As part of the war of information and counter-information being fought alongside the military war on the ground between Russia and Ukraine, the Kremlin has also imposed an internet ban in recent days....
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Western Union stops service in Russia and Belarus
In addition to the sanctions imposed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, the currency transfer giant Western Union (Money Transfer) has also suspended its services. The consequences of a war...
Western Union Suspends Operations in Russia, Belarus Over Ukraine War – Coinotizia
Remittance giant Western Union has joined other financial services companies supporting sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision will affect customers in the Russian Federat...
Western Union Suspends Operations in Russia, Belarus Over Ukraine War – Bitcoin News
Remittance giant Western Union has joined other financial services companies supporting sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision will affect customers in the Russian Federat...
BlackRock funds just lost $17 billion due to Russian exposure. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, as Western banks are owed $121 billion by Russian entities
BlackRock funds have taken a $17 billion loss as a result of its Russian exposure since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine began in late February—and it’s not the only Western bank or asset manager set to ta...
Western Oil Companies, Facing New Demands, Find It Easier To Exit Russia
Loren Steffy, UH Energy Scholar NOVOKUIBYSHEVSK, RUSSIA – MARCH 15: A general view of the Novokuibyshev Refinery owned by Rosneft … [+] oil company on March 15, 2012 in Novokuibyshevsk, Sa...
Crypto offers Russia no way out from Western sanctions
With the concerns of Janet Yellen and Hillary Clinton notwithstanding, there isn’t enough cryptocurrency in the world to bail out Russia from the economic hole which it now finds itself to be settling...
Ryanair CEO says greater Western oil production ‘hits Russia hardest’
Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary delivers remarks during a press conference in Lux Lisboa Park Hotel. Horacio Villalobos | Corbis News | Getty Images The chief executive of budget airline Ryana...
Ruble-Crypto Trading Soars amid Western Sanctions on Russia
On Monday, trading volumes between the Russian ruble and the Tether cryptocurrency surged as Western powers slapped sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine-Russia war, Reuters reported on Feb. 28. Intere...
Russia May ‘Nationalize’ Foreign Assets in Response to Western Sanctions, Medvedev Says – Bitcoin News
Authorities in Russia may begin to seize funds of foreign nationals and companies that are in the country, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has indicated. His warning comes as the West continu...
U.S. And Allies To Remove Some Russian Banks From SWIFT, Sanction Central Bank
Topline The Biden administration and Western allies committed Saturday to a series of tough new sanctions on Russia to choke its financial system, including cutting off “selected” Russian banks from t...
U.K. Airlines Banned From Russian Airspace As Moscow Hits Back At Western Sanctions
Topline British flights will be banned from flying over Russia’s airspace or landing at its airports, the Russian civil aviation authority announced Friday, a retaliatory step to Western sanctions tha...
EU Approves ‘Massive’ Sanctions On Russian Banks And Imports Following Ukraine Invasion
Topline The European Union agreed early Friday morning to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia’s banks and energy industry, the latest Western sanctions levied on Russia following its invasion of Ukrai...
Russia Could Use Bitcoin To Mitigate Western Sanctions Following Ukraine Invasion: Report ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     With cryptocurrencies increasingly being seen as an alternative hedge to fiat-induced economic woes, one does not need to look further as to how Russ...
These Conservatives Are Defending Russia In Ukraine Crisis—And Trump Leads The Way
Topline As President Joe Biden and Western leaders seek to defuse a potentially catastrophic war in Eastern Europe, a handful of primarily right-wing American political figures are slamming the Wester...
Western Union Partners with Travel Wallet for Expansion in South Korea
One of the world’s leading cross-border payment companies, Western Union (WU) has recently announced its expansion in South Korea through a collaboration with Travel Wallet, a financial technology fir...
Western drought fueled by climate change is the worst in 1,200 years
A dried cracked lake bed at Lake Oroville during a drought in Oroville, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The megadrought gripping the American W...
ESG And The Dangerous Structural Increase In The Price Of Oil
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 09: (L-R) Andrew Ross Sorkin, Kenneth I. Chenault and Larry Fink speak … [+] onstage at The New York Times 2017 DealBook Conference at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Nov...
Analysts Cut Western Digital Price Target Post Q2 Results
TipRanks 2 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding 7%; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ It’s fair to say, with hindsight, that 2021 was a year for the bulls – but so far, 2022 is starting out with the bears. Over the past thr...
Blockchain-Powered Phaeton Reveals Its Renewable Energy Progress in Western Australia
Advertisement     The aim of Phaeton Energy is to assist Western Power in stabilizing their electrical grid by installing renewable energy and battery systems across r...
FAA briefly grounded planes in Western U.S. as precaution
A United Airlines Holdings Inc. Boeing 777-200 aircraft on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. David Paul Morris | B...
Western Digital Stock Rising As Sales, Profits Surge
When a company reports a 283% surge in earnings on a 29% hike in sales in its latest quarter, it gets investors attention. Computer storage systems maker Western Digital (WDC) did just that last quart...
Micron and Western Digital Are Top Picks for 2022. Here’s Why.
Text size semiconductor manufacturing Dmitry Kalinovsky/Dreamstime The semiconductor sector will be a big gainer in 2022 as demand grows and supply-chain constraints ease, said analysts at Mizuho Secu...