Ukraine Conflict Daily Updates Archives
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Friday, September 30
- Brussels promises to cap price of Russian oil
- Europe’s energy plan: is it enough to get through winter?
- German inflation hits 70-year high as economists warn of deep recession risk
- EU to ban Russian toilet paper
- Kazakhstan plans to use gas price formula pegged to export netback on domestic market
- WTO warns of global recession
- Russian diplomat says Nord Stream leaks occurred in zone controlled by US intelligence
- Rosatom delivers fuel for fast neutron reactor to China
- Putin grants right to ban international road transport of cargo via Russia from ‘unfriendly’ countries
- Finland closing border for Russian tourists on Friday
- H&M reports huge profit drop after Russia exit
- Replacement for Lego launched in Russia
Thursday, September 29
- EU may soften anti-Russia sanctions
- Kazakhstan and Georgia welcome Russians fleeing conscription
- Pakistan eyes ruble trade with Russia
- Turkish state banks exit Russian payment system
- Lipetsk-based Motorinvest begins serial production of electric vehicles under Evolute brand
- Russian-Belarusian remote sensing satellite project to kick off in Jan 2023
- Russia to export 50-60 million tonnes of grain this season
- Russian agribusiness exports to Angola put at US$100 million/year
- Russia suspends double taxation agreement with Latvia
Wednesday, September 28
- Eurozone economic growth may drop to zero – ECB
- EU central bank warns ‘outlook is darkening’
- Denmark, Germany and Poland warn of sabotage after Nord Stream leaks
- How Europe can adapt to living without Russian gas
- EU sanctions have ‘backfired’ – Orban
- Hungary declares plan for “national consultations” on sanctions against Russia
- China makes Russian energy pledge
- Russia intends to promote exchanges with China and India
- Tokayev: Kazakhstan to adhere to neutral position in foreign policy
- Crimea head discloses future of ‘special military operation’
- Putin considering talks with Kiev
- Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson voters favor joining Russia — first results
- Federation Council may consider issue of new entities joining Russia on October 4
Tuesday, September 27
- Hypnotized Into War Economy
- Russia and the US still have time to learn the lessons of the Cuban missile crisis and prevent a nuclear war
- US to deploy HIMARS to Latvia
- Worst bond market crash in over 70 years coming – Bloomberg
- Pound crashes to all-time low
- UAE agrees LNG deal with Germany as Berlin looks to replace Russian gas
- OECD substantially improves outlook for Russia’s 2022 GDP, expects decline of 5.5%
- Importers From Russia, Mideast & Japan Keen to Trade in Indian Rupee Amid Push to De-Dollarize
- Turkish government to discuss alternatives to Russian Mir payment system
- Russian exchanges ready to join in servicing of export settlements in digital currencies
- West Will Change Its Mind About Referendums in Donbass, Zaporozhye & Kherson
- Belarus to sign agreement with Russia on common industrial policy in October
- BelAZ to deliver record number of trucks to Russia in 2022
Monday, September 26
- Highlights of Lavrov’s speech: World order without twisting arms and UN protection
- Russia’s forex reserves maintain growth
- Russia’s SWIFT alternative spreads at record pace – central bank
- Erdogan discusses alternatives to Russia’s Mir payments system
- Russian Central Bank looking to tighten requirements for quality of bank capital simultaneously with easing capital amounts
- Sberbank starts financing Russia’s fishing industry in yuan
- Accession of new regions to Russia likely on September 30
- Germany joins Poland and Baltics in push for harsher Russia sanctions
- Anti-Russian sanctions hugely harm Europe — Hungarian minister
- Finland to close borders to Russian tourists after mobilisation order
- Russia’s grain harvest to exceed 140 million tonnes in 2022
- Aeroflot to resume flights to Sri Lanka beginning October 9
- Toyota closes auto plant in Russia, but retains after-sales service
Friday, September 23
- Sanctions fail to shatter Russian economy, only harm Western population: Lavrov
- Euro rate drops below US One dollar
- Russia issues budget forecast
- Germany to nationalize Russian gas subsidiary without compensation
- What an Italy led by the far-right might mean for Europe
- Chinese imports of Russian coal hit five-year high
- EU’s scramble for gas creates new energy threat
- Finland to bar entry to all Russian tourists
- Russia agrees to Lynne Tracy’s appointment as U.S. ambassador in Moscow
Thursday, September 22
- West wants to partition Russia like USSR – Putin
- US has blocked Russian diplomats from United Nations
- Germany outlines UN Security Council ambition
- Germany responds to Turkey’s plan to join SCO
- EU preparing new sanctions against Russia over ‘referenda’ in Ukraine
- Kiev threatens 5 years jail for voting on Russia
- EU weakens Russia coal ban to ‘combat food and energy insecurity’
- Germany nationalizes natural gas importer to avert Russia-related shortages
- Russia’s technical independence in oil and gas equipment to increase from 60% to 80% by 2025
- Russia diverts steel exports to Asia over sanctions
- Will Russia support the Extension of the EUFOR Mission?
- Russia Agrees to Legalize Bitcoin Mining in Energy-Rich Areas
- Russia’s Bashkortostan seeks closer industrial cooperation with Belarus
- Russia’s budget expenditures exceed revenues
- PepsiCo ends production of drinks brands in Russia
Wednesday, September 21
- Dire winter scenario issued for EU
- Saudi Aramco chief says Europe’s plans on energy crisis are not helpful
- The U.S. can’t solve Europe’s energy crisis
- Has the EU really ‘solved’ its energy crisis?
- Putin: Sanctions Take Toll on Western States and Poorest Countries
- Russia to push ahead with unifying agenda at UN GA session — Putin
- Donbass republics to vote to join Russia September 23-27
- Donbass wants SCO and BRICS to approve referendums
- Iran plans major Russian gas purchase
- Surge in German imports from Russia
- Germany’s Die Linke on verge of split over sanctions on Russia
- Turkish banks suspend use of Russian payment system
- India, Saudi Arabia Discuss Trading in Local Currencies as New Delhi Moves Away From US Dollar
- Russian 2023-25 budgets planned with deficits of 2%, 1.4%, 0.7% of GDP – Mishustin
Tuesday, September 20
- Putin, Xi and the limits of friendship
- Development of partnership with China is Russia’s unconditional priority — security chief
- Russia, China don’t seek ‘to be in the driver’s seat’ in world affairs – Kremlin
- Donbass republic eyes vote on joining Russia
- Le Pen says France’s participation in anti-Russian sanctions is geopolitical mistake
- Ukraine crisis could lead to collapse of EU – ex-Greek PM
- Romanian ex-FM calls for Ukraine to be broken up
- Lithuania bars entry to Russian citizens with active Schengen visas
- Turkish bank Is bankasi suspends work with Russia’s Mir payment system
- Russian fertilizer offered for free to Africa
- Consumer Imports to Russia begin recovering in Q3
- Russian Industry and Trade Ministry sees no need for parallel imports of pharmaceutical products
- Decision on parallel imports of alcohol may be made by end of Sept, food products not being discussed – Russian minister
- Russian cryptocurrency law should give businesses right to conduct settlements in crypto, details to be determined in practice
Monday, September 19
- Ukraine conflict, energy crisis and ‘colonial’ West: Putin’s latest press conference
- Putin under pressure: what is Russia’s next move?
- US officials admit anti-Russia sanctions aren’t working
- Russian 2022 GDP Decline to be closer to 4% – Central Bank
- Central Bank of Russia cuts key rate 50 bps to 7.5% as inflation slows
- SCO expansion to give region greater security, stability — declaration
- SCO members place emphasis on inclusive reform of WTO, says declaration
- Russia to take part in G20 summit – Putin
- Putin, Erdogan begin talks on SCO summit sidelines in Samarkand
- Bank of Russia sees potential for global payments in central banks’ digital currencies
- 25% of Russian gas supplies to Turkey will be paid in rubles
Friday, September 16
- US and EU step up pressure on Turkey over Russia sanctions
- Russian Central Bank intends to proceed discussing with foreign banks over Mir cards
- Sanctions will not affect operations of Mir payment system and other NSPK services
- Germany seizes control of Rosneft oil refineries
- Vladimir Putin acknowledges Chinese ‘concerns’ over Ukraine
- China, Russia must be more active in helping one another on key issues for both countries – Xi
- US warns China against doing ‘any business’ with Russia
- China will work with Russia as ‘great powers’ – Xi
- Push for unipolar world ‘turning ugly’ – Putin
- Moscow clarifies ‘red line’ for US
- Ukraine To Jail Ethnic Russians In Ukraine Who Apply For Russian Passports
- Sanctions prevent Russia from contributions to UN WFP, UNIDO
- Putin highlights need to strengthen SCO as platform for constructive interaction
- SCO does not seek to become alternative to Western unions: Kremlin
- Lavrov to speak at UN General Assembly session, hold up to 20 meetings
- Russian-Chinese wide-body airliner project at initial phase of designing
- Yandex testing taxi hailing service in UAE
- Estonia to terminate customs cooperation agreement with Russia
Thursday, September 15
- Putin-Xi meeting agenda revealed
- US shale bosses tell Europe: ‘There’s no bailout coming’
- US senators press ahead on Russia ‘terrorism’ bill
- West failed to eject Russia from global economy, says PM
- Russia could extend abolition of cap on market share for retail acquisitions from foreigners until end-2023
- Turkey demands explanation from Kiev over sanctions hit list
- Military-technical cooperation between India, Russia developing steadily
- Kosovo says it will seek EU membership
- EU prolongs individual sanctions against Russia for six months
Wednesday, September 14
- Russia and China agree over ‘new reality’ – Kremlin
- Xi Jinping aims to reassert China’s influence on first foreign trip since Covid began
- Lavrov, several Russian delegates to UN General Assembly obtain US visas
- US inflation rate exceeds forecast
- Putin appoints veteran diplomat as new Ambassador to China
- EU unlikely to cap Russian gas price
- Germany imports less from Russia but pays more
- US imports of Russian metals drop to near-zero
- India restricts rice exports as commodity prices surge
- Grain exported from Ukraine should reach people who need it — UN
- Algeria Wants Russian Investment To Help Boost Its Gas Exports
- Russia ratifies agreement on broader customs cooperation with Belarus
- Foreign investors should be given anonymous access for purchase of Russian digital currency
- NLMK to make direct payments on 2023 Eurobonds to investors through Russian infrastructure
- Aeroflot to launch direct flights from Russia to Cuba in near future
- Tokayev agrees to reinstatement of Astana as capital’s name to constitutional amendments
- Former Accenture division in Russian renamed Axenix
Tuesday, September 13
- Russia to press on ‘until all the goals’ achieved in Ukraine – Kremlin
- Economic blitzkrieg against Russia did not work — Putin
- Monthly figures suggest Russian economy on transition to growth path from stabilization
- Inflation in Russia to total around 12% in 2022
- Spain doubles Russian gas imports
- Norway’s PM Says Price Cap Won’t Resolve ‘Fundamental Issue of Gas Shortage in Europe’
- German recession ‘inevitable’ – Deutsche Bank
- Not all EU countries want to join sanctions against Russia
- Portugal denies ‘golden visas’ to Russians
- The Ukraine war has reached a turning point
- Russia Could be Instrumental in Building Central African Oil & Gas Pipelines
- Iran to sign agreement to join SCO at organization’s summit
- SCO’s Global Role Becoming ‘More Significant’ in the Wake of Ukraine Crisis – India
- Kazakhstan, China to discuss strengthening of strategic partnership in Nur-Sultan
- Chinese leader to visit Uzbekistan; package of agreements being prepared
- Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo to consider ‘all options’ on Russian oil imports
Monday, September 12
- Exposed: The vast pro-Ukrainian ‘bot army’ designed to influence Western policy makers
- Pro-Western Bots Behind Vast Majority of Russia-Ukraine Tweets Studied, New Report Finds
- Western media continues to ignore Ukraine’s public ‘kill list’ aimed at those who question the Kiev regime
- Russian Economic Forum wraps up with billions in deals
- Lebanon to get food aid from Russia
- EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement suspended as of September 12
- EC recommends EU countries review visas already issued to Russians
- Russia welcomes lifting of European Commission restrictions on Russian fertilizer supplies, but ban on supplies to Asia, Africa, Latin America unacceptable – Putin
- US threatens to sanction buyers of Russian oil
- Europe sounds ‘full mobilisation’ after Kremlin shuts key gas pipeline
- EU fails to agree Russian gas price cap
- West to try to set price cap on oil from Russia starting from December 5 — US Treasury
- Russia and China’s growing partnership with the Islamic world spells trouble for the West
- Memorandum on Iran’s accession to SCO to be signed in Samarkand
- Russia ready to cooperate with Baku, Tehran on North-South transport corridor
- Trade turnover of agricultural goods between Russia and Iran could grow 10-15% in 2022
- Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran agree on achieving goal of 30-mln-tonne cargo traffic through North-South transport corridor by 2030
- Putin’s meeting on economic issues to focus on new national budget
Friday, September 9
- Putin to meet with Xi Jinping, other leaders at SCO summit in Uzbekistan
- How Putin held Europe hostage over energy
- Poland and Baltic States to deny entry to most Russians
- Putin opposes tit-for-tat visa restrictions
- Russia looks to compensate holders of frozen foreign assets
- Russian Finance Ministry creating gold, yuan reserves
- US Dollar’s influence on Russian economy will never be the same – Sberbank CEO
- China Yuan growing in popularity in Russia as individuals and banks buy CNY260 billion
- Russia to comply with contracts, but won’t supply oil, gas or coal at a loss — Putin
- US’s gas rescue plan for Europe threatens backlash
- Peak of decline in consumer demand in Russia has passed – Mishustin
- Russia provides aid to LPR, DPR based on UN Charter Article 51 – Putin
- Bankruptcy of German Nord Stream 2 AG suspended until January 2023
- Russia’s draft budget for three-year period will be ‘complex’ – Mishustin
- Soccer: UEFA comments on Russian Euro Participation
Thursday, September 8
- Russian Media Highlights From Putind’s Speech At The Eastern Economic Forum
- Putin speaks about operation in Ukraine, grain deal, Europed’s “wolfd’s tail” at EEF
- Deceiving West and ‘detached’ elites: Highlights of Putind’s speech at Eastern Economic Forum
- Western ‘sanctions feverd’ hurts the world – Putin
- Russia copes with Western economic aggression — Putin
- Ukraine launches US$400bn drive for foreign investment
- Putin tells EU energy exports aren’t guaranteed
- EU has itself to blame for gas crisis – Erdogan
- Vladimir Putin criticises grain deal agreed with Ukraine
- Risk of war with Russia ‘seriousd’ – Poland
- Armenia not scared of secondary sanctions due to cooperation with Russia, says PM
- Russian tourism agency head to discuss launch of e-visas for citizens of 52 countries
- Lithuania’s restrictions for entry for Russians will not apply to passenger rail transit to Kaliningrad
- All main parameters of Power of Siberia 2 deal with China agreed, including price
- Matviyenko urges BRICS countries to develop international reserve currency
Wednesday September 7
- Russia outlines its position on crypto
- Nicaragua may join Russian payment system
- Russia is a European country, but the West’s hybrid war has forced it to turn to Asia
- Enforcing Russian oil price cap is problematic — Washington Post
- Ditching Russian gas no way to reach climate goals – Putin
- Europe will not be able to abandon Russian gas by 2027 — Energy Minister
- Russian ministry proposes to lower tax for strategic resources, difficult hydrocarbon reserves
- En+ Group considering project to build large wind farm in Blagoveshchensk with Chinese partners
- First stage of Arctic LNG 2 to be hauled to Gydan in Aug 2023
- EcoEnergy to develop renewable energy in Russian Far East
- Rosatom to consider possibility of constructing low-capacity NPP in Myanmar
- Russian Post, Skolkovo Ventures form venture to develop drone deliveries
- Russia’s Economic Development Ministry expects GDP to contract 2.9% in 2022, 0.9% in 2023, grow 3% in 2024
Tuesday, September 6
- Russia will not resume gas supplies to Europe until sanctions lifted, says Moscow
- US ambassador leaves Russia
- Eastern Economic Forum Starts in Vladivostok, Russia
- West and Russia will eventually strike a deal – Kremlin
- Euro hits 20-year low and gas prices jump on Russian pipeline shutdown
- A deglobalising world will be an inflationary one
- IAEA to publish report on mission to Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant on Sept 6
- Security factor to be considered when deciding on Putin’s trip to G20 summit
- Serbia needs to prepare for ‘difficult decisions’ – EU
- The West wants to disarm the ‘powder keg’ of Europe, but it risks igniting it
- EU has to foot the bill for anti-Russia sanctions – ex Italy deputy PM
- Hard on Russia, ‘More Separation’ With EU & Tensions With US: What to Expect From New UK PM
- RusHydro unable to get GE equipment to update six plants in Far East, working on redesign
- Russia has made worrying inroads into Africa
Monday, September 5
- US rules out Russia visa ban
- None of Russian delegates to UN General Assembly received US visa so far
- Estonian PM says will seek full ban on entry by Russians, Belarusians into EU
- US limits chip sales to Russia and China
- Opportunities to circumvent Russian oil price cap will be limited — G7
- G7 Cap on Russian Oil Prices Likely to Boomerang, Hit Western Investors Hard
- Russia won’t export oil to countries that join price cap; will send to other markets
- Novak, Mitsui discuss projects in Russia, intensification of cooperation on investment, technology in energy sector
- Russian, Bahraini energy ministers discuss cooperation in fuel and energy sector
- US poised to relocate bio programs from Ukraine to other ex-Soviet states
- Sanctions offer Russia ‘pleasant surprise’
- Russia to allocate up to $2 bln to Belarus for import substitution
- Kazakhstan may rename its capital back to Astana
Friday, September 2
- EU discloses which Russians will still get visas
- Suspension of EU-Russia Visa Agreement ‘Strikes an Entire People Indiscriminately’
- IAEA nuclear mission crosses into Russian Zaporizhzhya
- Russia Mulls Buying $70 Billion in Yuan, ‘Friendly’ Currencies
- Russia Manufacturing Growth At 7-Month High
- Mitsubishi formally confirms keeping stake in Sakhalin-2 project
- Russia’s VTB to continue operations in Kazakhstan
- Armenian Trade With Russia Raises Re-Export Questions
- China, India Should Unite to Make Asia Future Center of Global Prosperity
- Russia Stages War Games With China, India
- Vostok military exercises indicate that Russia is far from isolated
Thursday, September 1
- Russia shuts down Nord Stream gas pipeline to Europe
- Gazprom boosts gas supplies to China via Power of Siberia by 60% in 8 months
- Gazprom starts designing pipeline to China from Russian Far East
- Russia cuts off gas supply to French energy giant
- Russian AgMin expecting production growth in all main sectors of agriculture in 2022
- Kremlin vows retaliation should EU impose visa restrictions on Russians
- EU rips up Russia visa deal in victory for eastern member states
- In current era, Russia has nobody but itself to rely on — Lavrov
- Poland warns of EU ‘implosion’ over Ukraine conflict
- Luxembourg opposes endless sanctions against Russia
- Russia to spend 72 billion rubles in 3 years supporting demand for cars
- Winter is coming, is it time to move to Russia?
Wednesday, August 31
- Greek missiles locking on Turkish fighters over Med challenges NATO – Erdogan
- Gazprom announces complete halt in supplies via Nord Stream due to repairs
- IAEA hopes to set up permanent mission at Zaporozhye NPP
- Russia’s cooperation with Asia-Pacific Region becoming stronger — Putin
- Serbia won’t consider imposing sanctions on Russia – Vucic
- Did sanctions really hurt the Russian economy?
- Russian financial system needs adaptation in sanctions environment
- Gazprom Shares Soar 30% on Record Profit, Dividend Promise
Tuesday, August 30
- IAEA mission heading to Zaporozhye nuclear plant
- West’s actions may slow down forming of multipolarity but will not stop it — Lavrov
- Consumption in Russia to decline 4.2% in 2022, growth in 2023 expected at 2.5% – 3%
- Russia to re-launch China Yuan bond sales
- Shell chief warns Europe’s energy crisis will last more than one winter
- Russia boosting fuel exports to Asia – Bloomberg
- India interested in imports of Russian agricultural goods
- Russian Gold Rerouted to China Amid Western Ban
- Russia’s Segezha redirecting timber products to Asia & Africa
- Iran and Russia Agree on Strategic Cooperation Plan
- Russia’s AvtoVaz Tops Moscow Car Sales for first time in a Decade
- Berlin preparing nationalization of Gazprom Germania
- China and Russia join forces for Vostok military exercises
- Ericsson to Exit Russia
Monday, August 29
- The Hague Requests EU Exemption On Russian Gas Supplies
- Russia can afford complete halt in gas supplies to Europe – Bloomberg
- EU faces ‘major challenges’ due to anti-Russia sanctions – Borrell
- A post-dollar world is coming – Rockefeller
- Putin is trapped and desperate. Will his friends in the west rescue him?
