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EU envoys to discuss scope of sanctions after Russian move on Ukraine regions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU member states' ambassadors will meet on Tuesday morning to discuss possible sanctions against Russia in response to its formal recognition of two breakaway regions of Ukraine, ...
Feb 22, 2022
Ukrainian hryvnia loses 1% after Moscow recognises separatist regions
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's hryvnia currency weakened by more than 1% from the beginning of the trading session on Tuesday after Russia formally recognised the independence of two regions of eastern Uk...
Feb 22, 2022
Marketmind: Not so quiet on the Eastern front
A look at the day ahead in markets from Sujata Rao It was perhaps inevitable that Vladimir Putin would resort to the playbook similar to the one employed during the 2014 Crimea annexation, recognising...
Feb 22, 2022
J.P.Morgan cuts Russian equities to ‘neutral’ as Ukraine crisis worsens
(Reuters) - J.P.Morgan analysts downgraded Russian equities to "neutral" from "overweight" on Tuesday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukrai...
Feb 22, 2022
Potential investors in India LIC’s giant IPO fret over govt control of insurer -sources
By Nupur Anand, Aftab Ahmed and Scott Murdoch MUMBAI (Reuters) - Prospective investors in Life Insurance Corp of India's (LIC) $8 billion IPO are seeking assurances from company management that it wil...
Feb 22, 2022
India police ratchet up pressure on top bourse NSE after yogi saga
By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's federal police have questioned the former CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and her adviser as part of an investigation into suspec...
Feb 22, 2022
More patients, fewer nurses: Hong Kong’s medical frontline struggles with COVID surge
By Jessie Pang and Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) - Yee, a nurse on the frontline of Hong Kong's fight against COVID-19, recently became one of the patients her hospital had to turn away, after isolat...
Feb 22, 2022
Deepening Russia-Ukraine tensions seen curbing food supplies, lifting prices
By Naveen Thukral and Gavin Maguire SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Escalating tensions between global crop heavyweights Russia and Ukraine are likely to force wheat, corn and sunflower oil buyers to seek alter...
Feb 22, 2022
UK says: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has begun
By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already begun so Britain will impose sanctions on Russia, a senior British minister said on Tuesday as Prime Minister Boris Johns...
Feb 22, 2022
Russian central bank says ready for measures to support financial stability
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian central bank on Tuesday said it was ready to take all necessary measures to support financial stability, as Russian assets were hammered by geopolitical fears after Mosc...
Feb 22, 2022
