By AFP Published October 10, 2024 British consumer goods giant Unilever on Thursday completed the sale of Unilever Russia, finally joining other multinationals in exiting the country following its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Dove is one of dozens of consumer brands owned by Unilever – Dove Unilever said in a statement that it [...]read moreConsumer goods giant Unilever finally exits Russia
By Reuters API Published Apr 12, 2024 Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) Chief Executive Ari Epstein resigned unexpectedly on Thursday, the AWDC’s board of directors said in a statement. A spokesperson for AWDC, Belgium’s main diamond industry group, said on Friday that Epstein, who had been CEO for 13 years, did not wish to communicate [...]read moreAntwerp World Diamond Centre CEO resigns amid Russia diamond sanctions
Image: Thomas Kronsteiner (Getty Images) If you thought the current landscape of video game consoles and handhelds was already packed, the entirety of Russia has something to say about that. At the very least, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin does, since he’s issued a mandate: produce Russian video game consoles to compete with the PS5 and [...]read morePutin Wants Russia To Make PlayStation And Xbox Competitor
As the war enters its 762nd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Fighting Ukraine’s navy said it damaged four Russian naval ships in a weekend missile attack on Crimea. Among those hit was the Konstantin Olshanskya large landing warship that Moscow captured from Kyiv when it [...]read moreRussia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 762 | Russia-Ukraine war News
Moscow court extends journalist’s arrest on espionage charges, ensuring he spends more than a year in prison. Russia has extended the pre-trial detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich. The Moscow City Court ordered on Tuesday that the 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter remain behind bars until June 30 as he awaits trial on espionage charges. [...]read moreRussia extends detention of US reporter Gershkovich | Courts News
As the war enters its 761st day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Fighting Ten people, including a teenage girl, were injured after Russia hit Kyiv with missiles in the third bombardment in five days. Air defence shot down the missiles but people were hurt when the [...]read moreRussia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 761 | Russia-Ukraine war News
NewsFeed Russian president Vladimir Putin says the ‘Kyiv regime’ is responsible for Friday’s deadly shooting at a concert hall outside Moscow that killed 137 people, despite ISIS claiming responsibility for the attack. Published On 25 Mar 202425 Mar 2024 Source link
Russian President Vladimir Putin says for the first time that “radical Islamists” were behind last week’s attack on a concert hall outside Moscow but suggests Ukraine was also somehow involved. Eleven people have been detained in connection with Friday’s attack, which saw camouflaged gunmen storm into Crocus City Hall, open fire on concert-goers and set [...]read moreRussia’s Putin says ‘radical Islamists’ behind Moscow concert hall attack | ISIL/ISIS News
On Friday, armed men stormed the Crocus Concert Hall outside Moscow, killing at least 137 people and injuring more than 100. A day later, President Vladimir Putin addressed the nation, promising to “identify and punish everyone who stands behind the terrorists who perpetrated this atrocity”. Some observers may see this moment as history coming full [...]read moreHow will the Moscow concert hall attack affect Putin? | Vladimir Putin
Russia launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days, part of an apparent escalation of the aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities as the war stretches into its third year with the front line largely stationary. Five people were injured in the strike on the Ukrainian capital, with two of them taken to [...]read moreRussia steps up bombardment of Ukraine’s capital | Russia-Ukraine war News