The late opposition figure – who died last month at a prison in northern Russia – has been laid to rest in his home city Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been buried in Moscow, following a religious ceremony in the city’s Maryino district. Hundreds of his supporters, and a number of Western ambassadors, gathered outside…

Argentina is in talks with the IMF over a new aid program designed to accelerate the process of exiting from capital controls, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing a senior government official.  The IMF is pushing the government to let the currency devalue faster under its so-called “crawling peg,” and keep interest rates above soaring inflation,…

Western allies are looking for “viable” options to expropriate the funds, US Treasury Secretary Yellen has said The US and its allies will continue to seek a “firm” legal rationale to underpin plans to confiscate Russia’s assets abroad, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Thursday.