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[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Europe is on track to kick its addiction to Russian fossil fuels, but can’t seem to replicate that success with nuclear energy a year into the Ukraine war. The EU’s economic sanctions on Russian coal and oil permanently reshaped trade and left Moscow…
[ad_1] The EU has failed to sign off on a much-anticipated round of sanctions against Russia, leaving the bloc struggling to finalize a deal in time to mark the first anniversary on Friday of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Talks will now run into Ukraine’s official commemorations of its first year at war, casting into…
[ad_1] Beijing announced on Saturday that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, will travel to China on a state visit from February 28 to March 2. The announcement of the trip comes a day after Beijing, looking to play a role in mediating a resolution to the Russian war…
[ad_1] Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. It was in the early hours of the morning, a year ago in Kyiv, that blasts could be heard coming from the direction of Boryspil International Airport, southeast of the capital. Early commuters were already on the road and, for nearly two hours, traffic continued to…
[ad_1] The Baltic states and Poland want to make it easier to sanction the family members and entourage of Russia’s richest men and women but are facing resistance from Hungary, several EU diplomats told POLITICO. Under its current rules, the EU can freeze the assets and impose visa bans on “leading businesspersons operating in Russia.”…
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Kaja Kallas had been dreading the call. “I woke at 5 o’clock,” the Estonian prime minister recalled recently. The phone was ringing. Her Lithuanian counterpart was on the line. “Oh my God, it’s really happening,” came the ominous words, according to Kallas. Another…
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused NATO of actively participating in the war in Ukraine and working to dissolve his country. During an interview aired on the state-owned Rossia-1 channel to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Putin claimed that by “sending tens of billions of dollars in weapons to…
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. MOSCOW — Every year, during the anniversary of the battle that turned back the Nazi assault on the Soviet Union, the city of Volgograd is briefly renamed Stalingrad, its Soviet-era name. During this year’s commemoration, however, authorities went further. They unveiled a bust of…
[ad_1] Russia’s year-long war in Ukraine has led to thousands of casualties, millions of refugees and billions of dollars in damages to the country’s economy, environment and infrastructure. At home, Russian President Vladimir Putin is pushing the narrative of a just war against the West and crushing dissenting voices, while his country’s economy feels the…
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused NATO of actively participating in the war in Ukraine and working to dissolve his country. During an interview aired on the state-owned Rossia-1 channel to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Putin claimed that by “sending tens of billions of dollars in weapons to…