STOCKHOLM/HELSINKI—Finland and Sweden on Sunday announced plans to offer billions of dollars in liquidity guarantees to power companies in their countries after Russia’s Gazprom shut the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, deepening Europe’s energy crisis. Finland is aiming to offer 10 billion euros ($9.95 billion) and Sweden plans to offer 250 billion Swedish crowns ($23.2…
Sweden, Finland Step in to Avert Lehman-Like Situation for Power Companies
September 6, 2022
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Russia Sanctions 25 More Americans, Including Penn, Stiller
Russia imposed personal sanctions Monday on 25 Americans, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in response to U.S. sanctions against Russians stemming from the conflict in Ukraine. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was on the new sanctions list, as were several American senators: Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Kevin Cramer of North…
Russia Sanctions 25 More Americans, Including Actors Sean Penn, Ben Stiller
September 5, 2022
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Russia imposed personal sanctions Monday on 25 Americans, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in response to U.S. sanctions against Russians stemming from the conflict in Ukraine. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was on the new sanctions list, as were several American senators: Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike…
Putin Approves New Foreign Policy Doctrine Based on ‘Russian World’
LONDON—President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved a new foreign policy doctrine based around the concept of a “Russian World,” a notion that conservative ideologues have used to justify intervention abroad in support of Russian-speakers. The 31-page “humanitarian policy,” published more than six months into the war in Ukraine, says Russia should “protect, safeguard, and advance…
Ukraine Warns Europeans to Brace for Bleak Winter
KYIV—European leaders on Sunday sought to ease the impact of high energy prices across the continent, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a difficult winter, even as he reported progress in a counter-offensive against Russian troops. Zelenskiy thanked his forces in his nightly address on Sunday for taking two settlements in the south and…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Warns Europeans to Brace for Bleak Winter
KYIV—European leaders on Sunday sought to ease the impact of high energy prices across the continent, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a difficult winter, even as he reported progress in a counter-offensive against Russian troops. Zelenskyy thanked his forces in his nightly address on Sunday for taking two settlements in the south and…
US Navy Assault Ship Takes Part in Baltic Sea Training
ABOARD USS KEARSARGE—U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge is taking part in international training in the Baltic Sea amid Russia’s war in Ukraine and tensions in the region. The Kearsarge is the first ship of the Wasp class to take part in international training in the Baltic in at least two decades. Associated Press…
US Ambassador to Russia Departs Post
The U.S. ambassador to Russia departed his post on Sunday and will retire, the U.S. Embassy announced. “U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation John J. Sullivan has concluded his tenure as U.S. envoy and departed Moscow today,” the U.S. Embassy in Russia said in a statement Sunday. “Ambassador Sullivan was appointed in December 2019 and…
British Troops Join Training Drill With Swedish and Finnish Forces
September 4, 2022
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British troops have taken part in a training exercise alongside Swedish and Finnish armed forces as the two Nordic countries prepare their accession to the NATO military alliance. Exercise Vigilant Knife, which took place in northern Finland from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, was intended to further strengthen the interoperability of the three armed forces,…
Russia, West Step Up Energy War as Risk of Nuclear Disaster Haunts Ukraine
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—As UN inspectors sought to avert a nuclear disaster on Ukraine’s frontline, the West and Russia wounded each other’s economies, with Moscow keeping its main gas pipeline to Germany shut on Saturday while threatened with price caps on oil exports. Russia’s state-controlled energy giant Gazprom blamed a technical fault in the Nord Stream 1…
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