https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The owner of Marbella football club was one of 11 Russians arrested in connection with laundering more than €30 million ($35 million), Spanish police said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170927/police-arrest-11-russians-in-marbella-for-money-laundering Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:51:43 +0200 police-arrest-11-russians-in-marbella-for-money-laundering Spain's top-level National Court has okayed extraditing Stanislav Lisov, an alleged Russian hacker accused of creating an online banking malware, to the United States, it said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170801/spain-court-allows-extradition-of-alleged-russian-hacker-to-us Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:51:59 +0200 spain-court-allows-extradition-of-alleged-russian-hacker-to-us Spain was counting on rich Russians to help revive its stricken property market by buying homes on its sunny coasts - until the rouble collapsed on falling oil prices and the Ukraine crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20150216/ruble-tumble-busts-russian-buying-boom-in-spain Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:34:00 +0100 ruble-tumble-busts-russian-buying-boom-in-spain With the financial situation in Russian holiday home hotspot Cyprus looking increasingly dicey and Spanish property prices in freefall, more and more rich Russians are eyeing up a move west to Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20130321/rich-russians-set-sights-on-spanish-coast Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:43:00 +0100 rich-russians-set-sights-on-spanish-coast Big-spending Russian tourists are flocking to Spain's beaches and famous landmarks in ever greater numbers, providing a much-needed boost to the recession-hit country's key tourism industry. https://www.thelocal.es/20130225/russian-tourists-keep-spanish-tourism-afloat Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:48:00 +0100 russian-tourists-keep-spanish-tourism-afloat