(Reuters) – The BBC said Friday it has temporarily suspended news operations within the Russian Federation while it assesses the implications of new legislation adopted by Russian authorities. BBC News will continue its service in Russian from outside of Russia. “The safety of our staff is paramount and we are not prepared to expose them …
LONDON (Reuters) – British retailers John Lewis and supermarket Waitrose said on Friday they would no longer sell products made in Russia, starting with Russian vodka and one line of pizza oven pellets, following the invasion of Ukraine. The two chains, owned by the John Lewis Partnership, are also working with their suppliers to review …
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By Andrew MacAskill and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will look to target Russia’s energy sector in future rounds of sanctions, a move the government has so far resisted amid warnings this could push up energy bills with oil and gas prices already at multi-year highs. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, Britain has …
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By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -The London Stock Exchange said on Friday it had suspended trading in the remainder of the Russian securities listed on the exchange, after suspending the bulk of them earlier this week. Britain, the European Union and the United States are rolling out financial sanctions on Russia to prevent its companies …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will seize the properties of Russian oligarchs if there is the legal basis to do so, British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Friday. “If we’ve got the evidence and there is the legal basis, we’ll do it,” Raab told LBC Radio when asked about the prospect of properties being …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will soon put forward proposals to stop Russian oligarchs using its court system to sue those seeking to shine a light on corruption, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Friday. “We’ve seen oligarchs and technocrats and those with links to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, coming into this country …
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LONDON (Reuters) – It is very difficult to believe a Russian attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was not deliberate, British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Friday. Ukraine said Russian military forces had seized the plant – Europe’s largest – after attacking it in the early hours of Friday, setting an adjacent …
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By Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Roman Abramovich will not rush his divestment of English football team Chelsea FC, an adviser on the sale process told Reuters, even as Britain is considering sanctions against the Russian billionaire. Chelsea FC tapped Joe Ravitch, the co-founder of investment bank Raine Group LLC, to find a buyer after Abramovich …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The southeastern port city of Mariupol remains under Ukrainian control but it has been encircled by Russian forces and subjected to intense strikes, Britain said in an intelligence update on Friday. “Mariupol remains under Ukrainian control but has likely been encircled by Russian forces,” the Ministry of Defence said. “The city’s civilian …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s communications watchdog has restricted access to the Russian-language websites of the BBC and Radio Liberty for spreading what it cast as false information about the conflict in Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly complained that Western media organisations offer a partial – and often anti-Russian – view of the world while failing to hold …
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