International Olympic Committee calls for Russia and Belarus ban February 28, 2022 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have urged sporting federations and organisations to “not invite or allow the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in international competitions”. As part of a list of recommendations released today, the IOC Executive Board (EB) have said their motives relate to the inability of Ukrainians to compete as [...]
Russia closes airspace to 36 countries as leasing deals cease February 28, 2022 Russia has retaliated against yesterday’s EU-wide closure banning the airlines of 36 countries from using its airspace. The move – which blocks access to its airspace to countries such as Italy, Germany and Canada – will force carriers to fly roundabout routes to south and south-east Asia, with countries such as Kazakhstan seeing numbers increase [...]
PM Boris Johnson calls on Fifa to expel Russia from World Cup February 28, 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has added his voice to calls for football chiefs Fifa to expel Russia from this year’s men’s World Cup. Fifa announced a range of sanctions against Russia on Sunday, including ordering them to play home games on neutral ground and under the banner of the Football Union of Russia. But the [...]
Russian government websites blocked in the UK February 28, 2022 Russian government websites appear to be blocked in the UK, including the Civil Aviation Authority, as well as the Kremlin’s official site. City A.M. understands that when UK based browsers attempt to access these sites they are met with the following message: “Website not available. The website you requested cannot be accessed. It may work [...]
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 [...]
Weaponizing SWIFT is bullish for crypto market February 28, 2022 Weaponizing SWIFT - the global messaging system used by banks - could be good news for crypto, says Nigel Green.
Bitcoin’s fluctuations appear robust despite narrative of Ukraine crisis February 28, 2022 Francisco Memoria takes a detailed look at events which affected the cryptocurrency markets throughout last week.
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 [...]
Brits’ inflation expectations climb to record high piling pressure on BoE to launch more rate hikes February 28, 2022 Britons’ expectations for inflation in a decade’s time is running at a joint record high, heaping further pressure on the Bank of England to continue its rate hike cycle. Households think the cost of living will land at 4.1 per cent in ten years’ time, up from 3.8 per cent last month, the joint highest [...]
Satellite firm Viasat investigates Ukraine broadband cyberattack following Russian invasion February 28, 2022 Satellite communications firm Viasat said this morning that it would be investigating a suspected cyberattack that caused a partial outage in its residential broadband services in Ukraine and across Europe. The US-listed company said a third-party cybersecurity firm was looking into causes of an outage across KA-SAT network, which provides high-speed satellite internet coverage in [...]