Crowds of people poured onto the streets of Rome on Saturday to call for peace in Ukraine. The demonstrators also demanded that the Italian government stop providing Kiev with weapons and engage with Russia diplomatically instead.

On 14th March 2022, Instagram* was blocked in Russia upon request by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation. This made targeted advertising on Instagram from Russia impossible, resulting in significant losses for advertisers. Russian users were also affected, as access to the social network was only possible via VPN.

President Putin says ‘unfriendly countries’ must switch to its currency by March 31 Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized the government, the central bank, and Gazprombank to take the necessary steps to switch all payments for Russian natural gas from “unfriendly states” to rubles starting March 31.