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Crypto exchange Binance blocks Russian users targeted by sanctions
Since 2019, Binance has allowed users to deposit and withdraw Russian roubles via payments company Advcash
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Western sanctions on Russia ripple across world markets, rouble tanks
As an economic crisis loomed in Russia, the fallout of tougher sanctions from the West imposed over the weekend rippled out across financial markets
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Russian forces hit 1,114 Ukrainian military infrastructure targets
The Russian Armed Forces have hit 1,114 Ukrainian military infrastructure objects, Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Monday
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UK Treasury department imposes further economic sanctions on Russia
British people and businesses will be banned from making transactions with the Russian central bank, its finance ministry and its wealth fund
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Exxon Mobil faces new pressure over dealings with Russia's Rosneft
Exxon holds a 30% stake, alongside Rosneft, Japan's SODECO and India's ONGC Videsh, in Sakhalin Island oil and gas fields in Russia's Far East
 "Exxon Mobil faces new pressure over dealings with Russia's Rosneft")
More than 5,000 Russian soldiers killed, claims Ukraine's defence ministry
Kiev's defence ministry claims that more than 5,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the first four days of fighting in Ukraine, BBC reported.
Commodities up as Russia's nuke alert, West's sanctions spur supply worries
Oil, grains rise; aluminium at record high, nickel up on Russian supply worries, fears of food inflation as wheat, corn, edible oil prices rally
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Oil prices soar as Western sanctions and pressures on Russia mount
Brent crude rose $4.16, or 4.3%, to $102.09, at 0915 after hitting a high of $105.07 a barrel in early trade
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Ruble dives, global stocks sink as West tightens Russia sanctions
Russian's invasion of Ukraine has caused markets to swing wildly, given the potential impact on inflation, energy supplies and other economic repercussions
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Ukraine conflict: HSBC orders staff to drop Russian banks VTB, VEB
HSBC has little direct exposure in Russia, with its CFO telling reporters last Tuesday it has around 200 employees and annual revenues of $15 mn there, a fraction of its global income of $50 bn
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Ukraine conflict: BP exit opens new front in West's campaign against Russia
Companies with Russian assets under pressure; some Russian banks shut out from SWIFT; EU, Canada, Britain shut airspace to Russia
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BP stock slides as Russia exit plan may result in $25-bn bill
BP is the biggest foreign investor in Russia, and its dramatic exit puts the spotlight on other Western companies with operations in the country amid an escalating crisis between the West and Moscow
Russia's Central Bank raises rate to help ruble amid Western sanctions
The bank's action follows the Western decision Sunday to freeze its hard currency reserves in an unprecedented move that could have devastating consequences for the country's financial stability
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Palladium, gold prices climb as West cranks up sanctions on Russia
Spot gold climbed 1.1% to $1,909.16 per ounce, rising about 6% so far this month in what would be its best monthly gain since May 2021
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Medical oxygen supplies in Ukraine may last only 24 hours, says WHO
Ukraine is suffering from dangerously low medical oxygen supplies due to the ongoing invasion by Russian forces, and may run out of it within 24 hours, warns the World Health Organization (WHO).
 "Medical oxygen supplies in Ukraine may last only 24 hours, says WHO")
Ruble sinks 26% to 105.27 per dollar after SWIFT sanctions on Russian banks
The Russian currency dropped nearly 26% to 105.27 per dollar, down from about 84 per dollar late Friday
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Arms, ammunition pouring into Ukraine; Russia broadens its offensive
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had sought weapons and ammunition from the US and other countries in the fight against Russia.
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PM chairs high level meeting on Ukraine, ministers to oversee evacuations
The ministers will go to Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania to oversee the evacuation process via these countries
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Ukraine creates 'IT army' to hack Russian websites amid military operations
Facing massive cyber-attacks from Russia-sponsored threat actors, Ukraine has now assembled an 'IT army' tasked with specific cyber challenges, which reached nearly 2 lakh users on Telegram on Monday.
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Analysis: Ukraine invasion tests growing China-Russia partnership
The nuclear-armed neighbouring giants have grown closer in recent years, raising the spectre of an alliance of authoritarian states that could challenge a US-led democratic West in a new Cold War
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