The Latest Breaking News from Russia

US condemns Putin nuclear deterrence order but cautiously welcomes talks report

Psaki says Russia ‘manufacturing threats to justify aggression’ while Cotton leads Republican calls for energy sector sanctions

The Guardian - US · Feb 27, 2022

Ukraine war: British volunteers who travel to fight Russia could violate terror laws but prosecutions unlikely

Foreign secretary Liz Truss says she would ‘absolutely’ support people responding to call for international fighters

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2022

Russians rush for dollars as sanctions threaten ruble collapse

Russians lined up at cash machines around the country to withdraw foreign currency as new sanctions to punish the Kremlin for its invasion of Ukraine sparked fear the ruble could collapse.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2022

MIT severs ties with Russian school after Ukraine invasion

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is severing ties with a research university it helped establish in Russia, citing the country’s “unacceptable” invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2022

"It is your children dying": Lithuanian women appeal to Russian mothers to stop war

Several thousand woman protested at the Russian Embassy in the Lithuanian capital on Sunday, calling on Russian women to rise up and stop the war in Ukraine.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

‘I had no idea he was there’: families’ shock at video of captured Russian soldiers

Telegram channel Find Your Own identifies PoWs – much to the horror of families who did not know they were part of invasion

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2022

Management drops conductor Valery Gergiev over Putin ties

Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been dropped by his management company over his ties to Russia President Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2022

EU's Breton wants Google, YouTube to ban war propaganda accounts

Alphabet Inc and its YouTube unit should ban users pushing war propaganda as part of measures to stop disinformation after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, EU industry chief Thierry Breton told the chief executives of the companies on Sunday.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

White House calls on China to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The White House called on China to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Sunday as Moscow's onslaught against its neighbor continued and Russian President Vladimir Putin put nuclear forces on high alert.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

Ukraine athletes defend country, demand sanctions for Russia

With Russian troops encircling the capital of Kyiv, some four dozen athletes from Ukraine and elsewhere sent an open letter to Olympic and Paralympic leaders urging them to immediately suspend the Russian and Belarussian Olympic and Paralympic Committees

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2022