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Nastassia is a Financial Times correspondent in Moscow covering energy, mining and Central Asia. She joined the FT in 2018 from S&P Global Platts, where she reported on Russian & CIS oil and gas markets.
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  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    McDonald's Corp
    McDonald’s sells Russian business to Siberian entrepreneur

    Alexander Govor to take over chain’s restaurants under new brand and different menu

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Vladimir Potanin: the original oligarch snapping up Russian banks

    Metals tycoon close to Kremlin and with an eye for a bargain has not been hit with sanctions by the UK, EU or US

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Energy crisis
    Russian occupying forces have siphoned EU-bound gas via Ukraine, Kyiv says

    Ukrainian operator asks Gazprom to reroute supplies to avoid Russian-held areas

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Israel
    Israel says Putin has apologised over anti-Semitism row

    Phone call with Bennett comes in wake of Lavrov comments, but Kremlin readout of talks mentions no admission

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    News in-depthRussia
    Russian economy could weather impact of EU oil ban

    Capacity to balance the budget depends on whether producers meet logistics challenge of switch to Asia

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Renault SA
    Renault in talks to sell Russian stake to state institute for one rouble

    Moscow denies transaction is form of nationalisation and points to buyback option

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    EU energy
    European gas prices soar after Gazprom halts supplies to Poland and Bulgaria

    Russian energy group says it has not received payment in roubles as decreed under new law

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    EU energy
    Poland and Bulgaria braced for halt to Russian gas supplies

    State energy groups in Warsaw and Sofia say Gazprom has warned of threat to flows

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    More than 200,000 workers in Russia still on western payrolls

    Multinationals keep paying wages despite pledges to suspend activity in country since Ukraine invasion

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Macron declines to follow Biden’s Ukraine ‘genocide’ claim

    French leader stops short of repeating US president’s accusation regarding Russia’s war conduct

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Putin says peace talks with Ukraine at ‘dead end’

    Biden accuses Russia of carrying out genocide in Ukraine and ‘trying to wipe out the idea of even being Ukrainian’

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russian aluminium producer Rusal calls for investigation into alleged Bucha war crimes

    Public statement does not directly blame Russia for atrocities in Ukraine

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Threat of EU coal embargo leaves Russia miners pinning hopes on shift to Asia

    Rail constraints mean output cannot easily be rerouted east but high prices provide a cushion

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    Alexei Mordashov
    Alexei Mordashov: the oligarch scrambling to outpace sanctions

    Russian billionaire targeted by EU and UK has moved quickly to shift billions of dollars in assets

  • Saturday, 2 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine regains control of Kyiv region, deputy defence minister says

    Moldova rebuts warning that Russian troops are massing on border

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    EU energy
    European gas buyers have at least 2 weeks to pay in roubles, says Kremlin

    EU remains ‘puzzled’ by Putin’s threat to halt supplies to countries that will not pay in Russian currency

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    ExplainerEU energy
    Why does Putin want Europeans to pay for gas supplies in roubles?

    Russian president aims to force European companies to deal with its central bank, which is under sanctions

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Putin issues decree requesting ‘unfriendly’ countries pay for gas in roubles

    Russia’s president threatens supply disruption unless target nations comply

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    Germany
    Germany and Austria plan for gas rationing over payment stand-off with Russia

    Berlin activates emergency law as west refuses to comply with Moscow’s demand for roubles

  • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
    EU energy
    EU and Russia in stand-off over rouble payments for gas

    Failure to revise supply contracts could halt the flow of fuel to Europe

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Russian economy
    Russia to switch gas invoicing to roubles for European buyers

    Putin to implement measures ‘in shortest possible time’ in apparent effort to boost national currency

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    Russia chokes major oil pipeline in further threat to global supplies

    Repairs to storm-damaged loading terminals could cut up to 1mn b/d of shipments through CPC network

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Western brands flee Russia in unravelling of ‘capitalistic diplomacy’

    Disney, Nike, Volkswagen and others curtail business while rouble’s plunge hits shoppers

  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
    Sberbank
    Sberbank’s Austrian unit is first bank to fail after sanctions on Moscow

    Division of Russia’s biggest lender falls into insolvency after measures imposed over Ukraine invasion

  • Tuesday, 1 March, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Moscow to ban foreign investors from selling Russian assets

    Temporary measure comes after energy groups vow to divest holdings in response to Ukraine invasion

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