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Aluminium prices soar after UK and US ban on Russian metals trade

The UK and the US want to "prevent the Kremlin funnelling more cash into its war machine". At one stage, the price of aluminium leapt more than 9%.

Ukraine

Germany announces new Patriots for Ukraine amid power plant attacks

Berlin will send much-needed air defence systems to Kyiv as Moscow escalates attacks on Ukraine's power plants.

Earth News

European Parliament approves energy market overhaul

MEPs have approved a sweeping reform of EU gas and electricity market regulations, with the aim of accelerating the clean energy transition, and including provisions that could further restrict Russia's ability to continue selling natural gas to Europe.

Europe News

Russian businessmen win court case over EU sanctions

Judgment comes amid calls to use oligarchs' seized assets to fund Ukraine's war effort.

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Europe News

Abramovich re-appeals EU sanctions

The Russian oligarch and ex-Chelsea FC owner saw funds frozen for his apparent ties to Putin.

Economy

Ukrainian Strikes on Russian oil refineries: What's the impact?

Drone strikes on Russian oil refineries and their economic impact have become one of the more successful Ukrainian campaigns.

Europe News

Brussels poised to send billions from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

Windfall revenues from hundreds of billions in central bank assets held at Euroclear Belgium set to help arm and reconstruct the war-torn nation.

Europe News

Court quashes sanctions on F1 driver Nikita Mazepin

An economic freeze on the driver in response to the Ukraine invasion wasn’t justified merely because he was the son of Russian oligarch Dmitry Mazepin, judges said.

Ukraine

EU agrees to sanction 30 Russians over Navalny's death

Sanctions will include travel bans and asset freezes on prison officials responsible for Navalny's treatment.

Europe News

How EU sanctions won't stop Putin getting six more years in power

President Vladimir Putin is all but guaranteed to win six more years of power in Russia’s upcoming elections. Opponents - many of them behind bars, exiled abroad, or dead - say EU officials must intensify their efforts to hit Moscow where it hurts.

Business

How are Russian businesses doing two years into the Ukraine conflict?

On the two year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, Euronews Business looks at how Russian businesses have done in the face of various international sanctions.

My Europe Series

State of the Union: von der Leyen's bid for re-election

Ursula von der Leyen's bid for re-election, sanctions against Russia and the Rafah crisis are the topics in our weekly round-up of European politics.

United Kingdom

UK sanctions officials at Russian penal colony where Navalny died

Along with international outrage at dissident's untimely death, some sympathetic Russians have defied efforts to crack down on public mourning.

Europe News

EU goes after Chinese companies in new sanctions on Russia

The European Union agreed on Wednesday to slap Russia with a new round of sanctions, which for the first time target companies in mainland China suspected of helping the Kremlin get hold of forbidden items.

Earth News

UK farmers hit by £1.45bn bill since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The price farmers are paying to grow their crops and feed their animals has been one of the many reasons for recent protests.

Europe News

EU adds Russia's biggest diamonds company and CEO to sanctions list

The European Union on Wednesday added Russian company PJSC Alrosa, the world's biggest diamond producer, and its CEO Pavel Alekseevich Marinychev to its sanctions list.

Business

Russia claims majority of oil exports redirected to Asia

The announcement comes amid unprecedented Western sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.

Europe News

Yanukovych sanctions unaffected by court judgment, EU says

Restrictions remain in place on the former Ukrainian president who’s accused of supporting Putin, despite a legal ruling yesterday in his favour

Europe News

Ex-Ukrainian President Yanukovych removed from sanctions list

The news comes as EU courts upheld measures taken against Roman Abramovich as retaliation for Russia’s war

Business

Decathlon under fire for supplying to Russian stores despite sanctions

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine triggered an avalanche of sanctions on Moscow by Western nations, but some European companies seemingly still do business there.

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