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By Tom Wilson LONDON – A Ukrainian volunteer group that provides equipment to the country’s army has received over $4 million in bitcoin donations since Russia launched its invasion on …

MOSCOW – The Russian central bank on Friday told lenders to consider postponing dividends and bonus payments to managers, as it announced measures to ease regulatory requirements for the sector. …

MOSCOW – Russian banks sanctioned by the West have enough liquidity to meet clients’ demands and are doing everything possible to calmly make it through this volatile period, the banks …

By Alexander Marrow and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW – Russian tech giant Yandex has started warning Russian users looking for news about Ukraine on its search engine of unreliable information on …

ROME – Italy must reduce its reliance on gas imports from Russia and is ready to take further measures to protect consumers from rising energy prices after the invasion of …

LONDON – Virgin Atlantic said on Friday it would avoid Russian airspace, meaning flights between Britain, India and Pakistan would take slightly longer. “We apologise for any inconvenience caused to …

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with officials from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics of eastern Ukraine on Friday on their plans to open embassies …

MOSCOW – Russia’s central bank on Friday said it had provided banks with 1.9 trillion roubles ($22.87 billion) out of 3 trillion roubles on offer at a “fine-tuning”, three-day repo …

LONDON – British Airways owner IAG is now avoiding Russian airspace for overflights and cancelled its flight to Moscow on Friday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson banned Russia’s flagship airline …

MOSCOW – The Russian central bank on Friday said it was raising the limit at a “fine-tuning” repo auction later on Friday to 3 trillion roubles ($35.55 billion) from 2 …

HONG KONG – MSCI will not implement changes for Russian securities that it had previously announced as part of its February review, following U.S. sanctions targeting Russia, the index provider …

MOSCOW – Russia’s central bank is ready to support banks hit by Western sanctions, it said on Friday, promising to provide them with rouble and foreign exchange liquidity while saying …

By David Henry and Matt Scuffham NEW YORK – The sale of Citigroup’s Russian consumer bank could be complicated by U.S. sanctions on Russian state bank VTB, the only publicly …

WASHINGTON – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russia in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, targeting its two biggest banks and members of the elite in new …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that Russia’s second largest lender VTB is among the Russian banks that will be sanctioned as a result of the conflict …

NEW YORK/LONDON – Russia’s access to global capital markets was likely to be limited by further international sanctions after the country’s forces invaded Ukraine on Thursday, putting funds with exposure …

MOSCOW – The Russian central bank on Thursday said it was raising the ceiling for banks’ outstanding debt under repo auctions to $50 billion from $15 billion as part of …

MOSCOW – The Russian central bank on Thursday said it would hold a “fine-tuning” repo auction on Feb. 25 with a limit of 2 trillion roubles ($23.03 billion), as it …

MOSCOW – The Russian central bank widened the Lombard List of collateral it agrees to take in exchange for provide banks with liquidity and also lowered rating requirements, expanding refinancing …

By Pavel Polityuk and Polina Nikolskaya KYIV/DONETSK – Separatists in Ukraine asked Moscow to help repel “aggression” on Wednesday and explosions rocked the breakaway eastern city of Donetsk as the …

MOSCOW – Russian government has over 4.5 trillion roubles ($53 billion) of freely available budget funds and has enough resources to secure macroeconomic stability and support companies hit by sanctions, …

KYIV – Ukraine, with a population of 41 million, is one of the largest energy consumers in Europe and is also a key transit country for Russian gas to Europe. …

VIENNA – Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International said its banks in Russia and Ukraine are well-capitalised and self-financing, and that provisions were already made last year as part of its risk …

BERLIN – Germany can guarantee security of supply even without Russian gas or oil, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday. “We will have to buy more gas, but also …

MOSCOW – The Russian central bank increased daily dollars offered via foreign exchange swap operations with banks to $5 billion from $3 billion, it said on Thursday, as Moscow ordered …