Vladimir Putin said he’ll get “his goals” in Ukraine “for negotiation or for war”, in a telephone conversation on Sunday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macronaffirmed the French presidency. The Russian leader also stressed that “it was not his intention” to attack Ukrainian nuclear power plants, according to a source in the French presidency. During […]
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Inflation and the black market, among the possible effects of sanctions in Russia
authorities and businessmen russians prepare for the possible effects on the microeconomy of the sanctions imposed by the invasion of Ukraine, such as the price increaseblocking of cards or the appearance of a black market. Restaurants in Moscow are open and full of people this four-day weekend, as March 8 (Women’s Day) is a public […]
Vargas Llosa and Alexievich warn from Berlin against Russian “new fascism”
Updated on 03/06/2022 12:09 pm The Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich and the Peruvian Mario Vargas LlosaNobel Prize for Literature 2015 and 2010, respectively, warned against the “new Russian fascism” and the “intolerable authoritarianism” represented by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. “We are witnessing the birth of a new fascism,” Alexievich assured, in a virtual intervention […]
Macron asks Putin to protect Ukraine’s nuclear plants
Updated on 03/06/2022 11:55 am The French presidency reported that the telephone call between the Russian president Vladimir Putin and the French president Emmanuel Macron focused on the safety of nuclear plants in Ukraine. The call was at Macron’s request and lasted nearly two hours, the Elysee Palace reported. A French official said Macron insisted […]
Radio Televisión Española temporarily stops reporting from Russia
Updated on 03/05/2022 12:51 pm The public corporation Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) has also decided to stop reporting since Russiaafter the approval in that country of a new law that provides for up to 15 years in prison for spreading what the authorities may consider “false information” in relation to the war in Ukraine. “While […]
Zelensky makes “desperate request” for planes in a call with US lawmakers.
Updated on 03/05/2022 12:39 pm President ukrainian, Volodymyr Zelenskymade a “desperate request” for planes to fight Russian invaders during a video call Saturday with lawmakers Americanssaid Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. In the Democrat-controlled US Congress, there is strong bipartisan support for $10 billion in emergency military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine following the February […]
War in Ukraine tests Trump’s foreign policy
From the early days of his first presidential campaign, donald trump He vigorously questioned the pillars of Republican foreign policy that had defined the party since World War II. He mocked the capture of John McCain during the Vietnam War, validated autocrats, questioned the established military and security alliances of United States and adopted an […]
Russia says Ukraine thwarts progress by trying to engage NATO
Foreign Minister RussianSergei Lavrov said on Saturday that the president’s attempt ukrainianVolodymyr Zelensky to enlist the direct help of the NATO in the conflict between their countries is not helping the talks between both sides. “Mr. Zelensky’s constant angry statements do not increase optimism,” Lavrov told reporters on Saturday. In particular, he cited Zelensky’s strong […]
Thousands of people demonstrate in various European cities in support of Ukraine
Thousands of people demonstrated on Saturday in London, Paris, Rome and Zurich to call for an end to the war in Ukraineconfirmed AFP journalists present in those cities european. “We will be here every weekend, in Paris or anywhere else, until Putin leaves, withdraws his tanks,” Aline Le Bail-Kremer, a member of Stand With Ukraine, […]
Italy confiscates assets of Russian oligarchs and puts pressure on Putin
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 […]