Economy

UBS faces legal heat over Russian client sanctions evasion

UBS shares experienced a significant dip as the US Department of Justice launched an intensified investigation into alleged compliance failures that aided Russian clients in evading sanctions.

28/09/2023

Economy

New US sanctions to plug loopholes that let Russia get Western tech

The US has announced a raft of new sanctions aimed at people and companies in countries, notably NATO member Turkey, that sell Western technology to Russia that could be used to bolster its war effort.

14/09/2023

Europe News

EU countries should not let Russian cars enter bloc, Brussels says

The European Commission has urged member states to prohibit the entrance of road vehicles that carry a Russian licence plate.

11/09/2023

Ukraine

Zelenskyy urges allies to 'resume' sanctions against the Kremlin

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged world leaders to 'resume' their sanctions offensive against Moscow as Russian strikes killed a policeman in the Ukrainian president's hometown.

09/09/2023

Ukraine

Euroviews. The European Union should ban Russian tourist visas

Vacations and foreign travel are luxuries, and preventing Russian citizens from going abroad would force them to think twice about their government’s actions, Mark Temnycky writes.

01/09/2023

Europe News

EU weaning itself off Russian gas despite LNG imports uptick: Brussels

Fossil fuels imports from Russia have fallen dramatically, the European Commission stressed on Thursday, following reports that the bloc's purchases of Russian liquified natural gas (LNG) are up 40% compared to pre-war levels.

31/08/2023

World News

What are the West's Russia sanctions missing?

Some conspicuous absences exist in the West's sanctions regime against Russia, allowing it to contine raking in a fortune.

24/08/2023

Japan

Fact-check: What's up with the anti-Zelenskyy billboard in Tokyo?

Did Japanese authorities really put up an anti-Zelenskyy billboard demanding the president stop the war in Ukraine?

18/08/2023

Russia

Moscow's mission to the dark side of the Moon

Russia's unmanned lunar lander is aiming to touch down at the Moon's south pole.

08/08/2023

World News

EU strengthens restrictions on Russia's ally Belarus

The EU extends the scope of restrictions on Belarus to prevent Russia from using its neighbour to circumvent international sanctions.

03/08/2023

Hungary

Euroviews. The true strength of the EU lies in its diversity of opinions

We cannot allow select countries to impose their will on others on critical issues of war and peace, such as the imposition of sanctions or the financing of weapons, Balázs Orbán writes.

14/07/2023

Europe News

Western crackdown on sanction circumvention working: EU envoy

Western outreach to get third countries to clamp down on sanction circumvention is working with many of them now making "it more difficult" for Russia to import such goods, according to the EU Sanctions Envoy.

04/07/2023

Russia

Are the economic sanctions against Russia actually working?

"Everything will 'shrink' in civilian areas, because all the resources will flow into the military sector," one economic analyst predicts.

28/06/2023

Europe Decoded

Explained: The EU's last-resort tool to chase after Russia's enablers

The European Union is getting serious about sanctions circumvention.

23/06/2023

Europe News

EU agrees new sanctions against Russia, targeting Chinese companies

The European Union agreed on Wednesday to slap Russia with a new raft of sanctions in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

21/06/2023

Europe News

Ukraine suspends listing of five Greek companies as 'war sponsors'

The Ukrainian authorities have decided to temporarily suspend the listing of five Greek shipping companies as ''international sponsors of war."

21/06/2023

Europe News

EU imports of Russian oil plunge by 90% as a result of sweeping bans

It's official: the European Union is no longer the top client of Russian oil.

19/06/2023

Poland

Poland erects wall on Belarusian border to stop uncontrolled migration

Poland has erected walls and fences along its frontier and imposed sanctions on Russia and Belarus.

09/06/2023

Europe Decoded

Ukraine has a list of 'war sponsors.' But how exactly does it work?

Ukraine's list of "international sponsors of the war" targets foreign companies that are still doing business in Russia despite pressure to pull out.

24/05/2023

Europe News

Hungary blocks new tranche of EU tool to boost military aid to Ukraine

Budapest says it will not approve any EU support for Ukraine that requires unanimity, including sanctions against Russia, until Kyiv removes a Hungarian bank from its list of "international war sponsors".

17/05/2023