(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin stated on Tuesday that certain medications were in limited supply in Russia and that costs had risen, despite the nation generating more of its own treatments. While prescription pharmaceuticals are free from Western sanctions imposed as a result of the Ukraine conflict, their distribution toContinue Reading
(Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry claimed on Sunday that a major rocket attack on two facilities in eastern Ukraine temporarily hosting Ukrainian military killed more than 600 Ukrainian personnel. Reuters was unable to confirm the military ministry’s claim immediately. There was no immediate response from Ukraine to Russia’s allegation, howeverContinue Reading
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ten months into Russia’s most recent invasion of Ukraine, overwhelming evidence demonstrates that the Kremlin’s soldiers have fought total war, disregarding international conventions regulating the treatment of people and behaviour on the battlefield. More than 58,000 possible Russian war crimes are being investigated by Ukraine, includingContinue Reading
MOSCOW (REUTERS) – On Monday, the Russian rouble moved up against the dollar, gaining some ground after seeing its biggest weekly decline since early July due to concerns about how sanctions on oil and gas might affect Russia’s export earnings. Following the implementation of an oil embargo and price cap,Continue Reading
Russia shut off gas supplies to Finland on Saturday, deepening a conflict with the West over energy costs, and strengthened an offensive in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. After ending weeks of resistance by the last Ukrainian fighters in the crucial southeastern city of Mariupol, Russia appears to beContinue Reading
MILAN/BERLIN: According to sources, following discussions with the European Union, Germany and Italy told companies that they could open rouble accounts to continue buying Russian gas without breaching sanctions. The debate over Russia’s demand that foreign gas importers pay in roubles has put European countries’ resolve to take a hardContinue Reading
The minister for digital development said on Tuesday that Russia has no plans to block Alphabet’s YouTube, despite the fact that such a step would undoubtedly harm Russian users and should be avoided. Russia has blocked other international social media networks, but after months of penalties and threats against YouTubeContinue Reading
Finland took a step toward fast-track NATO membership on Thursday, sparking a stern warning from the Kremlin as the Ukraine crisis restricted supply of Russian gas to Europe and the number of people fleeing the country neared six million. Following Russia’s invasion of its neighbour in February, Finland’s lawmakers statedContinue Reading
Ukraine reported driving back Russian soldiers in a counterattack on Wednesday (May 11), perhaps signalling a shift in the war’s momentum and shutting down gas shipments via Russian-held territory, heightening the spectre of an energy crisis in Europe. The general command of Ukraine’s armed forces said that Pytomnyk, a villageContinue Reading
President Vladimir Putin described Russia’s conflict in Ukraine as necessary to protect the “Motherland” at a big parade in Moscow honouring the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. Meanwhile, intense hostilities raged in eastern Ukraine, and intercontinental ballistic missiles rumbled across Moscow’s famed Red Square as Putin made hisContinue Reading
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