Updated on 03/05/2022 11:20 am European governments are mobilizing against Russian oligarchs to put pressure on the Russian president Vladimir Putin to reverse its war in Ukraine, seizing superyachts and other luxury properties from billionaires included in the sanctions lists. Italy has seized 143 million euros ($156 million) worth of yachts and luxury villas in […]
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Vladimir Putin threatened Western countries if they impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine
Updated on 03/05/2022 10:34 am Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that the decision to intervene militarily in Ukraine was “difficult”, and again said that decreeing a no-fly over Ukraine would be equivalent to a declaration of war. “I said this at the beginning of the operation and I said it before this decision was […]
Ukraine postpones the evacuation of Mariupol due to Russian violation of the ceasefire
The evacuation of the civilian population from Mariupol, in southeastern Ukraine, was postponed due to the breach of the ceasefire around the city and its surroundings “by the Russian side”, the City Council reported today. “Because the Russian side does not respect the truce and continues the bombardment of both Mariupol itself and its surroundings, […]
EU prepares extraordinary measures against gas retaliation
The European Union is bracing for potentially serious economic consequences if Russia cuts off natural gas supplies in retaliation for sanctions. The 27-nation EU is braced for several possibilities involving disrupted gas deliveries from its biggest supplier following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the bloc’s energy commissioner Kadri Simson told Bloomberg News on Thursday. One scenario […]
Russian website Meduza defies Moscow ban and treason threats
The independent Russian news portal Meduza, blocked since this Friday by the authorities of Russiahas responded to those constraints by defying Moscow from its operational “exile” in the Latvian capital Rida, where it has been based since 2015. The website, which also publishes news and commentary in English, as well as a daily news digest […]
Sanctions on Russia: Unusual unity and speed
We live in a globalized world, a planet interconnected by a complex chain of suppliers, banks, sports and other deeply intertwined fields. Until it ceases to be. Exhibit A: Russia was abruptly cut off from much of the world this week. His banking connections were severely curtailed. It is being marginalized from sports competitions. There […]
The boredom of young Russians who have only known Putin as president
Shame, anger and pain is what many young Russians, who have only known Vladimir Putin as president, feel when talking about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These young people, who say that they are horrified, that they cannot express themselves and are not listened to, chose for security reasons not to mention their last name when […]
Will Putin be able to circumvent the Western economic blockade?
The severe sanctions imposed on Russia have caused a fierce fall in the ruble and are forcing the Kremlin to look for ways to keep the economy afloat. For Vladimir Putin, this means finding a way to somehow circumvent the Western economic blockade while his forces continue to invade Ukraine. Experts say that Russia will […]
Putin: Unstable temperament or cunning manipulator?
For two decades, Vladimir Putin has been seen by his rivals as reckless and impulsive. Now that he has ordered the invasion of Ukraine and put Russia’s nuclear forces on standby, many in the West are wondering if he is dangerously unstable. In recent days, Putin has been incoherent when talking about Ukraine on television, […]
Moses: “Russia should be excluded from the 2024 Paris Olympics for this barbarism”
The American Edwin Moses, president of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, believed that Russia should be excluded from 2024 Paris Olympics and the following Winter ones due to “the barbarity of what they are doing” in Ukraine, which “has disturbed the entire world”. “With this war going on, completely out of character, which I […]