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Finland joins NATO in major blow to Russia

April 5, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Finland joined the NATO military alliance Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a historic realignment of Europe’s post-Cold War security landscape triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Nordic country’s membership doubles Russia’s border with the world’s biggest security alliance. Finland had adopted neutrality after its defeat by the Soviets in World War […]

West aiming to destroy Russia ―Moscow

February 3, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday accused the West of wanting to inflict a lasting defeat against Moscow and lashed out against European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen who earlier arrived in Kyiv. “Ursula von der Leyen… said that the outcome of the war should be the defeat of Russia, the kind of […]

US, Russia make first contact at high-level since Ukraine invasion

March 16, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

The United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke Wednesday with General Nikolay Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, in the first high-level contact between Washington and Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine, the White House said. Sullivan reiterated US opposition to the invasion, which began on February 24, and told Patrushev “that if Russia […]

Switzerland adopts all sanctions imposed by European Union on Russia

March 1, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Switzerland will adopt all the sanctions that the European Union has imposed on Russian people and companies and freeze their assets to punish the invasion of Ukraine, the government said in a sharp deviation from the country’s traditional neutrality. “We are in an extraordinary situation where extraordinary measures could be decided,” President and Foreign Minister […]

Russian Ruble crashes 30% against the dollar following sanctions

February 28, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Russia currency, the Ruble has crashed by 30% against the US dollar, after the US and its allies announced new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The new record low for the Russian currency is coming after some of the country’s major banks were banned from using the Swift international payment system over […]

Russia claims it has destroyed 74 Ukrainian ground military facilities

February 24, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Russian airstrikes have destroyed 74 ground facilities belonging to the Ukrainian military, according to reports. This includes 11 airfields, three command centers and a naval base, Russian Ministry of Defense spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said Thursday, February 24. About 18 radio-locating stations for anti-aircraft missile systems were also destroyed, according to Konashenkov. However, Konashenkov noted that […]

Nigeria, US, Russia, Brazil, others not permitted to enter Europe from July 1

June 29, 2020Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1, the European Union Commission has released a list of 54 countries that qualify for travels into Europe and Nigeria is not one of them. Schengenvisainfo.com reports that citizens from Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar, the US and Russia would not be allowed to travel into Europe […]