- Western-imposed order provides for racist division of world – Lavrov
- Europe should not shut its doors to Russian tourists
- EU set to suspend visa travel agreement with Russia
- EU will lose billions without Russian tourists
- The $10bn steel plant at the heart of Russia’s economic warfare
- Russia to broaden scope of national currencies trade
- EAEU central banks seeking equilibrium between national currencies
- Moscow to give Donbass and Ukraine refugees monthly payments in Russia
- US to name Arctic ambassador as thawing pole heats superpower rivalry
- Russia grows closer to Iran to counter Western sanctions
- India negotiates resumption of LNG supply from Russia
- India interested in Russian thermal coal
- Sanctioned Russian diamonds flowing to global market – Bloomberg
- Aeroflot plans to order 323 Russian planes
- Coca-Cola Rebrands To Remain In Russia
- Russia readies bill on entry, residency of foreigners — Medvedev
Friday, August 26
- Less than 30% of UN members support anti-Russian statement on Ukraine
- Russia and Iran move to create global gas cartel
- Russia, China could substantially expand catalogue of mutual deliveries of industrial goods
- Russia and India no longer need US dollar – BRICS president
- Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant disconnected from Ukraine grid
- Rosneft completes Suzun-Vankor gas pipeline with capacity of 2.2 bcm for Vostok Oil
- Roscosmos finalizes firing trials of world’s most powerful rocket engine
- Citigroup Fails To Sell Assets, Quits Russia, Will Lose US$2.5 Billion
- Belarus pays US$38.6 million on two Eurobonds in local currency
- Russian grain exports continue encountering ‘invisible barriers’ – Grain Exporters’ Union
- Guterres pledges to lift obstacles to Russian food products reaching world markets
Thursday, August 25
- Britain imports no energy from Russia for first time on record
- NATO’s chief admits Europe will pay price for supporting Ukraine
- Russian tourists pose ‘security threat’ – Estonia
- Sanctions damage to Russian economy ‘superficial’ – Bloomberg
- Nord Stream 2 ‘only sensible’ solution to gas crisis – German MP
- Ukraine calls for permanent mission at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
- India-Russia trade surging – ambassador
- Russia to allocate 7 billion rubles in 2022 for developing domestic ship equipment
- KTZ and Baku Seaport agree on expanding capacity of Trans-Caspian route
- Belarus not planning to look for new payment agent for Eurobonds
- Belarus, Russia could ink $1.5 bln loan for import substitution projects in September
- US plotting to erode Southeast Asia’s current security architecture, warns Shoigu
Wednesday, August 24
- 10 Years of Russian Membership in the WTO
- Record profits for grain firms amid food crisis
- Russians are disillusioned with Western values – poll
- The autocratic world will split before the west does
- Eurozone recession fears grow as business activity declines again
- Transnistrian leader calls relations with Russia ‘strategic priority’
- Agreements on Syria that were reached in Tehran are being fully implemented
- Yandex Reaches ‘Binding’ Deal to Divest News Service, Homepage to VK
- Gibraltar to Auction First Russian Oligarch Superyacht Seized Over Ukraine Invasion
Tuesday, August 23
- Turkey doubles Russian oil imports
- China’s Energy Imports From Russia Spike to US$35 Billion – Bloomberg
- Russia’s Ouster From WTO Would Jeopardize West & Global South’s Development
- Africa could become a significant buyer of Russian agricultural products
- West will buy Belarus fertilizers – Lukashenko
- Belarus, Russia lengthen import substitution projects list to 20
- Serbia issues warning to NATO
- Borrell opposes full visa ban for Russians
- German companies reveal cost of leaving Russia
Monday, August 22
- ranks among top three yuan users in international payments
- UK comments on Russia’s role at G20
- Putin Allows Inspectors to Visit Russia-Held Nuclear Plant
- ’s economy is staggering, but still on its feet
- Ukraine’s GDP to fall by 40% – S&P
- Erdogan tells Zelensky ready to organize Zelensky-Putin meeting in Turkey
- German central bank warns of unprecedented inflation
- Crude awakening: the German town on the front line of Russian sanctions
- n coal exports to China reach five-year high
- to ship trial batch of grain to Vietnam in Sept-Oct
- Kyrgyz and Russian premiers discuss steps to deepen integration within EAEU
- n govt imposes quota on exporting waste paper until Dec 2022
Friday, August 19
- No longer a pariah? Russia and China could be about to ‘normalize’ North Korea
- More EU firms face bankruptcy – Eurostat
- Top German politician makes Nord Stream 2 plea
- Japanese cos preparing to sign LNG contracts with new Sakhalin-2 operator
- Russian capacity utilization in shipbuilding high, 700 more vessels in pipeline to 2035
- Global food shortages cannot be resolved without Russian food, fertilizers – Guterres
- Ukraine conflict could end Western hegemony – Hungary
- Azerbaijani, Russian recommended to do business in rubles
- Russian Ambassador says US is so hung up on sanctions it doesn’t see they failed
- Indonesian president says Putin, Xi Jinping plan to attend G20 summit in person
- Turkey to take part in restoration of Ukraine’s infrastructure facilities
Thursday, August 18
- European banks restart Russian bond trading as US clients wind down
- Turkish official calls for UN Security Council reform
- Russian Foreign Ministry says ready to help investors from unfriendly countries, offers preferences to businessmen from friendly states
- Russian cabinet to allocate $16 mln to developers of LNG production equipment
- Gov’t to allocate 1 bln rubles for R&D in LNG sphere, Russia targeting production of 80-120 mln tonnes/year by 2035
- Russian Economy Ministry expects inflation to reach 13.4% in 2022, GDP to drop to 4.2%
- Russian government to issue SMEs soft loans at 3-4.5%
- Over 500 foreign companies gain access to Russian livestock market in 2022
- Ruscon launches multimodal service between Japan and Kazakhstan via Vostochny Port
- West eyes branding Russia exporter of ‘blood diamonds’
- China’s army to take part in Vostok-2022 exercise in Russia
- Lindt to leave Russian market
- Smartphone Shipments to Russia Drop 38% Amid Company Pullouts
Wednesday, August 17
- ‘Something worse’ than recession coming – JPMorgan
- Putin lashes out at West’s ‘vanishing’ hegemony, outlines Russia’s goals
- West deliberately destroying European security system, says Putin
- Russia circumvents Western product deficit
- Surge in Turkish exports to Russia raises western fears of closer ties
- Germany opposes Russian-visa ban – Scholz
- Gazprom does not rule out gas prices in Europe over $4,000 in winter
- UK permits several sanctioned Russian banks to render payments for supplying energy to Mongolia
- Russian ministries to develop new mechanisms to support agriculture in the Far East
- Planes serviced safely in Russia, use of parts from other planes is global practice – Deputy PM Manturov
- Aeroflot board approves deal with Russian booking system developers
Tuesday, August 16
- Wall Street revives Russian bond trading after U.S. go-ahead
- Surge in EU exports to Russia
- Russia-India relations develop in spirit of strategic partnership
- Percentage of UK companies hurt by anti-Russia sanctions
- US seeking to label Russia as state sponsor of terrorism
- Ukraine is bankrupt
- ‘A referendum is not right’: occupied Kherson looks to uncertain future
- Russian Journalist Barred Entry to Estonia
- Poland reveals plan for EU-wide Russian visa ban
- The EU Proposal To Ban Russians From Having Schengen Visas Isn’t The Problem. It’s What It Implies For The Future
- Belarus already working with nine Russian ports, no problems with exports
- Russian ministry to revise International Cooperation and Exports national project
- UAC considering replacing French engines’ with Russian ones in SSJ-100 fleet
- Non-residents from friendly nations to receive access to bond trading on Moscow Exchange
- Roscosmos plans to develop cooperation with countries of Middle East, Asia, Latin America
Monday, August 15
- Kissinger believes US at the edge of war with Russia and China
- Russia has warned US of ‘points of no return’ in bilateral relations
- Ukraine says it will target Russian soldiers at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
- ‘The west doesn’t want Russians partying in the streets of Europe’: calls grow for a visa ban
- Lithuania’s FM wants visa ban for anti-Putin Russians
- EU calls for end to war talk in Balkans ahead of Serbia-Kosovo meetings
- Russia’s food safety guaranteed by 2022 grain harvest
- Central Bank Predicts Russia Will Return to Economic Growth in 2024
- Central Bank of Russia expects key rate to return to neutral level of 5-6% in 2025
- Rosatom could start building second unit at El Dabaa NPP in Egypt
- Russian trade in agribusiness products with Vietnam grows 6.1% to $900 mln in 2021
Friday, August 12
- Russia warns of nuclear disaster ‘worse than Chernobyl’
- In the developing new world order, Russia’s weapons will be pointing West, and its economy directed towards the East
- Russia Winning in Energy Markets: Bloomberg
- Western sanctions have had ‘limited impact’ on Russian oil output, says IEA
- Czech Republic pays for Russian oil transit by Druzhba, expects supplies to resume
- Belarus to build port in northwestern Russia
- Russian Railways, Torgmoll launch China-Russia freight service in Amur region
- Ural Airlines, Aeroflot, Red Wings make most flights abroad after imposition of sanctions
- Estonia restricting visa issuance, arrivals of Russian citizens
Thursday, August 11
- How to deal with Russia
- Russia summons UN Security Council over nuclear emergency
- IAEA says no immediate threat to nuclear safety at Zaporozhye NPP
- G7 calls on Russia to hand over Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant to Ukraine
- Bulgaria may resume purchases of Russian gas
- Belarusian exports to Russia hit historic high of US$2 billion per month
- Uralkhimmash studying opportunities for export presence in South Africa
- Russian aluminum products plant KUMZ sees export orders fall by half in Q2, eyes new markets
- Can we trust Russia’s economic statistics?
- Rostourism expects Europe will not restrict tourists from Russia
- How Ukrainians Sell NATO-Supplied Weapons Abroad
Wednesday, August 10
- Finland and Estonia urge EU to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians
- Ban all Russians from the West – Zelensky
- Trade between Russia and China has increased by almost 30% since beginning of year
- Russia Starts Stripping Aircraft For Parts
- Transit of Russian oil to Europe by Druzhba pipeline halted by Ukraine
- Turkey offers ‘a warehouse and bridge’ for metals trade to Russia
- Draft agreement on Russian loan of $1.5 billion to Belarus in final stage of preparation
- Russia could boost sugar production 1.8-fold to 370,000 tonnes in August
- Russia imposes sulphur export quotas through end-2022
Tuesday, August 9
- Beijing and Moscow can lead resistance against West dictating to rest of world
- Alarm mounts in western capitals over Turkey’s deepening ties with Russia
- The west’s phantom energy sanctions fuel Russia’s war machine
- Head of Zaporozhye Region signs order to hold referendum on accession to Russia
- XTX Markets sues Mazars for discrimination over Russian founder
- Japan won’t quit Russian energy project – minister
- Siemens may keep servicing Nord Stream despite plans to quit Russia
- Poland proceeding with its plans for Ukraine – Moscow
- Latvian police to stop protecting Russian consulates
- Belarusian agricultural equipment in high demand in Russia – Lukashenko
- VSC starts servicing new container service of Asian SITC
- Russian ministry sets CO2 emission reduction targets to 2030 for economic sectors
- Small, medium businesses to get subsidized loans for investment at 3-4.5% – Russia PM
Monday, August 8
- Europe hypnotized into a war economy
- Three EU economies downgraded by Moody’s
- Sanctions on Russia ‘irresponsible’ – Brazil
- Council of EU adopts regulation cutting gas use by 15%
- Turkey poised to open new page in relations with Russia — Erdogan
- Erdogan’s diplomacy with Russia alarms West – FT
- TurkStream, key route for Russian gas supply to Europe, operating smoothly – Putin
- EAEU agreement on common oil, petroleum products market practically ready
- Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan to increase container railway services to China
- Lavrov says he sent letter to UN chief about US neglect of its duties
- France warns of milk shortage
- Iconic pencil maker hit by Russian counter-sanctions
- Latvian embassy in Moscow suspends issuance of visas to Russians
- Russia to Revive Soviet-Era Shops Selling Western Goods to Foreign Diplomats
- Putin bans owners from unfriendly countries from selling shares in Russian banks until end-2022
Friday, August 5
- Europe and Asia intensify battle to secure gas supplies
- Putin Has The Russian Economy Booming — The West Is In Serious Trouble
- Why The Russian Economy Isn’t Collapsing
- Representatives of 40 countries confirm participation in 7th Eastern Economic Forum
- Bank of Russia considers feasibility of converting state companies’ funds from dollars and euro
- Belarus redeems bonds placed in Russia on schedule
- Russia, Turkey discuss cooperation in key economic sectors, intend to broaden it
- Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan to increase container railway services to China
- Japan wants to preserve its participation in Sakhalin-2 — minister
- Baikal aircraft production plant to receive order for 105 planes
- AB InBev Efes localizes production of some popular beer brands in Russia
- Russia allows parallel imports of some L’Oreal brands
- Russian bill provides for only one foreign ship on Northern Sea Route
Thursday, August 4
- Russia calls for reform of UN Security Council
- Cooperation with the West is over – Russia
- Russia stands in ‘absolute solidarity’ with China – Kremlin
- Gerhard Schröder says Russia wants negotiated end to Ukraine war
- Lavrov arrives in Myanmar for working visit
- Bulgaria continues contacts with Gazprom, expects changes to contract terms
- Rosatom expecting to receive principal license for construction of Paks-2 NPP in coming months
Wednesday, August 3
- Russia Condemns Pelosi Visit to Taiwan as ‘Provocation’
- Washington destabilizing global situation — Russian diplomat
- The EU is losing control of events on its conflict-ridden borders
- European imports of Russian diesel jump, highlighting challenge to EU plans for ban
- UK eases anti-Russia sanctions
- Lavrov to visit Myanmar on August 3
- Ex-Yandex Head Takes EU to Court Over Sanctions
- Risk insurance is principal condition of investment in Ukraine – Volker
- Russia ‘absolutely’ supports Serbia – Kremlin
- Russia boosts gas flow to China
- Russia has boosted oil exports to India – Ambassador
- Kamaz, Moscow agree to participation in Moskvich auto plant with 5 billion rubles investment
- Lipton tea leaving Russia, production to cease by end of 2022
Tuesday, August 2
- Sanctions against Russia do not reflect realities of global politics and economy — Putin
- Putin pledges to expand Russia’s naval power, citing US as top threat
- The EU is losing control of events on its conflict-ridden periphery
- Freight traffic growing in Russia’s Arctic
- Latvia suspends travel deal with Russia
- Russian food exports to EAEU countries could grow by over $2 bln by 2030
- Russia could boost agricultural product exports to $40 bln in 2022
- Russia believes infrastructure links with India will boost bilateral trade to $120-150 billion
- Russia to raise cap on transport subsidies for non-resource exports from 11% to 25% of product cost
- Unemployment level in Russia doesn’t exceed 0.9%
Monday, August 1
- The Ruble Is Soaring And Russia Is Stronger Than Ever – Sanctions Have Backfired
- No Path Out Of Economic Oblivion For Putin – Sanctions Are Catastrophically Crippling Russia
- World economy at risk of deglobalization – IMF
- Russia’s Maritime Doctrine Identifies New NATO Activity As Major Security Threat
- EU should ban all Russians from entry – Latvia
- Gazprom halts gas deliveries to Latvia
- German lawmaker supports putting Nord Stream 2 into operation
- African and SCO countries understand that anyone can fall under US sanctions — Lavrov
- Swiss blocks account of Russia’s permanent envoy to UN in Geneva
- Russian rap star buys out Starbucks
Friday, July 29
- Russia warns of ‘retaliatory measures’ if its citizens denied Schengen visas
- Russia to Shun Dollar, Adopt Other Currencies in Oil Trade
- Map of the massive gas pipeline that Russia and China are building
- Air travel between Kyrgyzstan and Russia returns to pre-pandemic levels
- Risk of nuclear war from cutting off China and Russia, says UK security tsar
- Montenegro begins to freeze real estate owned by Russians
- Sanctions on Russia could leave Britain without fish’n’chips
- Europe’s largest carmaker leaving Russia
- St. Petersburg to host Russia-Africa summit next year
Thursday, July 28
- Russia Doing Better Than Expected Despite Sanctions – IMF
- West running out of measures to put pressure on Russia
- Russia distances itself from the US dollar further as it moves to trade oil with India using the UAE’s local currency
- Iran says US dollar officially ditched in trade with ally Russia
- IMF expects Russia’s GDP to fall 6% in 2022, 3.5% in 2023
- First Russian transit train with sanctioned cargo arrives in Kaliningrad
- Is the INSTC Russia’s new economic escape route?
- Russia emphasizes need to unlock Afghanistan’s frozen assets
- McDonald’s reveals cost of Russia exit
Wednesday, July 27
- IMF slashes global growth forecast and raises inflation projections
- EU renews sanctions against Russia until January 31, 2023
- EU Plans To Ration Gas Over Winter
- Central Bank of Russia business climate index returns to positive territory in June for first time since February
- German Vice Chancellor warns of ‘serious situation’ amid reducing Russian gas supply
- Ex-German Chancellor Schroeder arrives in Russia for talks on gas supplies
- European gas prices soar after Russia deepens supply cuts
- Russia ready to sell oil to any country – Lavrov
- Russia to Exit International Space Station ‘After 2024,’ Space Chief Confirms
- Russia to build own space station – Roscosmos CEO
- ATMs in Cuba begin to accept Mir payment system cards
Tuesday, July 26
- Gazprom Says to Cut EU Nord Stream Gas Deliveries Drastically From Wednesday
- Gazprom sees new record for daily gas supplies to China via Power of Siberia
- Russia’s Sergei Lavrov seeks to bolster alliances during Africa tour
- Foreigners’ obligations on special investment contracts can be transferred with legal entities to new owners from Russia
- Number of domestic AI solutions implemented in Russia to double by 2024
- Finland doesn’t plan to stop issuing visas to Russian tourists
- Russia not asking for sanctions removal – Lavrov
- Yandex resumes hiring in Russia, abroad
Monday, July 25
- The tide is turning in Russia’s war on Ukraine
- Sanctions Are Hurting the West More Than Russia
- Black Sea grain corridor to begin functioning in coming days, Erdogan says
- Hungary FM in Russia to Discuss Buying More Gas
- Russia FM visits Egypt at start of Africa trip
- Kherson Region creates election committee for referendum on joining Russia
- Referendum on Luhansk joining Russia to be held at 492 polling stations
- Transnistria to keep course towards joining Russia
- Lithuanian railroads resume Kaliningrad-bound cargo transit
- USA Considering Declaring Russia A Sponsor Of State Terrorism
- Bank of Russia cuts key rate by 1.5 pp to 8% per annum
- Russia announces plan for bond market
Friday, July 22
- EU solidarity frays as some member states question plan to slash gas use
- Russia adds Greece, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia to its unfriendly countries list
- Transnistria to keep course towards joining Russia
- Agreement on Ukrainian grain exports expected to be signed in Istanbul
- Foreign Banks Hiring Russian Employees as Exit Plans Hit Roadblocks
- Russian Central Bank hasn’t yet received request for purchase of HSBC’s Russian subsidiary, deal not under consideration
- Russian Energy Ministry: Problem of isolation of Kaliningrad, Crimea from gas supply solved
- Nornickel considering transshipping via North African ports, intensification of deliveries via eastern corridor
Thursday, July 21
- Putin predicts ‘revolutionary’ changes
- Russia resumes gas flow through Nord Stream
- Germany resumes receiving Nord Stream gas after repairs
- Why EU’s winter gas plans face an uphill struggle
- Russia to cut oil exports to world markets if price caps are imposed
- Russia may seek to occupy more territory in Ukraine: Lavrov
- Economic cooperation among Central Asian countries needed amid sanctions wars
- Gazprom supplies record daily volume of Russian gas to China via Power of Siberia
- Ukraine conflict forcing China to rethink ‘how and when’ it may invade Taiwan
Wednesday, July 20
- Russian Gas Shutoff Would Send Some EU Countries Into Recession: IMF
- Iran Hosts Putin, Erdogan for Talks
- Russia ratifies Iran-EAEU Free Trade Act
- Gazprom signs major deal in Iran worth billions
- Kazakhstan and Russia to further enhance cooperation within multilateral formats in Asia
- Tajikistan diversifies supply of grain, sugar; Russia replaced with Kazakhstan, India
- China dumping American debt – Treasury data
- VTB deputy chair expects Russian Central Bank to cut key rate 50 bps to 9% pa on Friday
- VTB to start testing cross-border transfers by phone number via SFPS
- EU to add Sberbank to sanctions list
Tuesday, July 19
- Ukraine withdraws from CIS agreement on cooperation in customs affairs
- Ukraine warns of big cuts to wheat harvest
- European energy firms rack up debt to cover soaring costs – Bloomberg
- EU to call on member states to ‘immediately’ slash gas usage
- Russia’s Gazprom to Europe: Gas supply halt beyond our control
- Russia to introduce new budget rule of $60 per barrel of oil
- Kremlin on sanctions: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
- Iran preparing documents to join SCO
- H&M to Wind Down Operations in Russia
Monday, July 18
- Ukraine accuses US and European banks over Russia links
- EU executive proposes import ban on Russian gold, tweaks on food trade
- Russia not interested in nationalising foreign enterprises
- Vladimir Putin Signs Bill Banning Crypto Payments in Russia
- Russia Current Account Hits Record on Surging Energy Exports
- Russia launches new chartered ships to trade commodities with China and India
- India exempted from sanctions over Russia trade
- India’s move on rupee settlements may help trade with Russia
- INSTC Route Between India & Russia To See Volume Increases From Next Month
- India Imports from Russia jump 272% in April-May to US$5 billion
Friday, July 15
- World is on its way to multipolarity, Western dominance about to end – Tony Blair
- Germany lacking gas to get through winter, regulator chief warns
- Russian fuel is flooding the Middle East – Bloomberg
- Recession risk warning issued for top Western economies
- Kazakhstan Seeks to Attract Foreign Brands Exiting Russia
- Iran, Russia trade transactions based on ruble improve
- Iran opens business center in Russia
- Kyrgyzstan significantly increases exports to Russia
Thursday, July 14
- Ukraine: can Russia still win the war?
