Ukraine: Number 10 urges City firms to drop all ties to Kremlin-linked companies February 28, 2022 Number 10 has urged City firms to drop any associations with Kremlin-linked companies like Gazprom and Rosneft as the west ratchets up its economic sanctions against Russia. Boris Johnson’s official spokesman today told journalists that “no one should be supporting in any way or propping up in any way the efforts by Putin’s regime to [...]
Kremlin blames Liz Truss for Putin’s decision to raise nuclear alert level February 28, 2022 The Kremlin has blamed Liz Truss on Vladimir Putin’s decision yesterday to raise the country’s nuclear alert level. Putin put Russia’s nuclear forces on a “special regime of duty” yesterday, igniting fears of a global nuclear conflict. Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov today said: “There were unacceptable statements about possible conflict situations and even confrontations and [...]
Ukrainian delegation begins ceasefire talks with Kremlin officials February 28, 2022 Ukrainian government officials have arrived at the Belarus border for ceasefire talks with the Russian government, after four days of intense fighting across the country. The talks are reported to have began just after 9am GMT, with both sides agreeing to meet without “preconditions”. Ukrainian defence minister Oleksii Reznikov was seen arriving to the negotiations [...]
Editorial: Business should be just business, until it’s much more than that February 27, 2022 ONE assumes it wasn’t supposed to play out quite like this for Vladimir Putin. The Russian President surely anticipated a quick and easy military incursion into Ukraine – a military horribly overmatched, an inexperienced leader, and with the west unwilling to support. It is still so very early, but it does not appear that Putin [...]
Half of Boris Johnson’s cabinet at risk of losing their seats, says new poll February 27, 2022 Boris Johnson, half of his cabinet and 164 Tory MPs in total would lose their seats if an election happened today, according to new polling. The JL Partners’ MRP model poll, which projects the results of every UK constituency, sees the Conservatives cut down to just 201 seats and Labour with 354 to give them an [...]
Ukrainian vice prime minister pleads with Big Tech to shift the tides on Russia war February 27, 2022 Ukraine’s vice prime minister has pleaded with Big Tech companies such as Facebook, Visa, Mastercard and Starlink, to help the country fight against Russia’s invasion. “Mark Zuckerberg, while you create Metaverse – Russia ruins real life in Ukraine! We ask you to ban access to @facebookapp and @instagram from Russia,” vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov [...]
Ukraine and Russian delegations to hold talks on Belarus border as Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert February 27, 2022 Delegations from the Ukrainian and Russian governments will meet on the Ukraine-Belarus border as Vladimir Putin today put his country’s nuclear deterrent forces on high alert. The move to put Russia’s nuclear forces on “special regime of duty” comes after Putin told top officials in a televised meeting that the west’s economic sanctions are “aggressive [...]
Michael Gove calling for UK to seize London homes of Russian oligarchs February 27, 2022 Michael Gove has told cabinet colleagues that the government should seize lavish London properties that are owned by Kremlin-linked oligarchs in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The housing secretary told a cabinet meeting on Thursday that more action was needed to clamp down on Russian dirty money being used to buy property in [...]
Truss: Ukraine-Russia war could last years and be ‘beginning of the end for Putin’ February 27, 2022 Liz Truss has said the Ukraine-Russia war could “last for years” and that it could mark the “beginning of the end” for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The foreign secretary also warned that Russian forces may be preparing to use worse weapons in its invasion of Ukraine, after firmer resistance than the Kremlin expected. The invasion [...]
Google blocks downloads of Russian broadcaster RT in Ukraine February 27, 2022 Google has banned downloads of Russian broadcaster RT’s mobile app on Ukrainian territory, the state-owned media outlet said on Sunday. The move comes at the request of officials in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital city, Reuters first reported. Google halted RT and other channels from receiving money for ads of their websites, apps and YouTube videos on [...]