Russian Press at a Glance, Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Speculation regarding the reasons behind the abrupt resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, the onetime gray cardinal of the Kremlin and a powerful government official, continued to swirl over the Victory Day holiday weekend, with ...

Prikhodko appointment hints at in-fighting among Kremlin elite Moscow: Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday appointed former Kremlin foreign policy adviser Sergei Prikhodko as the head of his government's administration following the ...

Igor Tabakov / MT Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Wednesday that the Defense Ministry would bear responsibility for the pricing of military equipment, despite Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's earlier plans to ...

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (C) chairs a meeting with his deputies at the Gorki state residence outside Moscow, March 25, 2013. REUTERS/Ekaterina Shtukina/RIA Novosti/Pool MOSCOW: Russia signalled on Monday it would backstop the European ...

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree, according to which the duties of the head of the administration of the government of the Russian Federation will be entrusted to Deputy Chief of the Government Administration, Sergei Prikhodko. On May ...

Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, was not pleased about retail pork prices being high despite the country's membership to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and instructed the government to consider ways of changing this situation, said the ...

Banking, Crisis, EU, Economy, Russia Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow needs to study the consequences for the country of the Cyprus bailout deal agreed in Brussels. President Vladimir Putin has ordered the restructuring of the € ...

President Vladimir Putin rejected calls for fiscal stimulus, limiting Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's options as he races to meet a deadline for submitting a plan to revitalize Russia's economy. First Deputy Premier Igor Shuvalov said Putin ...

GORKI, March 25 (Itar-Tass) The situation in Cyprus has shown that the Russian banking system is more reliable than many European banks, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told reporters after the discussion of the Cyprus issue with ...