China has eased limits on Russian wheat imports, potentially alleviating food security worries in the world’s second largest economy while also reducing the impact of Western sanctions on Russia. The decision to allow wheat imports from all areas of Russia… Read More ›
Month: February 2022
Preparing to comply with sanctions on Russia : SWIFT
In a statement the SWIFT international payments system said, it was preparing to implement new sanction measures by Western countries targeting select Russian banks in coming days. “We are engaging with European authorities to understand the details of the entities… Read More ›
Crypto Exchange BitMEX Founders Accept Guilt Of Violation Of Bank Secrecy Act
The founders of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX pled guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to develop an anti-money laundering programme, according to the United States Attorney’s Office in Manhattan. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Arthur Hayes and… Read More ›
Russia To Suffer Severe Hit By The SWIFT Ban; Yet, There Is Still Opportunity For Tightening
The decision by Western allies on Saturday to restrict “selected” Russian banks from the SWIFT payments system would not only deal a catastrophic economic blow to Russia, but will also cause significant pain to their own businesses and institutions. And… Read More ›
Fallout of Russian invasion of Ukraine spreads to global aviation industry
The fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spread to the global aviation industry with two more European countries banning Russian carriers and the European Union saying it would restrict the exports of aircraft parts. Virgin Atlantic and British Airways… Read More ›
Limited impact from Russia Ukraine war on chip supply chain
On Saturday, in a statement the government of Taiwan said, it expects little impact on the supply of raw materials for semiconductors from the war in Ukraine. Following a meeting of the cabinet, Vice Premier Shen Jong-chin, said there would… Read More ›
Russia threatens to seize assets of foreign companies and foreign individuals in Russia
On Saturday, Russian news agency RIA quoted Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the security council, as saying Moscow will respond to the seizure of funds owned by Russian companies and citizens abroad by seizing funds of foreigners and foreign companies… Read More ›
Major buyers of Russian crude struggle with Letter of Credits
Chaos ruled the global oil market with top buyers of Russian oil struggling to secure guarantees at Western banks or find ships to take the crude from Russia, one of the world’s largest producers. As per four trading sources, at… Read More ›
Britain unveils largest ever sanctions on Russia
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled the country’s biggest-ever package of sanctions against Russia targeting banks, members of President Vladimir Putin’s closest circle and wealthy Russian Oligarchs. Many western nations are imposing tough economic sanctions against Russia in response… Read More ›
US Congress wants to provide $600M worth of weapons to Ukraine
In a statement U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said US lawmakers want to provide “lethal defense weapons” worth $600 million to Ukraine to battle the Russian invasion. “What we’re doing with Ukraine is making sure that we have… Read More ›