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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said there is a need for enhancing trade, commerce and investment with the Russian Far East to achieve the target of 30 billion U.S. Dollars, set for bilateral trade, by the year 2025. "The Russian Far East ...

Russian energy giant Rosneft may build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in the far east using exclusively its own resources and gas reserves, Rosneft vice president Vlada Rusakova said on Thursday. The post Russia’s Rosneft says may build LNG plant ...

The area affected by wildfire in Russia's Far East increases by 25,000 hectares per day, out of which 18,000 hectares is non-forested, the forestry department said on Wednesday.There have been 100 registered fires in the past days -- 95 in the Republic of ...

Radiation levels in Russia's Far East remained "in normal range" today after North Korea said it tested a hydrogen bomb, Russian monitors said. "After the alleged nuclear test by North Korea no excesses in background radiation levels were detected on the ...

North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japans northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, further ratcheting up tensions after Pyongyangs recent test of its most powerful nuclear bomb. The missile ...

[Russia] Sept. 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday reached Russia's Vladivostok to participate in the third Eastern Economic Forum. Swaraj's visit reflects the importance attached by India to the emerging opportunities in the Russian ...

[Russia], September 7 (ANI): Indian High Commissioner to Russia Pankaj Saran on Thursday said that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's visit to the Eastern Economic Forum is historic for India-Russia relationship. Swaraj is on a three-day visit to ...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday told her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that the "rock solid" friendship between the two countries cannot be weakened by anyone. Swaraj met Lavrov on the sidelines of Eastern Economic Forum being held in ...

By Sandrine Bradley, Stephen Jewkes and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo has encountered problems syndicating a loan to Glencore and Qatar's wealth fund to finance their purchase of a stake in the Kremlin-controlled oil ...