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Bring Leningrad back – Communists

St. Petersburg should be renamed, a Russian presidential candidate has said Nikolay Kharitonov, the Communist candidate for the Russian presidency, has endorsed a referendum to decide whether to rename St. Petersburg as Leningrad again and vowed to give Volgograd its old name – Stalingrad.

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Apple pays 1.2bn ruble fine in Russia

The US tech giant was found to have violated local antitrust legislation through its App Store Apple has paid the Russian government a 1.2 billion ruble ($13.5 million) antitrust fine following a ruling by the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) in November, the watchdog said on Monday.

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West faces $300bn loss for seizing Russian assets – RIA

The confiscation of Russia’s frozen assets could lead to massive financial losses on part of the US and its allies, the news agency RIA Novosti reported over the weekend. A number of Western nations, including the US, UK, France, and Germany, still have significant investments in Russia that could be lost.

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