All the headlines from our Russia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 9 2014 // Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine after being hit by “a large number of high-energy objects,” the Dutch Safety Board said in findings that appear to point to a missile attack on the...
Aug 28 2014 // Russian hackers attacked JPMorgan Chase & Co. and at least four other banks this month in a coordinated assault that resulted in the loss of gigabytes of customer data, according to two people familiar with the...
Aug 13 2014 // Idaho farmers may feel a small sting from the new Russian ban on food and agricultural imports from the West.Russia was the 14th largest export market for Idaho agriculture as of last year, according to the Idaho...
Aug 11 2014 // An Iranian passenger plane crashed Sunday while taking off from an airport near the capital, Tehran, killing 48 people onboard, state media reported.The aircraft, an Iran-140 typically used for short domestic flights,...
Jul 18 2014 // Insurance on the Malaysian airliner brought down over Ukraine on Thursday is likely to pay out relatively quickly, provided that the cause of the crash is firmly determined, but observers say the loss of of 295 lives...
Jul 3 2014 // Zurich Insurance Group AG, the largest Swiss insurer, said the sale of its Russian retail unit will lead to an estimated loss of about $300 million.The insurer said it is selling the business to Moscow-based Olma Group and...
Jun 23 2014 // A magnitude 8.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for Alaska on Monday, according to a National Weather Service alert.The quake was located in the Rat Islands, which are part of the Aleutian Island chain. NWS said the...
Jun 2 2014 // Vienna Insurance Group AG (VIG), Eastern Europe’s biggest insurer, said it won’t expand into Russia even as the number of acquisition targets in other parts of the region shrink.VIG, which is based in the...
Apr 13 2014 // News flash: a conservative and a liberal in Washington agree — on quite a few matters, in fact.Before an audience of independent insurance agents last Friday, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and liberal...
Apr 11 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has unveiled its 2014 Political Risk Map, which identifies an increased risk rating for all five emerging market BRICS countries. Aon noted that “as...
Apr 8 2014 // The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday predicted the global recovery would strengthen this year as output in richer nations picked up, but it warned of rising risks in emerging economies.In its latest global economic...
Apr 3 2014 // JPMorgan Chase & Co. is unfreezing a money transfer from a Russian embassy in Central Asia to an insurer linked to U.S.-sanctioned bank after getting a go-ahead from regulators.“Following consultation with our...
Mar 12 2014 // “Insurer concern over the political unrest and country credit ratings in Ukraine and potential sanctions in Russia have caused some to effectively stop underwriting political risk insurance in those two...
Feb 25 2014 // Stanislav Kuznetsov has a headache like no other: it measures 780,000 square metres and covers a large expanse of Russian mountainside.The Gorky Gorod resort in the snowy Caucasus peaks above Sochi was packed during the...
Feb 6 2014 // “A number of ‘black widow’ suicide bombers – the wives of militants killed by Russian security forces – may already be within the ‘ring of steel’ at the upcoming winter Olympics in...
Jan 17 2014 // China, India and Brazil — three of the largest developing nations— joined the U.S. in a list of the biggest historical contributors to global warming, according to a study by researchers in Canada.Seven nations between...
Dec 31 2013 // A bomb ripped a bus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter...
Nov 7 2013 // The perils of the new Arctic shipping route, warmed by climate change, may diminish with a British-Russian radio navigation initiative, under development to shore up vulnerable satellite-based alternatives.The British...
Oct 16 2013 // The new shipping route opened up through the Arctic by climate change will not be crowded any time soon.Cargoes of coal, diesel and gas have made the trip but high insurance costs, slow going and strict environmental rules...
Aug 28 2013 // If the United States attacks Syria, it will be the first time it strikes a country that is capable of waging retaliatory cyberspace attacks on American targets.The risk is heightened by Syria’s alliance with Iran,...