The suspect, who posted a video of himself disrespecting Islam’s holy book, is an Egyptian national, according to the media A criminal case has been launched against a foreign citizen on suspicion of desecrating the Koran in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk on the Volga River, the local branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee has said.…

The Russian ruble dropped over 3% against the euro on the Moscow Exchange during trading on Thursday, falling below the landmark rate of 100 to the single currency. The ruble reached more than 102 to the euro during morning trade, according to exchange data, making it 3 rubles lower than at the close of trade…

Long-running legal action by Ukrainian state-owned energy company Naftogaz against Russia is illegitimate, the CEO of Russian energy giant Gazprom, Aleksey Miller, said on Thursday. In April, an arbitration tribunal at The Hague awarded Naftogaz $5 billion in compensation for damage and property loss in Crimea. Last month the firm said it had filed a…