MOSCOW, June 26 (UPI) -- Fearing bad loans could seriously jeopardize its economy, Russia is reported considering a banking bailout plan, government officials say.

MOSCOW, April 24 (UPI) -- Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said the country was not seeking to accelerate privatization of state property.

MOSCOW, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Economic growth in Russia will be near zero in 2009 and government revenues could decline by 40 percent, officials in Moscow said Friday.

MOSCOW, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Russian leaders, including Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, said large-scale projects for energy giant Gazprom are moving ahead despite the economic downturn.

MOSCOW, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- A top Russian official said Sunday the country's banking industry has adequate cash to weather the current global financial maelstrom.

MOSCOW, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Russian oil companies Tuesday started dropping consumer prices following concerns from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

MOSCOW, May 12 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has appointed a new government that looks very much like the one he headed as Russia's president.

PARIS, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The big question in Russian politics is not only who will replace President Vladimir Putin when he is required by the constitution to step down after serving two consecutive terms, but whether Putin himself leaves politics.

MOSCOW, June 22 (UPI) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Friday said Moscow wants to prove to the United States that Iran is not a threat. "The U.S. is convinced that Iran is a threat. We are ready to prove -- using the radar if necessary -- that these fears are unwarran