Russia Financial News
23.05 / 21:17
exhibition
European Union
European Commission
Brussels says Hungary's rule of law situation has deteriorated, as Budapest digs heels in
The European Commission says Hungary's performance related to the rule of law deteriorated last year, especially on LGBT rights and with the phone tapping of opposition journalists and businessmen.
23.05 / 21:17
exhibition
War crimes
Killing
Prison
Russian soldier sentenced to life in prison for killing unarmed Ukrainian civilian
A court in Kyiv has sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian in the early days of the Ukraine invasion. The verdict marks the first conviction of a soldier for war crimes since the conflict began at the end of February.
23.05 / 20:45
23.05 / 17:45
markets
Altcoin
Monero
Monero enters 'overbought' danger zone after XMR price gains 75% in two weeks
Monero (XMR) price may witness a sharp pullback by June because its 75% rally in the last two weeks has left the gauge almost "overbought."
23.05 / 16:23
Adoption
Charity
Ukraine war
crypto donations
peace
Watch & 'Invest in Peace': Ukrainian Deputy PM Raps to Encourage More Crypto Donations
Ukrainian blockchain business Everstake expressed their hope that the government-led Aid for Ukraine organization could benefit from more support from across the world -- and this led them to release a rap video featuring animated pigeons and Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation.
23.05 / 13:35
Jim O’Neill: Recession is coming, but we can still stop the worst of it
Jim O’Neill, a former chair of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a former UK treasury minister, is a member of the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development
23.05 / 11:45
US would intervene with military to defend Taiwan, says President Biden
President Joe Biden said Monday that the US would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, adding that the burden to protect Taiwan is "even stronger' following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
23.05 / 08:29
Climate change
Time
Ukraine live: Global refugee population tops 100m for the first time, according to UNHRC
The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has passed the 100 million milestone for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts, says the UNHRC.
22.05 / 15:39
Airlines
Food
Russia intensifies its Donbas offensive as Poland's Duda visits Kyiv
Russia pressed its offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region on Sunday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the outcome of the gruelling conflict would determine whether his country's fate lies with the West or under Moscow's domination.
22.05 / 12:01
'Mariupolis 2', by director killed in Ukraine, premieres at Cannes
Depicting life within Ukraine's besieged southern port city, Mariupolis 2 has shaken the Cannes Film Festival.
21.05 / 20:11
Prime Minister
London
Conservatives
Labour topples conservatives in Australia as Anthony Albanese elected 31st PM
Australia’s centre-left opposition party toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese in his Saturday election victory speech promised sharper reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while he faces an early foreign policy test.
21.05 / 19:41
Climate
London
Scores injured, at least 13 critical after storm sweeps across parts of Germany
A storm that swept across parts of Germany generated three tornadoes, with one of them leaving a trail of destruction and more than 40 people injured in the western city of Paderborn.
21.05 / 18:11
London
symptoms
North Korea claims progress despite thousands more with fever symptoms
North Korea said it found nearly 220,000 more people with fever symptoms, despite leader Kim Jong Un claiming progress in slowing a largely undiagnosed spread of COVID-19 across his unvaccinated populace.
21.05 / 13:35
European Union
NATO
Russia cuts gas supplies to Finland for 'refusing to pay in roubles'
Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Saturday it had suspended all gas deliveries to Finland after Helsinki refused to pay in roubles.
20.05 / 23:49
Children
Brexit: UK 'miscalculating' over unilateral action to override treaty, says Ireland's Coveney
Irish Foreign minister Simon Coveney has warned the UK against breaching international law over its plans to override the Northern Ireland Protocol.
20.05 / 23:09
Military
Ukraine war: Concern for medic who filmed Mariupol horror, captured by Russians
A Ukrainian medic who recorded remarkable footage of injured soldiers and civilians in Mariupol has reportedly been captured by Russian forces.
20.05 / 22:11
Military
Ukraine war
Ukraine war: Azov Battalion evacuates dead amid surrender at Mariupol steel plant
The Ukrainian Azov regiment, still entrenched in unknown numbers in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, said on Friday it was evacuating its dead after Kyiv ordered hundreds of its men to surrender to "save lives".
20.05 / 20:55
Blockchain
Digital
Forbes
Bitcoin
U.S. Congress finally introduces crypto bills; here’s what you should know
The United States Congress has elaborated on its plan to regulate cryptocurrencies and other digital assets after careful assessments. The legal ambiguity of digital assets has been a major concern in several major economies. The recent Terra crash has only increased the need for regulation in which $15 billion was lost from the crypto market.
20.05 / 19:45
Strategy
Russian Inflation Makes U.S. Price Rises Look Tame
Sanctions are hitting Russian families at the grocery store as food prices rise amid surging inflation, which is already running at double the rate of the West.
20.05 / 18:53
UPS
Lowe's
Twitter
CEO
The CEO of the world's second-largest alternatives firm is optimistic about a light recession
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20.05 / 17:33
European Union
NATO
Military
'A taste of security': NATO-themed beer flies off the shelves in Finland
The telephone is ringing non-stop at Olaf craft brewery in Savonlinna, eastern Finland.
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