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Victor Kharitonin buys into Nürburgring German FI race track
Victor Kharitonin, the Russian billionaire, has bought a majority stake in the Nürburgring German Formula One race track…
RT launches UK channel and looks at German and French versions
RT, the state-run TV broadcast channel formerly known as Russia Today, has launched a London-based news…
Bouygues appointed to build Baku Metro tunnel
France’s Bouygues Travaux has been appointed to build a new tunnel at the 28 May station in…
Gerry Weber to terminate Russian franchise agreements
Gerry Weber, the German clothing manufacturer Gerry Weber is considering terminating its Russian franchise agreements. It is…
RusVinyl to expand Kstovo petrochemical operations
RusVinyl: The petrochemical joint venture between Russia’s Sibur and Belgium’s Solvay is considering expanding the operations of the…
Mistral helicopter carrier contract suspended by Hollande
Mistral helicopter carrier contract suspended: French President Francois Holland has bowed to international pressures and suspended the supply…
Rotterdam oil terminal to go ahead despite protests
Rotterdam oil terminal: The Russian Summa construction company is to go ahead and build a €750m oil terminal…
Snoozebox football village proposed for World Cup
Snoozebox football village: World Cup organisers in Saransk have signed a preliminary deal with Britain’s Snoozebox company to build…
European reliance on Russian gas to last ten years
European reliance on Russian gas: The international rating agency Fitch predicted this week that countries in…
Baku Metro equipment contract goes to Thalys
Baku Metro equipment contract: France’s Thalys has won the contract to supply Baku Metro control and signalling…
VTB sets sights on Roberto Cavalli fashion house
Roberto Cavalli: The VTB Group’s investment arm VTB Capital is negotiating the acquisition of a controlling stake in Italian…
Russian EU import ban may call for Swiss solution
Russian EU import ban: It is being reported that EU food exporters are considering smuggling milk…
Russian UK asset withdrawal accelerates after plane tragedy
Russian UK asset withdrawal: Several businessmen close to President Vladimir Putin have begun withdrawing their assets…
US leads Kazakhstan FDI table while Holland pulls back
Kazakhstan FDI: The US was the largest investor in Kazakhstan in the first quarter of the…
Malofeyev to build first Russian history theme park
Russian history theme park: Billionaire Konstantin Malofeyev has signed an agreement with France’s Puy du Fou International to build…
Titanium Valley pulls in Figeac Aero
Titanium Valley: France’s Figeac Aero is to partner VSMPO AVISMA in the machining of titanium parts and manufacture of finished…
Miratorg cattle hides to be used in European car interiors
Miratorg cattle hides: Miratorg Agribusiness, one of Russia’s leading pork and beef producers, is planning to market…
Unode50 and Inventive Retail in franchise deal
Unode50 and Inventive Retail: Spanish jewellery retailer Unode50 has granted the Inventive Retail Group the exclusive right to open…
Moscow Dynamo stadium contract goes to Italians
Moscow Dynamo stadium: The €520m contract to build a new 27,000-seat stadium for the Moscow Dynamo football…
New Moscow Mercedes plant for Daimler
Moscow Mercedes plant: Daimler, the German car manufacturer, has decided to produce top-of-the-range Mercedes sedans in…
Sheremetyevo airport privatisation enters new phase
Sheremetyevo airport privatisation: The Russian Government has appointed Germany’s Deutsche Bank as its agent for the sale of its…
Zurich Group pulls out of Russian retail insurance
The Zurich Group has decided to sell its Russian retail insurance arm to the Olma Investment Group for…