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 […]
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The war that Putin loses: economic sanctions, more effective than military ones
In a matter of days, United States and his allies used the economy as a weapon of war against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and caused enormous destruction. The sanctions immediately put Russian President Vladimir Putin on the defensive, forced to fight runaway inflation. The Russian Central Bank, without access to its foreign reserves, […]
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 […]
Fire at Ukrainian nuclear power plant did not release radiation
Firefighters Ukrainians put out this Friday a fire in the largest nuclear power station from Europe, caused by Russian bombing and which did not release radiation, according to United Nations and local officials. Russia he went ahead with his campaign to shut down the country despite global condemnation. The head of the UN atomic agency, […]
The Bloomberg agency announces that it suspends the work of its journalists in Russia
Updated on 03/04/2022 06:34 pm The agency Bloomberg News announced that it is suspending the work of its journalists in Russia after the adoption of a law punishing the dissemination of “false information about the army” and its invasion of Ukraine. “It is with a heavy heart that we have decided to temporarily suspend our […]
Russian regulator proceeds to block Twitter shortly after restricting Facebook
Updated on 03/04/2022 05:13 pm the regulator Russian of communications, Roskomnadzor, has proceeded to block Twittershortly after doing the same with the social network Facebook. According to a document on the regulator’s website, the measure is due to a request from the Russian Prosecutor’s Office on February 24, the date of the start of the […]
The US considers options to reduce its consumption of Russian energy
United States assured that it is considering options to reduce its consumption of Russian energy, in the face of growing pressure from the US Congress for Washington to stop importing oil from Russia. “We are looking at options we can take right now to reduce US consumption of Russian energy,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki […]
Europe’s largest nuclear plant suffers fire after Russian attack, says local mayor
the nuclear plant ukrainian of Zaporizhia, the largest of its kind in Europe, was affected by a fire in the early hours of Friday, after an attack by troops Russiansaid the mayor of the nearby town of Energodar. Dmytro Orlov said in an online post that there was heavy fighting between local forces and Russian […]
Panama Canal reaffirms neutrality despite international sanctions against Russia
The Authority of Panama Canal (ACP) reaffirmed this Thursday that the interoceanic route will maintain its policy of neutrality in the face of the invasion of Russia to Ukraineand refused to impose any kind of transit ban on Russian ships. “The Panama Canal closely follows the current situation in Ukraine,” but “it is a permanently […]
Russia takes a big hit to its sport after invading Ukraine
After dithering after the first days of the invasion of Ukraine, the world sports institutions reacted definitively this Monday to punish Russia firmly and remove clubs, national teams and athletes from top-level competitions such as the Qatar World Cup 2022. Finally, FIFA, UEFA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) succumbed to the worldwide outcry that […]