Blavatnik holds both U.S. and U.K. citizenship and has generously funded election campaigns for both Democrats and Republicans.
Her trip, organized at the invitation of the celebrated Russian actor and director Vladimir Mashkov, became a notable event for Russia’s cultural and political elite.
Since early 2022, amid the war in Ukraine and the wave of sanctions, many assumed Russian tourism in Europe would grind to a halt. However, reality proved otherwise.
The painting, carefully kept by the family of its first owner since 1944, was unveiled at the Hôtel Drouot and will go under the hammer on October 24.
Russia remains one of the world’s leading wheat suppliers, and revenue from commodity and food exports is a key source of budget income.
Among the latest incidents is an attack on the Saratov refinery, another target in a series of strikes on energy facilities.
The entrepreneur’s fortune, as estimated by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, exceeds $2.6 billion. Now a significant portion of that wealth may be at risk.
Oil prices on Monday extended last week’s gains as the market simultaneously digests mounting pressure on Russian supplies and forecasts of a surplus toward the end of the year.
Speaking on Friday in Brussels after a series of meetings with European officials, Wright stressed that it is safer and more advantageous for Europe to obtain energy “from friends.”
A sharp rise in Ukrainian drone attacks on targets deep inside Russian territory has led to targeted and prolonged mobile internet shutdowns.
On Wednesday, Charlie Kirk was shot dead in Utah—a piece of news that shook the political world and far beyond.
The initiative came during the U.S. president’s video call into a meeting of senior U.S. and EU officials in Washington, where they discussed ways to raise the cost of the war for Moscow.
Germany has faced a sharp spike in electricity prices amid weak renewable generation and surging costs of carbon allowances.
