Russia's antimonopoly service drops plan to designate marketplaces and data centres as strategic
Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service no longer intends to add digital platforms, marketplaces, developers of trusted Russian software and AI technologies, or data-centre operators to its list of strategic activities.
30.07.26TotalEnergies confirms it is ready to sell Arctic LNG 2 stake
France's TotalEnergies is ready to transfer its 10 % stake in the Arctic LNG 2 project to Nordline, a subsidiary of Novatek.
29.07.26Foreign company registrations in Russia hit eight-year high
From January to May this year 3,100 legal entities with foreign ownership were registered in Russia, according to Rosstat figures cited by Izvestia.
28.07.26EU adopts 21st package of sanctions against Russia
The EU adopted its 21st package of sanctions against Russia on 23 July.
27.07.26Reckitt Benckiser to sell part of Russian business to Arnest
Reckitt Benckiser, the British consumer goods group, has agreed to sell part of its Russian business to the Arnest group founded by Alexei Sagal.
23.07.26Will foreign investors be denied the buyback of their Russian assets
On 21 July Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament, passed at both second and third reading amendments setting out the procedure for refusing foreign investors who left the country after the start of the military conflict in Ukraine in 2022 the right to buy back their assets.
20.07.26AmCham Russia chief puts US business losses from sanctions at US 200 billion
US businesses have lost about US 200 billion over four years of harsh sanctions against Russia, Robert Agee, president and chief executive of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham Russia), said in an interview with the RIA Novosti news agency.
20.07.26France's Sucden agrees partnership with Russian coffee producer
The Russian arm of French sugar group Sucden and Russia’s Milfoods, the company behind the Poetti and Milagro coffee brands, have agreed a strategic partnership, Kommersant reported, citing a letter Milfoods sent to counterparties.
17.07.26Vladimir Putin places Akzo Nobel's Russian assets under temporary management
Russian President Vladimir Putin has transferred the local assets of Dutch paints group Akzo Nobel to the temporary management of a company called Razvitie Stroitelnykh Aktivov (RSA), according to a decree published on the official legal information portal.
16.07.26Shokhin urges Russia not to "show a red card" to foreign business
Alexander Shokhin, head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), the country's big-business lobby, has said it would be counterproductive to impose restrictions on foreign companies that have stayed on in Russia.
