UN Secretary General António Guterres met with Putin. UN Secretary General António Guterres met with Putin.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu on the situation in Transnistria: "The explosions in Transnistria are related to the opposing forces within the region.
Binance handed over users' personal data to the FSB In April 2021, the FSB met with the Russian director of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance and asked him to provide personal data on the exchange's users. The information required by the intelligence services included the names and addresses of Binance users. The head of Binance in Russia, Gleb Kostarev, agreed
The French Interior Ministry officially announced Macron's victory The incumbent president won 58.08% of the votes, while his rival Marine Le Pen got 41.92%.
G20 cannot function effectively as long as Russia remains a member, Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland "Russia has no place at the table of countries united to maintain global economic prosperity. You can't be both a poacher and a gamekeeper," Freeland said. Disagreement over Russia's presence at the meetings has been on display all week. Officials from the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries
The Kremlin declared Japan an unfriendly country "Japan has become an unfriendly country for Russia, it is very difficult to talk about continuing negotiations on a peace treaty," Dmitry Peskov said. This statement was made after this morning it became known that Japan for the first time in 19 years called the Kurils illegally occupied by Russia.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jeannette Yellen explained why she announced a boycott of Russia at the G20 meeting "I think participation in these forums requires that countries commit to the fundamental norms and values that underpin international cooperation. Russia's behavior is so offensive to international norms that we don't want to allow Russia to participate or listen to what the Russians have to say."
Biden officially announced a ban on Russian ships entering U.S. ports Biden officially announced a ban on Russian ships entering U.S. ports
The Finnish parliament has begun debating the country's accession to NATO. Judging by the tone of the debate, there is a good chance that Finland will apply to join the alliance along with Sweden just in time for the annual NATO summit in late June, the NYT reported.
Volodin says sanctions against Russia are illegal Volodin also said that European countries will have to compensate for the damage caused to Russia's economy by the sanctions in any case.