EU unveils escape route from Russian fossil fuels by 2027
The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a 210 billion euro plan for Europe to end its reliance on Russian fossil fuels by 2027, and to use the pivot away from Moscow to ...
Fears for Mariupol defenders after surrender to Russia
Concerns grew on Wednesday for the welfare of more than 250 Ukrainian fighters who surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol after weeks of desperate resistance.
The surrender ...
Russians line up for final Big Mac ahead of McDonald’s exit
Russians lined up in a Moscow train station on Tuesday for what may be their last Big Mac from one of the few McDonald’s restaurants still open in the ...
Azovstal siege ends as hundreds of Ukrainian fighters surrender – Reuters witness
Dozens of Ukrainian fighters, some apparently unwounded, surrendered on Tuesday after weeks holed up in the bunkers and tunnels below Mariupol’s Azovstal steel works as the most devastating siege ...
Kremlin: G7 using Russia’s reserves for Ukraine would be ‘outright theft’
The Kremlin said on Tuesday it would be “outright theft” for the Group of Seven economic powers and European Union to seize Russia’s frozen reserves and spend them on ...
Russia jumps to 4th position as oil supplier to India
Russia became the fourth-largest oil supplier to India in April, with volumes set to rise further in coming months as low prices spur demand from the world’s No. 3 oil ...
German finance minister open to seizing Russia cenbank assets – Handelsblatt
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner is open to the idea of seizing Russian state assets to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine, he said in an interview with German business daily ...
Russia gives Credit Bank of Moscow licence to export gold
Credit Bank of Moscow (MKB), one of Russia’s largest private lenders, has obtained a gold export licence from the government, it said on Monday, becoming the latest Russian bank ...
EU ministers fail to persuade Hungary to sign up to Russian oil embargo
EU foreign ministers failed on Monday in their effort to pressure Hungary to lift its veto of a proposed oil embargo on Russia, with Lithuania saying the bloc was being “...
Ukrainian troops evacuate from Mariupol, ceding control to Russia
Ukraine‘s military said on Tuesday it was working to evacuate all remaining troops from their last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, ceding control of the city to ...
Sweden’s plans for Nato membership hit snag as Turkey says no (Updated)
By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson
Sweden will formally apply for Nato membership in the next few days, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday, but its accession process, and ...
Putin appears to back off threats as Nordics seek to join Nato
Vladimir Putin appeared to climb down on Monday from Russia’s objections to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, saying Moscow had no issues with them entering the U.S.-led ...
Russia says it will evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers from Azovstal
Russia said on Monday that it had agreed to evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the bunkers below the besieged Azovstal steel works in Mariupol to a medical facility in the ...
McDonald’s to exit Russia after more than 30 years
McDonald’s said on Monday it has started a process to sell all its restaurants in Russia, exiting the country after more than 30 years following its invasion of Ukraine.
The ...
Protesters block Greek tanker with Russian cargo from entering UK port
Greenpeace protesters have blocked the entry of a Greek tanker into a southern English port due to its Russian fuel cargo with police making arrests, the green group said on ...
Factbox: Companies sell their businesses in Russia
Some Western companies have agreed to sell their Russian assets or hand them over to local managers as they scramble to comply with sanctions over the Ukraine conflict and deal ...
Russian oil output up 1.7 per cent month on month in May so far, Interfax reports
Russian oil and gas condensate average output has increased by around 1.7 per cent month on month to 1.4 million tonnes per day (10.25 million barrels per day) in the first half of ...
Ukraine says troops defending Kharkiv have reached Russian border
Ukraine said on Monday troops defending the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, had repelled Russian forces and advanced as far as the border with Russia.
Reuters could not immediately verify ...
Burning munitions cascade down on Ukrainian steel plant
White brightly burning munitions were shown cascading down on the Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in what a British military expert said looked like either ...
Nato expects Turkey not to hold up Finland, Sweden membership bids (Updated)
NATO and the United States said on Sunday they were confident that Turkish concerns would not hold up bids by Finland and Sweden to join the Western military alliance in ...
Finnish president confirms country will apply to join Nato
Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto confirmed on Sunday that his country would apply for membership of the NATO military alliance, in a historic policy shift prompted by Russia’s invasion ...
Italy prevents pro-Russian hacker attacks during Eurovision contest
Italian police thwarted hacker attacks by pro-Russian groups during the May 10 semi-final and Saturday final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, authorities said on Sunday.
Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra ...
Nato deputy chief ‘confident’ of finding consensus on Finland, Sweden membership
NATO is confident that it can overcome objections by Turkey and quickly admit Finland and Sweden, its deputy chief said on Sunday, as the alliance prepares for a historic enlargement ...
Britain says Russia has lost a third of its forces in Ukraine
Russia has probably lost around a third of the ground forces it deployed to Ukraine and its offensive in the Donbas region “has lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule”, ...