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GECF Concludes Summit in Qatar, Calls for Int’l Dialogue on Energy Security

The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) concluded its sixth summit, held under the slogan of 'Natural Gas: Shaping the Energy Future' in Qatar. The 11 gas-producing countries announced they disagree with non-UN economic sanctions against GECF member states. The leaders of the member states or their representatives met in Doha…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine crisis: What sanctions have been imposed on Russia?

Western countries, Australia and Japan announced sanctions on Russian banks, oligarchs and other wealthy individuals.

Al Jazeera

Russia hit by barrage of sanctions as France, US foreign ministers cancel Lavrov meeting

Western nations and Japan have started implementing sanctions against Russia following President Vladimir Putin's deployment of troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine. Diplomatic overtures have been suspended and the Nordstream 2 pipeline halted as sanctions could be expanded further if Moscow launches an all-out invasion.

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Russia's interests 'non-negotiable', Trump hails 'genius' Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the country's interests were non-negotiable, as Moscow massed more than 150,000 troops on the borders with Ukraine and the West punished Russia with new sanctions.

Bangkok Post

‘Shared resentments’ but Russia ties could be ‘awkward’ for China

Russia and China’s leaders have met more than 30 times since 2013, but the Ukraine crisis will test the relationship.

Al Jazeera

'Thugs and bullies': Nations sanction Russia over Ukraine

World leaders are backing up their condemnation of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine with action, announcing financial sanctions, banning trade with Ukrainian separatist regions and halting Russian bond distribution

The Independent UK

Ukraine soldier dies and 6 others injured after heavy shelling by Moscow-backed rebels

The Ukrainian military announced a soldier had died and six others were injured in a heavy shelling attack by pro-Russian separatists as Vladimir Putin called for the world to recognise Donetsk and Luhansk as independent

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Washington Targets Russian Debt in Sanctions Sweep

The US government broadened restrictions on trading of Russian government debt on Tuesday in a bid to punish Moscow for ratcheting up its conflict with Ukraine, a move that analysts said might have a moderate impact near-term but could be a step toward harsher measures. The US Treasury said it…

Asharq Al-Awsat

West unveils sanctions, more if Russia launches full-scale Ukraine invasion

WASHINGTON: Western nations and Japan have punished Russia with new sanctions for ordering troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine and threatened to go further if Moscow launched an all-out invasion of its neighbour.

Bangkok Post

‘Grab him by the roubles’: How the papers covered the threat of war in Ukraine

Prospect of full-blown invasion dominates the front pages, along with doubts as to the effectiveness of first tranche of sanctions on Moscow

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine news – live: Truss insists UK sanctions will ‘inflict pain’ as Putin claims Russia ‘open’ to diplomacy

Moscow is ‘hell-bent’ on invading, says UK foreign secretary

The Independent UK

These satellite images show Russia has Ukraine surrounded

These satellite images show Ukraine surrounded on its north, east and southern borders by Russian troops, equipment and aircraft.

ABC News

Latest Ukraine updates: Ukraine imposes state of emergency

Latest Ukraine news from February 23: Ukraine’s parliament has voted to approve a state of emergency.

Al Jazeera

'Boris Johnson needs to impose stronger sanctions on Russia now to avoid war'

Vladimir Putin's cronies have been permitted to funnel billions through the UK capital, shamingly dubbed Moscow-on-Thames. Boris Johnson needs to impose stronger sanctions

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U.S.' Blinken cancels meeting with Lavrov, says Russian moves are 'rejection of diplomacy'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he had canceled a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov planned for Thursday after Moscow's recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine as independent entities.

France 24

Ukraine crisis: Ukraine declares state of emergency, calls on citizens in Russia to come home

Ukraine declared a state of emergency on Wednesday and told its citizens in Russia to immediately come home, while Moscow began evacuating its Kyiv embassy and the West responded with further sanctions, in the latest ominous signs of an all-out Russian military onslaught. Read about the day’s events as they…

Reuters

Trudeau announces first round of economic sanctions on Russia over Ukraine crisis

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday announced a first round of economic sanctions on Russia a day after Moscow recognised the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent.

Reuters

U.S. imposes sanctions on two Russian banks - Treasury Dept

The United States imposed sanctions on Russia's VEB Bank and Promsvyazbank on Tuesday, according to statement from the U.S. Treasury Department, after Moscow formally recognized two regions of eastern Ukraine as independent.

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Moldova, then Georgia, now Ukraine: How Russia built ‘bridgeheads into post-Soviet space’

Moscow’s recognition of breakaway Ukrainian territories has prompted comparisons with past Russian operations aimed at countering Western influence and bolstering its strategic depth in the former Soviet bloc.

Los Angeles Times

Biden announces sanctions against Russia for invasion of Ukraine

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the United States will impose its first tranche of economic sanctions against Moscow in response to what he described as “the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.”

Al Jazeera

Biden imposes new Russia sanctions, decries ‘beginning invasion’

US sanctions target Russia’s sovereign debt and two large Russian financial institutions as Ukraine tensions rise.

Al Jazeera

The other Russian interventions in its periphery

An explainer on what led to Russian interventions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008 and Crimea and Donbas in 2014.

The Independent UK

US embassy in Kiev trolls Moscow with series of pictures suggesting Ukraine developed far earlier than Russia

Message aimed at irking Russians was questioned on social media

The Independent UK

Putin weighs his next move after recognizing Ukraine rebels

Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in the Ukraine standoff by recognizing the independence of rebel regions in the country’s east

The Guardian - UK

Further sanctions against Moscow could raise energy bills for UK firms

Gazprom Energy, a subsidiary of Russia’s state owned gas and oil giant, accounts for about 20.8% of the UK business market

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