Tag: Russia

• Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Renault reopens plant in Moscow, after overcoming “electronic component shortages”

  

  Carmaker Renault, partly owned by the French government, this week reopened its assembly plant in Russia, at a time when many international corporations are closing their businesses because of sanctions imposed on Moscow and public opinion pressure linked to the invasion of Ukraine.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Brazil planning to become a net exporter of wheat, harvesting a volume similar to that of Argentina

  

  Brazil is working to reduce its dependence on foreign produce and hopes to take advantage of recent record exports to increase crops this year. In effect from December 2021 to March 2022, Brazil exported some 2.5 million tons of wheat, an unprecedented volume that benefited from a historically large harvest and, more recently, from additional demand generated by the war between wheat exporters Ukraine and Russia.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Diplomacy between US, Russia coming to an end

  

  Diplomatic sources in Moscow Monday said whatever remained of ties between Russia and the United States was on the verge of collapse after Washington's Ambassador John Sullivan was handed “a demarche and a note of protest” in view of President Joseph Biden's remarks calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” amid the invasion of Ukraine.

• Sunday, March 20th 2022 - 14:50 UTC

  Boris Johnson compares Ukraine's war with Britons voting for Brexit

  

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under strong criticism for comparing the struggle of the Ukrainian people against the Russian invasion with Britons voting for Brexit in 2016.

• Sunday, March 20th 2022 - 14:44 UTC

  Ukraine's lesson: you need to have your own nukes

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – Would Vladimir Putin’s Russia have invaded Ukraine three weeks ago if it had 1,900 nuclear warheads on 176 ICBMs and 2,600 tactical nuclear weapons?

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Vessels with Ukrainian grains blocked by the Russian navy in the Black Sea

  

  The Russian Navy is blocking grain-laden vessels from leaving the Black Sea after having loaded in Ukrainian ports, according to BayWa, Germany's largest grain trader which is involved with cereals trade in central Europe. Meanwhile, the IMO is calling for “blue corridors” to allow merchant vessels to sail without incidents.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 21:20 UTC

  Newspeople killed in Ukraine during attack; correspondent wounded

  

  A Fox News cameraman with a vast experience covering armed conflicts and a Ukrainian reporter have died in an attack near Kyiv, while a correspondent for the network was also wounded in the incident, it was announced Tuesday.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina's inflation for February of 2022 reaches 4.7%

  

  Argentina's inflation for the month of February of 2022 has reached 4.7% on average, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) announced Tuesday. It was the highest percentage since March of last year and was driven chiefly by increases in the price of food due to droughts, heatwaves, and fires.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  UK further supports Ukraine through armed conflict with Russia

  

  Weeks into a military conflict with the Russian Federation, the Parliament of Ukraine has announced it would up its defense spending following a £ 1.7 billion loan from the United Kingdom, it was reported.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 20:14 UTC

  Ukraine: ICRC warns “nuclear explosion would cause insurmountable challenges”

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)'s Director of Law and Policy, Helen Durham, Monday issued a statement saying the body was 'alarmed' by the threats the world is facing amid escalating violence in Ukraine involving the Russian Federation's military forces, which could lead to a nuclear confrontation with western powers.