Smash hit

Putin and Renault agree on aid for Lada

Russian PM announced a rescue package with Renault for the debt-laden Russian carmaker that could be worth up to €300 million

Russian wish granted on TNK-BP boss

UK oil giant agrees to preferred candidate of Russian partners as shareholder peace breaks out in stormy joint venture

Lawyer for Hermitage in Kremlin case dies in prison

Russian who helped London-based hedge fund in allegations of fraud against Kremlin officials has died at a detention centre

Gas glut will weaken ‘Russian grip on Europe’

The International Energy Agency says that the surplus in global supplies may hit 200 billion cubic metres a year by 2015

Putin warns Europe about winter gas supply

Russian Prime Minister calls on Europe to "throw in a lousy billion" to help Ukraine pay its gas bills owed to Gazprom

GM Europe deal on hold as Brussels looks at aid

Consortium led by Magna must wait while board of General Motors answers questions from EU Competition Commissioner

Bank of New York will lend to Russia again

The move comes after Moscow abandoned a $22.5 billion lawsuit against the American bank in a long-running dispute

Hermitage alleges fraud in high places in Moscow

In a letter Hermitage Capital accuses senior government officials of conspiring with a criminal gang to steal £235 million

Sellers on the spot ahead of gas war

It is not a fight over market share but about control over the pricing mechanism, the way in which gas is bought and sold in Europe