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Slovenian PM: No one in Europe will pay Russia for gas in rubles
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša said no European country will pay Russia for gas in rubles, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported. The remarks came after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will demand “unfriendly” countries pay for gas with Russian rubles.
“I have decided to implement a set of measures to transfer payments for our gas supplies to unfriendly countries into Russian rubles," Putin stated.
Speaking ahead of the EU Summit in Brussels, Janša explained, “I don’t …
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NATO calls on China to condemn Russia over invasion of Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the leaders of the alliance urge China to uphold international order and condemn Moscow over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Our message to China is that they should join the rest of the world and clearly condemn the brutal war against Ukraine,” Stoltenberg stated during a press conference following a meeting of the alliance’s leadership.
China is retaining its diplomatic and economic ties with Russia and has thus far failed to provide any …
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US to accept 100,000 refugees from Ukraine
The United State will accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, the New York Times reported. Washington will also donate $1 billion to help European countries manage Ukrainian refugees in their countries.
One month after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, more than 3.6 million Ukrainians have left their country. The latest data from the UN’s refugee agency show nearly 2.2 million have arrived in Poland, more than 560,000 have sought sanctuary in Romania, more than 330,000 have been admitted to …
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US State Department formally accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken released a statement on Wednesday formally accusing Russia of committing war crimes during the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
“We’ve seen numerous credible reports of indiscriminate attacks and attacks deliberately targeting civilians, as well as other atrocities. Russia’s forces have destroyed apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, critical infrastructure, civilian vehicles, shopping centers, and ambulances, leaving thousands of innocent civilians …
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Russian Defense Minister disappears from public eye for 12 days
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu has stopped appearing in public since March 11, that is, he has not been seen for 12 days out of 28 that Russian troops have been in Ukraine, said the journalist from the news outlets Mediazona and Agentstvo, Dmitry Treshchanin.
Shoygu's associates are saying that he is unwell and is having heart problems, Shoygu’s friend told Agentstvo.
The Russian Defense Minister was mentioned in a message on the Kremlin's website on March 18, which says that Vladimir …
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Belarus expels 12 Ukrainian diplomats
Belarus has expelled 12 Ukrainian diplomats, leaving the Ukrainian embassy in Minsk with only the ambassador, Igor Kizim, and four additional employees, Ukrainskaya Pravda reported. The Ukrainian Consulate in Brest is to close its doors.
In a statement, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry explained, "For a number of years, numerous unfriendly actions aimed at the irresponsible destruction of interstate relations with Belarus have been recorded. It has come to the point where the Ukrainian …
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Zelensky advised Biden against placing sanctions on Abramovich
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly advised US President Joe Biden to hold off on placing sanctions on Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, the Wall Street Journal reported. Zelensky feels Abramovich may serve as an intermediary with Moscow to help negotiate peace, according to the newspaper’s sources with knowledge of a recent call between Zelensky and Biden.
The White House declined to comment on reports that Zelensky advised Biden against sanctioning Abramovich. “We are not …
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Poland expels 45 Russian diplomats
Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreyev received a note from the Polish Foreign Ministry declaring that 45 Russian diplomats are to be expelled for engaging in intelligence activities, Russia’s TASS news agency reported.
"I have received a note from the Foreign Ministry about the expulsion of 45 of our employees - embassy, trade mission - for activities that are not in accordance with the Vienna Convention," Andreyev told reporters.
The Russian Ambassador himself was not on the list. “I …
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Lavrov: Peacekeepers in Ukraine would lead to direct clash between Russia and NATO
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded to Poland’s call for the presence of peacekeepers in Ukraine by stating that such a move would lead to a direct clash between Russian and NATO troops, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported.
Speaking to students at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, of which Lavrov is an alumnus, the Russian Foreign Minister explained, "Our Polish colleagues have already stated that now there will be a NATO summit, it is necessary to send peacekeepers [ …
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Russian oligarch’s steel company set to default on its debt Wednesday
Russian steel producer Severstal PAO is set to default on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The company owed a coupon payment for 2024 loan participation notes on March 16th with a five-day grace period, which expires Wednesday. A “test” payment sent last week for its dollar bond has yet to be processed by Citibank. The test payment has been transferred to the bank’s US accounts but has not been paid to the bondholders. A total of $12.6 million is owed.
A person close to the matter …