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 A Spanish court said on Thursday it has thrown out an international arrest warrant issued for a top Russian lawmaker from President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party as part of a probe into an underworld gang. https://www.thelocal.es/20160520/spain-court-annuls-arrest-warrant-for-russian-lawmaker Fri, 20 May 2016 11:35:12 +0200 spain-court-annuls-arrest-warrant-for-russian-lawmaker President Vladimir Putin's spokesman on Friday dismissed media reports that the Russian leader owns a luxury Spanish villa where he is planting a vineyard. https://www.thelocal.es/20150109/putin-slams-luxury-villa-rumours-as-joke Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:14:00 +0100 putin-slams-luxury-villa-rumours-as-joke Spain has experienced a boom in the number of tourists from Russia in recent years, but fears are growing that the crisis in the Ukraine and a weak rouble could spell the end of the bonanza. https://www.thelocal.es/20140818/ukraine-crisis-hits-russian-tourism-to-spain Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:58:00 +0200 ukraine-crisis-hits-russian-tourism-to-spain Russia on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting food exports from the European Union and the US, in a move the EU has described as "clearly politically motivated", and one which could cost Spain hundreds of millions of euros. https://www.thelocal.es/20140807/spain-to-be-hit-with-russian-trade-sanctions-vladimir-putin Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:36:00 +0200 spain-to-be-hit-with-russian-trade-sanctions-vladimir-putin