When incompetence in the Kremlin turns murderous, its incumbents can begin to tremble, says Nina L. Khrushcheva.

Delegates at the World Economic Forum on Africa will be isolated from reality on the ground, says Pascal Fletcher.

Russia sidelining itself from the global economy will usher in a new era, writes Giles Merritt

Heavy investment in agricultural research is driving farm output in the high-growth economies Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs), according to a new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

THIS year’s budget has introduced a number of interesting measures to increase activity in the property, SME and farming sectors, while taking a policy decision not to increase income tax rates.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has unveiled tax breaks for companies who try to invest in so called BRICS countries - that is Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

THIS week saw a number of developments in the ongoing eurozone crisis, none of them particularly good news for the currency.

RUSSIA delivered a vote of no confidence yesterday in Europe’s approach to resolving its sovereign debt crisis, as the head of the International Monetary Fund visited Moscow to seek support.

RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev plans to discuss steps to revise the international financial system with International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde in Moscow today.

SUSTAINING expansion of exports and shifting growth towards the indigenous sector and away from the reliance on multi-nationals is the “sole path” to sustainable future economic growth.

As the former Citibank head once declared, countries don’t go bust

NOMINATIONS for the row of IMF managing director have closed, with French finance minister Christine Lagarde remaining the front-runner.

A claim by the president of the European Central Bank that the euro currency is not in crisis has been called “absurd” by Conservative MP Bill Cash.