Vladimir Putin
Biden signs ratification documents approving NATO membership for Finland and Sweden
U.S. President Joe Biden, alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, Swedish ambassador to the U.S. Karin Olofsdotter and Finnish ambassador to the U.S. Mikko Hautala, signs documents endorsing Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to NATO, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, August 9, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed ratification documents Tuesday […]
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Biden authorizes largest yet weapons package for Ukraine, bringing U.S. commitment to $9.8 billion
Ukraine was already stocking up on U.S.-made Javelins before Russia invaded. Here a group of Ukrainian servicemen take a shipment of Javelins in early February, as Russia positioned troops on Ukraine’s border. Sergei Supinsky | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The Biden administration announced a $1 billion security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday, […]
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WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in prison by Russian court
US’ Women’s National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, waits for the verdict inside a defendants’ cage before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022. Evgenia Novozhenina | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – A Russian […]
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UN Secretary General urges governments to tax ‘immoral’ oil and gas profits
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the 2022 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York City on August 1, 2022. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments on Wednesday to tax excessive […]
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Russia faces ‘economic oblivion’ despite claims of short-term resilience, economists say
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with parliamentary leaders in Moscow, Russia July 7, 2022. Aleksey Nikolskyi | Sputnik | Reuters Russia is facing “economic oblivion” in the long term because of international sanctions and the flight of businesses, several economists have said. The International Monetary Fund last week upgraded Russia’s gross domestic product […]
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U.S. fears Russia is using a ‘nuclear shield’ in Ukraine; Zelenskyy calls grain shipment a ‘positive signal’
BP’s Gelsenkirchen plant no longer uses Russian crude Shares of BP are up over 20% year-to-date. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Amid its second-quarter earnings update Tuesday, BP CEO Bernard Looney said that the firm’s refinery in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, no longer uses Russian crude, down from 50%. Oil majors have been one of […]
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Ukraine’s first grain shipment in months leaves port; Putin says navy will be armed with hypersonic missiles
Putin says Russia’s navy will get new hypersonic missiles soon Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Navy Day Parade on July, 31 2022, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Planned Navy Day celebrations in Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea were canceled on Sunday after officials accused Ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on the Black Sea Fleet’s […]
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Biden administration makes offer to Russia for release of WNBA star Griner, ex-Marine Whelan
US WNBA basketball superstar Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on July 27, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The United States has made an offer to the Russian government for the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Secretary of […]
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Wheat prices rise after Odessa attack; Russia says it targeted Ukraine military
Kremlin says Odessa strikes hit military infrastructure A spokesperson for the Kremlin on Monday insisted that the strikes in Odessa at the weekend targeted military infrastructure. Repeating an earlier statement from the defense ministry, Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the strikes wouldn’t influence the gain exports from the region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the […]
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Russia-Ukraine expected to sign grain export deal; U.S. says Moscow deliberately weaponized food
Turkey says Russia and Ukraine are close to signing grain export deal A farm implement harvests grain in the field, as Russian-Ukrainian war continues in Odesa, Ukraine on July 04, 2022. Metin Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images A U.N.-backed deal to resume exports of Ukrainian grain could be signed on Friday, easing a […]
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