Russia Bans Oil Sales to Nations and Companies That Comply With Price Cap
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree banning oil sales to countries and companies that comply with a price cap agreed upon by Western countries in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow gave its long-awaited response to the price cap on Tuesday. It bans the supply of crude oil and petroleum products starting Feb. […]
Zelenskiy Will Appeal Directly to Biden and Congress in Their Visit to US
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit Washington on Wednesday for talks with U.S. President Joe Biden and address Congress on his first known foreign trip since Russia invaded his country in late February. A senior U.S. official said Biden will announce a new nearly $2 billion weapons package for Ukraine that will include […]
Putin Allies Criticizing Russia’s War Machine
Two voices have been especially vocal: Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the mercenary group Wagner. That’s why they’re important. An Unlikely Alliance The two men do not formally run any of Russia’s military or security agencies, and yet they have somehow been allowed to criticize army commanders in unison and […]
Russia’s Lavrov vows ‘full protection’ for any annexed territory
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says regions of Ukraine where widely-criticised. The referendums are being held will be under Moscow’s “full protection”, If they are annexed. Raising the prospect of the use of nuclear weapons if Kyiv tries to retake those territories. Lavrov’s comments at a news conference in the US city of New York […]