- Why a price cap on Russian oil is a bad idea
- Russia is about to play its most dangerous cards – and the west is not ready
- Moscow shaping stance on EU guidance for Kaliningrad transit
- Russia suspends certificates of Czech, Bulgarian aircraft repair
- Iran allocates containers to sea trade with Russia
- India’s move to rupee for trade set to boost business with Russia
- Russia can help convert 16.38% of India’s trade into rupees
- Petersburg Social Commercial Bank may be a focal point of India-Russia rupee trade
Wednesday, July 13
- Putin creates post of Deputy Prime Minister of Industry and Trade
- Split in global sports to widen if Russia is barred from 2024 Olympics
- Central Bank of Russia will continue to encourage banks to reject ‘unfriendly’ currencies, develop market for ‘friendly’ ones
- Putin, Tokayev reaffirm course towards strengthening Russian-Kazakh strategic partnership, implementation of projects
- Belarus applies for admission to Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
- Lithuania widens curbs on Kaliningrad trade despite Russian warning
- Kazakhstan reintroduces restrictions on exporting petroleum products
- Russian govt earmarks US$1.6 billion for Sfera satellite project – Roscosmos
- Auto sales in Russia to decline by 28% in 2022 in current market situation
Tuesday, July 12
- Russian companies launch regular sea transportation to India & China
- Putin expands simplified Russian citizenship acquisition to all Ukrainians
- Russia turns off gas pipeline to Germany for repairs
- Kaliningrad proposes ban on movement of goods from Baltic states
- Ban on sanctioned goods’ exports to, imports from Russia takes effect in Estonia
- EU Sanctions Policy Is Leading To Dark Days For Northern Europe
- Iran’s private banks pioneers in trade with Russia
- RBI allows settlement in Indian rupee to settle trade with Russia, Sri Lanka
- Russian Central Bank clarifies procedure for Eurobond payments to holders whose rights are accounted for by Russian depositories
- Ritz-Carlton Moscow Changes Name After Marriott Exits Russia
Monday, July 11
- Germany braces for ‘nightmare’ of Russia turning off gas for good
- Siemens wants to return Nord Stream turbine from Canada to Europe as soon as possible
- Canada waives Russia sanctions to ease Germany’s gas shortage
- German Trade Union Chief Warns Russia Gas Cut-Off May Cripple Country’s Firms
- Russia Expands Trade Routes with China, India
- A new corridor for India-Russia trade via Iran is almost ready
- Financial firms eye Chinese yuan payment channel for India-Russia trade
- Official: Iran, Russia Trade Exchanges Increase to $4.5bln
- Bahrain; Russia discuss economic and trade cooperation
- Russia, Kazakhstan set to create new logistic corridors
- Western economic blitzkrieg against Russia failing, though sanctions are damaging
- Fast Food Giant Yum Brands Announces Plans to Leave Russia
Friday, July 8
- Lavrov criticizes Western doublethink on Ukraine at G20 event
- Lavrov Walks Out of G20 Talks as West Presses Moscow on Ukraine
- Russia has no intention to talk US into resuming mutual contacts
- Lavrov to meet with Turkish, Chinese counterparts at G20
- Russia Replaces Disappearing Western Gadgets With Chinese Brands
- Russia, Iran discuss financing projects in transport infrastructure, oil and gas sector
- Russian Railways retains membership in International Union of Railways
- Two international brands entered Russian market in H1
- Situation in Russian economy turning out better than expected – minister
- Russian Ruble Drops 17% Amid Falling Exports
Thursday, July 7
- How Putin will participate in G20 summit will depend on state of global affairs
- Blinken plans no talks with Lavrov on sidelines of G20 meeting
- Putin ‘rubbing hands with glee’ after EU votes to class gas and nuclear as green
- Russia on the frontline of building a new world — Venezuela
- Putin, President of Sri Lanka discuss trade, economic cooperation, including in energy sphere
- Norway clears Russian goods to Spitsbergen settlements
- External forces behind Karakalpakstan riots – Uzbek president
- HSBC closes in on deal to sell Russian business to Expobank
- Tinkoff Bank halts outgoing currency transfers via SWIFT until October 1
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
- Switzerland resists Ukrainian plan to seize frozen Russian assets
- Fast Food Giant Yum Brands Announces Plans to Leave Russia
- Why Sanctioning Oligarchs is a Gift to Russia
- EAEU states to create technological platform in aircraft industry
- Norilsk and Rusal in talks to forge $60bn Russian metals champion
- Kazakhstan bans petroleum product exports for six months
- Belaruskali begins exporting potash fertilizer via Russian ports
- Russian economy could lose up to 1.5 tillion rubles due to bottlenecks on eastern railways
Tuesday, July 5
- Europe At Risk of Recession Amid Concerns Russia Could Cut Gas Supplies
- Europe Scrambles for Palladium as Russia Threatens Supply
- Russia Ready To Discuss Permanent UNSC Seats for India & Brazil
- Egypt Plans To Use Ruble in Trade with Russia
- Russian Industry and Trade Ministry Doesn’t See Need To Import Substitute Software
- Foreign Partners To Participate In Russian Auto Enterprises
- Newly Sanctioned Kamaz Confirms Plans to Build Manufacturing Plants in Kazakhstan
- Russia To Occupy 25% of Global Coal Market by 2050
- Gazprom Proposes Extending Gas Sales For Rubles To LNG
- Schneider Electric Signs Agreement to Sell Russian Assets to Local Management
Monday, July 4
- War Excites Speculation About The Possible Break-Up of Russia
- Kissinger says Ukraine Crisis Has Three Possible Outcomes
- Excluding Russia from Security Council Possible Only if UN is Disbanded
- Russia Quits Several Council of Europe Agreements
- JPMorgan Sees ‘Stratospheric’ $380 Oil On Worst-Case Russian Cut
- Western Actions Prompt Russia, Belarus To Expedite Integration
- Putin Discusses Global Food Market Situation With Modi
- Russia Adopts Resolution To Convert Export Duties On Grain, Sunflower Oil and Meal Into Rubles
- Aeroflot Plans To Open New Regional Hubs For Operating New Types of Aircraft
- Russia Introduces Zero VAT for Hotels From July 1
- Donetsk To Receive Russian Phone IDD Code
- Nord Stream To Shut Down Both EU Gas Pipelines July 11-21 For Repairs
Friday, July 1
- Putin: Multipolar World Order Evolving Globally, Process Irreversible
- NATO’s Strategic Concept 2022 Views 75% Of The BRICS Economies A Security Threat – Analysis
- NATO Brings Back Cold War Doctrine to Counter Russian Threat
- Beijing Hits Out at Nato Strategy for ‘Malicious Attack’ on China
- Russia has Redirected Most Oil, Petroleum Products to Asia
- Russia Ready to Export 50 million Tonnes of Grain This Year
- Syria Makes Decision to Recognize Luhansk and Donetsk Republics
- Gazprom to Increase Gas Supplies to Russia’s Kaliningrad
Thursday, June 30
- The United States Has Opened Up A Whole New Can Of Worms With Adjusting The Concept Of ‘Sovereign Default’
- US Blacklists Chinese Companies for Allegedly Supporting Russian Military
- Russia Ready to Export Tens of Millions of Tonnes of Grain if West Lifts Bans
- Russian 2022 Imports Have Risen From Lows But Still Down 40%
- Belarus Extends Western Food Embargo Through To End 2022
- Georgia Bans Wheat, Barley Exports Until Mid 2023
- Russia Slams Norway’s Blockage of Russian Goods to Spitsbergen
- Russia’s Central Bank Sees Room for Rate Reduction
- Ukraine’s Kherson Region Begins Preparations for Referendum on Accession to Russia
- US Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Russian Automaker Kamaz
- Western Leaders Throw Insults At Putin
Wednesday, June 29
- Putin signs law banning issuance of licenses to foreign users of mineral resources
- Putin signs bill authorizing Rosatom to manage Northern Sea Route shipping
- Russia to host Caspian Economic Forum in October
- Michelin tire maker to transfer Russian assets under local management by year end
- Diageo leaving Russia
- Whirlpool selling Russian business to Turkey’s Arcelik
- Foreign IT cos continuing to relocate to Kazakhstan
- Siberia’s SGC to develop own OS to replace Windows
- Russian innovations must not rely on imported components – Medvedev
Tuesday, June 28
- Moscow confirms Putin’s participation in G20 summit
- Kremlin calls out default claims as unlawful, says payment in foreign currency was made in May
- Investors have not received Russian Eurobond payments because of third-party actions; there is no default according to issue documentation – Finance Ministry
- Russia favors BRICS enlargement
- G7 aims to hurt Russia with price cap on oil exports
- Russian energy exports to India up several dozen times
- Russia may redirect precious metal exports
- Belarus interested in resuming passenger railway travel with Baltic countries
- McDonald’s successor in Russia intends to reopen whole chain in September
Monday, June 27
- Russian bond payment deadline passes
- Russia defaults on foreign debt for first time since 1917 revolution
- Russian Finance Ministry made Eurobond coupon payment in rubles — Ministry
- Western media celebrates ‘Russian default’
- G7 nations to announce import ban on Russian gold
- Gold ban will cost Russia $19 billion
- Drop in Russian airline passenger traffic slows to 20% YoY
- Turkey explains why it does not impose sanctions on Russia
Friday, June 24
- Eurobonds for rubles: Russia makes first payment under new rules
- Russia could not use FX reserves for payments on Eurobonds due to restrictions, payments can be relayed only in rubles
- Bank of Russia calls transition to settlements in national currencies vital
- Fifth Turkish bank starts accepting Russia’s Mir cards
- Freight shipping route to China with transit via Mongolia has prospects
- Five Arctic investment project to get 1.4 bln rubles subsidies in 2022
- European Values Irregularities Concerning Ukraine
- Westerners Face Lengthy Interrogations at Russian Border Amid Ukraine War
Thursday, June 23
- Putin Says Development of Reserve Currency Under BRICS Being Considered
- Russian SPFS Financial Messenger Ready for Connect with BRICS
- Russia Needs ‘Gold Backed Cryptocurrency’
- EU Eyes Russian Gold As New Sanction Target Ruble
- Russia in Talks To Reorient Freight Traffic to North-South Transport Corridor
- Russia Approves Bill to Simplify Employment of Foreign IT Specialists
- Foreigners Will be Banned from Teaching at Schools in Russia
- Preparations Finalized for Transshipping Belarusian Cargo via St. Petersburg
- Construction of Oil and Gas Industrial Park Starts in Sakhalin
- EU Told To Prepare for Total Russian Gas Cut-Off
- UK Denies Visas for Russian OSCE Team
Wednesday, June 22
- Court in Ukraine Bans Activities of Opposition Political Parties
- Elon Musk’s Starlink Aid to Ukraine Triggers Scrutiny in China Over US Military Links
- Mishustin Urges EAEU Members to Expedite Shift to Settlements in National Currencies
- Russia Threatens Lithuania with ‘Serious’ Consequences
- Russian Airlines Continuing to Accrue Lease Payments for Foreign Planes in Rubles
- Russia Agrees to Charge Zero Customs Duties for Certain Agricultural Products
- NTC Proposes Solution To Eastern Railways Capacity with New Generation Freight Cars
- State Duma Adopts Law Banning Foreign Companies from Subsoil Development in Russia
- Russophobia: Russians in the West Complain As They Are Considered Personally Responsible for the Ukraine Conflict
Tuesday, June 21
- Ukraine Bans Russian Language Books and Music in Latest Step of ‘De-Russification’
- Russia Remains A Market Economy
- Russia’s VTB Bank To Maintain presence in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China and India
- Ukraine’s Parliament Approves Withdrawal From Range of CIS Trade Agreements
- France Sees No EU Entry for Ukraine For ’15 or 20 Years’
- EU Says Russian Food and Fertilizers are Free from Sanctions
- Gas Crisis Warning Issued in Denmark
- Germany Returns to Coal
- Russia Exports Record 8.42M Tons of Oil to China in May
- Russia Threatens To Retaliate as Lithuania Bans Rail Transit to Kaliningrad
- Belarus, Russia Should Abandon Calculating Trade In Dollars
Monday, June 20
- Unipolar World Order Gone Forever – Putin
- Sanctions Against Russia To Remain No Matter What Happens
- Russia with its energy potential and Vostok Oil project will be the ‘Noah’s Ark of the world economy’
- India’s Purchases of Russian Oil Skyrocket
- China Offers Spare Parts Lifeline to Russian Airlines
- Kazakh President Proposes New Trade Strategy for EAEU
- Russia To Rebuild Donbass — Trade Minister
- The Number of Foreign Firms Conducting ‘Business-As-Usual’ in Russia
- Agreements Worth Almost US$100 billion Concluded at SPIEF
Friday, June 17
- West Is Yet To Face The Worst In Confronting Russia
- Russia’s Withdrawal From WTO Not Being Considered
- Russia To Export Agricultural Products To ‘Friendly Countries’ Only
- Russia Boosted Agricultural Exports 16% in Jan-May
- Russia Rules Out Foreign Currency Ban
- Russia Should Rethink Its Export-Driven Economy – Central Bank
- Russian Economics Ministry To Improve 2022 GDP Outlook
- Baker Hughes Withdraws From Russia’s LNG Projects
- Instagram, Facebook, Twitter Lost 80% of Russian Mobile Traffic
- Development Of Northern Sea Route To Continue Despite Geopolitical Problems
- Russia, Serbia Resolve Gas Supply Issues, Belgrade To Pay Lowest Prices
Thursday, June 16
- Xi Tells Putin China Will Keep Backing Russia on ‘Sovereignty, Security’
- Serbia Secures Energy Deal With Russia
- EU Pays US$1 Billion To Russia Daily Via Trade
- Germany Resumes Issuing Tourist Visas for Russians
- Sanctions-Hit Russian Businessmen Seek Tips From Iran
- Russia Weathering Crisis Better Than Expected, Authorities To Revise Expectations for Inflation, GDP Decline
- Taliban, Separatists and Lukashenko: Russia Kicks Off St. Petersburg Forum
- Russia to Revive Abandoned Arctic Military Airport
- IKEA to sell factories in Russia
- Russian Animation Studio Soyuzmultfilm Plans To Enter Southeast Asia, Latin America Markets
Wednesday, June 15
- Ruble Returns To Multi-Year Highs
- Russia’s Rouble Is Now Stronger Than Before The War – Western Sanctions Are Partly To Blame
- EU To Push Kiev On Territorial Concessions
- Belarus Prepares Bid To Join Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
- US Allows Energy Transactions With Sanctioned Russian Banks
- European Energy Crisis Will Only Get Worse – Medvedev
- How New EU Sanctions On Russia Will Shake Up Global Energy Trade
- Berlin Working On Multi Billion-Euro Rescue for Gazprom Germania
- Spring Crops Sown On Almost 97% of Planned Area – Russian Agricultural Ministry
- Russia Could Cut Steel Exports 23% in 2022
- JPMorgan, Goldman Halt Russian Debt Trading After US Tightens Ban
- Russian Retail Trade May Slump 9% This Year
- Russia Bans 29 UK Journalists
Tuesday, June 14
- Putin To Talk About Effect of Anti-Russian Sanctions at SPIEF
- Russia Won’t Leave Global Food Market
- US Quietly Urges Russia Fertilizer Deals to Unlock Grain Trade
- Germany Sees Massive Dip In Russia Exports, Uptick In China Imports
- Russia Becomes India’s Second Biggest Oil Exporter
- More Than 15,000 Millionaires Expected To Leave Russia in 2022
- Ukraine To Decide How Much Territory It Trades For Peace – NATO
- New Russia-China Amur River Road Freight & Passenger Bridge Opens
- Aeroflot Issues Emergency Shares to Boost Funds Amid Sanctions Fallout
Monday, June 13
- West Should Take Moscow’s Interests into Account – Kissinger
- West Has Right to Give Ukraine Nukes – EU lawmaker
- Russia Is Able To Pay its Foreign Debts — Bank of Russia
- Putin To Attend SPIEF Plenary Session
- Russian Central Bank Cuts Key Rate as Inflation Eases
- 7 in 10 European Businesses to Cut Russia Investment – Poll
- Russia Pledges To Take Care of Foreign Investors
- Putin Signs Into Law Annulling Compliance with ECHR Rulings
- Russia Quits World Tourism Organization
- CIS Countries Have Action Plan To Counteract Sanctions – Belarusian Deputy PM
- Blacklist Dubai Over Failure To Crack Down on Russian Oligarchs: Ukraine Campaigners
Friday, June 10
- Russia Warns Arctic Council Against Making Decisions Without Moscow
- EU Cashing in on Cheap Russian oil – The Economist
- Russia To Export 100 Million Tonnes Of Oil, LNG via Northern Sea Route By 2027
- Demand For Consumer Loans in Russia Hits New High
- Marketplaces in Russia Will Not Be Required to Disclose Parallel Imports
- New Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow to pay first visit to Russia
- Russia, Kyrgyzstan Increasing Settlements in National Currencies
- Borjomi Workers Strike as Georgia Prepares To Take Over Russian Shares
- Microsoft Scaling Down Business in Russia
Thursday, June 9
- Russia Bans Export Of Noble Gases, Shocks the Global Semiconductor Industry
- Bridgewater Bets Against US and European Corporate Bonds on Slowdown Fears
- Europe At Risk of Winter Energy Rationing: Energy Watchdog
- Russia’s Association of Cinema Owners Leaves Europe’s UNIC
- Avtovaz Resumes Auto Production
- Mass Production of Russian LTE Base Stations to be Organized
- Russian Digital Development Ministry Working on Internet Coverage of all Russian Railways
- Ukrainian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturer Restarts Production in Poland
- Central Asian Countries, China Intend to Boost Payments in National Currencies
Wednesday, June 8
- First 15 New Russian Rebranded McDonald’s Will Open in Moscow on June 12
- La Scala Not Banning Russians, To Open 2022-2023 Season with ‘Boris Godunov’
- Deutsche Bank Moves Hundreds of IT Workers from Russia to Germany
- Aeroflot, UAC Sign Agreement for Delivery of 300 Aircraft
- Wildberries Switches to Payments in National Currencies with Foreign Partners
- Exporters Get Right to Receive Export Revenue on Foreign Accounts before Repatriating to Russia
- Russia’s Budget Rules Need Adjusting, Ministers Must Submit New Structure By End July
- Russian Govt to Subsidize Advertising Russian Brands
- Russia To Suspend Fishing Agreement with Japan
Tuesday, June 7
- Ukraine and the Start of a Second Cold War
- Gazprom Waives Moratorium on Bankruptcy, Takes Another Step Toward Paying Record Dividends
- European Unity on Ukraine Growing More Difficult: Estonian PM
- RZD Starts Building Third Rail Line For Trans-Siberian Railway
- Russia’s Largest Infrastructure Project – Far Eastern Rail Networks With Asian Connectivity
- Russia-China Meridian Toll Highway Under Consideration Again
- Russian Producers of Nitrogen Fertilizer Could Index Prices for Domestic Market
- Kazakhstan Could Halt Gas Exports in 2023 – QazaqGaz
- Belarus to Legalize Parallel Imports of Goods, Software Without Rights Holders’ Permission
- Lavrov Says Countries Blocking His Flight to Serbia Deprive Belgrade of Its Sovereignty
Monday, June 6
- Catastrophic Pricing and Recession: Economists Draw Grim Future for EU if Russian Gas is Shut Off
- EU Has Failed to Find Replacements for Russian Gas in Short Term
- Pakistan to Consider Buying Russian Oil
- Aeroflot Suspends Flights to Sri Lanka Over Aircraft’s Arrest
- Marriott International Suspends Russia Operations
- Mishustin Orders Creation of New Digital Product Innovation Centres
Friday, June 3
- Arms Sent to Ukraine Will End Up In Criminal Hands: Interpol Chief
- Russia Is Winning The Economic War
- EU Agrees New Anti-Russia Sanctions
- OPEC May Exempt Russia From Oil Output Quotas
- Sanctions Open New Opportunities for Cooperation with Russia: Belarus President
- EAEU, UAE May Start Free Trade Negotiations By Year-End
- Russia Says Planning Domestic ‘Alternative’ to European Rights Court
- Russia Offers To Settle Debt Disputes With Creditors
- Residents Of ‘Unfriendly’ Countries May Transfer Securities To Russian Relatives
Thursday, June 2
- China Calls on West to Stop Fuelling Conflict in Ukraine, Cease Pressure on Russia
- What Does Being Cut Off From SWIFT Mean For Sberbank?
- China’s Sany eyes localizing heavy equipment production in Russia
- Russian Railways says no shortage of empty containers in Russia
- Global rush for potash as world food supply fears grow
- Kyrgyzstan Suspends Sugar Exports
- Shell, Orsted to lose Russian gas from June 1 over refusal to pay under new system
- International partners’ financial support for Ukraine tops US$7 billion – Ukraine PM
Wednesday, June 1
- Russian Users Of Equipment and Services Sold By Foreign Exited Suppliers Start To Issue Class Action Lawsuits In Damages
- Kherson Region To Accede to Russia Soon
- Belgium calls for ‘Pause’ in Anti-Russia Sanctions
- Russia’s Biggest Bank Blocked from SWIFT
- EU Agrees Ban on Most Russian Oil Imports
- Russian Oil Exports to India Jump 25x
- Moldova not considering withdrawal from CIS – President
- Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund could invest record amount in 2022
EU-Asia-Global Developing Commodities Shortages: May 2022
Tuesday, May 31
- EU Agrees To Ban Most Russian Oil Imports, Remove Sberbank From SWIFT
- Russia will find other importers for its oil
- The EU should forget about Russia sanctions – they’re doing more harm than good
- Russian economy stable amid sanctions, new supply chains built
- Anti-Russian sanctions planned long ago, unlikely to be lifted — Lavrov
- ‘External Management’ Impositions On Foreign Invested Businesses In Russia
- Putin confirmed to Turkey’s PM Erdogan that Russia can export food if sanctions are lifted
- Ruble rate predictability important for Russia – Finance Minister
- Russia explains how it will pay its debts
- Russia’s Eurobond payment arrangement similar to gas-for-rubles system
- Denmark faces Russian gas supply cut
- Netherlands will not pay rubles for Russian gas, supplies to stop on May 31
- Elbrus processors developer preparing to transfer production to Zelenograd’s Mikron from Taiwan
- Russia quitting MoU with U.S. on cooperation in culture, humanities, education, media
Monday, May 30
- Ukraine Could Be Merged Into Poland – Yankovitch
- Russia’s Imports Fall to Two-Decade Low
- Russia Allocates 30 Billion Rubles to Support Auto Components Industry
- Deloitte’s Russian Branch Restarts Operations Under New Brand
- Investments of Non Residents in Russia to Remain Blocked while Russia’s International Reserves Remain Frozen
- Putin Orders Copyright Royalties Paid In Rubles
Friday, May 27
- McDonald’s sites to open under new brand on June 12
- Bank of Russia cuts key interest rate by 3 points to 11% per annum
- Central Bank allows exporters up to 120 days to sell forex
- Russia to continue parallel import policy – Medvedev
- Russia to find instrument to fulfill obligations to all Eurobond holders
- Russia seeks full-fledged membership in Central Asian countries’ Coordinating Energy Council
- China, Russia veto US North Korea sanctions
- Russia Ready to Help Overcome Food Crisis if West Lifts Sanctions — Putin
Thursday, May 26
- Russia backs China’s proposal on BRICS enlargement
- Russia will pay debt in Rubles due to US refusal to renew license — Finance Ministry
- Serbia weighs possibility of Russia sanctions
- Russia makes move on foreign firms leaving the country
- Russia Simplifies Citizenship for Ukrainians In Conflicted Territories
- Russian Inflation Might Not Reach 15%
- Kyrgyzstan resuming rail travel to Russia on June 6
- Tinkoff Bank has sufficient capital and liquidity, ready for M&A deals
Wednesday, May 25
- Ukraine invasion may be start of ‘third world war’, says George Soros
- Kissinger says Ukraine should cede territory to Russia to end war
- UN chief Guterres announces new Cold War threat
- Russia, China Conduct First Military Exercises Since Ukraine Invasion
- Russian economy will remain open — Putin
- US tries to force Russian default
- Russia to create domestic analogue of App Store
- Kazakhstan ready to accommodate foreign cos amid departures from Russian market
Tuesday, May 24
- Lavrov Unveils Russia’s Geopolitical Strategy
- Russia Proposes BRICS Countries Jointly Develop Oil, Gas Processing, Green Energy
- Macroeconomic Indicators Prove Russian Economy Is Withstanding Impact of Sanctions
- Russian Economy Could Transition To GDP Growth By 2024
- Lithuania Plans to Lift Russian Blockade of Ukraine Grain
- Russia Pushes For All EAEU Countries To Restrict Grain Exports
- Starbucks Leaves Russia
Monday, May 23
- Ukraine Withdraws From Numerous CIS Agreements
- Global Good Catastrophe Imminent
- APEC Trade Meet Remains Apart on Russia
- Process of Restructuring Russia’s Economy Could Continue Beyond 2024
- Moscow to Welcome Chinese Partners to New Arctic Projects
- Russia Hopes For Trade Boom with Thailand
- Under New Names, Western Brands Reborn in Russia
- Germany, Italy Agree To Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles
Friday, May 20
- Russian Businessman Agrees To Buy All Russian MacDonalds Outlets And Rebrand Them
- Russia’s E-Commerce Trade Since The Ukraine Conflict
- Trade and Technology Council + Chinese Debates on sanctions on Russia
- Russia Takes First Steps to Withdraw from WTO, WHO
- NATO Application Puts Finland’s Russian Trade on Thin Ice
- Renault’s Former Moscow Plant to Build Chinese Cars Under Moskvich Brand
- The West Must Break Russia’s Blockade – Or The World Will Starve
- Review Sanctions, Says Russia After UN’s Appeal Over Port Blockades
Thursday, May 19
- Will Russia Complete Iran’s Rasht-Astara Railway?
