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Explainer-A SWIFT primer as West moves to freeze Russia out of international payments

The European Union, along with the United States and other Western partners, has announced further sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, including cutting off a number of Russian banks from the SWIFT interbank payments system.

Reuters

US and EU ban Russian banks from Swift system in latest sanction

High-security banking system connects thousands of financial institutions around the world

The Independent UK

Western allies agree to expel some Russian banks from SWIFT payments system

The Western nations also agreed to impose restrictions on Russia’s Central Bank.

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Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Kyiv to hold talks with Moscow

Ukraine news from February 27: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert as Kyiv agrees to talks.

Al Jazeera

Russian airlines 'banned from EU airspace' as Europe unites over Ukraine invasion

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Daily Mirror

Italy sought Russian deals shortly before Putin invaded Ukraine

Senior Italian and Russian officials met to discuss potential business investments worth hundreds of millions of euros just over a week before Moscow invaded Ukraine, people familiar with the matter said.

Tribune News Service

Names of firms given huge Covid loans will be secret

Campaigners says transparency would aid fight against fraud, which is estimated to have amounted to £4.9bn

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EU says to facilitate delivery of military aid to Ukraine

The European Union will facilitate the delivery of military aid to Ukraine, EU Council President Charles Michel said on Twitter late on Saturday.

Reuters

EU foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine aid, measures against Moscow on Sunday

European Union foreign ministers will come together for a virtual meeting on Sunday to adopt further measures in support of Ukraine and against "aggression by Russia", EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said late on Saturday.

Reuters

Ukraine claims victory in Kharkiv as Kyiv's Mayor says no Russians are in the city: As it happened

Ukraine claims a victory in Kharkiv after heavy clashes, while in Kyiv the city's Mayor says there are no Russian troops as a curfew continues.

ABC News

European nations throw open borders to Ukrainian refugees

Anti-refugee governments in Poland and Hungary take decidedly different tone after Russian invasion.

Al Jazeera

Russia suspends cooperation with Europe on space launches from French Guiana

Russia's space agency Roskosmos is suspending cooperation with Europe on space launches from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana in response to Western sanctions over Ukraine, Roskosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday.

Reuters

Putin and the West: From Curiosity to Cataclysm

Russian President Vladimir Putin's two decades of relations with the West, initially marked by fascination over what the ex-KGB agent stood for and then bursts of cooperation, have now reached a point of no return with his invasion of neighboring Ukraine. The attack has created an indelible rupture between Russia…

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EU nearing decision on cutting Russia off from Swift: French official

Discussions among European Union members about excluding Russia from the Swift international payment system are close to reaching a successful conclusion, a French presidential official said on Saturday.

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Germany softens stance on curbing Russian access to SWIFT

Germany changed its position on Saturday about imposing restrictions on Russia's access to the SWIFT global interbank payment system, joining other Western powers in support of harsher sanctions aimed at halting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Football, Eurovision and business rush to ditch links to Moscow over Ukraine invasion

Cancellation of events and exodus of ex-EU officials from Russian firms could wreck the country’s ‘soft power’ credentials

Evening Standard

Russian cargo ship seized by French officials in English Channel

French authorities intecepted the vessel on Saturday morning

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Ukraine — and how the world got here

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Reuters

Factbox: EU sanctions target Russia's economy, elites and Putin himself

The European Union has imposed two packages of sanctions on Russia for launching an "unprecedented and unprovoked military attack against Ukraine".

Reuters

In policy shift, Berlin to approve export of RPGs to Kyiv by third country

Germany is in the process of approving the delivery of 400 RPGs to Ukraine by a third country, an EU diplomat told Reuters, a major shift in policy after Berlin faced criticism for refusing to send weapons to Kyiv, unlike other Western allies.

The Guardian - UK

Swift: EU leaders line up to back banning Russia from banking network

France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Spain and Hungary express support for financial measure pursued by UK

Al Jazeera

Russia bans flights from Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic

Moscow is closing its airspace following a decision by a number of European countries to ban Russian flights.

The Independent UK

Hungary’s Viktor Orban turns on Putin after Ukraine invasion

Prime minister pledges unity with EU on Russia sanctions

Reuters

Send military help to Ukraine, sanction Russia harshly, east EU leaders tell Scholz

Leaders from Poland and Lithuania urged the European Union on Saturday to go further in their support for Ukraine in the face of a Russian invasion, as they headed into a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Reuters

Hungary won't block any sanctions against Russia, PM Orban says

Hungary will support all European Union sanctions against Russia and will not block anything, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday, speaking on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border.

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