G7’s $50bn loan is no substitute for transferring blocked foreign exchange reserves to Ukraine
Measures adopted so far are too cumbersome to match Russia’s artful ways of circumventing them
Multibillion-dollar ring across London, Moscow and Dubai connected cash-rich criminals with sanctions evaders
Danish brewer had previously accused the Kremlin of ‘stealing’ the business
Western commentators should take care not to be misled by statistics that the Kremlin has turned into a weapon of war
Pressure on currency set to continue as curbs against lenders such as Gazprombank hit export payments
Move in effect bans state-owned bank from global financial system in blow to payments for Moscow’s war effort
US founder of private equity firm Baring Vostok says ordeal ‘could happen to anybody’
Purchases of vehicles from Asian nation’s automakers reach fresh records as Russians ‘vote with their wallets’
Economy ministry instructs import terminal to refuse planned shipment of LNG
Pitch by Sergei Tsivilev, a relative of Vladimir Putin, aimed to tighten oversight of Rosneft and nationalise Lukoil
Trump victory puts a twist in the tale of Moscow vs America’s biggest bank
A quick look at a largely untradeable Trump trade
Deal would signal Moscow’s diminishing influence on Balkan energy networks
Technological and geopolitical competition between democracies and autocracies are two sides of the same coin
Moscow pushes Soviet-style trade after western sanctions cause months-long payment delays
About 400 companies and individuals in China, India, Turkey and other countries are added to sanctions list
Second-largest western supplier of enriched uranium Orano urges more clarity on demand or stricter sanctions
Mol’s links to Moscow have come under scrutiny after Spain’s veto of Hungarian consortium’s bid for train maker Talgo
Russian president targets US financial dominance in struggle to reduce impact of sanctions
Rostec chief Sergei Chemezov, an ally of Vladimir Putin, also blames high interest rates for making overseas sales difficult
Disclosure raises questions over why Rome did not move to freeze the asset
Letter to Biden administration warns SLB is helping finance ‘barbaric invasion’ of Ukraine
Sanctions include restrictions on six vessels recently identified by the FT
Ukraine’s friends can be much tougher with Moscow’s ‘shadow fleet’ — and other economic weapons
