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Russia and the United States have created the necessary conditions for a breakthrough in their bilateral trade and economic relations, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said on Sunday. “We have the necessary background for an economic breakthrough: last year, the Russia-U.S. trade turnover has reached $31.2 million, which is by 14.3 percent higher than in [...]

 Moscow has warned the U.S. Administration that replacement of Jackson-Vanik Ammendment with Magnitsky blacklist is ‘unacceptable’, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said on Sunday. A group of influential U.S. senators, including former Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, proposed in mid-March to introduce a blacklist of Russian officials allegedly linked to Hermitage Capital lawyer Magnitsky’s death, [...]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama will on June 18 discuss projected deployment of missile shield in Europe, prospects of peace settlement in Syria and bilateral ties at the sidelines of G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said. The G20 summit will be held on June [...]

The media reports that a large Russian amphibious ship carrying weapons and troops was en route to Syria are false, a source in the Russian Black Sea Fleet told RIA Novosti on Sunday. “The ship is in the state of instant readiness for departure like all of the fleet’s warships. There are no marines aboard [...]

The Group of Twenty major economies may contribute to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) more than the $430 billion agreed before, G20 summit host Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Saturday. “I estimate there may be a bigger capitalization,” Calderon said in Los Cabos, where a G20 summit will be held on June 18-19. The [...]