- Russia Launches Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite Alternatives After Soda Exodus
- Russia to Nationalize Renault Plant, Revive Soviet-Era Moskvitch Car After Handover
- Google’s Subsidiary in Russia to Start Bankruptcy Proceedings
- Free Google Services To Remain Accessible to Russian Users Despite Bankruptcy Plans
- iPhone Share Of Russian Market to Halve by 2024
- US Treasury Plans To Force Russia Into Default
Wednesday, May 18
- Ukraine Conflict Propels ‘Multilateral Momentum’ on China-Focused ‘NATO for Trade’
- EU, US Flaunt Joint Action To ‘Hammer’ Russia on Trade and Tech
- Delivery of Import-Substituting Electronic Parts to Russia’s Machinery Sector to Begin by Year End
- Impacts Of The Russia-Ukraine Conflict On Global Food Trade
- Putin Talks Up Importance Of Russia-Tajikistan Bilateral Trade
- Russia Exiting The Council of Baltic Sea States
Tuesday, May 17
- Turkey’s President Objects to Finland and Sweden’s NATO Applications
- European Commission projects Russia’s GDP will fall 10.4% in 2022, grow 1.5% in 2023
- McDonald’s To Exit Russia After 30 Years
- Black Sea Exports Down 35% In April
- Credit Bank of Moscow Receives License to Export Gold
Monday May 16
- Finland Confirms Intent To Join NATO
- Russia Is On Track For A Record Trade Surplus
- Novel Sanctions Against Business-Related Services Connected to Russia and Additional Export Restrictions
- Ban On Russian Gas Risks Reviving Populism in Europe
- UniCredit, Citi Consider Swapping Assets With Russian Institutions
Sunday May 15
- China, Russia Tipped To Power Up Energy Ties As Europe Weans Itself Off Putin’s Oil and Gas
- Western Trade and Transport Sanctions on Russia
- Global Diamond Trade Fractures Under The Weight of Russia Sanctions
- How Russian Is It?: A Very Crude Question
Saturday May 14
- Supply Chain Pressure To Persist, Leading To Permanent Changes In Trade
- Europe Battles To Secure Steel Following Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
- Russia’s Inter RAO to Halt Power Exports to Finland Due Lack of Payment
Friday May 13
- Indian Businesses Take UAE Route for Russian Payments
- Russian Shipping Traffic Remains Strong as Sanctions Take Time to Bite
- Russia Overshadows EU-US Tech and Trade Talks
- Panic Grips Billion-Dollar Trade Over Russian Diamond Ban
- India Bans Wheat Exports To Tame Prices As Heatwave Curtails Output
- Kazakhstan Bans Sugar Exports For Six Months
- Japan To Ban Export Of High-Tech Equipment To Moscow
- Wildberries Ecommerce Opens Three New Logistics Centers in Russia
Thursday May 12
- Russian Oil Tankers Turn To Stealth Shipments Under Sanctions
- Russian Importers Reach Out to India’s Smaller Firms to Sidestep Sanctions
- Hyatt Removes Russia Hotels Effective Immediately
- Russia Oil Revenue Up 50% This Year Despite Boycott, IEA Says
- Russia’s Grain Harvest Could Total 130 Million Tonnes in 2022, Including Record Wheat Harvest
Wednesday May 11
- Turkey Looks To Kazakhstan To Form New Trade Route To Bypass Russia
- Trade In Times Of War: Indian Imports From Russia Rise 3x Since Ukraine
- Implications Of Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine For Its Value Chains
- UK Announces Expansion of Trade Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus
- Russia Imposes Blocking Sanctions on Yamal-Europe Gas Pipeline
- Czechia Takes Russia’s Place In UN Human Rights Council
Tuesday May 10
- Russia And Belarus Sanctions And Export Controls: Update
- Renault’s Russia Exit Plans Mix Logic and Delusion
Monday May 9
- China-Russia Trade Up 25.9% in January-April
- Ukraine War Cuts Foreign Investors Off From Their Russian Assets
Sunday May 8
Saturday May 7
- Potential Economic Effects of Sanctions on Russia: An Allied Trade Embargo
- Russia Hails Growth In Trade With Central Asia Despite Turbulent Geopolitical Situation
Friday, May 6
- European-Asian Geopolitics – The Implications Of Shifting Supply Chains In Wake Of The Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- Russia Seeking to be Good Neighbors with Central Asia – Lavrov
- Russian Oil Ban – Details In Full
- Bulgaria To Seek Exemption from EU Russian Oil Embargo
- Italy Calls for Clarity on Putin’s Ruble Order as Gas Bills Loom
- Russian Economy Could Weather Impact of EU Oil Ban
- Supply Chain Bottleneck Warning Issued
- ‘We Are Already At Zero’: Italian Resort Counts Cost as Russian Visits Dry Up
Thursday, May 5
- Russia Averts Sovereign Default
- Ruble Hits Two Year High Against Dollar & Euro
- EU Imposes New Sanctions Russia Oil & Orthodox Church Patriarch
- UK Bans Provision Of Services To Russian Businesses
- German Exports To Russia Sink
- Russian Conflict Leads EU To Push For Faster Trade Deals
- Russia Blacklists Japanese Prime Minister
- Ukraine Begins Process To Cancel Russian Double Tax Agreement
- Moscow Court Freezes Google’s Russian Assets
Wednesday, May 4
- Anti-Russia sanctions not to be removed without Moscow-Kiev agreements — Scholz
- EU threatens Russia with fresh SWIFT restrictions
- Oil trade patterns will be radically reshaped by the Russia-Ukraine conflict
- EU may offer Hungary, Slovakia exemptions from Russian embargo
- We’ve to look after our interests: Hardeep Puri on India’s oil trade with Russia
- Russia-Ukraine Conflict: How Nigeria Can Facilitate International Trade
- Russia-China dirty tanker trade soars 94% after Ukraine invasion
Tuesday, May 3
- Why Sanctions Against Russia May Not Work
- Hungary Opposes Ban on EU’s Import of Russian Energy Resources
- Ten EU Countries Quietly Buying Russian Gas With Rubles
- EU to Terminate Russian Coal Imports in Summer
- Huge Rise in Russian Gas Supplies to China
- Japan Pushes Ahead With Plan to Add Russian Gas Imports
- Renault To Sell Russian Assets For One Ruble
- Turkey’s Gemlik Port Transshipments Shoot Up March & April
Monday, May 2
- China’s UnionPay Shuns Russian Banks as Sanctions Force Caution
- Bank of Russia Lowers Key Rate by 3 Percentage Points to 14% per annum
- Sberbank to Make Coupon Payments on Dollar-Denominated Eurobonds In Rubles
- Gazprom Terminates Depositary Receipts Listing on London, Singapore Exchanges
- Serbia Promises Decision on Russia Sanctions
- Citing War, Georgia’s Borjomi Suspends Production
- Sanction the Right People in Russia
EU-Asia Supply Chain Disruptions: April 2022
Friday, April 29
- European Gas Firms Seek Ways To Pay After Putin’s Rubles Demand
- India’s FIEO Calls For A Way For Rupee-Ruble Trade with Russia
- Bank of Russia Seeks to Allow Stock Exchanges to Trade Digital Assets
- Russian Industry & Trade Ministry Intends to Coordinate with Foreign Automakers on Operations in Russia by Summer
- Russian GDP Growth Slowed to 1.6% in March, Estimated at 3.7% in Q1 – Economics Ministry
- Estonia Approves Ban on Procurements from Russian Companies & Individuals
- Inchcape Leaving Russia, Selling Business to Local Management for €76 million
Thursday, April 28
- Gazprom Suspends Gas Supplies to Bulgaria, Poland Due to Failure to Pay in Rubles
- European Gas Prices Soar After Supply Disruption
- Estonia Not Planning To Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles
- Bulgaria to Receive Azerbaijani Gas through Greek Gas Interconnector in Late Q3
- Rubles-for-Gas Scheme Does Not Undermine Sanctions – Uniper
- Schneider Electric to Sell Russian Assets to Local Management
- Russia Set to Withdraw from UN World Tourism Organisation
- China Issues ‘Color Revolution’ Warning
- Where is Transnistria and Why is it Being Drawn into Ukraine Conflict?
Wednesday, April 27
- Breaking: Russia Cuts Gas Supplies To Bulgaria & Romania, EU Gas Prices Immediately Rise 24%
- Russian Commodities Exports Down in March
- U.K. Bans More Exports to Russia, Cuts Ukraine Tariffs
- Russian Retailer Magnit Opening First Store in Uzbekistan, Planning To Expand
- Russia Wants To Increase Settlements in National Currencies with BRICS, EAEU, SCO Countries
- Belarus Finalizing Connection to Chinese Version of SWIFT
- Western Supply Lines To Ukraine Destroyed
- Rostacom Estimates Northern Sea Passage Traffic To Remain Similar To 2021 Levels
- Russian GDP Could Shrink 10-12% in 2022, 2023 Figure Uncertain
Tuesday, April 26
- NATO Looking At Marine Navy Escorts In Black Sea
- Turkey At Odds With NATO Over Black Sea Plans
- Russian Ruble Emerges Stronger Three Months Into Ukraine Conflict
- Bank of Russia Changes Daily Time In Announcing Official Exchange Rates
- Russia Urges Allies To Dump Dollar & Euro In Trade
- Rotterdam Port Feels Pain Of Russian Sanctions
- Air Lease to Write Off Value of 27 Jets Stranded in Russia
- Hotel Groups Under Pressure To Exit Russian Assets
Monday, April 25
- How Russia Avoided Economic Run Despite Sanctions
- Russian Oil Exports Resilient to Sanctions & Boycotts as Trade Routes Adjust
- EU Ship Fuel Runs Low As Russian Trade Flows Shift
- The Coming Russian Struggle for New Markets for its Oil
- The Economic Cost OF Trade Restrictions On Russia
- US Signals Iran-Type Ban On Russia Trade
- Indian Exporters Get Pending Payments for Shipments Made to Russia
- Armenia & Russia To De-Dollarize Bilateral Trade
- Russia’s Amsterdam Trade Bank Declared Bankrupt
- Russia Blocks Economic Data, Hiding Effect Of Western Sanctions
Sunday, April 24
- UN Secretary-General To Meet Putin, Lavrov In Moscow On Tuesday
- VTB: Russian Default Out Of The Question – Financial Situation Is Stable
- UK To Open First New Coal Mine In Thirty Years
- Germany Can’t ‘Isolate Russia’ – Schroeder
- Global Growth Forecast Slashed
Saturday, April 23
- Breaking: UK PM Johnson Says ‘Russian Victory A Realistic Possibility’
- Russia To Secure Nuclear-Free, Neutral Status of Ukraine — Russian Ambassador to US
- EU Fails To Agree Russian Energy Ban
- Abrupt Embargo on Russian Gas Harmful for German, European Economy — Scholz
- Central Bank Survey Says Russia’sEconomic Outlook Has Worsened
- Russian Inflation To Hit 22% in 2022, GDP Fall 9.2%, Zero 2023 Growth – Analysts
- Russia Unveils Plans for Digital Ruble, Domestic PaymentSystem
- Sovcombank To Offer Eurobond Holders Exchange For New Russian Bonds
- Russia Classifies Its Customs Data
- Mark Zuckerberg Banned From Russia
- Russia’s RZD Logistics Eyes Incresed Caspian & INSTC Shipments
- VEB Consortium Plans To Establish Chinese JV For Wind Farm Production In Russia
Friday, April 22
- ‘Worst Crisis Since The Second World War’ – Germany & Gas Imports
- Russian Government Focused On Operations Of Foreign Companies In Russia
- Novatek Working On Launching, Financing Arctic LNG 2 Pipeline
- Central Bank: Russia Can Use Available Gold, Forex Reserves To Pay For Imports
- VTB Pays Subordinated Dollar Eurobonds in Rubles
- Kazakhstan’s CenterCredit Buying Russia’s Alfa-Bank Subsidiary
- Russian Central Bank’s Key Lending Rate To Return To 7%-7.5% Once Inflation Returns To 4%
Thursday, April 21
- OFSI Updates Its Russia Sanctions Guidelines
- Russia Reaps Rewards of Domestic Payment System After Visa and Mastercard Withdraw
- Japan Revokes Russia’s ‘Most Favoured Nation’ Status
- UK Tax Service Revokes MOEX Status
- EU To Pay For Most Of Ukraine’s Reconstruction
- Construction of Cargo Fleet for Northern Sea Passage Sees Cooperation With Chinese, South Korean Shipyards
- SAP To End Service In Russia
- Almost 200,000 Workers In Russia Still On Western Payrolls
Wednesday, April 20
- Eurasian Development Bank Buys Back US$200 Million 2022 Bonds
- Russia’s Conflict With Ukraine Means Market Forces Can No Longer Dominate Trade
- Russia, Iran, Discuss Joint National Food Security Programmes
- India Set To Boost Russian Energy Imports
- Russia Seeks Medical Equipment From India as War Disrupts Trade
- India Restarts Tea, Rice, Other Exports To Russia
- Murmansk & Indiga Ports Set To Receive Increased Energy Export Infrastructure
- Minsk, Moscow Discussing Increased Trade & Economic Cooperation
Tuesday, April 19
- Situation in Russian Economy, Ruble Exchange Rate Stabilizing
- Putin: Western ‘Economic Blitzkrieg’ Has Failed
- China’s Russia Trade Up 28.7% In Q1 2022
- Bank of Russia Starts Legal Battle For Its Frozen Reserves
- Russian Companies Can Maintain Listings On Foreign Exchanges Until May 5
- Russian Government Backs Subsidizing Of Interest Rates For Arctic, Far East Russia Projects
- Russian State Budget Must Effectively Saturate Economy With Liquidity Amid Credit Squeeze
Monday, April 18
- Congress Votes to Impose Trade Punishments on Russia and Belarus, Will Consider Tax and Procurement Measures
- Global – Russia Sanctions Tracker
- China-Russia 2022 Trade Surges 30%
- Fitch Ratings Opinions On 2022 CIS States Growth Rates
- Russia Boosts Fertilizer Exports By 700,000 Tonnes
- First China-Russia Railway Bridge Will Boosting Trade, Slash Delivery Times
- No Rupee-Ruble Trade With Russia: India Commerce Secretary
- Russia-Ukraine Conflict Puts Fragile Global Trade Recovery At Risk
Sunday, April 17
- Russia’s European Goodbye
- Moscow Bans UK Prime Minister, Foreign, And Other Senior Ministers From Visiting Russia
- US Urged To Issue Visa Ban For UK Lawyers Representing Russian Oligarchs
- Ukrainian Oligarch Vows To Rebuild Mariupol
- Russia’s Ruble Standoff With EU Risks De Facto Gas Embargo
- Russia Lifting Restrictions On Agriculture Imports From Turkey
- Russia Working To Legalize Crypto
- Uzbekistan Concerned About Sanctions Banking Risks
- West Must Prepare For The ‘Coming Collapse Of Russia’
Saturday, April 16
- Russia Near To Defaulting On Debts: Moodys
- Russia’s China Trade Up 12% In March Over 2021 Figures
- Russia-Germany Trade Rupture Could Cause Global Financial Shock
- Russia Positions Itself For Move To A Gold Standard
- Wall Street Details Russia Losses And Warns Of Volatility
- Several Russian Gas Purchasers Agree To Pay In Rubles
- Russian Trucks In Long Queues To Leave Poland As EU Sanctions Deadline Nears
Friday, April 15
- Beijing To Act Over Sanctions Pressures On Its Companies
- Russia’s EU Borders & Trade Compared With Russia’s Asian Borders & Trade
- Russia-China Trade Surges In 2022
- Russian Central Bank Believes Russia Banks Could Lose Half Their Capital But Still Survive
- IMF: Ukraine Is Massive Set Back For Global Recovery
- Russian Oil Is Rebounding, But Exports Must Travel Much Further
- After Buying Cheap Russian Oil, India Is Now Looking At Russian Coal
- The Simple Economics Of Tariffs On Russian Energy Exports
Thursday, April 14
- Initial Restructuring Of Russian Economy To Take Two Years If Sanctions Remain In Place
- Energy, Military & Technical Cooperation Priorities For Russia & India
- Russia Expects Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline To Continue
- Russian Airlines To Receive New Russian-Built PD-14 Aero Engines From 2024
- Foreign Suppliers Begin Returning Advance Payments To Russia For Agricultural Equipment
- Russian Foreign Debt Falls To 13 Year Low
- European Space Agency Discontinues Cooperation With Russia
Wednesday, April 13
- Russia Relies On ‘Payment Theatre’ As Bondholders Prepare For Default
- Borrowers Advised To Remit Separate Payments to Russian, Foreign Eurobond Holders, and Redeem in Rubles
- Russia’s Capital Outflows Reached US$50 Billion In February-March
- Putin Assures Russia It Will Not Shrink Into Isolation
- Putin: Russia, Belarus Must Enhance Integration Amid Western Sanctions
- Hollywood Stops Releasing Films In Russia
Tuesday, April 12
- Kremlin Will Take Legal Action If Russia Is Pushed To Default
- Lavrov: Ukraine Invasion Meant To End US Global Dominance
- Austrian Chancellor: Talks With Putin Were Open, Harsh, and Direct
- SocGen To Exit Russia With Sale Of Business To Oligarch
- Seizure Of Russian Diplomatic Property May Impact Both Parties
- Russia Preparing Countermeasures Over EU Blacklisting Airlines
- Russia Expecting To Reach Full Replacement Imports For Rail By 2024
Monday, April 11
- World Bank Sees Russian GDP Shrinking 11.2%, Investment Falling 17%
- US Votes To Suspend Russia Trade Status
- US Suspends ‘Most Favored Nation’ Status For Russia. This Is What it Means
- Russian Developers Launch Service To Transfer Channels From YouTube To VKontakte
- South Ossetia’s Presidential Election Ruled Valid
- Ukraine Needs An Ambitious Marshall Plan
- Oil And Gas Revenues Give Russia A US$3.4 Billion Cushion
- Despite Sanctions, The Russian Ruble Just Hit A Four Month High. Why?
- Standard & Poors Lowers Russia’s Foreign Currency Rating
- Iran-Russia Trade Expected To Top US$10 Billion In Two Years
Sunday, April 10
- Soaring Fertilizer Prices Sending Food Inflation Through The Roof
- Indian Central Bank Cuts Growth Forecast On Ukraine Fears
- Ukraine May Get EU Candidate Status In June
- Former SWIFT CEO Calls For Tightening Russian Sanctions
- Swedbank Ceasing Financial Transactions With Russia and Belarus
Saturday, April 9
- Medvedev: Unprecedented Sanctions On Russia Will Collapse International Institutions
- Russian, Belarus Nationals Open 12,000 Bank Accounts In Kazakhstan In Six Weeks
- Russia Bans UK Think Tank Chatham House
- Bank Of Russia Cuts Key Rate To 17%, More Reductions Could Follow
- Russian Government Increases Industrial Loan Finance By US$1.55 Billion
- Sanctions On Russian Ships In EU Ports Does Not Apply To Agricultural Or Energy Products
- Russia Redirects Planned EU Coal Exports To Other Markets
- Russia Redirecting Oil Supplies To Asia
- Russia’s Increasing Partnerships In Central Asia, Turkmenistan & Caspian
- Chinese Foreign Minister: Ukraine Crisis Caused By Imbalance In European Security System
- Belarus Suspends Payments To ‘Unfriendly’ Foreign Residents
- Japan Bans New Investment In Russia In Addition To Vodka & Timber Imports
Friday, April 8
- Russia’s March Industrial Production Rises 4.5% Despite Sanctions
- Financial Warfare: Will There Be A Backlash Against The Dollar?
- Banks Seek Clarity Against ‘Over-Compliance’ With Russia Sanctions
- These Companies Are Struggling To Leave Russia
- Ukraine Conflict Reverberates In Europe’s Factories
- Russia’s Ministry of Finance Suggests Russian Banks Forgo 2022 Dividends
- Cryptocurrencies Cannot be Used As Payment In Russia
- Shell Writes Down US$5 Billion After Offloading Russian Assets
Thursday, April 7
- Global Trade Falls 2.8% As Russia’s Ukraine Conflict Hits Container Traffic
- Where Global Trade In The Shipping Industry Is Most Affected
- DeGlobalisation: Will Backlash Against Russia Lead To A Trade Downturn?
- Putin Advisor Vows Legal Battles Over Attempts To Seize Russian Assets
- Serbia To Maintain Friendship With Russia While Seeking EU Membership
- Additional US Sanctions To Ban Investment Into Russia
- China Calls On US To Remove Russian Sanctions To Resolve Ukraine Conflict
Wednesday, April 6
- Impact Of The Ukrainian Conflict On China & Asia: Regional Overviews
- Inflationary Forces Spell Long Term Trouble For Central Banks
- EU Expels 200 Russian Diplomats In Past Two Days
- Russian Agriculture To Receive (Rubles Equivalent) Of US$1.8 Billion In Soft Loans
- Paks2 Hungary Nuclear Power Deal Continues With Russia’s Rostacom
- Russian Lada Factory Town ‘”Going Out Of Business”
- “Not My Yacht” How Western Offshore Structures Cloud Oligarch Ownership
Tuesday, April 5
- US Stops Russia From Making Bond Payments
- World Bank: Ukraine Conflict To Slow Economic Growth In Asia
- Asia-Pacific Trade Ties Mean China Can Avoid Criticizing Russia
- Global Grain Worth US$163 Billion Withdrawn From Markets By Russia
- World Looks To Replace Russia In Trade
- Putin Ends ‘Simplified Visas’ For Unfriendly Countries
- Belarus To Export Products Via Russia, China
Monday, April 4
- Mocow Outbound Investment Back Offices Move To Dubai
- Sanctions On Russian Individuals: Where Is The Due Process?
- Russia To Increase Use Of Alternative Trade In Currencies
- Russia, India To Trade In Non-Western Currencies
- US Warns Of Consequences Over India’s Rupee-Ruble Trade Deal With Russia
- “Language Of Coercion, Not Diplomacy” – India Hits Back At US Sanctions Threats
- Iran Wants To Trade With Russia In National Currencies
- Imran Khan Claims United States Threatened Him And Wants To See Him Ousted
- Global Lumber Trade Flows Halted By Russian Sanctions
- Russia Sanctions Create Trade Fallout For Trade Credit Insurers
Sunday, April 3
- Russia-Ukraine Conflict Will Have A Multifold Impact On The Global Business Environment
- China Says Trade With Russia Will Remain Unaffected
- Russia Pushes Alternatives To SWIFT To Keep Trade Going
- Ukraine — In A War Of Rival Imperialisms, Whoever Wins, We Lose
- Bitcoin May Serve Many Masters In The War In Ukraine
Saturday, April 2
- Russia, India Will Find Ways To Trade: Lavrov
- Gazprom Is Notifying Counterparts On New Payment Procedures
- Shell Unable To Buy Russian Gas
- China Warns Of Spectre Of Trouble For Asia Plotted By US
- EU Pushes China To Rethink Russia Ties
- China Calls On EU To Act Independently Of United States
- Russia-Ukraine Supply Chain Impact
- Aircraft Parts Can be Made In Kazan By 2023
- Kazakhstan To Abide By Wests Sanctions On Russia
Friday, April 1
- Corporate Rejection Of Russia Marks New Era Of Political Risk
- Central Bank of Russia Eases Restrictions On Money Transfers Abroad For ‘Friendly Countries’
- EU: Snow & Freezing Weather Set To Return To Europe
- Putin Signs Order For Gas Supplies To EU Be Paid In Rubles Or Be Cut Off On April 1
- Putin Says EU Gas Buyers Need Ruble Accounts From April 1
- Russia Sanctions Will Reduce US Dollar Dominance: IMF
- EU Leaders Pressed To Impose Sanctions On China
- West Unlikely To Cease Sanctioning Russia For Next Decade: Putin
- Share Of Domestic Russian-Built Commercial Aircraft Must Grow Substantially
- Russia To Ban Exports Of Rapeseed, Sunflower Seeds And Oils From April 1
- EBRD Expects Russian GDP To Shrink 10%
Impact Of Sanctions On Russia: March 2022
Thursday, March 31
- Why Is Vladimir Putin Demanding Russian Gas Is Paid For In Rubles?
