Russia seizes control of Sakhalin gas project, raises stakes with West
President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in an economic war with the West by signing a decree to seize full control of the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project in ...
Russia abandons Snake Island in victory for Ukraine (Update 3)
Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports.
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Putin rejects Johnson’s claim a woman wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s charge that if he were a woman he would not have invaded Ukraine.
Speaking at a news ...
European court tells Russia to ensure two Britons do not face death penalty
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said on Thursday it had issued an order to Russia to ensure that the death penalty was not carried out against two Britons ...
Putin: Russia will respond if NATO sets up infrastructure in Finland, Sweden
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would respond in kind if NATO deployed troops and infrastructure in Finland and Sweden after they join the U.S.-led military ...
State bank VTB, fintech firm execute Russia’s first digital asset deal
Russian lender VTB’s (VTBR.MM) VTB Factoring subsidiary and fintech company Lighthouse have executed the country’s first cash-backed digital financial asset transaction, the bank said on Wednesday.
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Russian parliament approves tax break for issuers of digital assets
Russian lawmakers this week approved a draft law that would potentially exempt issuers of digital assets and cryptocurrencies from value-added tax.
Russia has long voiced scepticism of cryptocurrencies and other ...
NATO invites Finland, Sweden to join, says Russia is a ‘direct threat’ (Update)
NATO invited Sweden and Finland on Wednesday to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed ...
NATO agrees military aid for ‘heroic’ Ukraine, Russia steps up attacks in south
NATO on Wednesday branded Russia the biggest “direct threat” to Western security after its invasion of Ukraine and agreed plans to modernise Kyiv’s beleaguered armed forces, saying it stood ...
Ukraine wins release of 144 soldiers in biggest prisoner swap of war
Ukraine on Wednesday carried out its biggest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded, securing the release of 144 of its soldiers, including 95 who defended Mariupol’s steelworkers, Ukraine’s ...
Russia tells U.N. chief it’s ready to help avert food crisis
Russia said on Wednesday it was ready to work with the United Nations to combat the risks of a global food crisis, and was willing to meet its obligations to ...
Britain sanctions Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin
Britain on Wednesday announced sanctions on oligarch Vladimir Potanin, described by London as Russia’s second-richest man and who has been buying assets from firms exiting Russia over the invasion ...
Why Russian oil price cap is easier said than done
G7 leaders have agreed to study possible price caps on Russian oil and gas to try to limit Moscow’s ability to fund its invasion of Ukraine, G7 officials said ...
Russian missile strike in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv blamed for three deaths
At least three people were killed and five wounded by a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv on Wednesday, said local authorities ...
US accuses five firms in China of supporting Russia’s military
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration added five companies in China to a trade blacklist for allegedly supporting Russia’s military and defense industrial base, flexing its muscle to ...
Dozens missing after Russian missile strike on mall kills 18 (Update 2)
Firefighters on Tuesday searched the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall where authorities said 36 people were missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18, as a regional governor ...
A ‘default’ when flush with cash: Five signs Russia ain’t sinking yet
Russia may have defaulted for the first time on foreign bonds since the Bolsheviks refused to pay on a vast debt pile after the 1917 Revolution, but its $1.8 trillion economy is ...
Russia says missile hit on weapons depot, not ’empty’ Kremenchuk shopping centre
Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday denied hitting a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk with missiles, saying it had struck a weapons depot and a subsequent explosion ...
Boost for luxury London property prices as Russians locked in
The war in Ukraine is making it hard for even unsanctioned Russians to sell exclusive residential property in Britain, adding to a shortage of supply that has helped drive up ...
Sweden’s Kurds fear they may pay price for NATO bid as Turkey fumes
Kurds in Sweden’s large diaspora are worried they will become a pawn in the negotiations over Stockholm’s ambition to join NATO if the West makes concessions to win ...
West pledges unwavering support for Ukraine as missiles strike shopping centre (Update 5)
Western nations on Monday pledged unwavering support for Ukraine in the war with Russia, including more sanctions on Moscow and air-defence systems, as Ukrainian officials said two Russian missiles struck ...
Russia says it is expelling eight Greek diplomats
Russia declared eight Greek diplomats unwelcome and gave them eight days to leave the country, the Russian foreign ministry said on Monday.
Greece in April asked 12 Russian diplomats to leave ...
Russia, rejecting default, tells investors to go to western financial agents
Russia rejected claims on Monday that is had defaulted on its external debt for the first time in more than a century, telling investors to go to Western financial agents ...
G7 to stand with Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’ (Updated)
The Group of Seven club of wealthy nations on Monday vowed to stand with Ukraine “for as long as it takes”, promising to tighten the squeeze on Russia’s finances ...