pentru a-și asigura securitatea”, a spus purtătorul de cuvânt al Kremlinului, Dmitri Peskov. Conflictul din estul Ucrainei a izbucnit în 2014, când Rusia a anexat peninsula Crimeea. „Suntem absolut îngrijoraţi de escaladările recente ale actelor agresive şi provocatoare ale Rusiei în estul Ucrainei”, a spus purtătorul de cuvânt al diplomaţiei americane, Ned Price. „Ne opunem oricărui act agresiv care are ca scop intimidarea sau ameninţarea partenerului nostru, Ucraina”, a adăugat el.

Persons: Volodimir Zelenski, Dmitri Peskov ., Peskov, Ned Price, Pentagonul, administraţia Biden Organizations: Rusia Locations: Ucraina Rusia, Ucraina, SUA, Rusiei, Rusia, Ucrainei, Crimeea, Moscova, Kremlin, Statele Unite, ucraineană, Europa de Est, Arctica, Europa

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