All the headlines from our Russia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 2 2022 // Russia said on Wednesday it would resume its participation in a deal freeing up grain exports from war-torn Ukraine, reversing a move that world leaders had said threatened to exacerbate global hunger.Moscow announced the...
Nov 1 2022 // Carlyle Aviation Partners said it sued a group of insurance companies and re-insurers claiming they failed to pay for losses stemming from the seizure of planes leased to Russian airlines following the invasion of...
Oct 28 2022 // Third-quarter net income at broker WTW was $192 million compared to $907 million during the prior-year third quarter.Net income for the third quarter 2021 included the $1 billion income receipt that was received as a...
Oct 28 2022 // A Russian official’s threat this week to “strike” Western satellites aiding Ukraine highlights an untested area of international law, raising concerns among space lawyers and industry executives about the...
Oct 28 2022 // Aircraft leasing firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has filed a London lawsuit against 11 insurers, including Lloyd’s of London, AIG, Chubb and Swiss Re, two months after it wrote off almost $600 million for 19...
Oct 25 2022 // Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said the US has observed growing cybersecurity threats both at home and throughout Asia, and is warning against activity coming from Russia, China, North Korea and...
Oct 24 2022 // Just six weeks before European Union sanctions on Russian oil come into effect, insurers are still unclear as to exactly how they will work.At the heart of the uncertainty is a continued lack of detail surrounding US-led...
Oct 21 2022 // Russia can access enough tankers to ship most of its oil beyond the reach of a new G-7 price cap, industry players and a U.S. official told Reuters, underscoring the limits of the most ambitious plan yet to curb...
Oct 19 2022 // The European Union’s latest sanctions on Russian petroleum could end up depriving a swath of the world’s tanker fleet of industry standard insurance, a move that threatens to undermine US efforts to avert an...
Oct 18 2022 // Exxon Mobil Corp. said on Monday that it left Russia completely after President Vladimir Putin expropriated its properties following seven months of discussions over an orderly transfer of its 30% stake in a major oil...
Oct 18 2022 // Russia’s biggest oil exporter Rosneft has expanded its tanker chartering business to ease oil shipments for buyers amid looming Western sanctions on insurance of Russian oil shipments, three sources familiar with the...
Oct 17 2022 // Oil output at the giant Exxon-led Sakhalin-1 Russian Pacific project collapsed following the U.S. major’s refusal to accept local insurance for tankers after Western insurers pulled out due to sanctions, several...
Oct 17 2022 // Norwegian police took into custody a 51-year-old Russian man on Friday after he was observed taking photos near Tromso airport, the second such occurrence in a week.The police took possession of a drone, a large amount of...
Oct 12 2022 // A pro-Russian hacktivist group is claiming credit for a series of disruptions that temporarily knocked the websites of some US airports offline.The group, called Killnet, has engaged in a series of cyberattacks in recent...
Oct 11 2022 // European Union sanctions on Russian oil might still be eight weeks away, but they’re hitting trade in the nation’s crude already.The bloc’s measures, including a ban on insuring tanker shipments, enter...
Oct 3 2022 // The European Union proposed making so-called pilot services exempt from sanctions targeting the transfer of Russian oil that are set to kick in this year to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.The exception, which...
Oct 3 2022 // Russia may start providing trade finance to importers of its grain as sanctions imposed on Moscow since it sent troops to Ukraine affect this financial instrument, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said.Russia, the...
Sep 29 2022 // Another leak on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea has been disclosed, bringing the total number of ruptures to four, according to the Swedish Coast Guard’s Command Center.Sweden’s...
Sep 28 2022 // Any deliberate disruption to the EU’s energy infrastructure would meet a “robust and united response,” its top diplomat said, after several states said two Russian pipelines to Europe that have been...
Sep 28 2022 // The European Union is considering adding shipping restrictions to its oil sanctions as the bloc continues to discuss the introduction of a price cap on Russian oil, according to people familiar with the matter.A shipping...