Starbucks follows McDonald’s and announces formal end of ‘brand presence’ in Russia May 23, 2022 Starbucks has formally quit Russia due to the war in Ukraine saying it no longer has a “brand presence” in the country. The coffee giant announced the suspension of all its operations in early March, including the shipments of all its products there. It has roughly 2,000 employees in the country. This comes after many [...]
Ukraine will seek compensation for environmental damage caused by Russia’s invasion, Kyiv says May 22, 2022 The Ukrainian government will seek compensation from Russia for the environmental destruction it has caused through its invasion of Ukraine, the country’s environment minister has said. Ukraine will pursue Russia through international courts in its efforts to claim compensation for the huge damage to Ukraine’s environment caused by missile strikes on oil refineries and fighting [...]
Food as a weapon: Russia accused of withholding grain for millions to ‘break the spirit of Ukraine’ May 20, 2022 Russia has been accused of ‘weaponising’ food and holding grain for millions of people around the world hostage to “break the spirit of the Ukrainian people”. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a UN Security Council meeting called by the United States that the war has halted maritime trade in large areas of the [...]
McDonald’s agrees to sell its stores in Russia and warns of $1bn exit loss May 19, 2022 Fast food giant McDonald’s has agreed to sell its Russian stores across 45 regions – but warned it is likely to make a $1bn loss. The chain announced it entered into an agreement with an existing licensee Alexander Govor, who has operated 25 restaurants in the eastern region of Siberia since 2015. This comes after [...]
Ex President George Bush mocked for gaffe: ‘wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean Ukraine’ May 19, 2022 Former American president George Bush Jr has come in for ridicule after accidentally referring to the “illegal invasion of Iraq” during a speech about the war in Ukraine. The ex Republican leader, 75, made the Freudian slip during an event in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, at an institute in his name. In a video posted [...]
PM asked to explain how a private plane was allowed to fly from Scotland to Moscow breaching Russian sanctions May 18, 2022 A private charter flight travelled from Inverness to Moscow breaching UK sanctions against Russia, despite air traffic control being informed about the flight beforehand. SNP MP Richard Thomson raised the issue in parliament during Prime Minister’s Questions, urging the PM to tell the house how it was allowed to happen. The details of a transcript [...]
Russia brands G7 plan to use frozen assets in Ukraine’s rebuild ‘outright theft’ May 17, 2022 Using Russia’s frozen reserves to rebuild Ukraine would be “outright theft” according to the Kremlin. A new proposal from G7 leaders to seize assets from Moscow to finance the reconstruction of decimated Ukraine has been condemned by Russia. The proposal was made by German finance minister Christian Lindner, who according to Reuters, said proposals were [...]
Watch as retired Russian military leader says the ‘Kremlin is in total geopolitical isolation and the whole world is against us’ May 17, 2022 A retired Russian military leader has said the Kremlin is in “total geopolitical isolation and the whole world is against us”, speaking on state television. Military analyst and retired colonel Mikhail Khodarenok made his comments on the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, during an interview with anchor Olga Skabeyeva, known as the “Iron [...]
Russia warns Sweden and Finland that joining NATO is a ‘grave mistake with far-reaching consequences’ May 16, 2022 Russia has warned Sweden and Finland that joining Nato is a “grave mistake with far-reaching consequences”. The Kremlin’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov made the comments after Sweden’s prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, went to its parliament today to secure backing for joining the military alliance. In a statement, Ryabkov said, according to the Telegraph: “This [...]
Multiple activists arrested as 33,000-tonne shipment of Russian oil forced to u-turn in the Thames May 16, 2022 At least 15 people have been arrested after forcing a 33,000-tonne shipment of Russian oil to u-turn in the Thames. Greenpeace activists confronted the Greek tanker called the Andromeda late on Sunday night, climbing onto its intended docking birth at the Navigator Terminals, in Essex. While police made a series of arrests, protestors attached themselves [...]