The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Kyiv on Thursday; he admitted that the Security Council failed to go far enough in its efforts to "prevent and end" Russia's war in Ukraine.
On the 20th of April, the United States rolled out new sanctions against more than 40 individuals and entities, including the Russian privately-owned commercial bank, the Transkapitalbank.
Over the last 22 years of Putin's rule in the country, there's only one thing that we undoubtedly learnt about him is the fact that he has systematically and repeatedly tried to weaken and undermine the West.
Russia is the world's biggest exporter of oil and petroleum products. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the steep rise in gas prices are responsible for most of the record increase in US inflation last month."
Amidst sweeping international sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, India is planning to boost shipments to Russia by an additional $2 billion as the two nations work out a payment system in local currencies to continue bilateral trade.