State-owned natural gas company Naftogaz of Ukraine wins a lengthy $2.5 billion legal battle with Russia's Gazprom.
https://www.ft.com/content/dc7d48f8-1c13-11e8-aaca-4574d7dabfb6
BRAZIL and Russia, the third- and fourth-biggest emerging economies, have much in common beyond their size. Each boasts annual GDP per person of around $10,000, which depends more than either would like on natural riches. After commodity prices tumbled in 2014, their economies shrank and their currencies sank.
https://www.the-american-interest.com/2018/03/01/putins-strategy-chaos/
An analysis of social networks reveals how Kremlin-backed media outlets boosted xenophobic discourse
https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/03/01/inenglish/1519922107_909331.html
Experts in Russia agreed that Putin was sending a very blunt message to the Trump Administration—if Washington wants a new Cold War, Moscow is up for a rematch.