Russia’s Foreign Ministry handed the US ambassador in Moscow a note of protest over Joe Biden’s “unacceptable” remarks about Putin The “unacceptable” remarks of US President Joe Biden about his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin have left bilateral relations between the countries “on the brink of collapse,” the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.

The General Confederation of Italian Industry has warned that rising energy prices as a result of Russia sanctions threaten to destabilize the nation’s manufacturing sector. The joint warning was issued on Monday by the heads of the confederations of industrialists of the four most economically developed regions of the country (Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont).

After a barrage of attacks on its oil facilities, the kingdom says low supply and high prices aren’t its fault Saudi Arabia declared on Monday that it “won’t bear any responsibility” for surging oil prices or contracting supply following a series of attacks on a refinery and other energy facilities by Houthi rebels a day…