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Mandelson urges Russia move

Peter Mandelson says he will not be distracted by "media squalls" Peter Mandelson has said he believes there is a "thawing" of Russian-British relations but regretted that trade was bound to be affected by political rows. The...

Veteran KGB spy revealed as right-hand man to Mandelson's oligarch friend

Valery Pechenkin, once high up in the KGB, now heads security for oligarch Oleg Deripaska A former KGB spymaster who dealt the British secret service its worst blow since the Cold War is right-hand man to Lord Mandelson's...

Lord Mandelson hails improved relations between Britain and Russia

Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has hailed a thawing of relations between Russia and Britain. Amid the furore over his links to billionaire Oleg Deripaska, Lord Mandelson received a red-carpet welcome from Kremlin officials...

UK seeks to improve trade ties with Moscow

Britain`s new Business Secretary Lord Mandelson was leading a trade delegation to Russia in an attempt to improve trade relations between the two countries. His visit to Moscow, the first by a British cabinet minister in over...

Peter Mandelson rejects calls to elaborate on meetings with Oleg Deripaska

Business secretary insists no conflict of interest arose during meetings with controversial Russian billionaire Lord Mandelson taking his seat in the House of Lords earlier this month. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Lord...

Financial Crime and Punishment

By Richard Lourie It is now in Russia’s interest to release former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky from prison. And Khodorkovsky’s major oil company passed into Kremlin-friendly hands. But things have changed in the five years...

French police doubt rights lawyer was poisoned

Investigators have concluded that mercury pellets found in the car of the Russian human rights lawyer Karinna Moskalenko resulted from an accidental spillage from a broken thermometer before the lawyer bought the vehicle.

Embattled Mandelson Holds Talks In Moscow

In the first Cabinet-level visit between Britain and Russia in almost two years, embattled British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson is holding crucial talks in Moscow with political and business leaders about maintaining...

UK seeks to improve trade ties with Moscow

Britain's new Business Secretary Lord Mandelson was leading a trade delegation to Russia in an attempt to improve trade relations between the two countries. His visit to Moscow, the first by a British cabinet minister in over...

Peter Mandelson 'would meet Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska again'

Lord Mandelson has insisted he would be happy to hold further meetings with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, despite the media furore over their relationship. Lord Mandelson said he would meet Oleg Deripaska again Photo:...