SA’s intelligence service relied on a spy close to Russia to find out details about its own government’s involvement in a $100-million satellite deal.
Money is the big problem with the initial agreement Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson signed last year, given the financial positions of both countries.
The way the Russian nuclear deal was handled can only be to ensure a politically driven process, unhampered by technical or financial considerations.
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine hope to strike a peace deal and end 10 months of fighting in which at least 5 300 people have died.
A day after a US ratings agency downgraded ?Russia to "junk" status, the country’s index fell by 3%. Russia could also face new sanctions.
Ukraine tells Davos it has a plan and Russia says it wants the war to end but civilians are still dying.
An economic crisis is pushing Russia into a corner, potentially forcing a mass gem sale.
Negotiations broke up after more than five hours on Wednesday with the pro-Russian rebels reporting little to no progress.
Russians are frustrated with the continued fall of their currency. For some, investing in valuables is the solution.
Russian President Vladimir Putin backs the central bank’s move to hike interest rates amidst warnings that it will send the country into a recession.
The country’s president is all too aware of the consequences of the meltdown in relations between Russia and the West.
Somehow Russia has persuaded President Jacob Zuma into agreeing to a deal for a nuclear fleet that the treasury opposed.
Following uproar over a Russia-SA nuclear deal, a PR management firm – headed by Jacob Zuma’s former spokesperson – stepped in to do damage control.
The department of energy has been extremely vague on South Africa’s prospective nuclear deal despite promising transparency regarding a new build.
The DA has urged government to make public the details of a bilateral nuclear deal struck with Russia, saying it has potential for corruption.
Russian citizens are showing support for their country by flaunting anti-sanction slogans such as "We can get our kicks without your Coca-Cola".
There will still be processes to follow in the bilateral agreement between South Africa and Russia over the procurement of nuclear reactors.
South Africa has agreed to a strategic partnership with Russia, worth $50-billion, to significantly increase its nuclear power generation capacity.
President Vladimir Putin said Russia would rather focus on strengthening its domestic market, but if he wanted, he could invade Kiev in just two days.
The arrest of one of Russia’s richest men, Vladimir Yevtushenkov, could send further shock waves through an economy reeling from Western sanctions.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe voiced his support for Russia, describing Western sanctions against Moscow as "illegal".
Nato leaders have agreed to boost the military alliance’s readiness to meet fresh security threats by setting up a new rapid reaction force.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned Nato and the US not to offer Ukraine membership of the alliance, ahead of a Nato summit.
The Western alliance at last has an enemy that seems to fit its bill – Nato is ready to defend Europe from ‘Russian aggression’.
The Ukraine crisis is the most serious threat to Euro-Atlantic security since the Cold War, according to Nato head Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Francois Hollande has condemned Russia’s military presence in Ukraine, while Russia has assured Europe it will keep winter gas supply commitments.
As aid trucks are let in to Ukraine from Russia, problems stir in Parliament with the economy minister resigning, and a likely dissolution looming.
The decision to ban most food imports from the West shows that President Vladimir Putin has no intention of bowing to Western pressure over Ukraine.
Sex experiments involving lizards are continuing as planned after communications with Russia’s Photon-M satellite were re-established.
Ukrainian territory separatist leader Aleksander Borodai has given the black boxes of the plane that downed in the area to Malaysian authorities.
Ukraine’s government said it had evidence that the missile battery that brought down a Malaysian airliner was manned by three Russian citizens.
Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin on Thursday discussed a downed passenger plane during a phone call prompted by a new round of US sanctions.