Several big name brands including Tiffany, Pandora and Chopard announce a pause on buying raw materials of Russian origin amid war in Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Major jewellers are ditching Russian diamonds after facing increased scrutiny over how Russia’s state-controlled diamond monopoly could fund Putin’s war on Ukraine. A […]
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Kyiv official says he thinks Istanbul proposals could lead to summit, but Kremlin says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’ Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskiy could meet “soon”, a senior aide to Ukraine’s president has claimed, even as the Kremlin downplayed hopes of […]
Sir Jeremy Fleming speech says Russia’s president miscalculated the scale of resistance Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Vladimir Putin has made a strategic miscalculation in launching the invasion of Ukraine and his advisers are “afraid to tell him the truth” about the extent of his error, the boss of British spy […]
Ukraine’s general staff of the armed forces says movement of Russian units is merely ‘a rotation’; concern Putin might be using peace talks to play for time Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 35 of the Russian invasion Russia vows to ‘radically reduce’ military activity in northern Ukraine Zelenskiy […]
Ukraine says it may accept neutral country status if the West provides binding security guarantees but legal hurdles remain Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Ukraine has offered to accept becoming neutral if it receives adequate security guarantees from western nations, abandoning aspirations to join Nato. But those moves would require amending […]
Roman Hrybov, released in a prisoner swap, made remark over radio as warship approached on first day of invasion A Ukrainian soldier who told an officer on a Russian warship to “go fuck yourself” at the start of the invasion has been released as part of a prisoner exchange and […]
Russia’s pledge to cut back its military activity in the north is greeted with widespread scepticism, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy says signs from talks are ‘positive’ Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Continue reading…
The jurisdictions that help kleptocrats live in luxury on stolen assets must stop shielding corrupt elites Seven years ago, an anonymous source who went by the name “John Doe” provided us with the data that became the Panama Papers – 2.6 terabytes of leaked documents from the Panamanian law firm […]
Analysis: There is a murky history behind the apparent targeting of Roman Abramovich and two Ukrainian negotiators An alleged poisoning targeting, apparently, one of the country’s best known international figures. Such a story could only really involve Russia, the state accused of being behind dozens of poisonings over the past […]
Russian billionaire and Rustem Umerov had symptoms consistent with poisoning earlier in March, says source Analysis: a familiar story, but truth may never be known about latest ‘Russian poisoning’ The latest round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, set to begin in Istanbul on Tuesday, have been overshadowed by claims […]