Ukraine comes to Davos in first spring gathering of business leaders
Russia would normally have its own “house” at the World Economic Forum as a showcase for business leaders and investors.
This year the space on the dressed-up main street in ...
Ukraine must decide its own future, says Poland’s president
Only Ukraine has the right to decide its future, the Polish president told lawmakers in Kyiv on Sunday, as he became the first foreign leader to give a speech in ...
Pounded by Russian offensive in the east, Ukraine rules out ceasefire (Update 2)
Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or any territorial concessions to Moscow while Russia stepped up its attack in the eastern Donbas region and stopped sending gas to Finland in its ...
Dyer: Russia will not disappear when Putin goes
Russian President Vladimir Putin will almost certainly not be in power three years from now. The war he foolishly began in Ukraine has fatally undermined his political credibility among the ...
With Nato expansion spat, Turkey grabs limelight once again
By Peter Apps
If Western leaders were surprised to see Turkey throw a diplomatic wrench into plans to admit Finland and Sweden into Nato, they should not have been.
Throughout ...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters fourth month
Russia heads into the fourth month of its invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday with no end in sight to the fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities ...
Russian military says it destroys Western arms consignment in Ukraine
The Russian military said on Saturday it had destroyed a major consignment of Western arms in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr region, west of Kyiv, using sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles.
The defence ...
Russia stops Finland gas flow over payments dispute (Updated)
Russia’s Gazprom GAZP.MM on Saturday halted gas exports to neighbouring Finland, in the latest escalation of an energy payments dispute with Western nations.
Gazprom Export has demanded that ...
Germany and Italy approved Russian gas payments after nod from Brussels – sources
Germany and Italy told companies they could open rouble accounts to keep buying Russian gas without breaching sanctions against Moscow following discussions with the European Union, sources said.
The debate ...
Russia says remaining Azovstal defenders have surrendered, families of Azov fighters worry about their fate
Russia’s defence ministry on Friday said the last group of Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol’s smashed Azovstal steel works had surrendered, marking an end to a weeks-long ...
Protester painted in Ukraine colours ejected from Cannes red carpet
The Ukraine crisis grabbed the spotlight in Cannes on Friday as a semi-naked protester painted in blue and yellow was ejected from the red carpet.
The unidentified woman ripped off ...
U.S. says Turkey’s approach to Sweden, Finland NATO bid not a bilateral topic
Turkey’s approach to the Nato accession process of Sweden and Finland is not a bilateral issue between Washington and Ankara, State Department spokesperson said on Friday, adding that the ...
Russia to halt gas flows to Finland on Saturday
Russia’s Gazprom has informed Finland it will halt flows of natural gas from Saturday morning, Gasum said on Friday, after the Finnish state-owned gas wholesaler refused to pay its ...
Putin to bolster Russia’s IT security in face of cyberattacks
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the number of cyber attacks on Russia by foreign “state structures” had increased several times over and that Russia must bolster its cyber ...
Struggling Russia paves way to sign up over-40s for army
In a sign of Russia’s urgent need to bolster its war effort in Ukraine, parliament said on Friday it would consider a bill to allow Russians over 40 and foreigners ...
China quietly increases purchases of low-priced Russian oil
China is quietly ramping up purchases of oil from Russia at bargain prices, according to shipping data and oil traders who spoke to Reuters, filling the vacuum left by Western ...
Washington holds key to Russia’s sovereign default
The prospect of a Russia sovereign default is moving centre stage again with a deadline for a US license allowing Moscow to make payments expiring on May 25 and $100 million in ...
After delay, U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approves $40 billion in Ukraine aid
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved nearly $40 billion in new aid for Ukraine on Thursday sending the bill to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law ...
G7 pledges billions for Ukraine ‘to get through this’ (Update)
The Group of Seven agreed on Thursday to provide Ukraine with $18.4 billion to pay its bills, funds that Ukraine‘s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said would speed up Kyiv’s ...
Ukraine to seek damages from Russia over huge environmental damage
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused huge environmental damage for which Kyiv will seek compensation in international courts, Ukraine’s environment minister said on Thursday.
Ruslan Strilets, Minister of ...
Erdogan digs in over Nato as Biden hosts Finnish, Swedish leaders (Update)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan dug in over his rejection of Sweden and Finland joining Nato, casting a shadow over a White House visit on Thursday by the leaders of the ...
Money for Ukraine tops G7 agenda; inflation, food a concern
Group of Seven financial leaders are likely to agree on Thursday and Friday to help Ukraine pay its bills in coming months, but surging inflation, climate change, supply chains and ...
Half of Gazprom’s 54 clients opened Gazprombank accounts, says Russia’s Novak
Half of Russian gas giant Gazprom’s GAZP.MM 54 clients have opened accounts at Gazprombank, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday, as Moscow seeks to compel its clients ...
World Bank to offer $30 bln as Ukraine war threatens food security
The World Bank said on Wednesday it will make $30 billion available to help stem a food security crisis threatened by Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has cut off most ...