As the financial crisis began to bite in 2009 and AvtoVAZ lurched toward bankruptcy, French auto giant Renault must have rued the day it heard of the Soviet behemoth.

Vladimir Putin will start a new presidential term next week but, argues Jennifer Mathers of Aberystwyth University, the Russian leader’s grip on the country is weakening

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With emerald eyes and a colossal, caramel-colored Afro, Ilya Varlamov doesn't look like a typical Siberian mayor.