Tag Archives: Russia

The Russian energy giant Gazprom says it has cut off all gas deliveries to both Bulgaria and Poland after both countries refused to start paying for the supplies in roubles. Earlier, both Polish and Bulgarian energy providers said they had received official notices from the Russian gas supplier that deliveries …

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday said the Football Union of Russia (FUR) had withdrawn its appeal against football’s world governing body Fifa as well as the Polish, Swedish and Czech Republic Football Associations. Fifa and European governing body Uefa decided together that all Russian teams, whether …

Spotify has suspended its streaming service in Russia due to a new law passed that makes it illegal to discredit the Russian military’s actions against its neighbouring country Ukraine. Alongside major services, companies and organisations pulling their resources from Russia, Spotify is going the extra mile to make a stern …

Vladimir Potanin, Russia’s richest man, lost $3 billion in one day on Thursday. He is now worth $26.1 billion. Russia’s 22 richest individuals saw their net worths plunge by a collective $39 billion in less than 24 hours after their country invaded Ukraine, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The wealth wipeout …

As Russia continues to invade Ukraine, big corporations have been taking a stand to showcase their disapproval of their actions, and the latest to do so is Apple. According to CNN, on Tuesday, the company announced that they have paused selling their products in Russia as they expressed their concerns about …

Ukraine has introduced a temporary visa-free policy for foreigners wishing to join their forces fighting Russian military intervention. The policy, made official today, doesn’t apply to Russian nationals, who are referred to as “citizens of the aggressor state” in a directive signed by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Earlier in the …

Russian shelling has hit the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Ukrainian officials reported Tuesday. Oleh Sinehubov, the head of the Kharkiv regional administration, said the administration building in the center of Kharkiv came under Russian shelling Tuesday along with residential buildings. Sinehubov didn’t give any specific numbers of casualties …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has assured Ghanaians in Ukraine to find places of shelter as it plans on evacuating them. In a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it said the country is engaging other authorities to devise a plan to get Ghanaians out of Ukraine. In the …

Ghanaian students in Ukraine are appealing to the government of Ghana through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to evacuate them from the war-hit nations since they are afraid for their lives. Ghanaians living or schooling in Ukraine are shocked at the seeming silence of the Ghanaian government on their conditions …

Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine were facing a major military assault by Russian forces overnight, in what Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba described as “a full-scale invasion.” The big picture: Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine, Kuleba tweeted: “Peaceful Ukrainian cities are under strikes. This is a war …