The United States says it has reliable information that Russian soldiers executed their Ukrainian opponents when they tried to surrender. Beth Van Schaack, the US special envoy for international criminal law, said this on Wednesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss Russian war crimes and […]
Four European buyers of Russian gas have already settled in rubles. Bloomberg reported this based on an anonymous insider at state gas company Gazprom. In addition, ten European companies are said to have opened an account with Gazprombank to pay for gas from Russia in rubles. Russian President Vladimir […]
As far as the Kremlin is concerned, the ball is in the neighbouring country’s peace negotiations with Ukraine. According to a spokesman, Russia is awaiting a response from Ukrainian negotiators after handing over a document to them. Moscow has also again accused Ukraine of going back on previous commitments. […]
The damage in Ukraine from the invasion of Russian soldiers is around 1 trillion dollars (920 billion euros), according to Deputy Minister of Economy Aleksandr Griban. He calls the devastation “colossal”. It concerns damage to buildings, health and infrastructure. “And then there is much more damage, such as the […]
Ukrainian authorities announced ten humanitarian corridors for Thursday. One of the escape routes is for Mariupol residents. They can only leave the besieged city by their own transport, according to Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk. Nearly 4,900 people from cities, including Mariupol, were able to flee to safer areas […]
The chairman of the Duma, the Russian House of Representatives, has labelled the reports of civilians murdered by Russian soldiers in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, as a propaganda stunt by “Washington and Brussels”. Parliament Speaker Viacheslav Volodin argues that there are no facts but lies that should put […]
Russia has stationed its first diplomat in Afghanistan since the Taliban regained power last year. This makes Russia one of the first countries to have an envoy in the Central Asian country again. Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday called the presence of NATO and the United States in neighbouring […]
Russian soldiers occupying the site around the old Chernobyl nuclear power plant are said to have driven with tanks through a highly toxic zone, the ‘Red Forest’, without any protection. That writes the Reuters news agency based on statements by two site employees. By driving around the area in […]
According to the Ukrainian army, several Russian units in Ukraine are withdrawing after heavy casualties. Some units have returned to Russian territory after losing half of their troops. According to a top official in the Ukrainian government, Oleksij Arestovich, the frontline of the war has virtually “frozen” after a […]
Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), warned on Tuesday about the threat posed by cryptocurrencies obtained in exchange for rubles. This allows the sanctions of the western countries against Russia to be circumvented, it sounds. “Of all types of digital assets, I am most concerned […]
