Russia

Russian legal specialist Sergei Magnitsky is due to be tried tomorrow for tax offenses, even though he died in prison more than 3 years ago. Critics of Russian business practices say he was killed to cover up corruption by officials.

European finance ministers are meeting in Brussels today, and at the top of their agenda is Cyprus. The small Mediterranean island nation, which has 850,000 people, is in desperate need of a bailout.

When it comes to public sector corruption, which of the BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India, and China — ranks the best and the worst?

"The Americans" is set in the 1980s and revolves around two Russian sleeper agents living in the U.S.

One of the most common images of this week's hurricane, power-sharing: People huddling with their phones and laptops plugged into power strips set up in bank foyers, coffee shops, or dangled helpfully out windows.

The British Oil company BP is selling off its stake in a joint venture to the state-run Russian oil company Rosneft.

The state-controlled Russian oil firm Rosneft is reported ready to enter a multi-billion dollar joint venture with the British oil giant BP to create the world’s biggest listed oil company.

Analyst says recently declassified Russian diamond field poses little threat to prices.

Russia is accusing the United States this morning of using its aid mission in Moscow to interfere with Russian politics.

Some businesspeople in Russia say corrupt courts make them vulnerable to the whims of corrupt officials and rivals who want to take their businesses.