The man Putin fears most

Vaihayasi Pande Daniel glances at the life and political career of Alexey Navalny who has been banned from challenging Vladimir Putin in Russia's presidential election. IMAGE: Alexey Navalny --......

Rupee trade: Two Russian banks get RBI nod for special vostro account

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given its approval to two Russian banks for opening special vostro account for rupee trade. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Sberbank, JSC VTB —......

VTB, 1st Russian bank to open branch in India

VTB Bank on Tuesday became the first Russian Bank to open its full service branch in the country to service corporate clients. "The branch will mostly serve corporate clients and is designed to......

Russian Oil: India Ignores US Sanctions

What is more surprising is that a surge in Russian oil supplies has come after the G7 imposed stringent sanctions on Moscow. Kindly note the image has only been published for representational......

Russia's largest bank to open Indian branch

Russia's oldest and largest state-run retail bank -- Sberbank (Savings Bank) -- is to shortly open its branch in New Delhi as part of its strategy to expand in the emerging markets. The Reserve......

Formula One cancels 2022 Russian Grand Prix

IMAGE: The race was scheduled for Sept. 25 at Sochi's Olympic park. Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/Reuters Formula One on Friday said it will not race in Russia this season, saying it was......

Asian Games: Poonia settles for bronze

A below par Krishna Poonia had to settle for bronze in the women's discus throw on the third day of track and field competitions at the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Tuesday. Poonia, who had won a......

CWG is not Tintu's main target: P T Usha

Her protege Tintu Luka has already broken the two-minute barrier in 800m and legendary P T Usha feels the best is yet to come for the 21-year-old who can be a bet for an Olympic medal that eluded......

Luka sets new national 800m record

Rising Indian middle distance runner Tintu Luka shattered the 15-year-old women's 800m national record as she clocked 1:59.17 to finish a creditable fifth in the VTB Bank Continental Cup in Split,......