- Russia Adds Chemicals, Components, Food To Duty-Free List
- Japan Has No Plans To Leave Sakhalin-2 Project
- Central Bank of Russia Lifts Ban On Short-Selling Russian Stocks
- Russia’s Pivot To Asia: New Issue Of Asia Investment Research
- Medvedev: West Has Failed To Globally Bind Russia, Was Prepared For Sanctions
- China, Russia Stand Firm On ‘New, Fair, Multipolar World Order’
- Oligarchs On UK Sanctions List Were Granted ‘Golden Visas’
- China Warns Against Western Powers Turning Asian Countries Into Political ‘Tools’
- Russian Foreign Minister Says China, Russia, Part Of ‘Emerging, Just World Order’
- Beijing Praises Russian-Chinese Cooperation ‘In Resisting Hegemony’
- South Ossetian President Say Republic Will Join Russia
- Putin, Scholz Talk, Discuss Rubles Payment For Russian Gas
- Russian Ministry Of Trade Proposes Allocating Rubles 55 Billion To Auto Industry
- Belarus Making International Payments In Chinese RMB Yuan
Wednesday, March 30
- Germany Close To Gas Rationing As It Activates Emergency Fuel Plans
- Russian Railways Send First Train To Finland As Services Resume
- Beijing Praises Russian-Chinese Cooperation In Resisting Hegemony
- China Warns Against Turning Asian Countries Into Western Tools
- Russian Foreign Minister Praises China As Part Of New Emerging World Order
- Russian State Duma Suggests Expanding List Of Russian Exported Goods To Be Paid For In Rubles
- Outcome Of Istanbul Talks
- Russia’s Pivot To Central Asia
- Russians Eye Departed Western Brands Trademarks
- Johnson & Johnson, Decathlon, Depart Russia
- Russia Unveils Domestic Instagram Competitor, ‘Rossgram’
- Economic Development Ministry Proposes De-Listing Russian Securities On International Exchanges
- VTB Removes Brand Name From Investment & Brokerage Assets Ahead Of Transfer To Third Parties
Tuesday, March 29
- Russia’s Eurochem To Buy Controlling Stake In Brazil’s Fertilizantes Heringer
- Japan Bans Sales Of Luxury Cars To Russia
- National Depository Received Funds To Pay Russia’s 2035 Bond
- World Bank: Ukraine Conflict Will Create Poverty In Developing Economies
- Russia Works On Visa Moves Against ‘Unfriendly Countries’
- List Of Public Companies Still Operating In Russia
- G7 Rejects Russian Plan To Sell Gas In Rubles
- Russia’s Pivot To Asia: India
- Will The Russia-Ukraine Conflict Affect Biopharmaceutical Licensing Agreements?
- Carlsberg To Sell Russia’s Biggest Brewer ‘Baltica’
- Dnipro Water Fills North Crimean Canal After 8 Years
Monday, March 28
- Putin, Erdogan Agree To Hold Tomorrow’s Russia-Ukraine Meeting In Istanbul
- Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Willing To Discuss Neutrality
- Finland Halts Freight Rail Traffic With Russia
- Heineken Leaves Russia, Hands Business To Local Partner
- Russia’s Western Partners ‘Will Adjust’ To Paying For Gas In Rubles
- Sinopec Cancels US$380 Million Investment Into Russia
- Jersey, Guernsey Suspend Russia Tax Cooperation
- Isle Of Man Halts Russian Tax Cooperation
- Monaco Clamps Down On Russian Owned Assets
- Renewed Spotlight On Caymans As Russia Tax Haven
- Russia Drops Gold Tax To Encourage Savers to Dump Dollars
- Putin’s ‘Rubles For Russian Gas’ Demand Is A Security Threat
Sunday, March 27
- Blinken Says US Is Not Seeking Russian Regime Change
- Russia’s Invasion Is Crushing China’s Belt And Road Ambitions (Oil Price)
- China’s ‘No Limits’ Relationship With Russia Is Under Strain (Commonspace)
- War In Ukraine Is Hamstringing China’s ‘Belt And Road’ (Responsible Statescraft)
- China-Russian Relations Carry Deep Memories Of Mutual Respect – And Scorn (The Observer)
Saturday, March 26
- Breaking: Polish General Wants Kaliningrad Returned
- Investors Bet Ukraine War Will Prompt Companies To Bring Production Onshore
- EU Readies Tough New Sanctions On EU, Ukraine
- Need For Russian Central Bank Cryptocurrency Regulations
- Can Russian Retailers Survive?
Friday, March 25
- Russian Shares Rise As Moscow Stock Exchange Reopens
- Private Investors Accounted For over 50% Of Equities Trading After MOEX Reopening
- Hedge Funds Search For Bargains In Russian Bonds
- BlackRock’s Fink Says Ukraine War Marks The End Of Globalization
- US Economic War Against Russia Will Collapse Bilateral Relations
- The Impact Of Foreign Investors Leaving Russia On The Russian Commercial Real Estate Market
- New UK Sanctions Target Sberbank CEO And More Russian Banks
Thursday, March 24
- The West Is Rash To Assume The World Is On Its Side Over Ukraine
- Breaking: Moscow Stock Exchange Reopens To Trading Of 30 Stocks, Early Gains Of 10%
- Russia To Lift Border Crossing Restrictions In Kazakhstan & Mongolia
- Russian Renewables Projects Likely To See One-Two Year Delays
- Russia Extends Closure Of Southern Airports Until April 1st.
- South Korea To Recommence Visa-Free Travel For Russians From April 1st
- Russia To Decide Buying out Foreign Aircraft Ownership Worth US$20 Billion
- Russian Sovereign Wealth Fund Declined By US$6.8 Billion In February
- Google Confirms Restricted Russia Access
- Renault Suspends Russia Production
- New Risk Assessment Protocols For Foreign Investors In Russia
- Russian Stock Market To Reopen Today (Thursday) After Unpredecented Pause
- Putin Orders Gas Supplies To ‘Unfriendly Countries’ To Be Paid For In Rubles Only
- Russia’s Aviation Regulator Clears Rossiya To Carry Out Boeing, Airbus Maintenance
- Russia Introduces Aluminum Nitrate Export Ban
- Nestle Stops Production And Sales Of Non-Essential Goods In Russia
- Some Anti-Russia Protests Are Empty Gestures
Wednesday, March 23
- More Than 1 Million China-EU Containers Now Stuck At Belarus, Russian Ports
- Russian Prosecutor General’s Office Leaving International Association of Prosecutors
- What All The Big Law Firms Are Saying About Future Russia Business
- Evraz Confirms Transfer Of Eurobonds Due Payments
- Breaking: Russia To Be Excluded From G20 Talks
- EU To Set Up Trust Fund To Reconstruct Ukraine
- Russian Economy Faces ‘Massive Structural Changes’: Central Bank
- Russian Industry and Trade Ministry, Steelmakers Agree To Move From LME, Calculate Domestic Prices in Rubles
- Russia, Iran To Begin Banking And Finance Cooperation
- Malaysia, Vietnam, Oppose Russian Sanctions
- East German Business Lobby Defends Continued Activities in Russia
- Maersk Closes Russian Operations
- 800 Passenger Jet Aircraft Re-Registered In Russia, 78 Impounded Overseas
- New Sapsan High Speed Train Contract Suspended
Tuesday, March 22
- Russia Terminates Peace Treaty Talks With Japan
- Renault Resumes Car Production In Russia
- $17 Billion Of Global Assets Linked To 35 Russians With Links To Vladimir Putin
Monday, March 21
- Breaking: Russia has reopened the Moscow Stock Exchange today (Monday), resuming trading exclusively in federal government bonds.
- US Threatens Chinese Banks With SWIFT Disconnection
- Moody’s Analytics Sees Only Small APAC Impact On Supply Chain Losses
- India To Boost Wheat Exports In Light Of Ukraine Shortages
- Polish Authorities Seek To Confiscate Russian Property & Assets
- France Freezes Russian Central Bank’s Assets Worth Euro 22 Billion
- Russia Turns To Gold, Platinum, Diamonds and Rare Earths As Ruble Value Diminishes
- Russia Reschedules Belarus’ Debt For 5-6 Years
Sunday, March 20
- Medvedev: Russia’s Economy Won’t Collapse
- Ukraine War Sparking Turmoil In Global Markets
- Turkey: Russia’s Case For New Security Architecture Must Be Heard
- Prince Michael Quits As Head Of Russia-Britian Business Council
- Australia Bans Exports Of Aluminum Ores and Bauxite to Russia
- Halliburton Ceases Operations In Russia
Saturday, March 19
- Breaking: US senators have introduced a new bill that prevents China from using CIPS – its SWIFT alternative – to conduct financial transactions with Russia. Chinese banks that use CIPS for cross-border payments with Russia will be removed from the SWIFT network. The bill aims to deflect a challenge from China and Russia to dedollarize global finance.
- Russia Avoids Sovereign Debt Default
- Biden and Xi Fail To Bridge Differences Over Russia and Ukraine
- India Adopts a ‘Balanced Position’ Over Ukraine
- Transition To Rubles In EAEU In Customs Settlements By Belarus & Russia; Armenia, Kazakhstan And Kyrgyzstan To Keep Using Dollars
- Central Bank Of Russia Holds Key Rate At 20%
- If Regime Change Came To Moscow
- UK Revokes RT’s License To Broadcast
Friday, March 18
- What Happens When A Major Economy Can’t Pay Its Debt In Dollars? We’re About To Find Out
- China’s Turning Point: Will It Side With Russia And Divide The World?
- From Pasta Shortages To Iodine Pills, Panic Buying Hits Europe
- UK Suspends Tax Cooperation With Russia
- Russian Businesses Looking At Asia May Open Bank Accounts In Some ASEAN Countries
Thursday, March 17
- Russia Makes Bond Payment, Up To US To Execute It And Pay Out
- Putin Appreciates Foreign Companies Staying In Russia
- Latest On Russia-India Trade And Ruble-Rupee Payment Corridors
- India Aims To Become World’s Largest Wheat Exporter
- Russian Digital Development Ministry Proposes Elimination Of Import Duties on Electronic Products
- Samsung Pay Will Continue To Work In Russia
- Russia Expelled From Council Of Europe
- Sheremetyevo Shutting Third Runway, Pausing Investment Projects as Air Traffic Plummets
- Munich Re Not To Renew Expiring Russian Insurance Contracts
Wednesday, March 16
- How Will Sanctions Against Russia Impact Global Trade?
- US Senators Unveil Bipartisan Bill To Seize Russian Assets
- Goodbye Petrodollar? Saudi To Pay For Oil In Chinese RMB
- Fitch Downgrades 31 Russian Banks To ‘CC’
- Russia May Be Able To Pay Off Sovereign Debt Default Using Gold Reserves
- Russia Places Personal Sanctions On Biden, Blinken
- Instagram Exit Hits Russia’s SMEs
Tuesday, March 15
- Breaking: The UK will deny Russia and Belarus access to WTO most-favoured nation tariffs for hundreds of their exports, with an initial list of goods now facing additional 35% tariffs. Russian vodka is among products affected by the increases, while a UK export ban to Russia affects areas such as luxury vehicles, high-end fashion and works of art going from the UK to Russia.
- China Declares ‘It Must Not Be Affected’ By Russia Sanctions
- India Looks To Boost Non-US Dollar Trade With Russia
- Three Belarus Banks Cut Off From SWIFT Move To Russia’s SPFS
- Southern, Russia-Avoiding Belt & Road Multimodal Route Receives First China Blockchain Rail Cargo In Azerbaijan For Dispersal To Turkey, Bulgaria And Romania
- Unblocking Caucasus Transport Corridors Between Russia & Azerbaijan
- Sanctions Spell The End Of Cheap Russian Biomass Wood Pellets
- Blinken Ready To Meet With Lavrov Next Week
- Gazprom Continues Supplying Gas on Schedule for Transit via Ukraine
- Belarussian PM Says Western Companies Will Regret Exiting Russia
- Minsk & Moscow Agree To Stop Using US Dollar In Settlements
- Three Belarus Banks Cut Off From SWIFT, Switch To SPFS
- Russian Wheat Exports Plunge
- Kyrgyzstan Prepares For Russian Emigre Influx
Monday, March 14
- Putin Signs Law On Foreign Aircraft Registration Rights
- Eurobond Payment in Rubles Will Be Fulfillment of Obligations
- Breaking: South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine has halted container shipping services to Russia’s Far Eastern Ports, Korean Air cancels Seoul-Vladivostok flights.
- Exemptions from FX restrictions for branches, dividends, and accounts of Russian residents
- British-American Tobacco Leaving Russia
- Azko-Nobel Expects Russia Business Operations To Collapse
- Wealthy Russians Turn To Dubai To Park Their Wealth
- US National Security Advisor: Beijing Will Face Sanctions If It Helps Moscow
- How Could US Sanctions On Russia Speed Up De-Dollarization And Help The Rise Of The Chinese RMB Yuan?
- Breaking: Senior Chinese Minister Yang Jiechi is meeting with the U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Rome today to discuss Ukraine.
- Russia’s Invasion To Have Enormous Impact On World Food Supplies
- Turkey Will Not Join Western Sanctions Against Russia
- Serbia Will Remain Neutral And Will Not Join NATO
- Half Of Russia’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Frozen: Finance Minister
- Bermuda Grounds 768 Russian Aircraft Registered There For Airworthiness
Sunday, March 13
- Breaking: Russian Central Bank to keep Stock Exchange closed until March 18. Date for trading in shares yet to be decided.
- Revised Russian 2022 GDP And Economic Forecast
- Russia’s War Heralds A Dark Isolated Economic Era
- US To Ban Imports Of Russian Vodka, Seafood & Diamonds From March 25
- Sanctions Could See Creditors Lose Billions In Russian Loans
Saturday, March 12
- Breaking: US To Establish Legal Authority To Ban Any Investment In Russia
- US, Allies, To Revoke Russia’s ‘Most Favored Nation’ Status
- Washington Bans Dollar Supply To Russia
- G7 Nations Drawing Up Plans To Impose Heavy Tariffs On Russia
- Marriott Suspends Planned Russia Expansion
- UEFA Suspends Russia From All International Football Activities
- Deutsche Bank Winding Down Business In Russia
- Avon Cosmetics To Relocate Production From Russia To Poland
- Russia Media Watchdog Restricts Instagram Access
- Russia To Launch Criminal Case Against Facebook
Friday, March 11
- Breaking: EU won’t impose sanctions on Russian gas or oil
- What Happens If Russia Can’t Pay Its Debts After Western Sanctions?
- Russia Asks For UN Security Council Meeting On Ukrainian Biolabs
- Facebook, Instagram, To Permit Calls For Violence Against Russian Citizens
- What Will The Blowback Be From Anti-Russian Sanctions?
- EU Leaders Reject Ukraine’s Fast-Track Membership Application
- Beijing Vows Harsh Measures If US Imposes Sanctions On It Concerning Ukraine
- Russian, Chinese Diplomats Hold Wide Ranging Talks
- Lavrov: ‘Never Again Will We Rely Upon Or Trust The West’
- Russian Oligarch Superyachts Being Hunted After Sanctions
- Abramovich Unable To Sell Chelsea FC After New Sanctions And Freezing Of Assets
- Western Union Suspends Russia Transaction Services
- Russian Sanctions Create Stock Market Profiteering Frenzy In Asian Markets
- Russia May ‘Nationalise’ Assets Of Ikea, Apple and McDonalds
Thursday, March 10
- UK freezes assets of seven Russian oligarchs including Roman Abramovich
- Russia To Cease Participation With Council Of Europe
- Toyota Halts Production & Parts Exports To Russia
- Concerns Over Grain Shortages As Wheat Prices Reaches 14-Year High
- Russia To Look For Aircraft Maintenance & Spare Parts Alternatives In India, China, Turkey
- Breaking: Sri Lanka’s Bank of Ceylon permits foreign passport holders with tourist visas to open USD / Euro accounts
- US Threatens China Over Russia Trade
- UK Orchestra Bans Tchaikovsky From Its Classical Repertoire
- Russia‘s UAC To Increase Production Of Commercial Aircraft
- Breaking: Carlsberg, KFC suspend operations in Russia
- Impact Of Russia-Ukraine Conflict On FIEs In China
- New EU Sanctions Target Belarus
- Amazon Quits Deliveries To Belarus & Russia
- Agri, Pharma Can Emerge As Key Trade Areas Of India’s Cooperation With Russia
- US Oil Import Ban Will Case Russia To Shift To Asian Markets
- Preparations Made With Belarus To Connect It With Chernobyl Operational Grid
Wednesday, March 9
- Russian Bond Default Imminent: Fitch
- Saudi & UAE Leaders Deny Calls From Biden Over Oil
- Breaking: Russia’s Central Bank allows Russians with foreign currency accounts to withdraw US$10,000 in cash until September 9th.
- Breaking: McDonalds, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Starbucks all exit Russia market
- US Negotiating With WTO Over Russia’s Membership
- Breaking: US To Ban Imports Of Russian Oil
- Putin Signs Russian Anti-Crisis Domestic Economic Package
- Chinese Foreign Ministry Position On Russia And Ukraine
- China Wants US Answers Over Military Biolabs In Ukraine
- Russia Examines Legal Protocols For Seizure Of Foreign Assets
- Japan’s JCB Card Payment System Ceases Work In Russia
- Turkey May Use Ruble For Russian Trade
Tuesday, March 8
- CISCO Systems Departs Russia
- Coinbase Cryptocurrency Platform Blocks 25,000 Russian Accounts
- Japan Unveils New Russia Sanctions
- Breaking: Mutual US/Russian energy sanctions could push price of oil to US$300 a barrel
- Head Of US Congress Propose Bill Banning Energy Imports From Russia
- Russia Could Ban Pumping Of Gas Through Nordstream1
- Russia Publishes List Of ‘Unfriendly Countries’ – Has Foreign Remittance Implications
- United Russia Urges Nationalisation Of Factories Left By Exiting Foreign Companies
Monday, March 7
- Breaking: Three of the big four global audit firms, KPMG, EY, and PwC announce plans to leave Russia.
- US, Allies, In Discussions To Ban Russian Oil Imports
- How Damaging Are Russian Sanctions On China-EU Rail Trade And The Belt & Road Initiative?
- Netflix Suspends Russia Service
- TikTok Suspends Live Streaming In Russia
- Mastercard and Visa Block in Russia Does Not Stop Domestic Purchases in Russia
- Russian Companies Are Now Allowed To Pay Foreign Creditors In Rubles
- Russian Banks Switch To China’s Union Pay
- Moody’s Downgrades Russian Stocks To ‘Pre-DeFault’
- CBR To Restrict Disclosure Of Banks Financial Results
- Pakistan Strikes Key Deal To Buy Russian Gas & Wheat
- US TV Channels Stop Broadcasting In Russia
- Russia Intends To Strengthen CSTO & SCO
Sunday, March 6
- IBM To Stop Selling Technology To Russia
- Azerbaijan Suspends Flights To Russia
- Aeroflot Suspending All International Flights From Tuesday, March 8
- Visa and Mastercard Suspend Operations In Russia
- India Wants To Bypass Dollar To Keep Russian Trade
- Hollywood Blacklists Russian Films
Saturday, March 5
- Singapore places financial and export sanctions on Russian businesses
- Paypal Suspends Russian Services
- Central Asia To Benefit As Sanctions Force Russian Manufacturers To Relocate
- Samsung Suspends Deliveries To Russia
- SWIFT’s Disconnection Of Russia’s Key Banks: Portfolios & Implications
- Microsoft Suspends Business In Russia
Friday, March 4
- Russia Reacts To US Senators Putin Assasination Plea
- Russia Halts Payments On Bonds, Shares To Foreigners
- AIIB and NDB Freeze All Infrastructure Financing Activities Related To Russia, Belarus
- Russia State Duma Criminalizes Calling For Sanctions
- Breaking: The China backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has suspended all investments into Russia and Ukraine. Russia is the third largest shareholder in the multilateral bank.
- Billionaire Predicts Brutal Financial Crisis For Russia, Recovery To ‘Take Several Years’
- Russia To Limit Foreign Investment Being Pulled From The Country
- US Considers Sanctions Against India
- Foreign Brands & Businesses That Have Suspended Operations In Russia
- Google Suspends Online Advertising Sales In Russia
- Russia’s Main Pipeline Stops European Supplies
- Fitch, Moody’s Slash Russia’s Sovereign Debt To Junk
- Sberbank Europe To Declare Bankruptcy
- Russia May Nationalize Boeing And Airbus Jets
- IKEA, BooHoo, H&M and Burberry Exit Russia
- Russian Forces Seize Key Strategic Port, Cuts Ukraine Off From Sea Access
Thursday, March 3
- London Stock Exchange Suspends Trading In 27 Companies With Strong Links To Russia
- Disabled Russian Athletes Banned From Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Russia’s Roscosmos Stops Deliveries Of Rocket Engines To United States
- Ukrainian President Says 16,000 Foreign Mercenaries Are Going To Fight Against Russia
- Ukraine Bans Use Of Russian And & Belarus Issued Credit & Debit Cards
- Georgia To Fast-Track Application For EU Membership
- Lavrov: West Rejected Dialogue On Establishing A New Security Dialogue
- Formula 1 Cancels 2022 Sochi Grand Prix
- Russia Faces Loss Of Digital Sovereignty
- Journalistic Unions: EU Censorship Of RT & Sputnik Is Counterproductive
- Russia Is Now Exclusively A Ruble Nation
- Western Accountants And Consultants Under Pressure To Abandon Russia
- Grushko: NATO Expansion East Is Like Searching For An Enemy
- European Commission: Russia Sanctions Could Backfire On EU
- EU Cuts Seven Russian Banks From SWIFT
- France Detains Foreign Mercenaries On Bus To Ukraine
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
- Chinese Nationals In Kiev Targeted By Ukrainian Anger
- Russia Steel Giant Severstal To Stop Deliveries To Europe
- Breaking: China won’t join the United States and European governments in imposing financial sanctions on Russia, the country’s bank regulator has announced.
- Breaking: EU imposes additional sanctions on Belarus, will impact Government and Military officials, stop Belarus exports to EU and hits Belarus economic sectors in timber, steel, and potassium industries.
