Updated on 02/23/2022 08:55 am Russia on Wednesday promised an answer”strong” and “painful” to the US sanctions announced after President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of two breakaway Ukrainian regions. “Let there be no doubt: there will be a strong response to these sanctions, not necessarily symmetrical, but well calculated and painful for the United […]
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Half of Russians support the war to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO
One in two Russians, 50%, consider it correct that their country use military force against Ukraine to prevent the Kiev government from joining NATO, according to a poll published Wednesday by CNN. The survey, carried out by the demographic company Savanta ComRes among citizens of Ukraine and Russia, concludes that only 25 percent of Russians […]
Berlin appears calm before the rise in gas prices and the alarm of the sector
The German government is looking for formulas to compensate the citizen for the foreseeable rise in gas, derived from the blockade of the German-Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 in response to Vladimir Putin, while the industry warns of its medium-term effects. The German Minister of Economy, the green Robert Habeck, defended this Wednesday the […]
Oil price falls on easing fears over supplies from Russia and Ukraine
The oil prices They fell on Wednesday, falling away from seven-year highs hit the day before, after it became clear that the first round of US and European sanctions against Russia are unlikely to disrupt crude supplies. At 10:27 GMT, Brent crude futures were down 59 cents, or 0.6%, at $96.25 a barrel, after touching […]
A look at Russian super-rich facing Ukraine sanctions
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced sanctions on three of Russia’s wealthiest people on Tuesday as part of the British government’s response to the escalating conflict in Ukraine. Here’s a look at the billionaires facing asset freezes, UK travel bans and trade restrictions. Gennady Timchenko Timchenko, 69, controls the Volga Group, a Russia-based investment firm […]
Since the fall of the USSR, 30 years of wars involving Russia
From Chechnya to Syria to Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has been involved in several wars since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. On Monday, after months of tensions, the Russian president ordered his army to deploy to the breakaway “republics” of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine, hours after recognizing their independence. This […]
How Biden can punish Putin by isolating Russia technologically
If Russia continues to invade Ukraine, the administration of President Joe Biden could deprive it of a wide swath of high-tech and low-tech goods made in the United States and abroad, from commercial electronics and computers to semiconductors and aircraft parts, people familiar with the matter said. the case. Biden would accomplish this by expanding […]
Russia is starting to split the EU again
By Lionel Laurent Just a few days ago, European authorities felt pretty good about their united position on Russian troops on the Ukraine border. But the quiet hope was that Moscow would not bring them to the brink of having to actually carry out their threat of sanctions. This week, when all the hype over […]
Ukraine-Russia: President Zelensky rejects Vladimir Putin’s “violation of sovereignty”
the president of UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of violating the territorial integrity of his country by recognizing the independence of the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, where the Kremlin will also deploy troops supposedly to pacify Donbas. “All responsibility for the consequences of such a decision rests with the leadership of Russia,” Zelensky said […]
The United States confirms the sending of 800 soldiers and F-35 fighter-bombers to the crisis zone
Updated on 02/22/2022 04:55 pm The United States will deploy 800 more soldiers to the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania later this week to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank in the face of Russia’s moves in Ukraine. This was reported by a high-ranking official from the US Department of Defense in a statement, where he […]