On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, peace talks between Ukraine and Russia were becoming more realistic although more time was required to hammer out a deal. According to Ukrainian officials, there are hopes that the conflict could end sooner… Read More ›
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Repayment of $117M USD bond coupon in roubles would amount to sovereign default after grace period: Fitch
In a statement credit ratings agency Fitch said, if Russia were to repay the two U.S. dollar bond coupon maturing on Wednesday in roubles, it would amount to a sovereign default once the grace period expires. Western sanctions on Russia… Read More ›
ECB places EU resident Russians under surveillance
As per three sources familiar with the matter at hand, regulators at the European Union have told some banks to scrutinise transactions by all Russian and Belarusian clients, including EU residents, in order to ensure that they are not used… Read More ›
Hacking group Anonymous targets Rosneft’s German subsidiary
The German subsidiary of Russian energy giant Rosneft has reported a cyber attack, said a report from die Welt citing Germany’s BSI cybersecurity watchdog. The report states, BSI had offered support to mitigate the attack and had issued a cybersecurity… Read More ›
US assets of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich frozen: WSJ
As per a report from the Wall Street Journal, a few U.S. hedge-funds which have investments from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich have been told to freeze his assets after Britain imposed sanctions on him. Britain has frozen his assets and… Read More ›
Financial institutions ordered to halt all transactions with Russian entities: Financial regulators of Bahamas
In a statement financial regulators of Bahamas said, financial institutions in the country have been ordered to halt all transactions with Russian entities which have been targeted under Western sanctions. While the Bahamas has vocally condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,… Read More ›
China refusing to supply aircraft spare parts: Russian news agencies
As per a news report from Russian agencies, China has refused to supply aircraft spare parts to Russian airlines after Boeing and Airbus halted supply of components to Russia. The Russian aviation sector is being squeezed by Western sanctions following the invasion… Read More ›
Midst Russian invasion of Ukraine, China eyes Indo Pacific: Australia’s intelligence chief
On Wednesday, Australia’s intelligence chief said, a “troubling new strategic convergence” is taking place between China and Russia. The risk of a “major power conflict” has grown following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. China’s President Xi Jinping appears to want to… Read More ›
Russia proposes nationalizing all foreign owned factories that have stopped operations
A senior member of Russia’ ruling party has called for nationalising all foreign-owned factories that have closed operations in the country over what Russian President Vladimir Putin termed as a special military operation in Ukraine to cleanse it of Neo… Read More ›
Biden bans oil and other energy imports from Russia
In a statement U.S. President Joe Biden said, the United States would ban the import of Russian crude oil as well as other energy imports in retaliation to its invasion of Ukraine. “We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and… Read More ›