- Ukrainian ‘Azov Battalion’ Fascist Group Won’t Let Ukrainian Citizens Leave Mariupol
- DHL Suspends Inbound Services To Russia
- Ukraine Would Demand Legally Binding Guarantees If NATO Shuts Door On Membership
- Breaking: Russia-Britain Business Council suspends business advisory services for UK companies in Russia
- More Ukraine-Russia Talks Today
- Sberbank Leaving European Markets
- Maersk Stops Shipping To Russia
- Breaking: Nationalist EU hatred emerging as eyewitness reports of Russian nationals and suspected Russian nationals in EU and UK being physically abused, beaten, harassed in public streets, and vilified online begin to appear.
- US Closes Its Airspace To Russian Flights
- Moscow Seeking Legally Binding Security Guarantees From NATO
- Nigeria Condemns EU Treatment Of Africans Trying To Flee Ukraine
- Denounce Putin Or Lose Your European Job
- Russian Opera Star Fired From Bavarian State Opera
- American Express No Longer Working With Russia’s Sanctioned Banks
- Could Putin Be Exploring Cryptocurrencies To Bypass Western Sanctions?
Tuesday, March 1
- Breaking: Ukraine withdraws Ambassadors from Georgia and Kyrgyzstan after Tblisi and Bishkek bar charter flights of mercenaries to Kiev.
- Nordstream 2 May File For Bankruptcy
- Lavrov: Presence Of Nuclear Weapons In Europe Is Unacceptable
- Fears For ‘Bloody Fight’ For Kiev As Huge Russian Army Gathers On Outskirts
- ‘No Plans To Occupy Ukraine’ Russia Tells UN
- Russians Face Economic Point Of No Return
- Russians Race For Cash As Ruble Plummets
- Russia Thrown Out Of FIFA World Cup And All International Football Banned
- Putin Bans Transferring Money Abroad
- Ukraine Issues Visa-Free Status For Foreign Mercenaries
- Georgian PM Says Opposition Wants To Drag Country Into War With Russia
- Putin To Macron: Ukraine Solution Only Possible If Russian Security Issues Are Considered
- Russia, Ukraine Agree To Return For Further Talks, Macron Speaks With Putin
- US Closes Embassy In Belarus
- Huge Belarussian Convoy Of Tanks & Troop Carriers Seen Near Ukrainian Border
- Russia Bans Airlines From 36 Countries
Russia-Ukraine – Potential Trade Implications: February 2022
Monday, February 28
- Russian Exporters Ordered To Convert Foreign Currency Into Rubles
- Ukraine Names Key Points For Russia Talks
- Bank Of Russia Increases Key Interest Rates To 20%
- Baker & McKenzie To Axe Major Russian Clients
- Borrell: Russia Placed Reserves Where Sanctions Cannot Reach Them
- Talks Between Russia And Ukraine To Go Ahead Monday Morning
- Ruble Crashes 25%
- EU Commissioner: ‘Ukraine Belongs To Us And We Want Them In’
- EU To Provide Weapons To Ukraine
- Aeroflot Cancels Flights To All European Destinations
- Turkey Closes Black Sea Straits
- EU Bans RT And Sputnik News Outlets
Sunday, February 27
- Russia Puts Nuclear Defense Systems On High Alert
- Ukraine Will Meet Russia For Negotiations On Belarus Border
- US, UK, EU & Canada To Block Russian Access To SWIFT
- West Kicks Russian Banks Off SWIFT, Paralyzes Central Bank Assets
- EU Countries To Close Airspace For Russian Planes
- Vladimir Putin Sits Atop A Crumbling Pyramid Of Power
- Ukraine Reports Zelensky Proposes Baku For Negotiations
- Ukraine Suggests Gomel, Belarus As Venue For Talks With Russia
- Biden Says Alternative To Sanctions Would Be World War 3
- Ukraine Invites Foreign Troops To Fight Under ‘International Legion’
- Germany Closes Airspace To Russia
- Is Russia’s Invasion Going As Expected
Saturday, February 26
- Council Of Europe Suspends Russia’s Representation
- Medvedev: Russia Could Cut Diplomatic Ties With Entire West
- NATO Sending More Weapons To Ukraine
- Zelensky Accepts Putin’s Proposal, Ready For Talks
- Kiev Under Siege As Ukrainians Try To Hold Off Russian Forces
- China Calls For Sustainable European Security Mechanism
- Western Powers Have Realized Russia Is Immune To Sanctions
- Zakharova: Russia-West Relations ‘Nearing Point Of No Return’
- Turkey Declines Ukraine Request To Stop Russian Warships
Friday, February 25
- Ukraine President Offers Talks With Putin If Opportunity Exists
- Russia Will Retaliate Over Western Sanctions
- Putin Bans All UK Flights From Flying Over, Or Too Russia
- Anonymous Hackers Take Down RT Media Outlet
- Lavrov: West Turned A Blind Eye To Ukrainian Regime War Crimes In Donbas
- Kiev To Fall By The Weekend As Troops Encircle Capital
- Ukraine Fights For Survival As Putin Presses Forward
- Biden Imposes New Sanctions: ‘America Stands Up To Bullies’
- Kiev Furious As EU Wavers On Banning Russia From SWIFT
- Lavrov: Russia Always Welcome For Dialogue That Will Return All To UN Charter
- Ukraine Forces Vastly Outnumbered By Russia
- Russia’s Ukraine Operation Does Not Start A War, It Prevents One – Putin
- Russia Says Destroyed Over 70 Ukraine Military Targets
- ‘Amongst The Darkest Hours For Europe’ – Borrell
- Russia’s Central Bank Buys Up Rubles To Prevent Financial Meltdown
- Nordstream 2 To Enforce Compensation Claims
- Shelling Largely Over, Ukrainian Troops Changing Sides
Thursday, February 24
- Ukraine Breaks Diplomatic Relations With Russia
- Ukrainian Troops Leaving Their Positions, Dropping Weapons
- Ukraine Disconnected From Russia, Belarussian Energy Systems
- News Flash: Putin has asked Ukrainian military to stand down and not get involved, saying Russia has no desire to inflict casualties, the Ukrainian military is ultimately there to protect the Ukrainian people rather than politics, and that the conflict is solely the responsibility of the Ukrainian Government.
- Russia Invades Ukraine As Putin Declares War To ‘Demilitarize’ Its Neighbour
- Russian Troops Arrive In Odessa, Maripol & Kharkiv
- Understanding Putin’s Narrative About Ukraine Is The Master Key To This Crisis
- Kiev Declares National State Of Emergency
- US Imposes Sanctions On Nordstream2 Operator
- US Warns Of Full-Scale Ukraine Invasion With 48 Hours
- Fighting Intensifies In Eastern Ukraine
- NATO Accuses Russia Of Trying To Rewrite Entire Global Security Infrastructure
- UN Secretary-General Made Comments Incompatible With His Status: Lavrov
- Polish President: Russian Nationals May Be Barred From Entering Poland
Wednesday, February 23
- EU Poised To Announce Wide-Ranging Sanctions On Russia
- Harsh Conditions Means That Russian Troops On Ukrainian Border Will Need To Be Moved Soon
- Putin Says Russia’s Interests Are Non-Negotiable
- Blinken Cancels Planned Meeting With Lavrov
- Ukraine President Calls Up Reservists
- Why I Blame The Arrogant, Foolish West For The Ukraine Crisis
- Ensuring Russia’s Security Is Our Primary Aim: Putin
- Blinken Says Meeting Lavrov ‘Nonsensical’
- Biden Announces Sanctions That Will Cut Russia Off From Western Financing
- Sanctions Against Russia Come At A Cost To The West
- An Introduction To The Donetsk & Lugansk Republics
- Bolton Predicts Putin Will Walk All Over Biden And Is Waiting For Trumps Return
- Russia’s Poodle Parliament Cronies Authorise Use Of Force Outside Russia
- Kremlin Says How Donbas Borders Will Be Redefined
Tuesday, February 22
- Germany Pauses NordStream2 Certification
- Ukraine Says Will Consider Cutting Ties With Russia
- Russia Strongly Condemned At United Nations After Putin Orders Troops Into Eastern Ukraine
- Dismay And Condemnation As West Begins To Impose Sanctions On Russia
- Putin Orders Russian Military To Act As Peacekeepers In Ukraine Regions
- Biden Says Russia’s Recognition Of Donetsk & Lugansk Threatens US National Security
- Putin Signs Decree Recognizing Donetsk And Lugansk as Republics
- Putin Orders Troops Into Eastern Ukraine To Keep Peace
- Russia Orders Troops Into Ukrainian Territories
- US To Impose Sanctions On Donbas
- Macron Demands Targeted Sanctions On Moscow
Monday, February 21
- Kiev Calls For Urgent Sanctions On Russia
- Kremlin Says Talk Of Biden-Putin Summit Is Premature
- US, NATO Must Substantively Respond To Russia’s Security Demands: Putin
- Biden – Putin Summit Agreed In Principle
- US Embassy Warns About Terror Attacks In Russia
- US Officials Say Russian Commanders Given Final Orders To Attack
- Putin And Macron Agree To Try And Secure Ceasefire
- Russia Extends Military Drills In Belarus
Sunday, February 20
- Russia Plans Biggest War Since 1945: Johnson
- West Plans To Arm Resistance In Russia Invades Ukraine
- Kiev Shells Donetsk
- EU Condemns Donbass Shelling
- East Ukraine Separatist Regions To Evacuate Citizens To Russia
Saturday, February 19th
- Biden ‘Convinced’ Putin Plans Invasion
- US Unlikely To Kick Russia Off SWIFT – White House
- Two Powerful Gas Pipeline Explosions In Lugansk
- Huge Explosions Rock East Ukraine
Friday, February 18
- Biden To Host Call With NATO Allies As Invasion Fears Grow
- Blinken And Lavrov To Meet ‘Within Days’ As Tensions Become Perilous
- Russia Wil Be ‘Forced To Respond’ If US Does Not Engage On Security Demands
- US Unresponsive In Proposal To Remove Nuclear Weapons
- Donetsk Opens Fire In Response To Ukrainian Shelling
- Biden Declares War? Ukrainian Forces Target Civilians
- Joe Biden Accuses Russia Of Running ‘False Flag Operation’ To Justify Attacks
- Fresh Shelling Breaks Out in Eastern Ukraine as U.S. Accuses Russia of Invasion ‘Pretext’
- Russia Demands US Pulls All Troops From ‘Central and Eastern Europe’ and Expels US Deputy Ambassador
Thursday, February 17
- US Official Claim Russia Has Sent 7,000 More Troops To Ukraine Border
- US Troop Reinforcements Arrive On Polish Border
- US Deploys F-35 Fighter Jets To Germany
- Russia Ridicules Western Media Over ‘Day Of No Invasion’
- Anti-Russian Hysteria Affecting US Ability To Be Objective Over Ukraine
Wednesday, February 16
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- Biden: Ukraine Invasion Still Possible Despite Russian Claims
- Scholz: Russia Doesn’t Want War
- NATO Says It Has Yet To See Any Significant Russian Withdrawal
- Tanks Leave Russia’s Southern Border As Troops Are Redeployed
- Russian State Duma Sends Appeal To Declare Donbass Republics As Sovereign States
- Lavrov: Ukraine Dropping NATO Bid Would Relieve Europe
- Where Does Belarus Stand In The Russia-West Standoff?
Tuesday, February 15
- Russia Sending Thousands More Troops To Ukrainian Border
- The West’s Focus On Imminent Invasion May Backfire
- US Stoking Russia-Ukraine Tensions Draws Global Concerns
- How European Leaders Are Dealing With The Ukraine Crisis: From Dealmaking France To Hawkish Poland
- Ukrainian Envoy Walks Back NATO Membership Comments
- Russian Lawmakers Urge Putin To Recognize Breakaway Ukrainian Regions
- Western States Want To Spark Conflict In Ukraine But Not Fight Themselves – Lukashenko
Monday, February 14
- German Leader To Fly To Moscow Amidst Fears Time Is Running Out
- Kiev Seeks Urgent Meeting With Russia & Vienna Document Signatories
- The Edge Of War: What Exactly Does Putin Want?
- Explainer: What Are The Minsk Agreements?
- !2 Reasons A Russian Attack On Ukraine Looks Imminent
- Details Of Biden-Putin Call
- Biden Warns Putin Ukraine Attack Would Bring ‘Severe Costs’
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Monday May 16
- Finland Confirms Intent To Join NATO
- Russia Is On Track For A Record Trade Surplus
- Novel Sanctions Against Business-Related Services Connected to Russia and Additional Export Restrictions
- Ban On Russian Gas Risks Reviving Populism in Europe
- UniCredit, Citi Consider Swapping Assets With Russian Institutions
Sunday May 15
- China, Russia Tipped To Power Up Energy Ties As Europe Weans Itself Off Putin’s Oil and Gas
- Western Trade and Transport Sanctions on Russia
- Global Diamond Trade Fractures Under The Weight of Russia Sanctions
- How Russian Is It?: A Very Crude Question
Saturday May 14
- Supply Chain Pressure To Persist, Leading To Permanent Changes In Trade
- Europe Battles To Secure Steel Following Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
- Russia’s Inter RAO to Halt Power Exports to Finland Due Lack of Payment
Friday May 13
- Indian Businesses Take UAE Route for Russian Payments
- Russian Shipping Traffic Remains Strong as Sanctions Take Time to Bite
- Russia Overshadows EU-US Tech and Trade Talks
- Panic Grips Billion-Dollar Trade Over Russian Diamond Ban
- India Bans Wheat Exports To Tame Prices As Heatwave Curtails Output
- Kazakhstan Bans Sugar Exports For Six Months
- Japan To Ban Export Of High-Tech Equipment To Moscow
- Wildberries Ecommerce Opens Three New Logistics Centers in Russia
Thursday May 12
- Russian Oil Tankers Turn To Stealth Shipments Under Sanctions
- Russian Importers Reach Out to India’s Smaller Firms to Sidestep Sanctions
- Hyatt Removes Russia Hotels Effective Immediately
- Russia Oil Revenue Up 50% This Year Despite Boycott, IEA Says
- Russia’s Grain Harvest Could Total 130 Million Tonnes in 2022, Including Record Wheat Harvest
Wednesday May 11
- Turkey Looks To Kazakhstan To Form New Trade Route To Bypass Russia
- Trade In Times Of War: Indian Imports From Russia Rise 3x Since Ukraine
- Implications Of Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine For Its Value Chains
- UK Announces Expansion of Trade Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus
- Russia Imposes Blocking Sanctions on Yamal-Europe Gas Pipeline
- Czechia Takes Russia’s Place In UN Human Rights Council
Tuesday May 10
- Russia And Belarus Sanctions And Export Controls: Update
- Renault’s Russia Exit Plans Mix Logic and Delusion
Monday May 9
- China-Russia Trade Up 25.9% in January-April
- Ukraine War Cuts Foreign Investors Off From Their Russian Assets
Sunday May 8
Saturday May 7
- Potential Economic Effects of Sanctions on Russia: An Allied Trade Embargo
- Russia Hails Growth In Trade With Central Asia Despite Turbulent Geopolitical Situation
Friday, May 6
- European-Asian Geopolitics – The Implications Of Shifting Supply Chains In Wake Of The Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- Russia Seeking to be Good Neighbors with Central Asia – Lavrov
- Russian Oil Ban – Details In Full
- Bulgaria To Seek Exemption from EU Russian Oil Embargo
- Italy Calls for Clarity on Putin’s Ruble Order as Gas Bills Loom
- Russian Economy Could Weather Impact of EU Oil Ban
- Supply Chain Bottleneck Warning Issued
- ‘We Are Already At Zero’: Italian Resort Counts Cost as Russian Visits Dry Up
Thursday, May 5
- Russia Averts Sovereign Default
- Ruble Hits Two Year High Against Dollar & Euro
- EU Imposes New Sanctions Russia Oil & Orthodox Church Patriarch
- UK Bans Provision Of Services To Russian Businesses
- German Exports To Russia Sink
- Russian Conflict Leads EU To Push For Faster Trade Deals
- Russia Blacklists Japanese Prime Minister
- Ukraine Begins Process To Cancel Russian Double Tax Agreement
- Moscow Court Freezes Google’s Russian Assets
Wednesday, May 4
- Anti-Russia sanctions not to be removed without Moscow-Kiev agreements — Scholz
- EU threatens Russia with fresh SWIFT restrictions
- Oil trade patterns will be radically reshaped by the Russia-Ukraine conflict
- EU may offer Hungary, Slovakia exemptions from Russian embargo
- We’ve to look after our interests: Hardeep Puri on India’s oil trade with Russia
- Russia-Ukraine Conflict: How Nigeria Can Facilitate International Trade
- Russia-China dirty tanker trade soars 94% after Ukraine invasion
Tuesday, May 3
- Why Sanctions Against Russia May Not Work
- Hungary Opposes Ban on EU’s Import of Russian Energy Resources
- Ten EU Countries Quietly Buying Russian Gas With Rubles
- EU to Terminate Russian Coal Imports in Summer
- Huge Rise in Russian Gas Supplies to China
- Japan Pushes Ahead With Plan to Add Russian Gas Imports
- Renault To Sell Russian Assets For One Ruble
- Turkey’s Gemlik Port Transshipments Shoot Up March & April
Monday, May 2
- China’s UnionPay Shuns Russian Banks as Sanctions Force Caution
- Bank of Russia Lowers Key Rate by 3 Percentage Points to 14% per annum
- Sberbank to Make Coupon Payments on Dollar-Denominated Eurobonds In Rubles
- Gazprom Terminates Depositary Receipts Listing on London, Singapore Exchanges
- Serbia Promises Decision on Russia Sanctions
- Citing War, Georgia’s Borjomi Suspends Production
- Sanction the Right People in Russia
Friday, April 29
- European Gas Firms Seek Ways To Pay After Putin’s Rubles Demand
- India’s FIEO Calls For A Way For Rupee-Ruble Trade with Russia
- Bank of Russia Seeks to Allow Stock Exchanges to Trade Digital Assets
- Russian Industry & Trade Ministry Intends to Coordinate with Foreign Automakers on Operations in Russia by Summer
- Russian GDP Growth Slowed to 1.6% in March, Estimated at 3.7% in Q1 – Economics Ministry
- Estonia Approves Ban on Procurements from Russian Companies & Individuals
- Inchcape Leaving Russia, Selling Business to Local Management for €76 million
Thursday, April 28
- Gazprom Suspends Gas Supplies to Bulgaria, Poland Due to Failure to Pay in Rubles
- European Gas Prices Soar After Supply Disruption
- Estonia Not Planning To Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles
- Bulgaria to Receive Azerbaijani Gas through Greek Gas Interconnector in Late Q3
- Rubles-for-Gas Scheme Does Not Undermine Sanctions – Uniper
- Schneider Electric to Sell Russian Assets to Local Management
- Russia Set to Withdraw from UN World Tourism Organisation
- China Issues ‘Color Revolution’ Warning
- Where is Transnistria and Why is it Being Drawn into Ukraine Conflict?
