Articles by James Marson

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  Putin’s Crimea Visit Fuels Ukraine Tensions

  August 19, 2016 05:29 p.m.

  Russia President Vladimir Putin said he would discuss additional measures with his security chiefs, a week after he accused Ukraine of killing two Russian soldiers during an alleged incursion.

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  Russia Builds Up Army Near Ukraine Border

  August 19, 2016 01:07 a.m.

  Russia is bolstering its military presence on its western border, sending tens of thousands of soldiers to newly built installations within easy striking distance of Ukraine.

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  Russia Delays Sale of Stake in Oil Firm Bashneft

  August 17, 2016 08:03 a.m.

  The postponement of the oil producer’s stake sale could complicate efforts to shore up a federal budget depleted by weak prices for oil, Russia’s main export.

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  Manafort’s Work in Ukraine Becomes U.S. Campaign Issue

  August 15, 2016 10:56 p.m.

  Years before he became Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort represented a former Ukrainian president now exiled in Russia, which Democrats say is another sign of the GOP nominee’s links to Russia.

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  Weak Oil Prices Weigh Heavily on Rosneft

  August 15, 2016 09:22 p.m.

  Russian state-controlled oil giant PAO Rosneft said its net profit for the first half of the year nearly halved compared with the same period of 2015 as weak oil prices dragged down revenues despite a slight recovery in prices the second quarter.

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  Plan for Joint Venture to Build Gas Pipeline From Russia to Germany Falters

  August 12, 2016 07:22 p.m.

  A plan has collapsed for multiple large European energy companies to team up to build a controversial natural-gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.

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  Putin Blames Ukraine for Deaths of Service Members in Crimea

  August 10, 2016 06:17 p.m.

  Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine for the deaths of two Russian service members in Crimea in recent days, saying that Moscow wouldn’t ignore them.

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  Gazprom First-Quarter Profit Falls

  August 10, 2016 07:08 a.m.

  Russian state-controlled gas giant Gazprom said first-quarter net profit slipped 5% to about $5.6 billion despite an increase in revenue, as operating expenses rose.

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  Outspoken Journalist Killed in Car Bombing in Kiev

  July 20, 2016 11:42 a.m.

  A bomb ripped through a car and killed journalist Pavel Sheremet in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, the most high-profile slaying of a journalist in the country in more than a decade and a half.

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  Russia Pushes Baltic Air-Safety Plan in NATO Meeting

  July 13, 2016 04:17 p.m.

  Russia proposed a new air-safety initiative for the Baltic Sea in a meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization ambassadors Wednesday as it continued to criticize the Western alliance for a planned buildup in the region.

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  Russia Sells Stake in Diamond Company Alrosa

  July 11, 2016 08:06 a.m.

  Russia has sold a stake in Alrosa, the world’s largest diamond producer, the first of what officials say could be a series of major state-asset sales aimed at shoring up the country’s budget, which is suffering from weak prices for Russia’s main export, crude oil.

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  Russia’s Privatization Drive Sours a Village

  May 30, 2016 10:31 p.m.

  A century-old dairy plant that makes the country’s most-recognizable brand of butter become a symbol for opponents of a privatization effort pushed by President Vladimir Putin.

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  Lure of Amber Pits Ukraine’s Illegal Miners Against State

  June 3, 2016 07:58 p.m.

  In Ukraine’s impoverished northwest, the government is struggling to rein in illegal miners of amber who accuse the police of colluding in a protection racket with prosecutors, politicians and gangsters.

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  Russian Natural-Gas Project Gets Funding from China

  April 29, 2016 08:59 a.m.

  A $27 billion natural-gas project in the Russian Arctic has secured the billions in financing it needed from Chinese banks, a victory over Western sanctions that tightens Russia’s energy ties with China.

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  Ukraine Moves to Recall Jewish Past

  April 27, 2016 10:58 a.m.

  Cities and towns are beginning to take steps to remember their once-thriving Jewish heritage, erecting memorials, holding commemorations and educating people about what happened during the Holocaust.

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  China Expresses Interest in Rosneft Stake

  April 21, 2016 10:51 a.m.

  China National Petroleum Corp. is interested in acquiring a stake in Russian state-controlled oil giant Rosneft, a move that would strengthen growing ties between the two countries as Moscow’s relations with the West cool.

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  Russia Says Gulf States Added Last-Minute Demands at Doha

  April 18, 2016 08:18 a.m.

  Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries added last-minute conditions at the meeting of major oil-producing countries over the weekend that prevented participants from reaching a deal on freezing output, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said.

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  Russians Shrug Off Reports of Offshore Transactions

  April 5, 2016 01:28 p.m.

  Russians have largely shrugged at reports that placed close associates of President Vladimir Putin at the center of at least $2 billion in offshore transactions.

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  Rosneft Shows Crude Resilience, Shielded by Weak Ruble

  March 31, 2016 12:23 p.m.

  Russian state-controlled oil company OAO Rosneft reported a slight increase in full-year net profit, shielded from plunging oil prices that battered the results of western oil producers by a weakening ruble and a tax system that eases as prices fall.

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  Putin Endorses Chechen Leader

  March 25, 2016 12:42 p.m.

  Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the rule of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, telling him to run in elections there in September that he is certain to win.