The Italian Minister for Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolani, proposed to his Government and the European Union (EU) to bet on the supply of gas through the Southern Corridor, which reaches Europe from the Caspian Sea, to reduce the strong dependence on Russia, in the face of tensions in Ukraine. “Given that gas is inevitable as […]
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WIIW expert says first sanctions will hardly hurt Russia’s economy
The first sanctions announced on Tuesday against Russia by major Western powers will hardly have a symbolic effect on the Russian economy, warned an expert from the renowned Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW). The chief economist for Russia at the WIIW, Vasily Astrov, assures that the measures adopted so far are “quite modest”, […]
NATO believes that Russia is “challenging” it
The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, considered that the risk of conflict in Ukraine is “real” and Europe faces the “most dangerous time for your safety in generations”, and warned that Russia is “challenging” the Alliance with its attitude on the eastern border of Europe. Stoltenberg noted, in a […]
This is how Russia prepared to counter Western sanctions; this is the impact on your economy
Russia has been preparing for this moment for years. In 2014, when Vladimir Putin’s troops entered Crimea, annexing part of Ukraine, a first round of international sanctions fell on the Kremlin. And that taught Moscow an important lesson. Since then, Putin has developed better defense mechanisms, weaning himself from the dollar and trying to protect […]
Russian-Ukrainian crisis puts German “gas” diplomacy in check
The crisis between Russia and Ukraine forces Germany to juggle reducing its dependence on Russian gas, and reveals the failure of its lenient diplomacy towards Putin for more than 20 years. “absolute failure”, emphasizes the public television channel ARD, while the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung evokes “diplomatic debris fields”. In question: Berlin’s policy towards Moscow since […]
More than 200 Russian millionaires entered the UK with a “golden visa”
Updated on 02/23/2022 12:11 pm More than 200 Russian millionaires entered the UK in the last seven years by benefiting from the system of “golden visa”, but the government hastily closed it last week, reports the newspaper “The Times”. The Home Affairs authorities chose to eliminate this visa, considered level 1, which provided a fast […]
Putin advances in Donbas, but shows signs that he has more plans for Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin has taken the Ukrainian crisis into a new and more dangerous phase with a barrage of words and actions that suggest his ultimate goals go far beyond extending Russian rule over two hard-pressed breakaway regions of Ukraine. On Monday night, Putin signed friendship treaties with the so-called Donets and Lugansk people’s republics […]
The US and its allies announce more sanctions on Russia, but reserve the heavy artillery
The United States and its allies on Wednesday unveiled further sanctions against Russia over its recognition of two breakaway zones in eastern Ukraine, while making it clear that tougher measures were reserved in the event of a full-scale invasion by the Russian government of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin. The sanctions of the European Union (EU), which […]
US will cut off Russia from technology and resources if situation in Ukraine escalates, Treasury Department says
Updated on 02/23/2022 10:44 am Russian President Vladimir Putin can do much more damage in Ukraine, and the United States is prepared to respond by withholding technology and resources if he does, Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said. Such measures were not announced Tuesday as part of a round of sanctions unveiled by President Joe […]
Australia and Japan join sanctions against Russia
Heads of government from around the world were preparing Wednesday to endorse their strong statements on Russian aggression against Ukraine and announce financial, trade and travel sanctions and other measures intended to pressure Moscow to stop moving toward war. . However, as they prepared their measures, several countries in Asia and Oceania were bracing for […]