Wednesday, April 27
- Breaking: Russia Cuts Gas Supplies To Bulgaria & Romania, EU Gas Prices Immediately Rise 24%
- Russian Commodities Exports Down in March
- U.K. Bans More Exports to Russia, Cuts Ukraine Tariffs
- Russian Retailer Magnit Opening First Store in Uzbekistan, Planning To Expand
- Russia Wants To Increase Settlements in National Currencies with BRICS, EAEU, SCO Countries
- Belarus Finalizing Connection to Chinese Version of SWIFT
- Western Supply Lines To Ukraine Destroyed
- Rostacom Estimates Northern Sea Passage Traffic To Remain Similar To 2021 Levels
- Russian GDP Could Shrink 10-12% in 2022, 2023 Figure Uncertain
Tuesday, April 26
- NATO Looking At Marine Navy Escorts In Black Sea
- Turkey At Odds With NATO Over Black Sea Plans
- Russian Ruble Emerges Stronger Three Months Into Ukraine Conflict
- Bank of Russia Changes Daily Time In Announcing Official Exchange Rates
- Russia Urges Allies To Dump Dollar & Euro In Trade
- Rotterdam Port Feels Pain Of Russian Sanctions
- Air Lease to Write Off Value of 27 Jets Stranded in Russia
- Hotel Groups Under Pressure To Exit Russian Assets
Monday, April 25
- How Russia Avoided Economic Run Despite Sanctions
- Russian Oil Exports Resilient to Sanctions & Boycotts as Trade Routes Adjust
- EU Ship Fuel Runs Low As Russian Trade Flows Shift
- The Coming Russian Struggle for New Markets for its Oil
- The Economic Cost OF Trade Restrictions On Russia
- US Signals Iran-Type Ban On Russia Trade
- Indian Exporters Get Pending Payments for Shipments Made to Russia
- Armenia & Russia To De-Dollarize Bilateral Trade
- Russia’s Amsterdam Trade Bank Declared Bankrupt
- Russia Blocks Economic Data, Hiding Effect Of Western Sanctions
Sunday, April 24
- UN Secretary-General To Meet Putin, Lavrov In Moscow On Tuesday
- VTB: Russian Default Out Of The Question – Financial Situation Is Stable
- UK To Open First New Coal Mine In Thirty Years
- Germany Can’t ‘Isolate Russia’ – Schroeder
- Global Growth Forecast Slashed
Saturday, April 23
- Breaking: UK PM Johnson Says ‘Russian Victory A Realistic Possibility’
- Russia To Secure Nuclear-Free, Neutral Status of Ukraine — Russian Ambassador to US
- EU Fails To Agree Russian Energy Ban
- Abrupt Embargo on Russian Gas Harmful for German, European Economy — Scholz
- Central Bank Survey Says Russia’sEconomic Outlook Has Worsened
- Russian Inflation To Hit 22% in 2022, GDP Fall 9.2%, Zero 2023 Growth – Analysts
- Russia Unveils Plans for Digital Ruble, Domestic PaymentSystem
- Sovcombank To Offer Eurobond Holders Exchange For New Russian Bonds
- Russia Classifies Its Customs Data
- Mark Zuckerberg Banned From Russia
- Russia’s RZD Logistics Eyes Incresed Caspian & INSTC Shipments
- VEB Consortium Plans To Establish Chinese JV For Wind Farm Production In Russia
Friday, April 22
- ‘Worst Crisis Since The Second World War’ – Germany & Gas Imports
- Russian Government Focused On Operations Of Foreign Companies In Russia
- Novatek Working On Launching, Financing Arctic LNG 2 Pipeline
- Central Bank: Russia Can Use Available Gold, Forex Reserves To Pay For Imports
- VTB Pays Subordinated Dollar Eurobonds in Rubles
- Kazakhstan’s CenterCredit Buying Russia’s Alfa-Bank Subsidiary
- Russian Central Bank’s Key Lending Rate To Return To 7%-7.5% Once Inflation Returns To 4%
Thursday, April 21
- OFSI Updates Its Russia Sanctions Guidelines
- Russia Reaps Rewards of Domestic Payment System After Visa and Mastercard Withdraw
- Japan Revokes Russia’s ‘Most Favoured Nation’ Status
- UK Tax Service Revokes MOEX Status
- EU To Pay For Most Of Ukraine’s Reconstruction
- Construction of Cargo Fleet for Northern Sea Passage Sees Cooperation With Chinese, South Korean Shipyards
- SAP To End Service In Russia
- Almost 200,000 Workers In Russia Still On Western Payrolls
Wednesday, April 20
- Eurasian Development Bank Buys Back US$200 Million 2022 Bonds
- Russia’s Conflict With Ukraine Means Market Forces Can No Longer Dominate Trade
- Russia, Iran, Discuss Joint National Food Security Programmes
- India Set To Boost Russian Energy Imports
- Russia Seeks Medical Equipment From India as War Disrupts Trade
- India Restarts Tea, Rice, Other Exports To Russia
- Murmansk & Indiga Ports Set To Receive Increased Energy Export Infrastructure
- Minsk, Moscow Discussing Increased Trade & Economic Cooperation
Tuesday, April 19
- Situation in Russian Economy, Ruble Exchange Rate Stabilizing
- Putin: Western ‘Economic Blitzkrieg’ Has Failed
- China’s Russia Trade Up 28.7% In Q1 2022
- Bank of Russia Starts Legal Battle For Its Frozen Reserves
- Russian Companies Can Maintain Listings On Foreign Exchanges Until May 5
- Russian Government Backs Subsidizing Of Interest Rates For Arctic, Far East Russia Projects
- Russian State Budget Must Effectively Saturate Economy With Liquidity Amid Credit Squeeze
Monday, April 18
- Congress Votes to Impose Trade Punishments on Russia and Belarus, Will Consider Tax and Procurement Measures
- Global – Russia Sanctions Tracker
- China-Russia 2022 Trade Surges 30%
- Fitch Ratings Opinions On 2022 CIS States Growth Rates
- Russia Boosts Fertilizer Exports By 700,000 Tonnes
- First China-Russia Railway Bridge Will Boosting Trade, Slash Delivery Times
- No Rupee-Ruble Trade With Russia: India Commerce Secretary
- Russia-Ukraine Conflict Puts Fragile Global Trade Recovery At Risk
Sunday, April 17
- Russia’s European Goodbye
- Moscow Bans UK Prime Minister, Foreign, And Other Senior Ministers From Visiting Russia
- US Urged To Issue Visa Ban For UK Lawyers Representing Russian Oligarchs
- Ukrainian Oligarch Vows To Rebuild Mariupol
- Russia’s Ruble Standoff With EU Risks De Facto Gas Embargo
- Russia Lifting Restrictions On Agriculture Imports From Turkey
- Russia Working To Legalize Crypto
- Uzbekistan Concerned About Sanctions Banking Risks
- West Must Prepare For The ‘Coming Collapse Of Russia’
Saturday, April 16
- Russia Near To Defaulting On Debts: Moodys
- Russia’s China Trade Up 12% In March Over 2021 Figures
- Russia-Germany Trade Rupture Could Cause Global Financial Shock
- Russia Positions Itself For Move To A Gold Standard
- Wall Street Details Russia Losses And Warns Of Volatility
- Several Russian Gas Purchasers Agree To Pay In Rubles
- Russian Trucks In Long Queues To Leave Poland As EU Sanctions Deadline Nears
Friday, April 15
- Beijing To Act Over Sanctions Pressures On Its Companies
- Russia’s EU Borders & Trade Compared With Russia’s Asian Borders & Trade
- Russia-China Trade Surges In 2022
- Russian Central Bank Believes Russia Banks Could Lose Half Their Capital But Still Survive
- IMF: Ukraine Is Massive Set Back For Global Recovery
- Russian Oil Is Rebounding, But Exports Must Travel Much Further
- After Buying Cheap Russian Oil, India Is Now Looking At Russian Coal
- The Simple Economics Of Tariffs On Russian Energy Exports
Thursday, April 14
- Initial Restructuring Of Russian Economy To Take Two Years If Sanctions Remain In Place
- Energy, Military & Technical Cooperation Priorities For Russia & India
- Russia Expects Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline To Continue
- Russian Airlines To Receive New Russian-Built PD-14 Aero Engines From 2024
- Foreign Suppliers Begin Returning Advance Payments To Russia For Agricultural Equipment
- Russian Foreign Debt Falls To 13 Year Low
- European Space Agency Discontinues Cooperation With Russia
Wednesday, April 13
- Russia Relies On ‘Payment Theatre’ As Bondholders Prepare For Default
- Borrowers Advised To Remit Separate Payments to Russian, Foreign Eurobond Holders, and Redeem in Rubles
- Russia’s Capital Outflows Reached US$50 Billion In February-March
- Putin Assures Russia It Will Not Shrink Into Isolation
- Putin: Russia, Belarus Must Enhance Integration Amid Western Sanctions
- Hollywood Stops Releasing Films In Russia
Tuesday, April 12
- Kremlin Will Take Legal Action If Russia Is Pushed To Default
- Lavrov: Ukraine Invasion Meant To End US Global Dominance
- Austrian Chancellor: Talks With Putin Were Open, Harsh, and Direct
- SocGen To Exit Russia With Sale Of Business To Oligarch
- Seizure Of Russian Diplomatic Property May Impact Both Parties
- Russia Preparing Countermeasures Over EU Blacklisting Airlines
- Russia Expecting To Reach Full Replacement Imports For Rail By 2024
Monday, April 11
- World Bank Sees Russian GDP Shrinking 11.2%, Investment Falling 17%
- US Votes To Suspend Russia Trade Status
- US Suspends ‘Most Favored Nation’ Status For Russia. This Is What it Means
- Russian Developers Launch Service To Transfer Channels From YouTube To VKontakte
- South Ossetia’s Presidential Election Ruled Valid
- Ukraine Needs An Ambitious Marshall Plan
- Oil And Gas Revenues Give Russia A US$3.4 Billion Cushion
- Despite Sanctions, The Russian Ruble Just Hit A Four Month High. Why?
- Standard & Poors Lowers Russia’s Foreign Currency Rating
- Iran-Russia Trade Expected To Top US$10 Billion In Two Years
Sunday, April 10
- Soaring Fertilizer Prices Sending Food Inflation Through The Roof
- Indian Central Bank Cuts Growth Forecast On Ukraine Fears
- Ukraine May Get EU Candidate Status In June
- Former SWIFT CEO Calls For Tightening Russian Sanctions
- Swedbank Ceasing Financial Transactions With Russia and Belarus
Saturday, April 9
- Medvedev: Unprecedented Sanctions On Russia Will Collapse International Institutions
- Russian, Belarus Nationals Open 12,000 Bank Accounts In Kazakhstan In Six Weeks
- Russia Bans UK Think Tank Chatham House
- Bank Of Russia Cuts Key Rate To 17%, More Reductions Could Follow
- Russian Government Increases Industrial Loan Finance By US$1.55 Billion
- Sanctions On Russian Ships In EU Ports Does Not Apply To Agricultural Or Energy Products
- Russia Redirects Planned EU Coal Exports To Other Markets
- Russia Redirecting Oil Supplies To Asia
- Russia’s Increasing Partnerships In Central Asia, Turkmenistan & Caspian
- Chinese Foreign Minister: Ukraine Crisis Caused By Imbalance In European Security System
- Belarus Suspends Payments To ‘Unfriendly’ Foreign Residents
- Japan Bans New Investment In Russia In Addition To Vodka & Timber Imports
Friday, April 8
- Russia’s March Industrial Production Rises 4.5% Despite Sanctions
- Financial Warfare: Will There Be A Backlash Against The Dollar?
- Banks Seek Clarity Against ‘Over-Compliance’ With Russia Sanctions
- These Companies Are Struggling To Leave Russia
- Ukraine Conflict Reverberates In Europe’s Factories
- Russia’s Ministry of Finance Suggests Russian Banks Forgo 2022 Dividends
- Cryptocurrencies Cannot be Used As Payment In Russia
- Shell Writes Down US$5 Billion After Offloading Russian Assets
Thursday, April 7
- Global Trade Falls 2.8% As Russia’s Ukraine Conflict Hits Container Traffic
- Where Global Trade In The Shipping Industry Is Most Affected
- DeGlobalisation: Will Backlash Against Russia Lead To A Trade Downturn?
- Putin Advisor Vows Legal Battles Over Attempts To Seize Russian Assets
- Serbia To Maintain Friendship With Russia While Seeking EU Membership
- Additional US Sanctions To Ban Investment Into Russia
- China Calls On US To Remove Russian Sanctions To Resolve Ukraine Conflict
Wednesday, April 6
- Impact Of The Ukrainian Conflict On China & Asia: Regional Overviews
- Inflationary Forces Spell Long Term Trouble For Central Banks
- EU Expels 200 Russian Diplomats In Past Two Days
- Russian Agriculture To Receive (Rubles Equivalent) Of US$1.8 Billion In Soft Loans
- Paks2 Hungary Nuclear Power Deal Continues With Russia’s Rostacom
- Russian Lada Factory Town ‘”Going Out Of Business”
- “Not My Yacht” How Western Offshore Structures Cloud Oligarch Ownership
Tuesday, April 5
- US Stops Russia From Making Bond Payments
- World Bank: Ukraine Conflict To Slow Economic Growth In Asia
- Asia-Pacific Trade Ties Mean China Can Avoid Criticizing Russia
- Global Grain Worth US$163 Billion Withdrawn From Markets By Russia
- World Looks To Replace Russia In Trade
- Putin Ends ‘Simplified Visas’ For Unfriendly Countries
- Belarus To Export Products Via Russia, China
Monday, April 4
- Mocow Outbound Investment Back Offices Move To Dubai
- Sanctions On Russian Individuals: Where Is The Due Process?
- Russia To Increase Use Of Alternative Trade In Currencies
- Russia, India To Trade In Non-Western Currencies
- US Warns Of Consequences Over India’s Rupee-Ruble Trade Deal With Russia
- “Language Of Coercion, Not Diplomacy” – India Hits Back At US Sanctions Threats
- Iran Wants To Trade With Russia In National Currencies
- Imran Khan Claims United States Threatened Him And Wants To See Him Ousted
- Global Lumber Trade Flows Halted By Russian Sanctions
- Russia Sanctions Create Trade Fallout For Trade Credit Insurers
Sunday, April 3
- Russia-Ukraine Conflict Will Have A Multifold Impact On The Global Business Environment
- China Says Trade With Russia Will Remain Unaffected
- Russia Pushes Alternatives To SWIFT To Keep Trade Going
- Ukraine — In A War Of Rival Imperialisms, Whoever Wins, We Lose
- Bitcoin May Serve Many Masters In The War In Ukraine
Saturday, April 2
- Russia, India Will Find Ways To Trade: Lavrov
- Gazprom Is Notifying Counterparts On New Payment Procedures
- Shell Unable To Buy Russian Gas
- China Warns Of Spectre Of Trouble For Asia Plotted By US
- EU Pushes China To Rethink Russia Ties
- China Calls On EU To Act Independently Of United States
- Russia-Ukraine Supply Chain Impact
- Aircraft Parts Can be Made In Kazan By 2023
- Kazakhstan To Abide By Wests Sanctions On Russia
Friday, April 1
- Corporate Rejection Of Russia Marks New Era Of Political Risk
- Central Bank of Russia Eases Restrictions On Money Transfers Abroad For ‘Friendly Countries’
- EU: Snow & Freezing Weather Set To Return To Europe
- Putin Signs Order For Gas Supplies To EU Be Paid In Rubles Or Be Cut Off On April 1
- Putin Says EU Gas Buyers Need Ruble Accounts From April 1
- Russia Sanctions Will Reduce US Dollar Dominance: IMF
- EU Leaders Pressed To Impose Sanctions On China
- West Unlikely To Cease Sanctioning Russia For Next Decade: Putin
- Share Of Domestic Russian-Built Commercial Aircraft Must Grow Substantially
- Russia To Ban Exports Of Rapeseed, Sunflower Seeds And Oils From April 1
- EBRD Expects Russian GDP To Shrink 10%
Thursday, March 31
- Why Is Vladimir Putin Demanding Russian Gas Is Paid For In Rubles?
- Russia Adds Chemicals, Components, Food To Duty-Free List
- Japan Has No Plans To Leave Sakhalin-2 Project
- Central Bank of Russia Lifts Ban On Short-Selling Russian Stocks
- Russia’s Pivot To Asia: New Issue Of Asia Investment Research
- Medvedev: West Has Failed To Globally Bind Russia, Was Prepared For Sanctions
- China, Russia Stand Firm On ‘New, Fair, Multipolar World Order’
- Oligarchs On UK Sanctions List Were Granted ‘Golden Visas’
- China Warns Against Western Powers Turning Asian Countries Into Political ‘Tools’
- Russian Foreign Minister Says China, Russia, Part Of ‘Emerging, Just World Order’
- Beijing Praises Russian-Chinese Cooperation ‘In Resisting Hegemony’
- South Ossetian President Say Republic Will Join Russia
- Putin, Scholz Talk, Discuss Rubles Payment For Russian Gas
- Russian Ministry Of Trade Proposes Allocating Rubles 55 Billion To Auto Industry
- Belarus Making International Payments In Chinese RMB Yuan
Wednesday, March 30
- Germany Close To Gas Rationing As It Activates Emergency Fuel Plans
- Russian Railways Send First Train To Finland As Services Resume
- Beijing Praises Russian-Chinese Cooperation In Resisting Hegemony
- China Warns Against Turning Asian Countries Into Western Tools
- Russian Foreign Minister Praises China As Part Of New Emerging World Order
- Russian State Duma Suggests Expanding List Of Russian Exported Goods To Be Paid For In Rubles
- Outcome Of Istanbul Talks
- Russia’s Pivot To Central Asia
- Russians Eye Departed Western Brands Trademarks
- Johnson & Johnson, Decathlon, Depart Russia
- Russia Unveils Domestic Instagram Competitor, ‘Rossgram’
- Economic Development Ministry Proposes De-Listing Russian Securities On International Exchanges
- VTB Removes Brand Name From Investment & Brokerage Assets Ahead Of Transfer To Third Parties
Tuesday, March 29
- Russia’s Eurochem To Buy Controlling Stake In Brazil’s Fertilizantes Heringer
- Japan Bans Sales Of Luxury Cars To Russia
- National Depository Received Funds To Pay Russia’s 2035 Bond
- World Bank: Ukraine Conflict Will Create Poverty In Developing Economies
- Russia Works On Visa Moves Against ‘Unfriendly Countries’
- List Of Public Companies Still Operating In Russia
- G7 Rejects Russian Plan To Sell Gas In Rubles
- Russia’s Pivot To Asia: India
- Will The Russia-Ukraine Conflict Affect Biopharmaceutical Licensing Agreements?
- Carlsberg To Sell Russia’s Biggest Brewer ‘Baltica’
- Dnipro Water Fills North Crimean Canal After 8 Years
Monday, March 28
- Putin, Erdogan Agree To Hold Tomorrow’s Russia-Ukraine Meeting In Istanbul
- Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Willing To Discuss Neutrality
- Finland Halts Freight Rail Traffic With Russia
- Heineken Leaves Russia, Hands Business To Local Partner
- Russia’s Western Partners ‘Will Adjust’ To Paying For Gas In Rubles
- Sinopec Cancels US$380 Million Investment Into Russia
- Jersey, Guernsey Suspend Russia Tax Cooperation
- Isle Of Man Halts Russian Tax Cooperation
- Monaco Clamps Down On Russian Owned Assets
- Renewed Spotlight On Caymans As Russia Tax Haven
- Russia Drops Gold Tax To Encourage Savers to Dump Dollars
- Putin’s ‘Rubles For Russian Gas’ Demand Is A Security Threat
Sunday, March 27
- Blinken Says US Is Not Seeking Russian Regime Change
- Russia’s Invasion Is Crushing China’s Belt And Road Ambitions (Oil Price)
- China’s ‘No Limits’ Relationship With Russia Is Under Strain (Commonspace)
- War In Ukraine Is Hamstringing China’s ‘Belt And Road’ (Responsible Statescraft)
- China-Russian Relations Carry Deep Memories Of Mutual Respect – And Scorn (The Observer)
Saturday, March 26
- Breaking: Polish General Wants Kaliningrad Returned
- Investors Bet Ukraine War Will Prompt Companies To Bring Production Onshore
- EU Readies Tough New Sanctions On EU, Ukraine
- Need For Russian Central Bank Cryptocurrency Regulations
- Can Russian Retailers Survive?
Friday, March 25
- Russian Shares Rise As Moscow Stock Exchange Reopens
- Private Investors Accounted For over 50% Of Equities Trading After MOEX Reopening
- Hedge Funds Search For Bargains In Russian Bonds
- BlackRock’s Fink Says Ukraine War Marks The End Of Globalization
- US Economic War Against Russia Will Collapse Bilateral Relations
- The Impact Of Foreign Investors Leaving Russia On The Russian Commercial Real Estate Market
- New UK Sanctions Target Sberbank CEO And More Russian Banks
Thursday, March 24
- The West Is Rash To Assume The World Is On Its Side Over Ukraine
- Breaking: Moscow Stock Exchange Reopens To Trading Of 30 Stocks, Early Gains Of 10%
- Russia To Lift Border Crossing Restrictions In Kazakhstan & Mongolia
- Russian Renewables Projects Likely To See One-Two Year Delays
- Russia Extends Closure Of Southern Airports Until April 1st.
- South Korea To Recommence Visa-Free Travel For Russians From April 1st
- Russia To Decide Buying out Foreign Aircraft Ownership Worth US$20 Billion
- Russian Sovereign Wealth Fund Declined By US$6.8 Billion In February
- Google Confirms Restricted Russia Access
- Renault Suspends Russia Production
- New Risk Assessment Protocols For Foreign Investors In Russia
- Russian Stock Market To Reopen Today (Thursday) After Unpredecented Pause
- Putin Orders Gas Supplies To ‘Unfriendly Countries’ To Be Paid For In Rubles Only
- Russia’s Aviation Regulator Clears Rossiya To Carry Out Boeing, Airbus Maintenance
- Russia Introduces Aluminum Nitrate Export Ban
- Nestle Stops Production And Sales Of Non-Essential Goods In Russia
- Some Anti-Russia Protests Are Empty Gestures
Wednesday, March 23
- More Than 1 Million China-EU Containers Now Stuck At Belarus, Russian Ports
- Russian Prosecutor General’s Office Leaving International Association of Prosecutors
- What All The Big Law Firms Are Saying About Future Russia Business
- Evraz Confirms Transfer Of Eurobonds Due Payments
- Breaking: Russia To Be Excluded From G20 Talks
- EU To Set Up Trust Fund To Reconstruct Ukraine
- Russian Economy Faces ‘Massive Structural Changes’: Central Bank
- Russian Industry and Trade Ministry, Steelmakers Agree To Move From LME, Calculate Domestic Prices in Rubles
- Russia, Iran To Begin Banking And Finance Cooperation
- Malaysia, Vietnam, Oppose Russian Sanctions
- East German Business Lobby Defends Continued Activities in Russia
- Maersk Closes Russian Operations
- 800 Passenger Jet Aircraft Re-Registered In Russia, 78 Impounded Overseas
- New Sapsan High Speed Train Contract Suspended
Tuesday, March 22
- Russia Terminates Peace Treaty Talks With Japan
- Renault Resumes Car Production In Russia
- $17 Billion Of Global Assets Linked To 35 Russians With Links To Vladimir Putin
Monday, March 21
- Breaking: Russia has reopened the Moscow Stock Exchange today (Monday), resuming trading exclusively in federal government bonds.
- US Threatens Chinese Banks With SWIFT Disconnection
- Moody’s Analytics Sees Only Small APAC Impact On Supply Chain Losses
- India To Boost Wheat Exports In Light Of Ukraine Shortages
- Polish Authorities Seek To Confiscate Russian Property & Assets
- France Freezes Russian Central Bank’s Assets Worth Euro 22 Billion
- Russia Turns To Gold, Platinum, Diamonds and Rare Earths As Ruble Value Diminishes
- Russia Reschedules Belarus’ Debt For 5-6 Years
Sunday, March 20
- Medvedev: Russia’s Economy Won’t Collapse
- Ukraine War Sparking Turmoil In Global Markets
- Turkey: Russia’s Case For New Security Architecture Must Be Heard
- Prince Michael Quits As Head Of Russia-Britian Business Council
- Australia Bans Exports Of Aluminum Ores and Bauxite to Russia
- Halliburton Ceases Operations In Russia
Saturday, March 19
- Breaking: US senators have introduced a new bill that prevents China from using CIPS – its SWIFT alternative – to conduct financial transactions with Russia. Chinese banks that use CIPS for cross-border payments with Russia will be removed from the SWIFT network. The bill aims to deflect a challenge from China and Russia to dedollarize global finance.
- Russia Avoids Sovereign Debt Default
- Biden and Xi Fail To Bridge Differences Over Russia and Ukraine
- India Adopts a ‘Balanced Position’ Over Ukraine
- Transition To Rubles In EAEU In Customs Settlements By Belarus & Russia; Armenia, Kazakhstan And Kyrgyzstan To Keep Using Dollars
- Central Bank Of Russia Holds Key Rate At 20%
- If Regime Change Came To Moscow
- UK Revokes RT’s License To Broadcast
Friday, March 18
- What Happens When A Major Economy Can’t Pay Its Debt In Dollars? We’re About To Find Out
- China’s Turning Point: Will It Side With Russia And Divide The World?
- From Pasta Shortages To Iodine Pills, Panic Buying Hits Europe
- UK Suspends Tax Cooperation With Russia
- Russian Businesses Looking At Asia May Open Bank Accounts In Some ASEAN Countries
Thursday, March 17
- Russia Makes Bond Payment, Up To US To Execute It And Pay Out
- Putin Appreciates Foreign Companies Staying In Russia
- Latest On Russia-India Trade And Ruble-Rupee Payment Corridors
- India Aims To Become World’s Largest Wheat Exporter
- Russian Digital Development Ministry Proposes Elimination Of Import Duties on Electronic Products
- Samsung Pay Will Continue To Work In Russia
- Russia Expelled From Council Of Europe
- Sheremetyevo Shutting Third Runway, Pausing Investment Projects as Air Traffic Plummets
- Munich Re Not To Renew Expiring Russian Insurance Contracts
Wednesday, March 16
- How Will Sanctions Against Russia Impact Global Trade?
- US Senators Unveil Bipartisan Bill To Seize Russian Assets
- Goodbye Petrodollar? Saudi To Pay For Oil In Chinese RMB
- Fitch Downgrades 31 Russian Banks To ‘CC’
- Russia May Be Able To Pay Off Sovereign Debt Default Using Gold Reserves
- Russia Places Personal Sanctions On Biden, Blinken
- Instagram Exit Hits Russia’s SMEs
Tuesday, March 15
- Breaking: The UK will deny Russia and Belarus access to WTO most-favoured nation tariffs for hundreds of their exports, with an initial list of goods now facing additional 35% tariffs. Russian vodka is among products affected by the increases, while a UK export ban to Russia affects areas such as luxury vehicles, high-end fashion and works of art going from the UK to Russia.
