The city of Dnepr has decided to strip Leonid Brezhnev of his honorary citizen title as part of the “de-communization” campaign Authorities of the Ukrainian city of Dnepr on Wednesday revoked the title of honorary citizen from Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, which the city had bestowed upon the late politician in 1979.

Officials in Karlsruhe are reportedly targeting the frozen funds of a Moscow Stock Exchange subsidiary German officials have announced plans to seize almost $800 million in assets from a Russian bank’s account in Frankfurt due to alleged violations of EU sanctions.

Roman Abramovich denies allegations that he is benefiting from the Ukraine conflict Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has protested his innocence and denied reaping benefits from the Ukraine conflict after an EU court refused to remove sanctions on the businessman.