Complete coverage of the U.S.-Russia summit, being held July 6-8 in Moscow.

When the guest arrived at a construction company's corporate party last year at an unfinished skyscraper at the Moskva-City complex, he was greeted by the sight of 25 beautiful women seated in 25 bathtubs. A party organizer sidled up to him: ""Four or five hundred euros and you can do anything you want.""

These should be happy times for Alessandro Balgera. After all, the 50-year-old Italian is getting married Wednesday.

In a time of fast-encroaching state control over the oil sector, Imperial Energy is a rare bird. Founded in 2004 by a flamboyant English lawyer, the London-listed firm has seen a lot in its short history.

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Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Thursday that Russia would consider extending a new loan to Belarus worth $2 billion.

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Podium, a Russian fashion chain, said it opened its first foreign jewelry outlet in the Alpine resort of Courchevel, France, to target wealthy Russians on ski vacations.

Norilsk Nickel, the country's biggest miner, gained for a third day in London trading as investors bet United Company RusAl majority owner Oleg Deripaska will acquire a stake in the company and eventually take it over.

Bank Rossiya co-owner Oleg Rudnov has taken control of Komsomolskaya Pravda, a step seen as concentrating the popular media in the hands of Kremlin loyalists ahead of the presidential election.