Russia’s Alrosa and its CEO have been targeted as part of the import ban on diamonds produced in the country The EU has added Russia’s mining giant Alrosa as well as its CEO Pavel Marinychev to its sanctions blacklist, the European Council announced on its official website on Wednesday.

US Senator Bob Menendez was previously accused of acting as an agent on behalf of the Egyptian government US Senator Bob Menendez, a key figure in Washington’s swath of Russia sanctions, has been accused of accepting bribes from Qatar in a new federal indictment. It’s the second foreign nation that the Democratic lawmaker is alleged…

According to average salary statistics, only 15% of Ukrainians would have qualified in 2023 Ukrainian authorities are entertaining the idea of exempting high earners from the draft if they pay their dues in taxes, Forbes has reported, citing anonymous sources from President Vladimir Zelensky’s office. The monthly income threshold reportedly under consideration would leave most…