Efforts to exploit the vast Bazhenov formation hit by loss of western partners

Italian bank financing €10.2bn investment comes under regulators’ scrutiny

Deal highlights efforts by Italian energy group to cash in on recent discoveries

Russian banks to help finance privatisation aimed at raising cash for state budget

The head of Rosneft has pulled off a huge investment coup, writes Jack Farchy

Purchase to be largest foreign investment since restrictions on certain transactions

Oil trader secures 220,000 b/d supply deal for just €300m outlay

Shavkat Mirziyoyev had been hinting at reforms to longstanding policies

Appointment follows dramatic arrest of Alexei Ulyukaev on corruption charges

French frontrunner has close ties to a Russia leader intent on ending his isolation

Moscow says meetings ‘normal practice’ but Clinton’s campaign refused requests

Republican president-elect has challenged tenets of international order

Draft deal a rare example of Moscow and the west mending economic ties

Warning from anti-corruption watchdog highlights push for reform in autocratic country

Deal likely to prompt backlash from eastern European capitals