Britain announces new aviation sanctions against Russia
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain unveiled on Wednesday new aviation sanctions giving it the power to detain any Russian aircraft and banning exports of aviation or space-related goods to Russia.
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March 8, 2022 Iran says Russian demand at nuclear talks ‘not constructive’ – report
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian officials said Russia’s demands at talks on Iran’s nuclear deal in Vienna are “not constructive”, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday.
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WORLD
March 6, 2022 McDonald’s under pressure for failing to boycott Russia
McDonald’s has come in for criticism for continuing to trade in Russia in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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GEOPOLITICS
March 5, 2022 India’s Russia Choices: A Narrowing Path to Strategic Hedging
By Mark S. Cogan & Vivek Mishra Russo-Indian relations have been historically stable. A carryover from the Cold War era, a warm bilateral relationship has led to the development of a Strategic Partnership that has included defense deals, such as India buying Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets, Mil Mi-17 helicopters, and more recently the S-400 missile defense system from Moscow. The […]
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OPINION
February 28, 2022 A New Cold War starts in Ukraine
The world is experiencing dramatic moments as a bloody war in Ukraine unfolds. A war in the heart of Europe. Putin’s authoritarian regime seeks to change the borders and the balance of power in Eastern Europe in a geopolitical game of terror. Having served at the KGB before becoming President, Vladimir Putin does not believe […]
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WORLD
February 27, 2022 Anti-war sentiment grows in Russia despite govt crackdown
MOSCOW (AP) — As Russian troops were closing in on the Ukrainian capital, more and more Russians spoke out Saturday against the invasion, even as the government’s official rhetoric grew increasingly harsher.
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WORLD
February 26, 2022 Chernobyl radiation levels rise after being seized by Russia
Radiation levels around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant have risen in the wake of it being seized by the Russian military on Thursday evening.
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ECONOMY
February 26, 2022 Momentum grows to ban Russia from SWIFT payment system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada, the United States, Britain and the European Union on Friday said they could act to exclude Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system in a further round of sanctions aimed at halting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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WORLD
February 23, 2022 Canada announces first round of economic sanctions on Russia over Ukraine crisis
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday announced a first round of economic sanctions on Russia a day after Moscow recognised the Ukraine separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent.
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WORLD
February 22, 2022 Russia facing new sanctions after Putin recognises breakaway regions
By Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States and its European allies are poised to announce harsh new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday after President Vladimir Putin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, escalating a security crisis on the continent.
