Many in Moscow -- including Russian President Vladimir Putin ... she told AFP in the TSUM department store, home of luxury goods and brands. A sale assistant there told AFP: "The luxury brands ...

Many in Moscow—including Russian President Vladimir Putin — have reveled in what they call the ... “It’s a little more complicated, but overall everybody manages,” to get the products they want, she ...

These sanctions are meant to make it harder for Russia to get certain goods, especially luxury items like expensive cars, that are seen as unnecessary in wartime. However, despite these ...

Moscow’s affluent shoppers continue to enjoy access to a wide variety of luxury Western goods. In the Russian capital’s elite shopping districts, high-end department stores and upscale local ...

Russian smugglers are charging tens of thousands of euros to import luxury cars from Europe, as EU sanctions in response to Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hit the country’s wealthy.

Petersburg," said Levchenko, who often visited the city from his home in Moscow. "It's one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and one of my favorites." Levchenko left Russia in 2021 ...

A Mediterranean home for Russian warships is critical to Moscow as the Black Sea fleet is not permitted to transit the Bosphorus while Russia is at war with Ukraine. “Russia has not deployed ...

But in the 2023 image, the pools of light showing Moscow's suburbs appear smaller and less frequent than in the preinvasion image. "It's very clear that the Russian economy is definitely not as ...

Flows of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine stopped on Wednesday morning after Zelensky refused to prolong decades of cooperation that had earned billions of dollars for both Moscow and Kyiv.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attend a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via ...

HAS VLADIMIR PUTIN QUIETLY ACQUIRED a new imperial possession in the heart of Europe, embedded within the EU and NATO? The suggestion may sound hyperbolic, but reports from Bratislava are becoming ...

The Kremlin and the Moscow River are seen before dawn in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Peskov on Thursday said financial actions against Russian assets held in the West would not go ...