Vladimir Putin
U.S. sanctions Putin’s adult children, bans all new investment in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on agriculture via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on April 5, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday announced it would impose a new slate of sanctions on Russia that includes first-time sanctions on the […]
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U.S., allies set to impose more sanctions on Russia following outrage over possible war crimes
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow, Russia February 18, 2022. Sergey Guneev | Kremlin | Sputnik | via Reuters WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday is set to announce additional sanctions targeting Russian financial institutions, as well as Kremlin officials and their family members, three […]
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Russia debt default prospect resurfaces as U.S. blocks bond payment
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with members of the Security Council at a residence outside Moscow, Russia April 1, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev | Sputnik | Reuters The prospect of a Russian debt default has once again been brought to the fore with the U.S. Treasury blocking dollar-denominated debt payments from Moscow via U.S. […]
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Ukraine warns of more atrocities in towns near Kyiv; Zelenskyy to address UN. Follow our live updates
Red Cross workers released after being held during attempt to evacuate people from Mariupol Residential buildings that were damaged during the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 3, 2022. Pavel Klimov | Reuters A team of humanitarian workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross has been released […]
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Biden calls to put Putin on trial for war crimes over Russia’s actions in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin in Moscow, Russia March 2, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev | Sputnik | Reuters President Joe Biden said Monday that evidence needs to be gathered to put Russian leader Vladimir Putin on trial for war crimes related […]
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Hungary’s nationalist leader Orban criticizes Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in election victory speech
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech on stage next to members of the Fidesz party at their election base, ‘Balna’ building on the bank of the Danube River of Budapest, on April 3, 2022. – Nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban claimed a “great victory” in general election, as partial results gave his […]
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France’s retirement age looks set to rise. And the war in Ukraine could have helped
A man holds a banner that reads, ‘Pensioners, badly treated’ as pensioners and activists take part in a demonstration. Emmanuel Dunand | Afp | Getty Images France looks set to push back its retirement age — after several failed attempts — as war in Ukraine and Emmanuel Macron’s active diplomacy have boosted the chances of […]
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Op-ed: A new world order is emerging — and the world is not ready for it
DUBAI – “Are we ready for the new world order?” The provocative title of the panel that lead off the ambitiously named World Government Summit here last week was framed to suggest that a new global order is emerging — and the world is not ready for it. There has been a proliferation of writing […]
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Right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban takes early lead in Hungary election
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks to media after casting his ballots during the general parliamentary elections on April 3, 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. Janos Kummer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban looks set to remain in power in Hungary with early projections showing his Fidesz party leading by […]
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Millions of Brits plunged into fuel poverty on Friday as household energy bills surge
A protester holds a ‘Save Us From The Energy Crisis’ placard during a rally in London. British households face soaring energy bills from April 1 as the country’s energy price cap rises by 54%. Vuk Valcic | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The number of English households in fuel poverty will double to […]
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