Berlin’s military aid to Kiev should not be viewed as the cause of the country’s economic struggles, the foreign minister has said Russia’s military operation in Ukraine is the reason behind the cost-of-living crisis in Germany, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told Bild news outlet in an interview published on Saturday.

Trade body European Aluminium says Russia’s Rusal is too strategically important to be targeted with restrictions EU industry group European Aluminium warned this week against placing sanctions on Russian aluminum giant Rusal in a letter to members seen by Reuters.

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