New Russian Sanctions

Rouble slides as new Russian sanctions stifle foreign trade

Pressure on currency set to continue as curbs against lenders such as Gazprombank hit export payments

World - Financial Times - 20 hours ago

Sanctions for Russian disinformation linked to Kate rumours

A Russian network sanctioned by the UK for misinformation was linked to false rumours about the Princess of Wales.

Russian sanctions busting linked to British Overseas Territories

Lack of open ownership records complicate efforts to find out who is involved in the trade

World - Financial Times - November 19

Treasury imposes sanctions on Russian banks, financial officials

Russia’s third largest bank, Gazprombank, and its subsidiaries were hit with U.S. sanctions on Thursday, making it the largest bank not already targeted as the Russia-Ukraine war nears its three ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Russian sales of Chinese cars surge after western sanctions hit

Purchases of vehicles from Asian nation’s automakers reach fresh records as Russians ‘vote with their wallets’

World - Financial Times - November 15

New sanctions target Myanmar's military suppliers

Opponents of Myanmar’s military government have welcomed the latest sanctions imposed by the European Union, the U.K. and Canada on individuals and entities supplying aviation fuel and equipment to ...

World - ABC News - October 30

GB News fined £100,000 in first financial sanction by Ofcom

Media watchdog found show featuring Rishi Sunak breached impartiality rules

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Biden announces new sanctions against 'extremist' Israeli settlers

The Biden administration on Monday announced sanctions against what it described as Israeli citizens and entities involved in the extremist settler movement in the West Bank, part of U.S. efforts ...

Politics - The Hill - November 18

UK hits Iran with new sanctions for supplying missiles to Russia

The U.K. government has hit Iran with new sanctions for sending ballistic missiles and other weapons to Russia in support of the war against Ukraine

World - ABC News - November 18

Britain targets Russia's 'shadow fleet' with new sanctions package

Britain says it has sanctioned 30 ships in Russia’s so-called shadow fleet that have been skirting restrictions to transport billions of dollars of petroleum

World - ABC News - Yesterday

Latest news about Russian misinformation in 2024 elections

Officials with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say Russian efforts to spread misinformation in the 2024 elections include a video about Haitians voting in the Georgia election. ...

New film unravels mystery of the Russian ‘spy whale’

Director sets out to unmask the secret underwater agent known as Hvaldimir in new documentary . When a white whale, mysteriously kitted out with covert surveillance equipment, was first spotted in ...

World - The Guardian - November 10

Drone strikes on civilians suggest new Russian tactics of fear in Ukraine

Ukrainians tell of their fear as BBC Verify analyses videos appearing to show drone strikes on civilians.

Trump Transition Stalls Over Ethics Code, and a New Russian Offensive

Plus, Saudi Arabia’s “sportswashing” controversy.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 11

Russia claims it shot down US-made ATACMS missiles and issues nuclear threat

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that Russia's new nuclear weapons doctrine means Ukraine's use of Western rockets "can prompt a nuclear response."

Ukraine front could 'collapse' as Russia gains accelerate, experts warn

Moscow's forces have taken more ground since September than they did over the course of 2023, analysts say.

Germany's Scholz slams new Russian missile as 'terrible escalation'

World - Yahoo News - 5 days ago

Zelenskyy calls Russian use of new missile "clear and severe escalation"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling Russia's use of a new type of missile a "clear and severe escalation." NATO and Ukraine are now set to hold emergency talks next week. CBS News ...

Russian military says new missile can hit targets across Europe

World - Yahoo News - 4 days ago

Ukraine says Russian attack sets a new record for the number of drones used

The Ukrainian air force says Russia launched 188 drones against most regions of Ukraine in a nighttime blitz, describing it as a record number of drones deployed in a single attack

World - ABC News - 23 hours ago

Moscow offers debt forgiveness to new recruits and AP sees wreckage of a new Russian missile

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine

World - ABC News - 2 days ago

How western sanctions are squeezing Russia

Behind the headline numbers, the resource constraints are evident

World - Financial Times - November 7

US hits Russia’s Gazprombank with sanctions

Move in effect bans state-owned bank from global financial system in blow to payments for Moscow’s war effort

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

German news agency reports Chancellor Scholz had a one-hour call with Russian President Putin, first in two years

World - ABC News - November 15

Investigation reveals a Russian factory's plan to mix decoys with a new deadly weapon in Ukraine

A high-tech factory in central Russia has created a new, deadly force to attack Ukraine: A small number of highly destructive thermobaric drones surrounded by huge swarms of cheap foam decoys

World - ABC News - November 16

New authorities on long-range missiles will allow Ukraine strike key Russian military targets

NBC News Correspondent Mike Memoli and retired Lt. General Steph Twitty join Meet the Press NOW to discuss the Biden administration's decision to allow Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range ...

Politics - NBC News - November 18

Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden's arms decision for Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons, following U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory ...

World - ABC News - November 19

Russian leader Putin signs a new doctrine that lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons

World - ABC News - November 19

Nato says new Russian missile won’t deter support for Ukraine – live updates

Russia’s use of intermediate-range ballistic missile widely condemned; Zelenskyy says latest strike a ‘severe escalation’. Putin says Russia fired experimental ballistic missile into Ukraine ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia has tested a new intermediate range missile in a strike on Ukraine

World - ABC News - 5 days ago

U.S. sanctions members of cartel linked to killings of Americans

The sanctions come two years after a judge ordered La Linea to pay $4.6 billion to the families of nine Americans killed in a 2019 ambush in Mexico.

Yes, Texas sanctioned Tyson-Paul, but there are three major caveats

Mike Tyson, 58, is fighting a 27-year-old Jake Paul on Friday. Mike Coppinger reports what this fight actually is and how it was sanctioned in the first place.

Sports - ESPN - November 12