UN gives update on number of refugees from Ukraine

The organization called it the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since WWII The UN said on Tuesday that the number of people fleeing the armed conflict in Ukraine has passed 2 million. “Today the outflow of refugees from Ukraine reaches two million people,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi tweeted. He previous described the…

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Major payment system suspends operations in Russia, Belarus

Western Union becomes the latest in a string of financials to quit over Ukraine war International money transfer system Western Union has suspended operations in Russia and Belarus, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday.

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US senator blasts Wall Street for ‘undermining’ anti-Russia sanctions

Elizabeth Warren accuses investment banks of helping Moscow by buying up Russia’s corporate bonds One of the most vociferous critics of Wall Street, US Senator and former presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren, has accused American financial institutions of “undermining” the sanctions imposed on Moscow by Washington and its allies over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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