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Russia bars entry to 63 Japanese, including PM

Russia's foreign ministry on Wednesday announced sanctions against 63 Japanese officials, journalists and professors for engaging in what it called "unacceptable rhetoric" against Moscow.

Reuters

EU to sanction Credit Bank of Moscow, Russian Agricultural Bank -sources

The European Commission has proposed sanctions against Credit Bank of Moscow and the Russian Agricultural Bank, two EU sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukraine War and Syria: Opportunities, Challenges for External Powers

In Syria, the immediate effects of the war in Ukraine have made an already difficult humanitarian situation even worse.

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Russia to Boycott UN Security Council Meeting with EU Committee

In a rare move, Russia will boycott a UN Security Council meeting Wednesday with the EU's Political and Security Committee (PSC), diplomats said, a further sign of deteriorating relations between Moscow and its United Nations partners. According to a Russian diplomatic source speaking anonymously Tuesday, Moscow's decision is linked to…

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Pope Says Eager To Visit Moscow And Meet Vladimir Putin

Pope Francis of the Vatican City, in an interview with the Italian news outlet, said that North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) "barking" at Russia's door may have led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Benzinga

Commentary: War in Ukraine has derailed Biden’s desire for ‘predictable relationship’ with Russia

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, every U.S. president has entered office seeking to improve Washington’s relationship with Russia — and every single one of them has left that office years later having failed to accomplish the objective.

Chicago Tribune

Morocco, Nigeria Seeking Funding For Gas Pipeline To North Africa, Europe

Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva said Tuesday that his country and Morocco are still securing funds for a huge offshore pipeline project to transport Nigerian gas to North Africa and Europe. Four years ago, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari agreed on the mega-project to…

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EU Plans Phased Oil Ban on Russia, Also Targeting More Banks

The European Union's chief executive on Wednesday proposed a phased oil embargo on Russia over its war in Ukraine, as well as sanctioning Russia's top bank and banning Russian broadcasters from European airwaves, in a bid to deepen Moscow's isolation. The plan, if agreed by EU governments, would mark a…

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European Union unveils plan to ban all Russian oil imports by end of year

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called on the bloc to ban oil imports from Russia by the end of the year in a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its war in Ukraine.

Evening Standard

EU proposes 'complete import ban' on Russian oil and gas over Putin's war on Ukraine

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU could stop importing crude oil in six months and phase out refined products by the end of 2022 in the sixth round of sanctions against Moscow

Daily Mirror

EU to ban three Russian state-owned broadcasters - von der Leyen

The European Union will ban three Russian state-owned broadcasters as part of a sixth sanctions package over Moscow's war in Ukraine, the bloc's chief executive said on Wednesday.

Reuters

EU leader calls for Russian oil ban in new set of sanctions

The European Union’s leader has called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia in a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

EU's toughest Russia sanctions yet snag on worries over oil ban

The European Union's executive on Wednesday proposed the toughest package of sanctions yet against Moscow for its war in Ukraine, but several countries worried about the impact of cutting off Russia oil imports stood in the way of agreement.

Reuters

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

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Pope's Ukraine diplomacy a political and spiritual tightrope

Pope Francis hasn’t made much of a diplomatic mark in Russia’s war in Ukraine: His appeals for a truce have gone unheeded, and his planned meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church was called off

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Russian Forces Press Ukraine Offensive as EU Weighs Oil Sanctions

Russian forces have launched a major assault on the holdout Azovstal steel plant in the devastated port city of Mariupol while pounding sites across eastern Ukraine, as the European Union moves to punish Moscow with oil sanctions. Three months into the war, Moscow has focused its fresh offensive on Ukraine's…

Bangkok Post

Southern Ukraine shows signs Russia has come to stay

BERDYANSK, Ukraine: A Russian military plane was flying in the skies over Berdyansk, a city in southern Ukraine, but no one took much notice.

Reuters

Russia fights for control of Ukraine's Mariupol stronghold

Russian forces battled on Wednesday for control of the last stronghold in Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said, and the European Union proposed tough new sanctions against Moscow including a phased oil embargo.

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Russia could parade captured British fighters through Moscow streets

Analysts say the men caught in Ukraine could be 'forced to go through Red Square' as part of a military parade

Tribune News Service

Russia seeks to annex occupied Ukraine as invasion goals shift

Nearly 10 weeks into the war and with its troops making only marginal gains in Ukraine’s east, Russia is focused on cementing both military and political control over the territory it has taken so far.

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US Says Basketball Star ‘Wrongfully Detained’ in Russia

The United States said Tuesday that Russia has unjustly detained basketball star Brittney Griner, a finding that steps up efforts to free her more than two months after she was seized in Moscow. "The Department of State has determined that the Russian Federation has wrongfully detained US citizen Brittney Griner,"…

The Guardian - UK

Russia accuses Israel of backing ‘neo-Nazis’ in Kyiv as diplomatic row grows

Moscow hits back at Israeli criticism of Sergei Lavrov’s claim that Adolf Hitler ‘had Jewish blood’

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New EU Sanctions to Hit Russian Oil, Target More Banks

The European Union will slap new sanctions on Russia for waging war against Ukraine, targeting Moscow's oil industry, more Russian banks and those responsible for disinformation, the EU's top diplomat said on Tuesday. "We are working on the sixth package of sanctions which aims to de-SWIFT more banks, list disinformation…

Al Jazeera

Civilian evacuees from Azovstal plant reach Ukrainian-held city

Dozens of evacuees from Mariupol arrive in Zaporizhzhia as Russia resumes attacks on the besieged Azovstal steel plant.

Daily Mirror

Russian sgt slams 'f***ed up' tactics as kids beaten with rifles in intercepted call

Ukrainian intelligence sources have intercepted a phone call between Russian Senior Sergeant Oleg Dodzhiev and another serviceman stationed in Moscow - which detailed how comrades bludgeoned children and the elderly to death with rifle butts, and executed entire families

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