A leading Russian oil tycoon has been found dead in suspicious circumstances after he plunged from a sixth floor window at a Moscow hospital. Ravil Maganov, 67, chairman of Russian oil giant LUKOIL, died on the spot after falling from a window on the sixth floor of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow at around 7.30am local time. Reports suggested the oil executive was in hospital for a routine... 

Initially Hamm had backed Senator Marco Rubio for the Republican nomination. Harold Hamm, chief executive of shale oil producer Continental Resources and Mitt Romney’s 2012 energy adviser, endorsed U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday, saying he has the “fortitude to make tough decisions.” Hamm also said Trump is the “best choice”. Hamm, who had previously donated to... 

Sochi Olympics, a PR stunt, a response to calls within society, or even a mistake: RT spoke with analysts to find out possible reasons behind Putin’s decision to pardon Khodorkovsky – and its likely consequences. In a surprise move, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he would sign a pardon for jailed former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The oil tycoon was arrested in 2003... 

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, left, and his co-defendant Platon Lebedev, right, talk behind a glass enclosure at a court room in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Khodorkovsky, 47, is in the final year of an eight-year sentence after being convicted of tax evasion, and the new conviction on charges of embezzlement and money laundering could keep him behind bars for several more years. A judge read the...