EU, UK, Canada, US pledge to remove selected Russian banks from interbank messaging system SWIFT
KEY POINTS The U.S., European allies and Canada agreed to disconnect specific Russian banks from the Society for Worldwide InterbankContinue Reading
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Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
Summary– Putin authorises military operation in east Explosions heard in Kyiv and across Ukraine Kyiv declares state of emergency, callsContinue Reading
Ukraine wants peace but won’t give up its land to Russia, president says
KYIV, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of wrecking peace efforts and ruled out making anyContinue Reading
Biden agrees to meet with Putin ‘in principle’ if Russia has not invaded Ukraine
KEY POINTS President Biden has accepted “in principle” a meeting with Russia’s Putin in what could be a last-ditch effortContinue Reading
Macron refused Russian COVID-19 test before Putin meeting, didn’t want to give Moscow his DNA: report
French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly refused to take a Russian COVID-19 test ahead of his meeting with President Vladimir Putin this week, with hisContinue Reading
Russia: Alexey Navalny handed new jail term as he denounces ‘Putin the poisoner’
A Moscow court handed Alexey Navalny a two-and-a-half year prison sentence on Tuesday, in a heated hearing in which theContinue Reading
Putin takes oath of office for 4th term as Russian president
MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin has taken the oath of office for his fourth term as Russian president, in aContinue Reading
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