Vladimir Putin's government

Tsvetan Vassilev's representative, Joseph Augustine, executive vice president at the Washington-based consultancy Jefferson Waterman International, JWI, has confirmed in an interview with the Bulgarian International Television that his company has notified the US State Department and Treasury about the ex-banker's case.

Relatives of MH17 crash victims have filed a nearly $900 million suit against a one-time leader of Ukranian insurgents over the shooting down of the jet over the rebel-held east of the country last year.
 

Russia said its currency crisis was over on Dec. 15 but warned that inflation is set to climb above 10 percent, adding to the problems facing President Vladimir Putin's government as it fights its worst economic crisis since 1998.