US sanctions Russian officials, oligarchs, Putin’s megayachts Among those targeted is also an oligarch who heads a major steel producer, the US Treasury Department said on Thursday. Al Jazeera · Jun 2, 2022
US imposes sanctions on luxury yacht firm linked to Putin Monaco-based Imperial Yachts and its owner, Evgeniy Kochman, added to expanded sanctions list The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022
Children among 800 people hiding below Sievierodonetsk factory About 80% of eastern Ukrainian city in Russian hands as allies promise more missiles The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022
US sanctions more Russian government ministers, foreign ministry spokesperson and an oligarch named God The White House says Russia’s economy ‘is staggering under the weight of financial and trade sanctions, export controls, and the exodus of approximately 1,000 U.S. and multinational businesses’ The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022
Russia now in control of ‘a fifth of Ukraine’, says Volodymyr Zelensky Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russian troops control about one-fifth of his country as fighting in the Donbas region rages on. Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2022
Putin-linked elites, yachts, firms targeted for sanctions The Treasury Department is targeting yachts, aircrafts, the firms that manage them, Kremlin officials and businessmen linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a new round of sanctions The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022
Moscow hospital on standby with Vladimir Putin 'suffering from pancreatic cancer' Ex-Soviet and now Israeli journalist Mark Kotlyarsky claimed Vladimir Putin's cancer diagnosis was confirmed to him by both Kremlin and medical informers in Moscow - it is claimed the Kremlin leader had an aggressive tumour Daily Mirror · Jun 2, 2022
U.S. targets yachts, cellist linked to Putin over Russia's war in Ukraine The Biden administration on Thursday issued a raft of new sanctions aimed at punishing Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, with targets including several yachts linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, an oligarch who heads a major steel producer, and a cellist it says acts as a middleman for the… Reuters · Jun 2, 2022
Putin clings to semblance of normality as his war grinds on Approaching the 100-day mark in a war that he refuses to call by its name, Russian President Vladimir Putin is a man intent on conveying the impression of business as usual. Reuters · Jun 2, 2022
Yacht Guilty: Fiji High Court Backs USA In Tug Of War Over Oligarch’s $325 Million Superyacht Fiji’s High Court has backed a US bid to confiscate a $325 million superyacht the FBI says is owned by an oligarch pal of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zenger · Jun 2, 2022
Russian state TV decries US 'act of war' after it sends long-range missiles to Ukraine A former senior officer in the Russian army has declared that 'Americans are at war' with Russia, and we will be striking decision-making centres,” he told state-run Rossiya 1 channel. Daily Mirror · Jun 2, 2022
Soccer great Pelé urges Putin to stop war in Ukraine Pelé posted his message to the Russian president Vladimir Putin in an Instagram post, on the same day Ukraine’s national team beat Scotland 3-1 in a playoff that took it a step closer to the soccer World Cup The Hindu · Jun 2, 2022
Queen broke protocol to make remark about Vladimir Putin after waiting 14 minutes After Russian president Vladimir Putin left the Queen waiting for 14 minutes she made a pointed remark about the Kremlin boss in an rare divergence from royal protocol back in 2003 Daily Mirror · Jun 2, 2022
100 days of the Russia-Ukraine war: A battle of beliefs Over three months into Moscow’s invasion, Al Jazeera’s reporter in Kyiv looks at what is left of the countries’ ties. Al Jazeera · Jun 2, 2022
Daily Mirror · Jun 2, 2022 Vladimir Putin had cancer treatment in April and end is near, classified US report says The high-ranking officials have reportedly said Kremlin insiders are 'sensing that the end is near' for the 69-year-old warmonger as they warn his death will still cause 'chaos'
Daily Mirror · Jun 2, 2022 Russia facing Botox shortage due to sanctions amid claims Vladimir Putin is a fan Russian clinics are now scrambling to switch to domestic drugs to keep up with demand as imports of Botox chemicals between January and March fell three times compared to last year
WEKU · Jun 2, 2022 Ukraine agonizes over Russian culture and language in its social fabric A third of Ukrainians have called Russian their mother tongue. Russian statues and cultural markers abound. Are these influences inherently toxic? The war is prompting emotional conversations.
Reuters · Jun 2, 2022 Kremlin confirms Reuters report that Yeltsin son-in-law quit as Putin advisor The Kremlin on Thursday confirmed a Reuters report that Valentin Yumashev, the son-in-law of former Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, had quit his role as an unpaid advisor to President Vladimir Putin.
Radio France Internationale · Jun 2, 2022 AU chair Macky Sall heads to Russia for talks with Putin over food security The head of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall, is scheduled to speak with President Vladimir Putin in the south-western Russian city of Sochi in a bid to offset Africa's impending food crisis due to the war in Ukraine.
The Times of India · Jun 2, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks his biggest ally in Ukraine war is time As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine settles into a grinding war of attrition, one question more than any other will likely decide the outcome: On whose side is time?
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022 Russia is winning the economic war - and Putin is no closer to withdrawing troops The perverse effects of sanctions means rising fuel and food costs for the rest of the world – and fears are growing of a humanitarian catastrophe, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor
The Guardian - US · Jun 2, 2022 Biden’s pledge to send rocket systems to Ukraine is no silver bullet Analysis: the long-delayed US deal offers just four systems that will take weeks to become operational, suggesting concerns about imposing a heavy defeat on Putin
WEKU · Jun 2, 2022 Volodymyr vs. Vladimir: How rival statues explain the Russia-Ukraine conflict Ukrainians call a legendary 10th-century ruler Volodymyr the Great. Russians call him Vladimir the Great. Here's a story on their dueling statues — and historical narratives — in Kyiv and Moscow.
WEKU · Jun 2, 2022 Former Estonian president speaks about the war in Ukraine and the way forward Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves wasn't surprised Russia invaded Ukraine. In an interview on his family's farm, he says he hopes the world is waking up to the dangers Russia poses.
Daily Mirror · Jun 2, 2022 Vladimir Putin to launch Satan-2 ballistic missile next week as lockdown triggered An area larger than England has been told to take emergency precautions as Vladimir Putin is gearing up to test an unspecified missile - officials say it will happen between June 6 and 10