Situation in Ukraine
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MasterCard Suspends Transactions with Russian Banks, Visa to Follow
Read more: MasterCard Suspends Transactions with Russian Banks, Visa to FollowU.S. credit card giant MasterCard announced on February 28 that it has excluded several Russian banks from its payment network. The U.S....
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British Shell to Withdraw from "Sakhalin 2" Gazprom Joint Venture Dissolved
Read moreShell to Withdraw from Sakhalin 2, Gazprom Joint Venture Dissolved.On the 28th, the British oil giant Shell announced its plan to withdraw from the "Sakhalin 2" oil and gas development project in the Russian Far East. Russia's state-run Ga...
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Russia using fuel vaporization bombs in Ukraine?
Read more: Russia using fuel vaporization bombs in Ukraine?Russian forces invading Ukraine may have used a weapon called a fuel vaporization bomb (thermobaric bomb)...
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Turkey refuses to allow passage of warships through straits leading to the Black Sea, warns countries.
Read more: Turkey refuses to allow passage of warships through straits leading to the Black Sea, warns nations.Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusiol told reporters after a Cabinet meeting on the evening of March 28 that Turkey, whether a Black Sea littoral state or not, is all...
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Remittance Siege on Russia Expanding Outside of SWIFT
Read moreRemittance siege on Russia expands outside of SWIFTRemittance services that do not go through the international payment network, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT), have begun to participate in the financial encirclement of Russia. The country...
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Sweden Announces Change of National Policy and Arms Offering to Ukraine
Read moreSweden Announces Arms Supply to Ukraine, Changing National PolicyStockholm AFP] The Swedish government on April 27 broke with its previous national policy of not providing weapons to conflict zones and announced that Ukrai...
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Japanese Government urged to consider sanctions against Belarus
Read more: Japanese Government urged to consider sanctions against BelarusPrime Minister Fumio Kishida told the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors on the morning of March 28 that he is considering sanctions against Belarus for its cooperation in Russia's invasion of Ukraine...
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Switzerland likely to freeze Russian assets = President
Read more: Switzerland likely to freeze Russian assets = PresidentPresident Cassis of the permanently neutral country of Switzerland, on April 27, joined forces with the European Union to impose sanctions against Russia, and the country's...
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Xi Jinping instructs "support for Russia" over U.S.-European sanctions...does not express attitude toward military aggression.
Read moreXi Jinping, over U.S.-European sanctions, ordered "support for Russia"...but did not express attitude toward military aggression.Chinese President Xi Jinping, while reserving an attitude statement on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, said that U.S. and European sanctions...
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British Foreign Minister asks G7 to cap use of Russian oil and gas.
Read more: British Foreign Minister asks G7 to cap use of Russian oil and gas.British Foreign Secretary David Truss told the UK's Sky News program on April 27 that the use of Russian oil and gas by members of the Group of Seven (G7) major countries...
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