Russia and Ukraine had been ready to make peace, but Kiev refused to sign the final deal at the urging of Washington, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. Speaking with the national Radio Kossuth, Orban agreed with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder that it was the US that scuttled the Istanbul peace talks…

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Prosus, the Dutch-based technology investor, will sell its online marketplace for classified advertising, Avito, for 151 billion roubles ($2.46 billion) to Kismet Capital Group, a Russian investment holding, the parties announced on Friday.