Turkish banks have started closing Russian corporate accounts and tightening policies for individuals following threats of secondary sanctions from the US, business daily Vedomosti reported on Thursday, citing financial consultants and business owners.

Dmitry Peskov has dismissed a label given by several Western media outlets, saying that Astana pursues a flexible foreign policy Attempts by the Western media to portray Kazakhstan as Russia’s “backyard” are an element of information warfare and have nothing to do with reality, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said.

Dozens of rockets fell on Novaya Kakhovka over the past 24 hours, the local administration has said The Russian-controlled city of Novaya Kakhovka in Ukraine’s Kherson Region is evacuating civilians due to constant artillery attacks by Kiev’s forces, the local administration reported on Monday.