The Kremlin hopes that the expulsion of two German diplomats from Russia will not affect constructive dialogue with Germany, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday

Russia has declared two employees of the German Embassy personae non grata, following a similar move by the country, and they should leave Russia within seven days, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday

Burkhard Varnholt, the global deputy chief investment officer (CIO) of the Credit Suisse banking company and CIO of Swiss Universal Bank, told Sputnik that the Russian stock market was showing good results despite many external factors and that there was a significant potential for the country's economic growth in the foreseeable future

While the leaders of the so-called Normandy Four were cautious to proclaim any breakthroughs in the recently held summit in Paris, Sputnik found many European lawmakers and observers who saw the positive implications that the revived talks had for the possibility of peace in Donbas

The Polish operator of the Druzhba oil pipeline, PERN, expects to get rid of contaminated oil only by the end of 2020, PERN head Igor Wasilewski said Wednesday

The killing of a Georgian citizen in Berlin in August could have been carried out by several people apart from the perpetrator himself, German media reported on Wednesday, citing a source from the prosecutor's office

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Thursday brief the leaders of EU countries on the results of the recent Normandy format negotiations in Paris with regard to the implementation of the Minsk agreements, a senior EU official told reporters in Brussels