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Russia Warns It May Be Forced to Pay Fx Debt in Roubles Due to Sanctions
Date: March 14, 2022
(Reuters) -Russia’s finance ministry said on Monday it had approved a temporary procedure for repaying foreign currency debt, but warned that payments would be made in roubles if sanctions prevent banks from honouring debts in the currency of issue. Western sanctions over events in Ukraine have cut Russia off from key parts of global financial...
UK Imposes Sanctions on Russian Lawmakers Who Supported Ukraine Breakaway Regions
Date: March 11, 2022
By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Britain imposed sanctions on 386 members of Russia’s lower house of parliament on Friday, and said it would seek to ban the export of luxury goods to Russia to increase diplomatic pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine. The announcement – the latest in a series of punitive...
External Factors Force Pause in Iran Nuclear Talks, EU Says
Date: March 11, 2022
By John Irish VIENNA (Reuters) -Iran and world powers will pause talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal due to “external factors”, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Friday, after last-minute Russian demands threatened to torpedo the otherwise largely completed negotiations. “A pause in #ViennaTalks is needed, due to external factors,” Josep Borrell...
Putin Says Russia to Use Middle East Volunteer Fighters Against Ukraine
Date: March 11, 2022
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the green light on Friday for up to 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East to be deployed alongside Russian-backed rebels to fight in Ukraine, doubling down an invasion that the West says has been losing momentum. The move, just over two weeks since Putin...
Putin Says Russia Will Emerge Stronger, Sanctions Will Rebound on West
Date: March 10, 2022
(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that sanctions imposed against Russia would rebound against the West, including in the form of higher food and energy prices, and Moscow would solve its problems and emerge stronger. Putin said there had been no alternative to what Russia calls its special military operation in Ukraine and...
Russia Draft Law Raises Doubt Over Fate of $10 Billion of Jets
Date: March 10, 2022
By Tim Hepher and Jamie Freed (Reuters) – Russia published a draft law on Thursday that could prevent its airlines returning leased aircraft, raising the stakes in a showdown with Western finance over $10 billion of jets. Sanctions imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine give leasing firms until March 28 to free themselves from deals...