A group of officials from the European Union seeks to curb Russia’s influence and its access to financing in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as a sanction for its invasion of Ukraine. In a note by Jan Strupczewski and Francesco Guarascio, disclosed by Reuters, it is presumed that this scenario now being discussed would increase […]
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War in Ukraine: these are the companies that have limited or stopped working in Russia
Once the obvious has been clarified, that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will not send troops to Ukrainea country surrounded by the forces of RussiaWestern support has two channels: in addition to war equipment, United States and its allies—certainly the European Union—will remain emphatic about economic hardship. It is intended to isolate the Kremlin […]
EU will study “different options” to give Ukraine a European perspective
The European Union (EU) will study “different options” to specify the European perspective that is going to be given to Ukraine, but with the awareness that an eventual accession “it will take years” and that the urgency is to help him face the Russian invasion. This is the message underlined this Friday by the French […]
New twist in news censorship in Russia in full invasion of Ukraine
Russia paved the way this Friday to approve a text with harsh prison sentences and fines for those who publish “false information” about the army, one more twist of the internal repression against independent information in the midst of the invasion of Ukraine. The deputies of the lower house of the Russian Parliament (the Duma) […]
The consequences of the invasion of Ukraine trigger alarms of tension in money markets
Financial indicators showed growing signs of strain in world markets on Friday as concern grew over the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. With stock prices and bond yields falling, widely viewed indicators of stress are attracting investors’ attention. The so-called FRA-OIS spread, which measures the gap between three-month US interest rate swaps and […]
Zaporizhia, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant captured by Russian invaders
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which suffered a fire in one of its buildings and was later taken over by the Russian Army, is the largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. Last night there was a Russian attack against this nuclear power plant and the fire in one of its […]
Russia says it will not occupy Ukraine, that its goal is denazification and demilitarization
Russia does not intend to occupy Ukraine and its troops will withdraw once it has fulfilled its objective of “demilitarizing” and “denazifying” the country, where the people will then be able to decide on their future, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, assured on Friday. . “Our goal is […]
Russia has already launched 500 missiles on Ukraine, US says
Updated on 03/04/2022 12:39 pm Russia It has already fired some 500 missiles at Ukraine since the invasion began more than a week ago, a senior US defense official said Friday. The aforementioned official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, offered the press information on the development of the fighting in Ukraine. He stated that […]
EU wheat export demand rises as supplies from Ukraine and Russia curb
Updated on 03/04/2022 12:17 pm Wheat export demand from the European Union (EU) increased this week and the situation is expected to continue as fighting disrupts shipments from Ukraine and Russia, traders said. “This week there were big EU export sales from Romania, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Poland and other EU countries”, said a trader. “A […]
Vladimir Putin denies that Russia has bombed Ukrainian cities
Updated on 03/04/2022 12:12 pm The Russian President, Vladimir Putindenied that Russian troops had bombed Kiev or other Ukrainian cities, calling those accusations “gross falsehoods.” “Reports about the alleged bombing of Kiev and other big cities are gross propaganda falsehoods,” Putin said in a telephone conversation with the head of the German government, Olaf Scholz, […]