The State Duma will formally address Paris after the reported deaths of foreign fighters in Ukraine, Vyacheslav Volodin has said The French public and lawmakers should be aware that their compatriots are fighting and dying as mercenaries in Ukraine, Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday.

Unlike the US and China, the bloc doesn’t have the money for innovation, Oleg Deripaska has said   The European Union looks particularly “sad” amid the ongoing global economic slowdown, due to a lack of technology and finances to institute structural changes and invest in innovation, Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska has claimed.

The legal battle between Russian firm Baltika Breweries and Danish beer giant Carlsberg is gaining momentum, as the Russian brewer is now seeking to preserve its rights to use the group’s flagship brands Carlsberg and Grimbergen, Kommersant reported on Thursday.