The leading economies of Western Europe are experiencing “difficult times,” Russia’s president says Russia has shown true resilience by not bowing to foreign pressure, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. He stated that Russia is a “self-sufficient country,” whose economy is growing despite the sanctions, while EU member states are living through “difficult times.”
Threats are now greater than during the Cold War, a senior British law enforcement official has claimed UK police have set up a new unit to combat espionage threats allegedly posed by states including China, Russia and Iran, a counterterrorism official has announced. The unit has been tasked with mitigating potential risks ahead of the…
Raiffeisen, UniCredit and others with a presence in Russia have seen profits increase threefold since 2021 The largest EU-based banks operating in Russia saw profits soar last year and paid four times more in taxes than before the start of the Ukraine conflict, the Financial Times reported on Monday.