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30.07 / 11:41

VISA Energy 'The Russians have started coming': Finland considers tourist visa ban

The Finnish government is coming under increasing public and political pressure to close the EU's eastern border with Russia, and put a stop to an apparent sanctions loophole.

30.07 / 11:13

CLIMATE CRISIS Energy War crimes Zelenskyy condemns 'deliberate Russian war crime' after POW bombing

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Friday's shelling of a prisoner of war camp that left more than 50 people dead a "deliberate Russian war crime."

30.07 / 11:13

CLIMATE CRISIS Energy Deal 'Hungary will have enough': Orban to strike gas deal with Russia

Hungary's prime minister said Friday he will sign a new deal with Russia in the coming months, which will supply the country with nearly one billion cubic metres of gas.

29.07 / 12:41

Energy European economy Ukrainian shelling killed own prisoners of war, say Donetsk separatists

Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine claim that at least 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war captured during the fighting for Mariupol have been killed by Ukrainian shelling.

27.07 / 23:49

Energy Power Macron calls Russia a 'colonial power' during visit to ex-French colony

The French president vilified Russia as a "colonial imperial power" during a visit to Benin, which France ruled for more than 150 years.

27.07 / 18:39

Energy Fears of winter gas shortages as Nord Stream reduced to 20% capacity

Gas deliveries via Nord Stream fell on Wednesday to 20% of the pipeline's capacity, amplifying worries about winter shortages across Europe, according to the German operator Gascade.

27.07 / 12:49

Airport Heatwave Ukrainian army destroys key bridge in Russian-held Kherson region

Ukrainian troops have struck a strategic bridge essential for Moscow to supply its forces occupying the country's south, as Russia pounded several areas in Ukraine with rocket and artillery strikes.

26.07 / 12:57

Wildfires Russia to make drastic cuts to EU gas supply via Nord Stream pipeline

Russian energy giant Gazprom would further reduce natural gas flows through the Nord Stream pipeline to 20% of capacity, citing equipment repairs. The move ramps up concerns that Russia may cut off gas as political leverage over the war in Ukraine, just as Europe tries to shore up storage for winter.

25.07 / 20:19

European Union Moscow's goal is to remove 'unacceptable' Kyiv regime, says Russia's top diplomat

Russia's top diplomat said Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to remove from power its "unacceptable regime," expressing the Kremlin's war aims in some of the bluntest terms yet as its forces pummel the country with heavy bombardment.

25.07 / 18:11

Ukraine war: What you need to know about the conflict this Monday

Ukraine said on Monday it hoped a UN-brokered deal aimed at easing global food shortages by resuming grain exports from the Black Sea region would start to be implemented this week.

25.07 / 11:59

VISA NOT Bill Browder: Western sanctions on Russia are ‘still not enough’

After being unceremoniously booted out of Russia in 2005 for lifting the lid on widespread corruption and the beating to death of his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, in a Moscow jail in 2009, Bill Browder vowed to make it his life’s mission to pursue justice.

25.07 / 08:57

Pope Francis Russia continues Africa charm offensive as Lavrov arrives in Congo

Russian Foreign Minister is in Congo on Monday as part of Russia's Africa charm offensive that also takes Sergei Lavrov to Egypt, Uganda and Ethiopia.

24.07 / 18:17

European Union Deal Grain deal on knife-edge after 'Russian missiles' hit key Ukrainian port

A breakthrough deal to unblock Ukraine grain shipments is on a knife-edge following missile strikes on a key Ukrainian port Saturday.

23.07 / 13:07

European Union Protest Deal 'Russian missile strikes' in Ukrainian port hours after grain deal, claims Odesa MP

A Ukrainian MP has claimed Russian missiles struck a key Ukrainian port Saturday morning, only hours after Kyiv and Moscow signed a landmark deal to unblock shipments of grain

22.07 / 21:15

Ukraine war: The latest developments you need to know this Friday

Ukraine and Russia signed a breakthrough agreement on Friday, designed to help relieve a global food crisis caused by blocked Black Sea grain exports.

22.07 / 20:13

Deal Russia-Ukraine Grain Deal Won’t Translate Into Big Exports Immediately

LONDON—The deal between Moscow and Kyiv to allow for the export of Ukrainian grain is helping push global prices lower, but it won’t translate into a slug of new exports soon.

21.07 / 19:13

Climate change European Union Hungary's top diplomat visits Moscow to negotiate gas supplies despite EU sanctions

Hungary's government wants to buy close to a billion cubic metres of natural gas from Russia despite European Union sanctions, its top diplomat said ahead of talks with his Moscow counterpart.

21.07 / 13:53

business EU slaps Russia with more sanctions over Ukraine war

The European Union has imposed more sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine after the bloc's member states backed a series of measures that would include gold imports and tighten export controls on some high-technology goods.

21.07 / 11:53

Russia Resumes Nord Stream Natural-Gas Supply to Europe

BERLIN—Russian natural gas began flowing again at a reduced volume through a critical pipeline into Europe on Thursday, according to the operator of the pipeline, buying time for governments to decouple from the Kremlin’s exports amid what they expect will be an increasingly unreliable supply of energy from Moscow heading into the winter.

21.07 / 09:17

Vladimir Putin 'entirely too healthy' says CIA chief

The director of the CIA has dismissed persistent rumours that Russian President Vladimir Putin is gravely ill, perhaps suffering from cancer, by saying Putin is "entirely too healthy."

20.07 / 23:23

Ukraine war: What you need to know on Wednesday

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has made the clearest expression yet of Moscow's growing aims in the Ukraine war.

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