Are sanctions against Russia working?
By Maria Demertzis
When Russia first invaded Ukraine almost a year ago, many countries condemned the aggression and applied sanctions in an attempt to squash its economy and isolate it ...
British embassy guard who spied for Russia jailed for ‘treachery’
A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin who passed highly sensitive information to Russia and was paid for his “treachery” was jailed for more than 13 years in ...
Ukrainian troops appeal for help as global security meeting starts
Ukrainian soldiers fighting to hold off a Russian push on the small eastern city of Bakhmut pleaded for more weapons from the outside world as senior Western leaders met in ...
Zelenskiy: It’s obvious Ukraine won’t be Putin’s last stop
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday it was “obvious” Ukraine would not be the last stop of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion, and that it was vital the West ...
How sanctions complicated day-to-day banking for Russians
Financial sanctions against Russia have strangled its banks’ profits and wrecked many lenders’ international operations, but one year after Moscow sent its troops into Ukraine how much do they matter ...
Russia accuses United States of inciting Ukraine to escalate the war
Russia on Friday accused the United States of inciting Ukraine to escalate the war by condoning attacks on Crimea, warning that Washington was now directly involved in the conflict because “...
Ukraine’s priority to hold the line as global security leaders gather
Senior politicians and military leaders from around the world meet in Germany on Friday with Ukrainian officials expected to address the security conference as they try to fend off Russian ...
Russia expels four Austrian diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Russia said on Thursday it was expelling four Austrian diplomats in a tit-for-tat move after Vienna expelled four Russian diplomats in a case which appeared to be related to spying.
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Israeli foreign minister promises Zelenskiy more aid, rebuilding help
Israel will expand existing aid to Ukraine and help rebuild the country, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Thursday during the first official Israeli visit to Kyiv since Russia’s ...
Soros says Russian defeat in Ukraine would trigger dissolution of ‘Russian empire’
Billionaire financier George Soros said on Thursday that if Russia was defeated in the Ukraine war it would result in the dissolution of what he called the ‘Russian empire,’ something ...
Ukraine pounded by missiles (Update)
Russia rained missiles across Ukraine on Thursday and struck its largest oil refinery, Kyiv said, while the head of the Wagner mercenary group predicted the long-besieged city of Bakhmut would ...
Russia declares battlefield gains as NATO ramps up support for Ukraine
Russia said it had broken through two fortified defence lines in Ukraine’s east, while Western allies pledged to ramp up military aid to better arm Kyiv as it prepares ...
Russian bombers intercepted by NORAD near Alaska
Several Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets have been intercepted by North American air defence forces as they flew over international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defence Command (...
Putin, secure in power, sets stage for long and draining war
Vladimir Putin casts the war in Ukraine as a watershed when Russia finally stood up to the West – but some within the elite fear he has committed his country to ...
Swiss government: confiscation of Russian assets found unconstitutional
The confiscation of private Russian assets would undermine the Swiss constitution and the prevailing legal order, the Swiss government said on Wednesday, citing the findings of a working group set ...
Russian journalist gets six years for accusing Russia of Ukraine theatre bombing
A Russian journalist was sentenced to six years in a penal colony on Wednesday for accusing the Russian air force of bombing a theatre in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol ...
Russia reports battlefield advances as Ukraine urges faster military aid
Russia said on Wednesday its troops had broken through two fortified lines of Ukrainian defences on the eastern front, as Kyiv demanded faster supplies of military aid from its allies ...
Russia added to non-cooperative tax jurisdictions list
The European Union on Tuesday announced that it had added the British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands and Russia to its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.
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Russia says breaks through defences in Ukraine’s Luhansk
Russian troops have broken through the defences of Ukrainian forces in part of the Luhansk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said early on Wednesday.
“During the offensive … the Ukrainian troops ...
NATO allies weigh more arms for Ukraine (wrapup)
Russian forces bombarded front-line Ukrainian troops and towns in the eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday in what appeared to be early salvoes of a new offensive, as Western allies met ...
EU group to investigate possible access to frozen Russian funds
The European Union will on Wednesday launch an ad hoc group to investigate how billions of dollars in frozen Russian funds, including central bank reserves, can be used for reconstruction ...
Moldova briefly shuts airspace after warning of Russian coup plot
Moldova closed its air space for undisclosed safety reasons on Tuesday before later reopening it, a day after the small east European country accused Russia of plotting to bring down ...
Russian forces bombard Ukraine’s Bakhmut as defenders brace for assault
The city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine endured heavy Russian artillery fire on Monday in an apparent prelude to a major new offensive as the first anniversary of the war ...
Russia can take Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa, Chechnya’s Kadyrov says
Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of the Russian region of Chechnya, said in an interview aired on Monday that Russia would achieve its goals in Ukraine by the end of the year ...