The two sides expressed “satisfaction” with the cooperation aimed at “ensuring global oil market stability” Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a phone conversation on Friday, the Kremlin press service has said. The two leaders discussed various issues, ranging from cooperation in the oil market to efforts in resolving…

An embargo on used car deliveries to Russia would harm Japanese businesses if the G7 follows through with plans for more stringent sanctions, the Kyodo news agency reported on Friday.    While exports of luxury cars to Russia have been barred by Western restrictions, supplies of secondhand vehicles have thus far gone unsanctioned. Last year,…

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has claimed that recently announced tax hikes are necessary to offset increased military spending. Her liberal Reform Party scored a decisive victory in last month’s elections, after she swore not to increase taxes.