B Oris Johnson said sanctions against Russia should be stepped up “until every one” of Vladimir Putin’s troops leaves Ukraine. The Prime Minister made the call on Wednesday as he warned that Western allies must not “backtrack” on sanctions imposed on Mr Putin’s regime to force him to end his invasion of Ukraine. Instead, he … Read more
V Ladimir Putin’s closest allies in the Kremlin may be too terrified to tell him the truth about his “quite disastrous” invasion of Ukraine, Western officials said on Tuesday. They added that there is “considerable evidence of unease” about how the conflict has played out for Russia among the elite in Moscow and that a … Read more
Joe Biden was spotted holding a cheat sheet as he clarified his claim that Vladimir Putin ‘can’t stay in power’, in an apparent attempt to avoid another gaffe. The comment in a speech in Warsaw over the weekend sparked international backlash and compelled the White House to issue an embarrassing clarification. As he defended his … Read more
Hello. Another round of talks aimed at stopping the war in Ukraine is scheduled for today as fighting continues on the ground, with the two sides swapping control of a town in the east and a suburb of the capital. Ukrainian forces have recaptured Irpin, northwest of kyiv, from Russian troops, who were regrouping to … Read more
But Ukraine refused to return Mariupol. If Kremlin forces capture the city, it opens up a land corridor for Russia from Crimea to the separatist-held Donbass. It would also potentially free up Russian troops to advance north, threatening to encircle Ukrainian forces to the east. But that’s just a scenario. It is likely that the … Read more
Ukraine has released a list of what it claims to be the identities of more than 600 Russian spies, including one who appears to think he is James Bond, in a bid to embarrass Moscow. The list of 620 agents working for the Russian security agency FSB, who are supposed to remain in the shadows, … Read more
V Ladimir Putin’s ‘private army’ of more than 1,000 mercenaries is deployed in eastern Ukraine as he seeks to refocus his stalled invasion on that part of the country, army chiefs have said. British defence. They believe the Wagner Group is being used after Russian forces suffered such losses, with over 10,000 troops believed to … Read more
A Chinese state oil and gas company withdrew half a billion in investment from Russia in a bid to avoid Western sanctions. Sinopec Group, formerly China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, has suspended talks to invest up to $500m (£380m) in the new gas chemical plant in Russia. It came after the Chinese company realized that … Read more
It marks another avenue in which Putin’s war is upsetting global commodity markets, as European and American leaders grapple with how to replace Russian oil and natural gas supplies. “Neon is not a significant component of manufacturing cost [semiconductors]says Ralph Butler of Techcet, a semiconductor consulting firm in California. “But it’s an extremely important part … Read more
Relations worse than during the Cold War Mr Medvedev said relations between the West and Russia were now worse than during the Cold War. “The state of relations between the Russian Federation and the Western world, the Anglo-Saxon civilization in the broad sense of the word, led by the United States of America, is worse … Read more