IOC bans Russia from competing at 2018 Winter Olympics
The Russian Olympic Committee has been ordered to reimburse the IOC for the costs of the investigation and been fined $15 million USD 'to build the capacity and integrity of the global anti-doping
Iran’s FM to attend meeting on Caspian Sea legal status in Moscow
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that the legal regime of Caspian Sea should be developed in a way that the interests of all littoral states are met. Within the past years,
Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov ready to resign
Kadyrov, a 41-year-old father of 12 whose interests vary from thoroughbred horses to wrestling and boxing, has been accused by human rights bodies of arbitrary arrests and torture of opponents, zero
2018 - 2020 Stagnant Economic Growth For Russia
Duma, Russian Lower House for State, has approved a new Federal Budget for 2018 - 2020. As expected, the new budget has allows for increased social spending and a higher minimum wage, as well as
