Tag: Russia

Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Putin openly launches military operation in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday announced the beginning of a military operation in Ukraine at the request of Donetsk and Lugansk authorities who sought his assistance to repel Kiev’s attempt to recover the two provinces which have declared their independence.
Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Brazil ensuring greater urea supplies from Iran in a fertilizer short world

While Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was in Moscow visiting his close friend and admired populist 'strong man' Vladimir Putin, in the midst of the escalating situation in Ukraine, and brushing off critics saying Brazil is “nobody's a puppet”, his agriculture minister was in a more strategic mission, --in another outcast country--, but crucial for the booming farming sector.
Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Boris Johnson at business roundtable to discuss limiting Russian access to UK financial services

The Prime Minister on Wednesday met with some of the UK’s leading city firms, regulators and trade associations, to discuss the first package of economic sanctions being implemented against Russia, due to their recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:32 UTC
Germany confident is can cope without Russian gas: “relief will be provided if necessary”

Germany is confident it can meet its energy needs even without Russian gas, given the current dispute over the self-declared, Moscow-supported independent provinces in Ukraine. The statement is from Germany's Economy minister Robert Habeck when he was asked on public radio on the situation
Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
UK Foreign Secretary: “Nothing is off the table in our response to Putin’s aggression towards Ukraine”

Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss wrote for The Times a column stating the UK stands with Ukraine in defense of its right to decide its future.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 20:12 UTC
Uruguay says Putin's move in Ukraine against UN rules

The Government of Uruguay has condemned the latest event in eastern Ukraine because they “put regional stability at risk” in addition to violating “the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.”
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 10:04 UTC
Trump says Putin's strategy was that of a “genius”

Former US President Donald Trump Tuesday said Vladimir Putin's strategy in the Ukrainian case has been a “savvy” way around things, the doings of a “genius.” Trump expressed in a radio interview he thought what Putin had done was “smart.”
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Fitch warns about sanctions to Russia's oil and gas sector: barrel could exceed US$100

If Western sanctions lead to Russia’s oil exports being completely cut off, the world can expect the international energy market to collapse, a senior figure at the US rating agency Fitch said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:40 UTC
“Europeans welcome to the new world and much dearer natural gas,” former Russian president Medvedev

Europeans will soon have to pay €2,000 ($2,200) per thousand cubic meters of natural gas, former Russian president and current deputy chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev tweeted on Tuesday. The warning comes after Germany ordered a halt to Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline certification.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:34 UTC
Joint Expeditionary Force led by UK, calls on Russia to de-escalate and engage in transparent dialogue

On Tuesday the ten Defense Ministers of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) met at Belvoir Castle in England with UK Minister Ben Wallace as host, together with Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden made a statement on the Ukraine situation.