Russia’s new low-cost airline makes maiden flight to Crimea
By Gennady Novik and Alexander Winning MOSCOW (Reuters) - The seats were cramped but the price was right, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev declared on Tuesday as he gave the Russian...
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Russia faces struggle to wean Crimea economy off Ukraine supplies
By Alexander Winning and Alissa de Carbonnel DZHANKOI/SIMFEROPOL Crimea (Reuters) - Scrambling to compensate for a lack of water from mainland Ukraine, farmhands are laying row after row of pipe...
Despite opposition, Russia bans smoking in restaurants and bars
By Alexander Winning MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia risks igniting the ire of its 44 million smokers when it extends bans on cigarettes to restaurants and bars on Sunday as part...
Despite opposition, Russia bans smoking in restaurants and bars
By Alexander Winning MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia risks igniting the ire of its 44 million smokers when it extends bans on cigarettes to restaurants and bars on Sunday as part...
Visa, Mastercard vow to stay as Russia softens tone on rules
ST PETERSBURG/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The world's two largest credit and debit card companies Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc pledged on Friday to stay in Russia after officials showed a willingness...
Crimean Tatars commemorate Soviet deportation despite ban
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (Reuters) - Defying a ban by their new Russian-backed rulers, thousands of Crimean Tatars gathered at a mosque on Sunday to commemorate the day 70 years ago the...
‘Putin is cunning’: exile Ukrainians watch nervously
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Watching powerless from afar as the drama in their native country unfolds, expatriate Ukrainians are raising their voices in sometimes lonely protest and wondering what new...