30.72Russia
- Kremlin gives nod to $29bn sell-off
Budget defecits have prompted the Russian government to give initial backing for the biggest privatisation programme since the 1990s - Russia confirms $29bn asset sales
Officials have yet to approve a final list of which state assets will be sold, even though the programme was first announced close to a year ago - Re-privatising Russia's economy
Moscow is proposing that Russia should sell minority stakes in state-controlled corporate jewels. It would be Russia's biggest asset sell-off since the botched loans-for-shares privatisations of the 1990s - Hayward to be offered BP Russia job
Precursor to Bob Dudley, American and Asian head, taking over the helm of the oil group - The price of a presence in Russia
Yevroset founder Yevgeny Chichvarkin's experience highlights the challenge of corruption facing local businesses and multinationals in the country - Pork sellers stymied by Russian rules
European pork producers suspect that Russia's health standards exist less to protect consumers than a fledgling domestic industry - Two killed in Russian power station attack
A powerful blast rips through part of a hydroelectric plant in the Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia's North Caucasus, killing two security guards in a suspected 'terrorist act' - A village divided by Europe's 'last civil war'
A decade after Russian forces put down separatists in the republic of Chechnya the fight continues in many parts of Russia's mainly Muslim North Caucasian autonomous republics - Lunch with the FT: Oleg Deripaska
The 42-year-old Russian metals tycoon meets Gideon Rachman in a London restaurant and talks about his rise to the top, his views on Putin and Medvedev and the mysterious death of a former associate - Gates calls for better use of HIV funds
Bill Gates has said that billions of dollars could be saved in the fight to tackle HIV in the developing world through better management, which would also save more lives - Russian energy industry facing fresh tax blow
Russia's energy industry is bracing itself for a set of tax increases that could be agreed by the end of July, and warns of a possible production decline owing to rising – and unpredictable – taxes and costs - Merkel and Medvedev build commercial ties
The Russian president tells the German chancellor that his country is prepared to increase its investment in Germany as German companies such as Siemens contribute to Russia's modernisation - Russian agent had job at Microsoft
Alexey Karetnikov's position suggests that he and the other 11 Kremlin spies apprehended in the US were seeking inside information on technology as well as personal contacts - Russian farmers ask state for $1.3bn drought aid
Fourteen Russian regions, covering some 15 per cent of the country, have declared a state of emergency because of unusually high temperatures - US detains 12th Russian in spy probe
The US has detained a 12th Russian in connection to the espionage ring discovered this month and is in the process of deporting the 23-year-old to Russia