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Rouble-crypto trading soars as sanctions hit Russian currency
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Trading volumes between the Russian rouble and the Tether cryptocurrency spiked sharply on Monday as the local currency tumbled to a record low on Western sanctions, d...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2022
Moscow warns against supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday that those supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine will bear responsibility should they be used during Russia's military campaign there. The min...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2022
ECB should hold off on policy moves until Ukraine clarity: Panetta
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should hold off on removing any more stimulus for now as the war in Ukraine raises uncertainty and the bank still needs evidence that inflation will not...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2022
Explainer-Could Germany keep its nuclear plants running?
By Christoph Steitz and Markus Wacket FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and economy minister Robert Habeck on Sunday mapped out potentially radical changes to the country's energy sy...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2022
Germany sends Tornado warplanes and maritime patrol aircraft to Baltic Sea area
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is sending Tornado warplanes and a maritime patrol aircraft on a reconnaissance mission to the Baltic Sea area, Germany's mission to NATO said on Twitter on Monday. A spokes...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2022
Exclusive-India's top lender stops handling trade with sanctioned Russian entities -sources
By Nidhi Verma and Nupur Anand NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's top lender will not process any transactions involving Russian entities subject to international sanctions imposed on Russia after i...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2022
Credit Suisse's Private Banking Switzerland to be part of Swiss business
ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse's Private Banking Switzerland will be part of its Swiss business from April 1 rather than of the newly created wealth management unit, the bank said in an internal mem...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2022
Serb nationalists in Montenegro rally in support of Russia
NIKSIC, Montenegro (Reuters) - About 100 Serb nationalists rallied in front of an Orthodox church in Montenegro on Thursday in a rare European display of support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine and P...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2022
Taliban restrict Afghans going abroad, draws criticism from UK envoy
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban administration's announcement that it would restrict Afghans from leaving the country under certain circumstances drew criticism from the United Kingdom's envoy on Monday...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2022
Microsoft to remove RT apps, ban Russian state-owned media ads
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would remove Russian state-owned media outlet RT's mobile apps from the Windows App store and ban advertisements on Russian state-sponsored media, as globa...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2022
