Category: Russian

Digging Into the History of a Classic Comfort Food: Beef Stroganoff

Considering its ubiquitous nature at restaurants and in homes throughout North America, it may come as a surprise (or not) that original recipes for this 19th-century Russian dish didn’t include mushrooms or egg noodles. Or even Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup. I know, right? Ground beef? Not exactly. While beef stroganoff and its manifestations have…


Oil Jumps in Volatile Trade Amid CPC Pipeline Disruption

LONDON—Oil prices rose in volatile trading on Wednesday, supported by disruption to Russian and Kazakh crude exports via the CPC pipeline. Brent crude futures were up $5.16, or 4.5 percent, at $120.64 a barrel at 1335 GMT. Prices had earlier fallen to a low of $114.45. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose $4.83,…


Russian Oligarch Alisher Usmanov ‘Transferred Assets to Irrevocable Trusts,’ May Evade Sanctions

Russian Oligarch Alisher Usmanov, who has been sanctioned by a string of western nations, no longer owns many of his former properties his spokesperson has said, potentially meaning they will avoid such penalties. The Uzbek-born Russian business magnate has been sanctioned by The European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Switzerland due to his close ties with the Kremlin….


Navalny Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison by Russian Court

MOSCOW—Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted of fraud and contempt of court and sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security prison on Tuesday, in a trial Kremlin critics see as an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin’s most ardent foe in prison for as long as possible. A judge also ruled that Navalny would…


Canada Tightens Ban on Russian Aircraft to Include Humanitarian Flights

The federal government says it has tightened rules for Russian aircraft after a commercial airliner was able to circumvent a ban on entering Canadian airspace late last month by falsely claiming to be a humanitarian flight. Aeroflot Flight 111 was allowed to traverse Canadian airspace en route from Miami to Moscow on Feb. 27 despite…


Russia’s Biggest Cargo Airline to Suspend All Boeing Flights

Russia’s biggest cargo airline Volga-Dnepr Group has suspended all flights using Boeing aircraft due to Western sanctions, it said on Friday. Sanctions have cut off the supply of most aircraft and parts to Russia. The United States and Europe have closed their airspace to Russian airlines, and Moscow has responded by imposing the same measure…


Canadian Armed Forces Need to Be Better Equipped: Foreign Affairs Minister

The Canadian Armed Forces should be better equipped to face new challenges in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said on Friday. Speaking at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Joly said there are new challenges on the world stage after Russian President…


More Than Half of Quebecers in Favour of Province Developing Own Oil Resources

More than half of Quebecers say their province should develop its own supply of oil instead of importing it, a new poll finds. Conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), the online poll shows that 52 percent of Quebecers believe that their province should develop its own oil resources rather than…


Republican Senators Introduce Bill Banning Imports of Russian Uranium

Four U.S. Republican Senators on March 17 introduced a bill to ban imports of Russian uranium into the country as the United States moves to further isolate Moscow in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. The bill was introduced by Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) and would go into effect…


Burger King Owner Claims Russian Operator Is ‘Refusing’ to Shut Restaurants

The owner of fast food restaurant Burger King has claimed that its independent operator in Russia is “refusing” to allow it to close its restaurants within the country. Burger King, which is owned by Restaurant Brands International (RBI) and has around 800 fully franchised outlets in Russia, announced on March 10 that it had decided…