Sat 26 March 2022: The restrictions are aimed at limiting the country’s ability to use its international reserves and circumvent the effect of sanctions. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its second month, Western powers have taken new action aimed at destabilising Russia’s sanctions-hit economy following its invasion of Ukraine last month. On Thursday, the United States […]
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Kosovo Serbs with anti-government banners protest in Mitrovica. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fri 25 March 2022: Hundreds of ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have protested to pressure the government into allowing them to vote in neighbouring Serbia’s April 3 general election. Demonstrators gathered on Friday in Mitrovica, 45km (28 miles) north of Pristina, with banners reading “We want our […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: A senior White House official said on Friday that India’s UN stance on the Ukraine situation was “unsatisfactory,” but that this was unsurprising given the country’s history with Russia. Mira Rapp-Hooper, director for the Indo-Pacific on the White House National Security Council, told an online forum hosted by Washington’s School of […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: About 300 people may have died from last week’s bombing of the drama theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, city officials said on Friday, calling Russia a terrorist state for its actions. The landmark theater had become a place of refuge from the war, with hundreds of people gathered in the building and […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: The Solomon Islands stated on Friday that its security cooperation with China and other countries is expanding. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said in a statement that the decision was made in accordance with the archipelago nation’s security and international policies, which are guided by the motto “friends to all, enemies to […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday “a total, hybrid war” is being waged by the West against Russia. Speaking at a meeting of the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund in Moscow, Lavrov said: “Today we have been declared a real hybrid war, a total war. “This term (total war) which […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: According to a new report, two Caribbean islands once owned by late sex offender and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein have been placed up for sale. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Epstein’s enormous global property portfolio included two islands in the US Virgin Islands, Great St James and Little St […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: According to three sources familiar with the situation, the US is coming to a close on a proposal to provide the EU with up to 15 billion cubic meters of additional liquefied natural gas by the end of 2022, Financial Times reports. The agreement aims to cut the EU’s reliance on […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: Chechen forces deployed in Ukraine appear to be more of a ‘PR initiative’ than military utility, analysts say. Just two days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine was launched, Ramzan Kadyrov, president of Russia’s Chechen Republic, announced his forces were deployed to the battlefield. Since then, Chechnya’s leader has posted on […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a new non-binding resolution that demanded an “immediate” halt to Russia’s war in Ukraine. At UN headquarters in New York, 140 countries voted in favor, 38 abstained and five voted against the measure, with applause ringing out afterwards. The vote came after the adoption […]
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