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Thousands of staff from UK-headquartered companies are heading for the exit in Russia. From law firms and consultancies to banks and retail brands, a drip has turned to a flood as the international community piles pressure on Vladimir Putin to stop an escalating conflict.

A senior American official at the Pentagon in Washington says that nearly all of Russia's military offensives in Ukraine remain stalled, after making little progress over the weekend.

An anti-war protester interrupted a Russian news broadcast on Monday to denounce the war in Ukraine in a stunning move against the government's efforts to suppress any criticism of the invasion.

Deutsche Bank has said it will wind down its Russia operations — a major U-turn that sent shares higher Monday.

Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.

Andrey Sidorkine wants to enlist in Ukraine to help fend off the Russian invasion, but every time he tries to sign up, he gets rejected.

Russian and Ukrainian officials will meet via videoconference on Monday morning in the latest round of talks between the two sides.

The US says Russia has asked China for military help for the war in Ukraine. The claim comes ahead of a key meeting in Rome between senior American and Chinese security officials on Monday.

Bitcoin will encounter its next resistance in the $50,000 to $51,000 area, an analyst said.

Thousands of refugees arrive in Poland daily, travelling around without masks as they flee the war in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion began, refugees have been allowed to enter Poland without coronavirus vaccine certificates or proof of negative COVID-19 tests.

A passenger was killed after a bus transporting some 50 refugees from Ukraine overturned on a major highway in the north of Italy on Sunday morning.

Dozens of protesters flocked to Times Square on Saturday, condemning Russia's assault on Ukraine.

Russian forces fired eight rockets at the Yavoriv military range 30 kilometres northwest of Lviv in western Ukraine, expanding its offensive closer to the border with Poland.

Federal Reserve and then Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Bitcoin remained stubbornly in a range. Only the briefest dip below $33,000; never above $46,000. As the sideways trading dragged on, Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine — and the sweeping financial sanctions heaped upon Russia in retaliation — added fuel to a long-running debate about crypto: Is it the ultimate haven from increasing governmental overreach? Just another risk-on asset class? Or a convenient tool for sanctions evasion crying out for stricter policing? For technical analysts, the discussion is of a more prosaic nature; namely, identifying the numerical levels and trading patterns that might signify a sustained trend break — something that could nudge Bitcoin out of its range and usher in either a strong recovery or another bear market.

Over the past two months, as global asset markets were whipsawed by an increasingly hawkish Federal Reserve and then Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Bitcoin remained stubbornly in a range.

Thousands of people demonstrated in Tirana on Saturday against rising fuel prices, which have gone up more than 40% domestically in one week.

Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant and terrorist groups -- the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history.

Legal firms have retreated, sat on the fence and finally are starting to leave Russia en masse.

Bitcoin has largely remained unaffected by US Federal Reserve's hawkish stand and Ukraine crisis

The United States and the European Union have announced new actions targeting Russia’s economy and wealthy individuals as a report suggests Vladimir Putin’s allies have attempted to circumvent sanctions using cryptocurrency in foreign countries.

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