Updated on 03/15/2022 08:54 pm Italy’s second largest bank, UniCredit, considers the geopolitical risks stemming from the war in Ukraine to analyze the cessation of its operations in Russia, where it operates with 4,000 employees and some 70 branches. The CEO of UniCredit, Andrea Orcellhe stated in a digital meeting with the US financial Morgan […]
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Russia recruits thousands of fighters in Syria for war in Ukraine, says human rights body
Updated on 03/15/2022 08:14 pm Russia has a list of 40,000 fighters from the Syrian Army and allied militias ready to join its military operation in Ukraine, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH). He noted that Russian officials, in coordination with the Syrian military and allied militias, set up registry offices in government-controlled […]
Maersk calls at Russian ports to pick up 50,000 stranded containers
Updated on 03/15/2022 06:55 pm Shipping group Maersk still has ships calling at Russian ports to deliver containers booked before the Ukraine invasion began and to pick up some 50,000 containers stranded in Russia, the firm’s chief executive, Soren Skou, said. The company has temporarily stopped booking new containers to and from Russiaas a consequence […]
The effects that the Latin American economy will have due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is progressively affecting various Latin American countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, among others. The respective products that were exported and imported to the nation presided over by Vladimir Putin are having a low volume of commercial exchange. The economist specializing in Latin America of the British consultancy Capital Economics, […]
IMF: Russian invasion of Ukraine raises prices in Latin America and the Caribbean
Updated on 03/15/2022 06:23 pm The global economy is suffering from the shock wave of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is driving up food and energy prices in Latin America and the Caribbean, which increases inflation, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a blog. “Food and energy prices are the main route of […]
Ukrainian negotiator says there are ‘deep contradictions’ in talks with Russia
Updated on 03/15/2022 05:43 pm Talks to end Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine face “deep contradictions”, although it is still possible to reach a “commitment”, Mykhailo Podoliak, a negotiator and adviser to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, said on Tuesday. “We will continue tomorrow (Wednesday). It is a complicated and extremely laborious negotiation process. There are […]
EU blocks export of luxury goods to Russia
The European Union (EU) formalized on Tuesday a new package of heavy sanctions against Russia, for the war in Ukraine, which focuses on blocking exports of luxury goods and includes influential tycoons from that country among those sanctioned. The EU Banned exports of champagne, high-end automobiles, fashion clothing, electronics, and sports equipment to Russiaamong others. […]
NATO fears Russian covert operation with chemical weapons in Ukraine
Updated on 03/15/2022 01:28 pm The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, expressed concern about a possible chemical attack by covert Russian troops, adding that the military alliance is “very attentive” at that risk. “We are concerned that Russia may organize a false flag operation possibly including chemical weapons”, he […]
Russian invasion of Ukraine: the siege on kyiv tightens, refugees number three million
Russia stepped up its bombardment of kyiv on Tuesday, devastating an apartment building and other buildings, as civilians in 2,000 cars fled Mariupol down a humanitarian corridor in what is believed to be the largest evacuation yet from the beleaguered port. On the diplomatic front, another round of video talks between Russia and Ukraine began […]
Journalist protests on live broadcast and her whereabouts are unknown
On Monday, journalist Marina Ovsyannikova broke into a live broadcast of the First Channel of Russian state television, behind the newscaster, shouting and holding a sign against the invasion of Ukraine. One day after the unusual protest, her whereabouts are uncertain. “NOT TO THE WAR. Stop the war. Don’t believe the propaganda. Here they are […]