The cultural backlash against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensified on Tuesday when the Cannes Film Festival said no Russian delegation would be welcome this year and the Venice Film Festival announced free screenings of a film about the 2014 conflict in eastern Ukraine. Donbas in Ukraine. The announcements from Europe’s two major film festivals came […]
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine darkens economic horizon in Latin America
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has blown up the prices of raw materials, a scenario that in Latin America could benefit countries that export grains and hydrocarbons but would harm importers, although both will suffer greater inflationary pressures that will erode its economic growth prospects for this year. Due to the strategic role of Russia […]
Michelin, tire manufacturer, temporarily suspends production due to war in Ukraine
Updated on 03/04/2022 11:00 am The French tire manufacturer Michelin announced that it is forced to temporarily suspend production at several of its plants in Europe due to logistical problems arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “To optimize its operations and adapt the management of its flows, the group has decided to stop the […]
Russia: more isolated than ever in the UN after historic vote in the Human Rights Council
Russia was left more isolated than ever in the United Nations Organization (UN) this Friday after a historic vote in favor of an international investigation into Ukraine, in which allies as close to President Vladimir Putin as Venezuela and Cuba abstained. Eritrea is the only country that voted against the resolution that Kiev put on […]
The war in Ukraine is joined by fear of a nuclear incident
To the destruction and violence of the war in Ukraine is now added the fear of a nuclear accident caused by military clashes, such as the one that happened last night at the Zaporizhia plant, in the southeast of the country, an incident that according to the UN atomic agency It was due to a […]
NATO closes the door to the creation of a no-fly zone in Ukraine
The secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, assured that the alliance will not have planes operating in Ukraine, thus closing the door to the creation of a no-fly zone in that country, something he had requested. the Ukrainian government. “The allies agreed that we should not have planes over Ukraine’s […]
Thousands of Russians leave their country through Finland fleeing sanctions
Thousands of Russian citizens have left their country through Finland in recent days fleeing the sanctions imposed on Moscow by the European Union (EU) and the United States in response to the invasion of Ukraine, local media reported Friday. The closure of airspace has led to the suspension of flights between Russia and Europe, forcing […]
Russia occupies Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant
The russian troops occupied this Friday the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine and Europe, after an attack that caused a fire without consequences in radioactivity levels, but that paralyzed the world in fear of a new atomic catastrophe. Russian projectiles hit the facilities of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant located about 150 kilometers north of […]
War in Ukraine: consequences for agriculture and food security in Peru
Last year, the price of fertilizers rose by up to 128% and became one of the main problems affecting local farmers. Among the factors that drove the increase in prices are the energy crisis in Europe, the rise in the exchange rate and the high freight rates that increased tariffs. To these agents is now […]
Vladimir Putin asks his neighbors not to aggravate the situation or impose limitations
Updated on 03/04/2022 08:06 am the president of Russia, Vladimir Putinrecommended to his country’s neighbors “not to aggravate the situation, not to impose limitations” and assured that “he has no bad intentions” towards neighboring states. “I want to emphasize again, and we have always said it, that we have no bad intentions in relation to […]