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Several Russian government websites went dark early Thursday amid ongoing fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces. Kremlin.ru, the website for Russia’s executive branch of government, went dark Thursday morning and …

Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.N. Sergiy Kyslytsya called out his Russian counterpart for Moscow’s invasion of his country during an 11th hour Security Council meeting on de-escalating the unfolding conflict. …

Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine has already left at least 40 Russian soldiers and “a few” Ukrainian civilians dead as of Thursday, multiple sources reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced …

Rumors surrounding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s behavior and mental health have reemerged since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to several reports, igniting speculation among figures close to the Russian president. …

The Russian ruble plummeted to a record low value Monday after Western countries announced sanctions on Russia as the nation’s invasion of Ukraine intensified, multiple sources reported. The ruble tumbled …

By Huw Jones LONDON -Europe’s financial market on Monday began severing Russia’s ties to its critical plumbing for trading, clearing and settling securities as sanctions on Moscow started to bite. …

By Tom Wilson LONDON – Trading volumes between the Russian rouble and the Tether cryptocurrency spiked sharply on Monday as the local currency tumbled to a record low on Western …

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN – Toymaker Lego has recommended that its staff in Russia not attend protests or get involved in any public discussion about the war in Ukraine, after …

Italy allegedly managed to secure a carve-out of one of its biggest industries in the sanctions the European Union levied on Russia, The Telegraph reported Friday. “Italian prime minister Mario …

U.K. oil corporation BP announced that it would immediately sell its nearly 20% stake in Russian state-owned energy firm Rosneft amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis. BP purchased the 19.75% stake …

Facebook parent company Meta said late Sunday it had thwarted the attempts of Russian hackers to seize control of accounts belonging to Ukrainian military officials and public figures. A group …

By Jonathan Saul LONDON – Ukrainian ports will remain closed until Russia’s invasion ends, the head of Ukraine’s Maritime Administration said on Monday, adding that the port of Mariupol has …

By Elizabeth Culliford – Twitter is adding labels and reducing the visibility for tweets containing content from Russian state-affiliated media websites like RT and Sputnik, the social media company said …

By Elizabeth Culliford – Twitter is adding labels and reducing the visibility for tweets containing content from Russian state-affiliated media websites like RT and Sputnik, the social media company said …

MOSCOW – A Russian court on Monday rejected an appeal by Alphabet Inc’s Google and upheld a 7.2 billion rouble ($73.39 million) fine over its failure to delete content Russia …

LONDON – Major Western economies have launched moves to exclude Russian banks from the main global payments system while imposing curbs on Russia’s central bank to undermine its ability to …

– The Russian central bank, which raised its key rate to 20% in an emergency move, did not carry out foreign currency interventions on Monday due to the latest Western …

WASHINGTON – Fierce economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies on Russia’s central bank and other key sources of wealth are likely to drive Russian inflation higher, …

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA – Turkey’s pledge to block some Russian warships from passing through its waters to the Black Sea during the Ukraine crisis could help …

ALMATY – A company providing Internet and television services in one of the provinces of Kazakhstan, a close ally of Moscow, has blocked all Russian television stations over their coverage …

By Ross Kerber BOSTON – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander on Sunday said he plans to specify Russian assets for city pension boards to “consider for divestment” in response …

By Elizabeth Culliford – Meta Platforms Inc has restricted some accounts in Ukraine, including some accounts belonging to Russian state media organizations, at the request of the Ukrainian government, the …

MOSCOW -Russia’s central bank has ordered professional stock market participants to suspend the execution of all orders by foreign legal entities and individuals to sell Russian securities from Monday morning, …

By Andrew MacAskill and Catherine Belton LONDON – VTB Capital last week lowered a large Russian flag at its palatial building opposite the Bank of England in London’s financial district, …

SYDNEY – The Russian rouble had yet to trade officially in Asia early on Monday but was quoted on dealing sites at between 98.00 to 100.00 per dollar after Western …