ZAGREB, March 20, 2018 - Members of the Russian motorcycle club Night Wolves, that is close to Vladimir Putin, will not back down from coming to Bosnia and Herzegovina even though their leader Alexander Zaldostanov has been banned from entering the country and proclaimed a threat to national security.

ZAGREB, March 19, 2018 - Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić on Monday declined to comment on whether Russia's presidential elections were fair, saying that the only thing the European Union can say is that "the elections in Russia were held and that Vladimir Putin won."

ZAGREB, March 19, 2018 - Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović was the first Western leader on Monday to congratulate Vladimir Putin on his re-election as President of the Russian Federation.

ZAGREB, March 13, 2018 - Positive indicators and good announcements for tour operators from the Russian market are promising a good year for Croatia's tourism and it is estimated that 2018 could see 15% more guests from Russia, the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) said in a press release on Tuesday, following a presentation at the 25th Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT), held on 13-15 March.

ZAGREB, March 2, 2018 - For the time being, Sberbank sees no potential problems with its balance that would be related to the problems in Croatia's indebted food and retail conglomerate Agrokor, the Russian bank's Chief Financial Officer Alexander Morozov has said in a conference call with analysts, according to Reuters' Moscow bureau.

ZAGREB, February 18, 2018 - Croatia's Foreign Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić on Saturday met with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the margins of the international security conference in Munich, and their talks were part of the intensified dynamics in bilateral meetings.

ZAGREB, February 17, 2018 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Slovenia on February 21 to discuss bilateral relations, economic cooperation and current political topics, including the Ukraine crisis and the situation in the Western Balkans, the Slovenian Foreign Ministry announced on its website.

ZAGREB, February 16, 2018 - Maslenitsa, a Russian religious and folk holiday, will be celebrated in Zagreb's Upper Town on Sunday, during the last week before Great Lent and the eighth week before Eastern Orthodox Pascha (Easter).

ZAGREB, February 13, 2018 - The Americans are meddling in the internal affairs of other countries, violating the principle of a free market and are conducting policies of unfair competition, Russia's Ambassador to Croatia, Anvar Azimov said on Tuesday in response to a statement by his US counterpart, Robert Kohorst, who claimed that it would be a mistake for Croatia to sell its shares in the INA oil company to the Russians.

ZAGREB, February 12, 2018 - The United States doesn't want INA to be bought by a Russian company, the new U.S. ambassador to Croatia, Robert Kohorst, said on Monday, saying that that acquisition would be a mistake.