Tag: Kommersant
EU countries disagree on Ukrainian agricultural imports
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky Zelenskiy criticizes Poland, Hungary and Slovakia for their blockade of Ukrainian grain imports. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Brussels, Washington, Kyiv The EU Commission ends the controversial trade…
What influence Wagner has in Africa – and how it fails there
Wagner mercenaries in Mali This picture published by the French military shows the Russian Wagner mercenaries in northern Mali. (Photo: AP) The Wagner mercenary group is not only coming under…
What influence Wagner has in Africa – and how it fails there
Wagner mercenaries in Mali This picture published by the French military shows the Russian Wagner mercenaries in northern Mali. (Photo: AP) The Wagner mercenary group is not only coming under…
Why trade with China is vital for Russia
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (right) and China’s President Xi Jinping According to experts, business between the two countries is “increasingly taking place under China’s conditions”. (Photo: AP) Beijing, Riga Russian…
Why trade with China is vital for Russia
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (right) and China’s President Xi Jinping According to experts, business between the two countries is “increasingly taking place under China’s conditions”. (Photo: AP) Beijing, Riga Russian…
Court freezes VW assets in Russia
VW production in Kaluga The tapes have stood still since the Russian war of aggression. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf A Russian court froze all assets of German carmaker Volkswagen in Russia…
Turkey no longer wants to circumvent Russia sanctions
Istanbul The news is likely to be greeted with relief in the US and European government headquarters: Turkey apparently prohibits the transit of sanctioned goods through its territory to Russia,…
Crimean bridge becomes a permanent construction site – what that means for Putin
Vienna Trucker life in southern Russia is currently even less of a bed of roses than in normal times. Since the bridge to Crimea was damaged, presumably by a Ukrainian…
Putin announces partial mobilization of the armed forces
Wladimir Putin In a speech, Russia’s President announces the partial mobilization. (Photo: AP) Moscow Almost seven months after the start of the war against Ukraine, Russia ordered a partial mobilization…
Turkish exports to Russia are increasing rapidly
Erdogan and Putin on August 5 in Sochi The Turkish President keeps meeting with the Kremlin boss – many speak of “rocking diplomacy”. (Photo: via REUTERS) Istanbul The Russian company…
Turkish exports to Russia are increasing rapidly
Erdogan and Putin on August 5 in Sochi The Turkish President keeps meeting with the Kremlin boss – many speak of “rocking diplomacy”. (Photo: via REUTERS) Istanbul The Russian company…
How the country is fighting for its aviation
Frankfurt The plan is ambitious. By the end of 2030, the Russian aviation industry is expected to build a good 1,000 new passenger aircraft. The country’s deputy prime minister announced…
Gas turbine is said to be on the way – criticism in Canada
Ottawa, Dusseldorf According to reports in the Russian newspaper Kommersant, the repaired gas turbine for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline has been delivered from Canada to Germany. She arrived in…
How Russian airlines want to secure operations
An Aeroflot Airbus 330 The Russian airline has used a deliberate loophole in the sanctions and bought several long-haul jets from leasing companies. (Photo: imago images/ITAR-TASS) Frankfurt It is news…
Why the EU sanctions Russian oligarchs
photomontage Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin with Alexei Mordashov (left) and Mikhail Fridmann (right). Berlin Russian oligarchs, who have been sanctioned by the EU and the USA, are now condemning the…
Which billionaires are blacklisted
Sanctioned Russians Igor Sechin, Alexei Miller, Maria Zakharova, Margarita Simonyan, Arkadi Rotenberg, Boris Rotenberg (from left to right). Moscow, Berlin, London Vladimir Putin has taken precautions: a few weeks ago…
Germany is under pressure from all sides
Berlin, NY The public is currently learning every day how the US secret services are speculating about attack scenarios and a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Fears of an attack are…
In Illertissen there should be Sputnik made in Germany
R-Pharm Germany is based in Bavaria The Russian parent company produces the vaccine Sputnik V. (Photo: dpa) Moscow Although a timely EU approval for the Russian vector vaccine Sputnik V…
Gazprom share: gas crisis in Europe
Gazprom Compressor Station Is the Russian company turning the price screw? There are many indications of this. Because the Kremlin is pursuing political goals with higher prices. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin…