All the headlines from our Russia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2024 // One of the energy market’s open questions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been who’s insuring the tankers moving Moscow’s petroleum against the risk of a catastrophic oil spill.The answer is...
Oct 18 2024 // The UK said three government bodies are working together to challenge Russian shadow fleet oil tankers if it perceives they have dubious insurance.An announcement from the country’s Foreign, Commonwealth and...
Oct 15 2024 // A Russian missile hit a fourth cargo ship in Ukraine this month, as the Kremlin ramps up its attacks on Kyiv’s trade infrastructure.A grain storage facility at Odesa port was attacked on Monday, killing one person...
Oct 10 2024 // A series of Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian Black Sea port infrastructure and commercial vessels has led to a jump in insurance costs and forced some shipowners to cancel bookings, insurance sources and a broker said...
Oct 10 2024 // Britain on Thursday launched a trade sanctions unit with new powers to penalize companies that fail to comply with restrictions on exporting services to Russia.Britain has announced sanctions on more than 20 billion pounds...
Oct 9 2024 // Threats to the UK from Russia and Iran and the danger posed by the Islamic State group have increased in recent months, according to the head of Britain’s domestic spy agency.Ken McCallum, the director-general of...
Oct 8 2024 // Russia targeted a ship loaded with Ukrainian grain with a ballistic missile Monday — the second in two days — killing one person and injuring five, according to the Infrastructure Ministry in Kyiv.The Optima, which...
Oct 3 2024 // Aircraft lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has secured a settlement with insurer AXA over jets retained in Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, raising the prospect of further deals as a London High Court...
Oct 2 2024 // Insurers are playing “pass the liability parcel” in a desperate fight against multi-billion dollar claims over aircraft stranded in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine two years ago, lawyers for aviation...
Sep 27 2024 // Ukrainian authorities said at least three people were killed by a Russian strike against a Danube River port that was repeatedly attacked last year after it became a lifeline for key exports amid the Kremlin’s...
Sep 26 2024 // Britain on Thursday sanctioned five vessels and two associated entities involved in the shipping of Russian LNG, with the government saying it was using new legal powers for the first time to target LNG vessels...
Sep 20 2024 // Russia’s state-run oil tanker company Sovcomflot PJSC said that western sanctions on ships moving the nation’s petroleum oil are only serving to heighten environmental risks by forcing some vessels out of...
Sep 18 2024 // Russian insurers are playing a growing role facilitating the country’s oil shipments to India, its biggest buyer, data obtained from trade and shipping sources shows, helping to protect Moscow’s export revenue...
Sep 17 2024 // Russian company RusChemAlliance has filed new lawsuits against five European banks that stopped financing the construction of a gas project in Russia after the West imposed sanctions against Moscow over the 2022 invasion...
Sep 11 2024 // Russia’s National Settlement Depository lost a bid to overturn European Union sanctions over its alleged role in helping fund President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.The Moscow-based institution was hit...
Aug 27 2024 // Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera was narrowed to gender discrimination claims by a federal judge, who agreed to dismiss the star soprano’s allegations of defamation, breach of contract and...
Aug 23 2024 // Three oil tankers that are under British sanctions for transporting Russian petroleum are sailing under the flag of a nation that bases its operations in London.The Galaxy, the Liberty and the Rigel, all of which moved...
Aug 14 2024 // A Russian court has ordered that assets worth around $1.15 billion of a British subsidiary of German industrial gases company Linde be frozen in a dispute over a gas processing plant, court filings showed on...
Aug 12 2024 // Ukraine is scrambling to ship as much grain as it can this summer, taking advantage of military gains it has made in the Black Sea area to boost exports even as Russia has attacked its ports.Ukraine is a major global wheat...
Aug 8 2024 // A group of Western insurers have provided cover for tankers carrying Russian crude, keeping its oil flowing after many in the trade sector withdrew for fear of breaching the rules of a G7 price cap, data from traders and...