The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Scots actor Brian Cox claims Russian stars are banned from speaking about Ukraine

The Succession actor spoke out in support of Ukraine after he won a SAG award in Hollywood

Daily Record · Mar 1, 2022

Taoiseach calls Putin a 'thug' as it emerges four Irish babies in maternity hospital in Ukraine

There are 74 Irish citizens still in Ukraine and four Irish babies in a maternity hospital there too.

Irish Mirror · Mar 1, 2022

Russia tells Kyiv residents to leave their homes as military warns of strikes against Ukraine capital

The ministry said it is preparing to launch ‘high precision strikes’ on the capital

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Put Ukrainian refugees in oligarchs’ London houses, Lviv mayor says

In interview with Guardian, Andriy Sadovyi also calls for Nato countries to establish immediate no-fly zone over Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2022

Ukraine: why the sanctions won't topple Putin

Russia knows sanctions. In 2009, the death of Moscow anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in custody motivated Bill Browder, an entrepreneur who used to work in Russia and employ him, to lobby the US government to introduce sanctions against Russia.

The Conversation · Mar 1, 2022

Banning Russia from sport is ‘unfair’, former F1 driver claims

Nikita Mazepin’s F1 future remains in doubt but Daniil Kvyat believes banning Russians from international sport is ‘unfair’

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Jaguar Land Rover halts sales of cars to Russia

Luxury car brand says it has taken the decision for the wellbeing of its workforce

Birmingham Post · Mar 1, 2022

Forbes urges Scottish businesses to stop trading with Russia

Scottish Government would also support any move to expel the Consul General of Russia from his Edinburgh consulate

Insider UK · Mar 1, 2022

Malaysia bars Russian tanker from docking amid sanctions

Malaysia refused entry of a Russian-flagged oil tanker named on a United States sanctions list to a port along the Straits of Malacca, the Transport Ministry said on Tuesday, following economic sanctions that United States and its allies imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

Bangkok Post · Mar 1, 2022

Kenya and Zimbabwe have been suspended from world football: what happens next

Kenya and Zimbabwe have both been suspended by the world’s football governing body, FIFA, owing to government interference in the operations of the national football federations. Nairobi and Harare dissolved their federations late last year and replaced them with government-appointed officials. The suspension, overshadowed for now by Russia’s dramatic banishment…

The Conversation · Mar 1, 2022