Topline The White House on Thursday announced a fresh round of sanctions targeting Russian government officials and elites, including billionaire Alexey Mordashov, chairman of Severstal, Russia’...
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These charts show Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed global oil
European Union leaders reached an agreement this week to ban the majority of Russian crude oil and petroleum product imports, but nations were already shunning the country’s oil, altering global...
To Replenish Its Army In Ukraine, Russia Plans To Strip Its Training Units. It Can Only Do This Once.
Russian troops in January 2022. Russian defense ministry photo Before Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to widen their war on Ukraine starting the night of Feb. 23, the Russian army ...
China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Mess + Ukraine Crisis = Global Recession
Delivery workers wearing protective gear check their phones during a lockdown in the Jing’an district of Shanghai on May 25, 2022. HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images The global economy arguably...
McDonald’s to sell Russia business after pausing operations due to Ukraine war
McDonald’s said Monday that it will sell its business in Russia, a little more than two months after it paused operations in the country due to its invasion of Ukraine. “The humanitarian c...
As Putin’s War Rages On, Domestic Trials Begin
As Putin’s war rages on, Ukraine proceeds with first trials of Russian soldiers involved in atrocities. On February 24, 2022, Putin attacked Ukraine unleashing war in the European continent, without a...
Putin ‘Calm And Cool’ After Learning Finland Will Apply To Join NATO, Finnish President Says
Topline Finland will apply for NATO membership, the country’s leaders confirmed Sunday, ending decades of neutrality in a move Russia has condemned as “wrong”—but Russian President Vladimir Putin seem...
Putin Warns Finland Over Joining NATO As Russia Cuts Off Electricity
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Finland on Saturday that abandoning military neutrality to join NATO would be “wrong,” as Russia halted electricity deliveries to Finland in apparent re...
Here Are All The Sanctions Targeting Putin After U.K. Sanctions His Ex-Wife, Rumored Girlfriend
Topline The United Kingdom sanctioned the long-time suspected girlfriend and the ex-wife of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.K. announced Friday, the latest effort by the West designed to hit P...
Republicans Are Warming To Biden’s Handling Of Ukraine Crisis, Poll Finds
Topline Though public opinion on the Biden Administration’s response to the war in Ukraine remains divided along party lines, Republican disapproval has fallen by 12 percentage points in the past two ...
Biden calls Congress to pass major Ukraine aid package before new Covid funding
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a Rose Garden event at the White House in Washington, May 9, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden urged Congress on Monday to quickly app...
Putin Compares Invasion Of Ukraine With Fight Against Nazi Germany In Victory Day Speech
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin in his Victory Day speech on Monday attempted to draw parallels between the Russian ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the Soviet Union’s fight against Nazi Germa...
Here Are All The Sanctions Targeting Putin After EU Reportedly Plans Sanctions Against His Rumored Girlfriend
Topline The European Union will include the long-time suspected girlfriend of Russian President Vladimir Putin in its next round of sanctions, according to several outlets, the latest effort by the We...
Putin Apologized For Russian Foreign Minister’s Hitler Remarks, Israel Says
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday apologized to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s claims earlier this week that Nazi leader Adolf H...
Russian Aggression Highlights Need To Bolster P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Force
Ten weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, most of the war coverage remains about what is happening on the ground in the beleaguered country. However, the willingness of Russian leader Vladimir Puti...
Fiji Judge Rules That U.S. Can Seize Superyacht Linked To Russian Oligarch Kerimov, But Not Before Friday
Topline A judge in Fiji provisionally ruled in favor of U.S. officials seeking to seize a superyacht docked in the country that they suspect is owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire and politician S...
Russian Victory Day Parade Cut By 35%, Emphasizing Ukraine’s Battlefield Prowess
TOS-1A Solntsepyok (Blazing Sun) multiple thermobaric rocket launchers are one of the many systems … [+] that won’t be present for Russia’s sadly diminished 2022 Victory Day Parade H...
Ex-NYPD Officer Found Guilty Of Assaulting Cop During Jan. 6 Riot
Topline A retired member of the New York Police Department was convicted Monday of attacking a D.C. police officer with a flagpole during the January 6 riot, closing out the first jury trial for assau...
U.S. Is In Danger Of Mission Creep In Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meet with … [+] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (not pictured) in Kyiv on April 24. ASSOCIATED PRESS...
With Victory Day Looming, The West Has 10 Days To Target Putin
Red Square during the 70th anniversary of Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War, May 9, 2015. … [+] getty Russian military parades are a big deal. Ever since the Red Army Parade of Novemb...
What’s next for Pepsi’s after exiting Russia amid Ukraine war
Following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, multinational companies have withdrawn from Russia in staggering numbers. As of April 22, more than 700 U.S. companies have scaled back, suspended or ex...
Why yachts and assets of Russian billionaire oligarchs are targets of U.S.
From chasing down yachts to seizing Italian villas, the global effort to punish Russian oligarchs for their financial ties to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been unprecedented. For its...
Majority Of Americans Believe Biden Has Not Been ‘Tough Enough’ Against Russia, Poll Finds
Topline A majority of Americans believe that President Joe Biden’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not been “tough enough,” according to a poll, even as the White House has attempted to t...
Putin Claims Russia Has ‘Liberated’ Mariupol, Orders Siege Of Steel Plant Where Ukrainian Fighters Remain
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed his country’s forces had successfully captured the key port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine which has been under a bloody siege for nearly two mon...
Kerry Praises Europe As ‘The Lead On The Planet’ For The Energy Transition
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – NOVEMBER 04: Secretary John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy on Climate, … [+] launches the First Movers Coalition, the green initiative announced at COP26 by Pre...
Graham Nash On Photography, Storytelling And The State Of The World
Graham Nash performs just outside Chicago at Blizzard Theatre on the campus of Elgin Community … [+] College. Wednesday, March 30, 2022 in Elgin, IL Photo by Barry Brecheisen Graham Nash receive...
Putin Honors Army Unit Accused Of Bucha Killings
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday awarded the 64th Motor Rifle Brigade — the Russian army unit Ukraine has accused of war crimes for the killings of hundreds of citizens in Bucha — th...
White House focused on imposing Russia sanctions, Biden security advisor Sullivan says
Jake Sullivan, White House national security adviser, speaks during an interview at an Economic Club of Washington event in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | ...
Palestinians Could Run Out Of Wheat Reserves In Three Weeks In Ripple Effect Of Ukraine War
A Palestinian volunteer cook distributes food prepared with ingredients obtained from donors, to help needy families in an impoverished neighborhood in Gaza City in January 2021. AFP via Getty Images ...