- China Declares ‘It Must Not Be Affected’ By Russia Sanctions
- India Looks To Boost Non-US Dollar Trade With Russia
- Three Belarus Banks Cut Off From SWIFT Move To Russia’s SPFS
- Southern, Russia-Avoiding Belt & Road Multimodal Route Receives First China Blockchain Rail Cargo In Azerbaijan For Dispersal To Turkey, Bulgaria And Romania
- Unblocking Caucasus Transport Corridors Between Russia & Azerbaijan
- Sanctions Spell The End Of Cheap Russian Biomass Wood Pellets
- Blinken Ready To Meet With Lavrov Next Week
- Gazprom Continues Supplying Gas on Schedule for Transit via Ukraine
- Belarussian PM Says Western Companies Will Regret Exiting Russia
- Minsk & Moscow Agree To Stop Using US Dollar In Settlements
- Three Belarus Banks Cut Off From SWIFT, Switch To SPFS
- Russian Wheat Exports Plunge
- Kyrgyzstan Prepares For Russian Emigre Influx
Monday, March 14
- Putin Signs Law On Foreign Aircraft Registration Rights
- Eurobond Payment in Rubles Will Be Fulfillment of Obligations
- Breaking: South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine has halted container shipping services to Russia’s Far Eastern Ports, Korean Air cancels Seoul-Vladivostok flights.
- Exemptions from FX restrictions for branches, dividends, and accounts of Russian residents
- British-American Tobacco Leaving Russia
- Azko-Nobel Expects Russia Business Operations To Collapse
- Wealthy Russians Turn To Dubai To Park Their Wealth
- US National Security Advisor: Beijing Will Face Sanctions If It Helps Moscow
- How Could US Sanctions On Russia Speed Up De-Dollarization And Help The Rise Of The Chinese RMB Yuan?
- Breaking: Senior Chinese Minister Yang Jiechi is meeting with the U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Rome today to discuss Ukraine.
- Russia’s Invasion To Have Enormous Impact On World Food Supplies
- Turkey Will Not Join Western Sanctions Against Russia
- Serbia Will Remain Neutral And Will Not Join NATO
- Half Of Russia’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Frozen: Finance Minister
- Bermuda Grounds 768 Russian Aircraft Registered There For Airworthiness
Sunday, March 13
- Breaking: Russian Central Bank to keep Stock Exchange closed until March 18. Date for trading in shares yet to be decided.
- Revised Russian 2022 GDP And Economic Forecast
- Russia’s War Heralds A Dark Isolated Economic Era
- US To Ban Imports Of Russian Vodka, Seafood & Diamonds From March 25
- Sanctions Could See Creditors Lose Billions In Russian Loans
Saturday, March 12
- Breaking: US To Establish Legal Authority To Ban Any Investment In Russia
- US, Allies, To Revoke Russia’s ‘Most Favored Nation’ Status
- Washington Bans Dollar Supply To Russia
- G7 Nations Drawing Up Plans To Impose Heavy Tariffs On Russia
- Marriott Suspends Planned Russia Expansion
- UEFA Suspends Russia From All International Football Activities
- Deutsche Bank Winding Down Business In Russia
- Avon Cosmetics To Relocate Production From Russia To Poland
- Russia Media Watchdog Restricts Instagram Access
- Russia To Launch Criminal Case Against Facebook
Friday, March 11
- Breaking: EU won’t impose sanctions on Russian gas or oil
- What Happens If Russia Can’t Pay Its Debts After Western Sanctions?
- Russia Asks For UN Security Council Meeting On Ukrainian Biolabs
- Facebook, Instagram, To Permit Calls For Violence Against Russian Citizens
- What Will The Blowback Be From Anti-Russian Sanctions?
- EU Leaders Reject Ukraine’s Fast-Track Membership Application
- Beijing Vows Harsh Measures If US Imposes Sanctions On It Concerning Ukraine
- Russian, Chinese Diplomats Hold Wide Ranging Talks
- Lavrov: ‘Never Again Will We Rely Upon Or Trust The West’
- Russian Oligarch Superyachts Being Hunted After Sanctions
- Abramovich Unable To Sell Chelsea FC After New Sanctions And Freezing Of Assets
- Western Union Suspends Russia Transaction Services
- Russian Sanctions Create Stock Market Profiteering Frenzy In Asian Markets
- Russia May ‘Nationalise’ Assets Of Ikea, Apple and McDonalds
Thursday, March 10
- UK freezes assets of seven Russian oligarchs including Roman Abramovich
- Russia To Cease Participation With Council Of Europe
- Toyota Halts Production & Parts Exports To Russia
- Concerns Over Grain Shortages As Wheat Prices Reaches 14-Year High
- Russia To Look For Aircraft Maintenance & Spare Parts Alternatives In India, China, Turkey
- Breaking: Sri Lanka’s Bank of Ceylon permits foreign passport holders with tourist visas to open USD / Euro accounts
- US Threatens China Over Russia Trade
- UK Orchestra Bans Tchaikovsky From Its Classical Repertoire
- Russia‘s UAC To Increase Production Of Commercial Aircraft
- Breaking: Carlsberg, KFC suspend operations in Russia
- Impact Of Russia-Ukraine Conflict On FIEs In China
- New EU Sanctions Target Belarus
- Amazon Quits Deliveries To Belarus & Russia
- Agri, Pharma Can Emerge As Key Trade Areas Of India’s Cooperation With Russia
- US Oil Import Ban Will Case Russia To Shift To Asian Markets
- Preparations Made With Belarus To Connect It With Chernobyl Operational Grid
Wednesday, March 9
- Russian Bond Default Imminent: Fitch
- Saudi & UAE Leaders Deny Calls From Biden Over Oil
- Breaking: Russia’s Central Bank allows Russians with foreign currency accounts to withdraw US$10,000 in cash until September 9th.
- Breaking: McDonalds, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Starbucks all exit Russia market
- US Negotiating With WTO Over Russia’s Membership
- Breaking: US To Ban Imports Of Russian Oil
- Putin Signs Russian Anti-Crisis Domestic Economic Package
- Chinese Foreign Ministry Position On Russia And Ukraine
- China Wants US Answers Over Military Biolabs In Ukraine
- Russia Examines Legal Protocols For Seizure Of Foreign Assets
- Japan’s JCB Card Payment System Ceases Work In Russia
- Turkey May Use Ruble For Russian Trade
Tuesday, March 8
- CISCO Systems Departs Russia
- Coinbase Cryptocurrency Platform Blocks 25,000 Russian Accounts
- Japan Unveils New Russia Sanctions
- Breaking: Mutual US/Russian energy sanctions could push price of oil to US$300 a barrel
- Head Of US Congress Propose Bill Banning Energy Imports From Russia
- Russia Could Ban Pumping Of Gas Through Nordstream1
- Russia Publishes List Of ‘Unfriendly Countries’ – Has Foreign Remittance Implications
- United Russia Urges Nationalisation Of Factories Left By Exiting Foreign Companies
Monday, March 7
- Breaking: Three of the big four global audit firms, KPMG, EY, and PwC announce plans to leave Russia.
- US, Allies, In Discussions To Ban Russian Oil Imports
- How Damaging Are Russian Sanctions On China-EU Rail Trade And The Belt & Road Initiative?
- Netflix Suspends Russia Service
- TikTok Suspends Live Streaming In Russia
- Mastercard and Visa Block in Russia Does Not Stop Domestic Purchases in Russia
- Russian Companies Are Now Allowed To Pay Foreign Creditors In Rubles
- Russian Banks Switch To China’s Union Pay
- Moody’s Downgrades Russian Stocks To ‘Pre-DeFault’
- CBR To Restrict Disclosure Of Banks Financial Results
- Pakistan Strikes Key Deal To Buy Russian Gas & Wheat
- US TV Channels Stop Broadcasting In Russia
- Russia Intends To Strengthen CSTO & SCO
Sunday, March 6
- IBM To Stop Selling Technology To Russia
- Azerbaijan Suspends Flights To Russia
- Aeroflot Suspending All International Flights From Tuesday, March 8
- Visa and Mastercard Suspend Operations In Russia
- India Wants To Bypass Dollar To Keep Russian Trade
- Hollywood Blacklists Russian Films
Saturday, March 5
- Singapore places financial and export sanctions on Russian businesses
- Paypal Suspends Russian Services
- Central Asia To Benefit As Sanctions Force Russian Manufacturers To Relocate
- Samsung Suspends Deliveries To Russia
- SWIFT’s Disconnection Of Russia’s Key Banks: Portfolios & Implications
- Microsoft Suspends Business In Russia
Friday, March 4
- Russia Reacts To US Senators Putin Assasination Plea
- Russia Halts Payments On Bonds, Shares To Foreigners
- AIIB and NDB Freeze All Infrastructure Financing Activities Related To Russia, Belarus
- Russia State Duma Criminalizes Calling For Sanctions
- Breaking: The China backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has suspended all investments into Russia and Ukraine. Russia is the third largest shareholder in the multilateral bank.
- Billionaire Predicts Brutal Financial Crisis For Russia, Recovery To ‘Take Several Years’
- Russia To Limit Foreign Investment Being Pulled From The Country
- US Considers Sanctions Against India
- Foreign Brands & Businesses That Have Suspended Operations In Russia
- Google Suspends Online Advertising Sales In Russia
- Russia’s Main Pipeline Stops European Supplies
- Fitch, Moody’s Slash Russia’s Sovereign Debt To Junk
- Sberbank Europe To Declare Bankruptcy
- Russia May Nationalize Boeing And Airbus Jets
- IKEA, BooHoo, H&M and Burberry Exit Russia
- Russian Forces Seize Key Strategic Port, Cuts Ukraine Off From Sea Access
Thursday, March 3
- London Stock Exchange Suspends Trading In 27 Companies With Strong Links To Russia
- Disabled Russian Athletes Banned From Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Russia’s Roscosmos Stops Deliveries Of Rocket Engines To United States
- Ukrainian President Says 16,000 Foreign Mercenaries Are Going To Fight Against Russia
- Ukraine Bans Use Of Russian And & Belarus Issued Credit & Debit Cards
- Georgia To Fast-Track Application For EU Membership
- Lavrov: West Rejected Dialogue On Establishing A New Security Dialogue
- Formula 1 Cancels 2022 Sochi Grand Prix
- Russia Faces Loss Of Digital Sovereignty
- Journalistic Unions: EU Censorship Of RT & Sputnik Is Counterproductive
- Russia Is Now Exclusively A Ruble Nation
- Western Accountants And Consultants Under Pressure To Abandon Russia
- Grushko: NATO Expansion East Is Like Searching For An Enemy
- European Commission: Russia Sanctions Could Backfire On EU
- EU Cuts Seven Russian Banks From SWIFT
- France Detains Foreign Mercenaries On Bus To Ukraine
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
- Chinese Nationals In Kiev Targeted By Ukrainian Anger
- Russia Steel Giant Severstal To Stop Deliveries To Europe
- Breaking: China won’t join the United States and European governments in imposing financial sanctions on Russia, the country’s bank regulator has announced.
- Breaking: EU imposes additional sanctions on Belarus, will impact Government and Military officials, stop Belarus exports to EU and hits Belarus economic sectors in timber, steel, and potassium industries.
- Ukrainian ‘Azov Battalion’ Fascist Group Won’t Let Ukrainian Citizens Leave Mariupol
- DHL Suspends Inbound Services To Russia
- Ukraine Would Demand Legally Binding Guarantees If NATO Shuts Door On Membership
- Breaking: Russia-Britain Business Council suspends business advisory services for UK companies in Russia
- More Ukraine-Russia Talks Today
- Sberbank Leaving European Markets
- Maersk Stops Shipping To Russia
- Breaking: Nationalist EU hatred emerging as eyewitness reports of Russian nationals and suspected Russian nationals in EU and UK being physically abused, beaten, harassed in public streets, and vilified online begin to appear.
- US Closes Its Airspace To Russian Flights
- Moscow Seeking Legally Binding Security Guarantees From NATO
- Nigeria Condemns EU Treatment Of Africans Trying To Flee Ukraine
- Denounce Putin Or Lose Your European Job
- Russian Opera Star Fired From Bavarian State Opera
- American Express No Longer Working With Russia’s Sanctioned Banks
- Could Putin Be Exploring Cryptocurrencies To Bypass Western Sanctions?
Tuesday, March 1
- Breaking: Ukraine withdraws Ambassadors from Georgia and Kyrgyzstan after Tblisi and Bishkek bar charter flights of mercenaries to Kiev.
- Nordstream 2 May File For Bankruptcy
- Lavrov: Presence Of Nuclear Weapons In Europe Is Unacceptable
- Fears For ‘Bloody Fight’ For Kiev As Huge Russian Army Gathers On Outskirts
- ‘No Plans To Occupy Ukraine’ Russia Tells UN
- Russians Face Economic Point Of No Return
- Russians Race For Cash As Ruble Plummets
- Russia Thrown Out Of FIFA World Cup And All International Football Banned
- Putin Bans Transferring Money Abroad
- Ukraine Issues Visa-Free Status For Foreign Mercenaries
- Georgian PM Says Opposition Wants To Drag Country Into War With Russia
- Putin To Macron: Ukraine Solution Only Possible If Russian Security Issues Are Considered
- Russia, Ukraine Agree To Return For Further Talks, Macron Speaks With Putin
- US Closes Embassy In Belarus
- Huge Belarussian Convoy Of Tanks & Troop Carriers Seen Near Ukrainian Border
- Russia Bans Airlines From 36 Countries
Monday, February 28
- Russian Exporters Ordered To Convert Foreign Currency Into Rubles
- Ukraine Names Key Points For Russia Talks
- Bank Of Russia Increases Key Interest Rates To 20%
- Baker & McKenzie To Axe Major Russian Clients
- Borrell: Russia Placed Reserves Where Sanctions Cannot Reach Them
- Talks Between Russia And Ukraine To Go Ahead Monday Morning
- Ruble Crashes 25%
- EU Commissioner: ‘Ukraine Belongs To Us And We Want Them In’
- EU To Provide Weapons To Ukraine
- Aeroflot Cancels Flights To All European Destinations
- Turkey Closes Black Sea Straits
- EU Bans RT And Sputnik News Outlets
Sunday, February 27
- Russia Puts Nuclear Defense Systems On High Alert
- Ukraine Will Meet Russia For Negotiations On Belarus Border
- US, UK, EU & Canada To Block Russian Access To SWIFT
- West Kicks Russian Banks Off SWIFT, Paralyzes Central Bank Assets
- EU Countries To Close Airspace For Russian Planes
- Vladimir Putin Sits Atop A Crumbling Pyramid Of Power
- Ukraine Reports Zelensky Proposes Baku For Negotiations
- Ukraine Suggests Gomel, Belarus As Venue For Talks With Russia
- Biden Says Alternative To Sanctions Would Be World War 3
- Ukraine Invites Foreign Troops To Fight Under ‘International Legion’
- Germany Closes Airspace To Russia
- Is Russia’s Invasion Going As Expected
Saturday, February 26
- Council Of Europe Suspends Russia’s Representation
- Medvedev: Russia Could Cut Diplomatic Ties With Entire West
- NATO Sending More Weapons To Ukraine
- Zelensky Accepts Putin’s Proposal, Ready For Talks
- Kiev Under Siege As Ukrainians Try To Hold Off Russian Forces
- China Calls For Sustainable European Security Mechanism
- Western Powers Have Realized Russia Is Immune To Sanctions
- Zakharova: Russia-West Relations ‘Nearing Point Of No Return’
- Turkey Declines Ukraine Request To Stop Russian Warships
Friday, February 25
- Ukraine President Offers Talks With Putin If Opportunity Exists
- Russia Will Retaliate Over Western Sanctions
- Putin Bans All UK Flights From Flying Over, Or Too Russia
- Anonymous Hackers Take Down RT Media Outlet
- Lavrov: West Turned A Blind Eye To Ukrainian Regime War Crimes In Donbas
- Kiev To Fall By The Weekend As Troops Encircle Capital
- Ukraine Fights For Survival As Putin Presses Forward
- Biden Imposes New Sanctions: ‘America Stands Up To Bullies’
- Kiev Furious As EU Wavers On Banning Russia From SWIFT
- Lavrov: Russia Always Welcome For Dialogue That Will Return All To UN Charter
- Ukraine Forces Vastly Outnumbered By Russia
- Russia’s Ukraine Operation Does Not Start A War, It Prevents One – Putin
- Russia Says Destroyed Over 70 Ukraine Military Targets
- ‘Amongst The Darkest Hours For Europe’ – Borrell
- Russia’s Central Bank Buys Up Rubles To Prevent Financial Meltdown
- Nordstream 2 To Enforce Compensation Claims
- Shelling Largely Over, Ukrainian Troops Changing Sides
Thursday, February 24
- Ukraine Breaks Diplomatic Relations With Russia
- Ukrainian Troops Leaving Their Positions, Dropping Weapons
- Ukraine Disconnected From Russia, Belarussian Energy Systems
- News Flash: Putin has asked Ukrainian military to stand down and not get involved, saying Russia has no desire to inflict casualties, the Ukrainian military is ultimately there to protect the Ukrainian people rather than politics, and that the conflict is solely the responsibility of the Ukrainian Government.
- Russia Invades Ukraine As Putin Declares War To ‘Demilitarize’ Its Neighbour
- Russian Troops Arrive In Odessa, Maripol & Kharkiv
- Understanding Putin’s Narrative About Ukraine Is The Master Key To This Crisis
- Kiev Declares National State Of Emergency
- US Imposes Sanctions On Nordstream2 Operator
- US Warns Of Full-Scale Ukraine Invasion With 48 Hours
- Fighting Intensifies In Eastern Ukraine
- NATO Accuses Russia Of Trying To Rewrite Entire Global Security Infrastructure
- UN Secretary-General Made Comments Incompatible With His Status: Lavrov
- Polish President: Russian Nationals May Be Barred From Entering Poland
Wednesday, February 23
- EU Poised To Announce Wide-Ranging Sanctions On Russia
- Harsh Conditions Means That Russian Troops On Ukrainian Border Will Need To Be Moved Soon
- Putin Says Russia’s Interests Are Non-Negotiable
- Blinken Cancels Planned Meeting With Lavrov
- Ukraine President Calls Up Reservists
- Why I Blame The Arrogant, Foolish West For The Ukraine Crisis
- Ensuring Russia’s Security Is Our Primary Aim: Putin
- Blinken Says Meeting Lavrov ‘Nonsensical’
- Biden Announces Sanctions That Will Cut Russia Off From Western Financing
- Sanctions Against Russia Come At A Cost To The West
- An Introduction To The Donetsk & Lugansk Republics
- Bolton Predicts Putin Will Walk All Over Biden And Is Waiting For Trumps Return
- Russia’s Poodle Parliament Cronies Authorise Use Of Force Outside Russia
- Kremlin Says How Donbas Borders Will Be Redefined
Tuesday, February 22
- Germany Pauses NordStream2 Certification
- Ukraine Says Will Consider Cutting Ties With Russia
- Russia Strongly Condemned At United Nations After Putin Orders Troops Into Eastern Ukraine
- Dismay And Condemnation As West Begins To Impose Sanctions On Russia
- Putin Orders Russian Military To Act As Peacekeepers In Ukraine Regions
- Biden Says Russia’s Recognition Of Donetsk & Lugansk Threatens US National Security
- Putin Signs Decree Recognizing Donetsk And Lugansk as Republics
- Putin Orders Troops Into Eastern Ukraine To Keep Peace
- Russia Orders Troops Into Ukrainian Territories
- US To Impose Sanctions On Donbas
- Macron Demands Targeted Sanctions On Moscow
Monday, February 21
- Kiev Calls For Urgent Sanctions On Russia
- Kremlin Says Talk Of Biden-Putin Summit Is Premature
- US, NATO Must Substantively Respond To Russia’s Security Demands: Putin
- Biden – Putin Summit Agreed In Principle
- US Embassy Warns About Terror Attacks In Russia
- US Officials Say Russian Commanders Given Final Orders To Attack
- Putin And Macron Agree To Try And Secure Ceasefire
- Russia Extends Military Drills In Belarus
Sunday, February 20
- Russia Plans Biggest War Since 1945: Johnson
- West Plans To Arm Resistance In Russia Invades Ukraine
- Kiev Shells Donetsk
- EU Condemns Donbass Shelling
- East Ukraine Separatist Regions To Evacuate Citizens To Russia
Saturday, February 19th
- Biden ‘Convinced’ Putin Plans Invasion
- US Unlikely To Kick Russia Off SWIFT – White House
- Two Powerful Gas Pipeline Explosions In Lugansk
- Huge Explosions Rock East Ukraine
Friday, February 18
- Biden To Host Call With NATO Allies As Invasion Fears Grow
- Blinken And Lavrov To Meet ‘Within Days’ As Tensions Become Perilous
- Russia Wil Be ‘Forced To Respond’ If US Does Not Engage On Security Demands
- US Unresponsive In Proposal To Remove Nuclear Weapons
- Donetsk Opens Fire In Response To Ukrainian Shelling
- Biden Declares War? Ukrainian Forces Target Civilians
- Joe Biden Accuses Russia Of Running ‘False Flag Operation’ To Justify Attacks
- Fresh Shelling Breaks Out in Eastern Ukraine as U.S. Accuses Russia of Invasion ‘Pretext’
- Russia Demands US Pulls All Troops From ‘Central and Eastern Europe’ and Expels US Deputy Ambassador
Thursday, February 17
- US Official Claim Russia Has Sent 7,000 More Troops To Ukraine Border
- US Troop Reinforcements Arrive On Polish Border
- US Deploys F-35 Fighter Jets To Germany
- Russia Ridicules Western Media Over ‘Day Of No Invasion’
- Anti-Russian Hysteria Affecting US Ability To Be Objective Over Ukraine
Wednesday, February 16
Today is when US intelligence said Russia would invade Ukraine
- Biden: Ukraine Invasion Still Possible Despite Russian Claims
- Scholz: Russia Doesn’t Want War
- NATO Says It Has Yet To See Any Significant Russian Withdrawal
- Tanks Leave Russia’s Southern Border As Troops Are Redeployed
- Russian State Duma Sends Appeal To Declare Donbass Republics As Sovereign States
- Lavrov: Ukraine Dropping NATO Bid Would Relieve Europe
- Where Does Belarus Stand In The Russia-West Standoff?
Tuesday, February 15
- Russia Sending Thousands More Troops To Ukrainian Border
- The West’s Focus On Imminent Invasion May Backfire
- US Stoking Russia-Ukraine Tensions Draws Global Concerns
- How European Leaders Are Dealing With The Ukraine Crisis: From Dealmaking France To Hawkish Poland
- Ukrainian Envoy Walks Back NATO Membership Comments
- Russian Lawmakers Urge Putin To Recognize Breakaway Ukrainian Regions
- Western States Want To Spark Conflict In Ukraine But Not Fight Themselves – Lukashenko
Monday, February 14
- German Leader To Fly To Moscow Amidst Fears Time Is Running Out
- Kiev Seeks Urgent Meeting With Russia & Vienna Document Signatories
- The Edge Of War: What Exactly Does Putin Want?
- Explainer: What Are The Minsk Agreements?
- !2 Reasons A Russian Attack On Ukraine Looks Imminent
- Details Of Biden-Putin Call
- Biden Warns Putin Ukraine Attack Would Bring ‘Severe Costs’
