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Russia invasion: List of sanctions from nations to businesses as world turns on ‘Pariah’ Putin

Sporting fixtures and music tours targeted by worldwide boycott of Russia

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

'We are close', UK envoy to Iran nuclear talks says as Europeans fly home

Indirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are close to reaching an agreement, the chief British envoy said on Friday as she and her French and German colleagues flew home to brief ministers.

Reuters · Mar 4, 2022

Ukraine war must not see Government action on protocol freeze, Donaldson warns

The DUP leader said he would stress the need for solutions to the protocol dispute in a meeting with Deputy PM Dominic Raab next week.

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

Turn down your thermostat by 1°C to reduce need for Russian gas, urges regulator

While Britain only gets around 4% of its gas from Russia, Europe is heavily reliant on the country’s supplies, with Germany and Austria claiming more than 50% of it from the nation

Daily Mirror · Mar 4, 2022

Putin's forces are increasingly hitting civilian population, Germany says

Russian forces in Ukraine are increasingly targeting the civilian population, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Friday ahead of a meeting with her EU counterparts.

Reuters · Mar 4, 2022

Simon Coveney says Ukraine nuclear power plant attack is a 'reckless act' and Russia war is 'to get worse'

The Foreign Affairs minister said there is 'a very bleak outlook' for the invasion over the next few days

Irish Mirror · Mar 4, 2022

Putin propaganda machine undercut by social media blackout

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dredged up concerns that the country’s aggression would extend to social media, and that the Kremlin’s long-running campaign to use the internet to stir doubt and division in democracies would confuse public opinion on the war.

Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2022

Russia: the oligarchs and business figures on western sanction lists

We take a look at those blacklisted by the US, EU and UK so far

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022

EU's Sefcovic: We want Ukraine inside EU "as soon as possible"

The European Union wants Ukraine to become a member state "as soon as possible", Commissioner Maros Sefcovic told journalists on Friday after a ministers' meeting.

Reuters · Mar 4, 2022

The week where decades happened: how the west finally woke up to Putin

From Germany’s shock military spending rise to sanctions unity, leaders have come together over the war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022