The Latest Breaking News from Russia

UK manufacturers hit by largest drop in orders since 2020; FTSE 100 hits record high – as it happened

Shares in oil companies jump after US sanctions Russian energy firms, while manufacturers see weak prospects ahead

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025

Asian shares retreat and crude prices soar $2 after Trump sanctions Russian oil giants

Shares are mostly lower in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street, while crude prices jumped more than $2 after U.S. President Donald Trump announced sanctions on Russian oil giants

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

Putin supervises nuclear forces drills as sanctions mount on Russia over its war against Ukraine

The Kremlin said as part of Moscow’s nuclear triad and drills, an intercontinental ballistic missile was test-fired from the Plesetsk launch facility in northwestern Russia, and a Sineva ICBM was launched by a submarine in the Barents Sea.

Euronews · Oct 23, 2025

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv allies pledge to take Russian oil off market to ‘choke’ Putin’s war machine

Sir Keir Starmer said allies had agreed a ‘clear plan for the rest of the year’ on supporting Ukraine

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

Crude Spikes As Trump Threatens Russian Giants, Stocks Turn Lower

Crude prices spiked more than two percent Thursday after Donald Trump said he would hit two Russian oil companies with hefty sanctions, while talk that the White House was planning curbs on software exports to China added to gloom on markets.

International Business Times · Oct 23, 2025

Trump Freezes Out Moscow, Full Sanctions Slapped On Russian Oil Giants Rosneft And Lukoil — Crude Oil Futures Surge

In a sweeping escalation of economic pressure on Russia, the U.S. Department of the Treasury said that it will be imposing full blocking sanctions on its two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, citing Moscow’s “lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine.”

Benzinga · Oct 23, 2025

Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainians may get Gripen fighter jets bought with Russian money

Double dose of Russian oil sanctions from EU and US; freezing war at current frontlines is ‘good compromise’, says Zelenskyy. What we know on day 1,338

The Guardian - AU · Oct 23, 2025

Trump news at a glance: Oil prices jump after president puts sanctions on Russia in major policy shift

Trump, who has to date not put sanctions on Russia over the war and instead relied on trade measures, says Rosneft and Lukoil will be targeted. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 22 October

The Guardian - US · Oct 23, 2025

US sanctions major Russian oil companies and calls for Moscow to accept immediate Ukraine ceasefire – as it happened

Trump says he canceled meeting with Putin because ‘we have good conversations but then they don’t go anywhere’

The Guardian - US · Oct 22, 2025

U.S. sanctions Russia's 2 biggest oil firms after Trump cancels Putin summit

This is the first time the U.S. has imposed sanctions against Russia over the war with Ukraine since Trump assumed office.

Axios · Oct 22, 2025