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19.06.26

Alphabet is among the top 25 major companies offering professional outsourcing services, according to RAEX

On 8 June 2026, RAEX rating agency (Expert RA) published its annual ranking of the major companies offering professional outsourcing services in 2025. The Alphabet Group showed stable high growth rates in the sector, strengthened its position in the ranking and taken 22nd place.

Alphabet is among the top 25 major companies offering professional outsourcing services, according to RAEX
17.06.26

EU unveils 21st sanctions package against Russia

The European Commission has presented the EU's 21st package of sanctions against Russia. Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on June 9 that it would focus on sectors including energy, financial services, crypto and trade.

08.06.26

Pfizer Russia chief explains how local unit keeps operating without parent investment

US companies in sectors including energy, aviation and high technology are monitoring the geopolitical situation and waiting for an opportunity to return to the Russian market, Robert Agee, head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham Russia), told Izvestia on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). 

08.06.26

US energy and aviation companies eyeing return to Russia, AmCham chief says

US companies in sectors including energy, aviation and high technology are monitoring the geopolitical situation and waiting for an opportunity to return to the Russian market, Robert Agee, head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham Russia), told Izvestia on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). 

US energy and aviation companies eyeing return to Russia, AmCham chief says
03.06.26

German companies in Russia have no plans to leave, survey finds

Almost all German companies continuing to operate in Russia intend to remain in the market, according to a survey conducted by the Russian-German Foreign Trade Chamber (AHK Russland) and reported by RBC.

27.05.26

Not a single new foreign brand has entered Russia so far this year

No foreign brand has entered the Russian market since the start of 2026, according to a report by consultancy CORE.XP cited by Vedomosti.

27.05.26

Foreign firms eye conditions for return to Russia, says industry chief

Foreign companies are enquiring about the criteria for resuming operations in Russia, Alexander Shokhin, head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, told RIA Novosti.

Foreign firms eye conditions for return to Russia, says industry chief
21.05.26

Foreign investors open first Type-In accounts for Russian securities, ministry says

Foreign investors have opened several new Type-In accounts, designed to give them access to Russian securities, Russia's deputy finance minister Alexei Moiseyev said, according to TASS.

21.05.26

Russian courts order Euroclear to pay 17 trillion rubles to Central Bank and Pervaya

Russian courts have ruled against European central securities depository Euroclear in two separate cases, awarding a combined sum equivalent to nearly 17 trillion rubles in favour of the Bank of Russia and asset management company Pervaya.

15.05.26

Hundreds of lawsuits target Russian units of foreign firms over frozen assets

Russian plaintiffs have found a way to recover assets frozen abroad under sanctions: sue the foreign company holding those assets in a Russian court, RBC reported. The claims, for example, involve advance payments made by Russian equipment buyers to foreign suppliers before February 2022 — money that was never returned after suppliers both withheld delivery and declined to return prepayments. Article 248.1 of the Russian Arbitration Procedure Code allows such disputes to be litigated domestically, overriding contractual clauses requiring arbitration abroad.

Hundreds of lawsuits target Russian units of foreign firms over frozen assets