US lifts 40-year oil export embargo

The State Duma has adopted a bill on benefits for capital repairs of housing for the elderly

Finland will buy Gazprom's stake in Gasum for 251.3 million euros

Putin and Lukashenko discussed providing Belarus with a $2 billion loan

Ulyukaev commented on the introduction by Ukraine of a moratorium on the payment of debt to Russia

Chinese authorities are investigating how much Chinese market rescuers earned from its collapse

Police in Moscow Region Stop Illegal Production of Motor Oils Worth 12 Billion Rubles a Year

Ukraine's moratorium on debt payments to Russia came into force

The Russian stock market reacted with a decrease of 3% to the Ukrainian moratorium

Former Governor Yurchenko pleads not guilty in court

FSB conducted searches in subsidiaries of four Turkish banks – media

Reuters reported on the wedding of Katerina Tikhonova and Kirill Shamalov

Digest of the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal dated December 18, 2015

EU leaders decide to keep Schengen but strengthen security of its external borders

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