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US warns Chinese companies over efforts to evade export controls on Russia
"We have an array of tools that we can deploy if we see companies including those in China doing their best to backfill US export control actions, to evade and get around them": US govt spokesperson
 "US warns Chinese companies over efforts to evade export controls on Russia")
India in talks on multi-year fertiliser import deal with Russia: Report
India is a top importer of urea and other soil nutrients needed to feed its huge agriculture sector, which employs about 60% of the country's workforce and accounts for 15% of $2.7 trillion economy
 "India in talks on multi-year fertiliser import deal with Russia: Report")
Ukraine crisis: Russia ratchets up tensions with massive troop build-up
Russia sent 30,000 troops, weapons to Belarus: NATO
 "Ukraine crisis: Russia ratchets up tensions with massive troop build-up")
Ukraine crisis may prove wild card for inflation-obsessed world markets
Top-rated government bonds and gold, assets that typically rally when political upheaval or war threaten, fail to gain in flare up.
 "Ukraine crisis may prove wild card for inflation-obsessed world markets")
Ukraine crisis: US will send 2,000 troops; Germany allots 1,000 soldiers
President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Poland and Germany this week and shifting roughly 1,000 Germany-based soldiers to Romania
 "Ukraine crisis: US will send 2,000 troops; Germany allots 1,000 soldiers")
'Life goes on' despite 'difficult' Covid-19 situation, says Vladimir Putin
The Kremlin continues to hold off from imposing nationwide restrictions even as the state coronavirus task force reported 141,883 news infections on Wednesday
 "'Life goes on' despite 'difficult' Covid-19 situation, says Vladimir Putin")
Biden to send troops to east Europe to counter Russia: US officials
US troops set to be deployed at eastern Europe within days; Washington offers talks but rejects main Russian demands
 "Biden to send troops to east Europe to counter Russia: US officials")
Russia responds to US proposal to de-escalate Ukraine crisis: Report
The Russian response comes as the Biden administration continues to press the Kremlin to deescalate a growing crisis on the Ukraine border, where some 100,000 Russian troops have massed
 "Russia responds to US proposal to de-escalate Ukraine crisis: Report")
Russia has no plans to invade Ukraine: Russia's UN ambassador
Monday's open meeting on Ukraine was requested by the US
 "Russia has no plans to invade Ukraine: Russia's UN ambassador")
Russia-sized mystery in China's power sector that will hurt climate goals
Countries that have reached China's levels of per-capita electricity consumption (already on a par with most of Europe) typically see growth rates at less than half that level.
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US, UK threaten sanctions for Moscow elite if Russia invades Ukraine
Britain urged Putin to "step back from the brink" after the Russian build-up of troops near Ukraine stoked fears of war
Can Qatari gas offset disruptions to Russian supply in Europe?
Any interruption of supplies because of an attack would worsen the existing energy crisis caused by a global shortage of oil and gas
 "Can Qatari gas offset disruptions to Russian supply in Europe?")
Tensions, fears of war may lead to even more expensive cars, bread
The moves in these key Russian exports have far reaching consequences for US consumer prices
 "Tensions, fears of war may lead to even more expensive cars, bread")
My goal in 2022 is to break into Top-10: Russian tennis star Aslan Karatsev
Russian tennis star Aslan Karatsev said his goal this season is to break into top-10 in the world and is looking forward to the ongoing 2022 Tata Open Maharashtra as a stepping stone towards his aim.
 "My goal in 2022 is to break into Top-10: Russian tennis star Aslan Karatsev")
Can the UN do more than just talk about Russia, Ukraine crisis?
The United States describes the meeting of the 15-member body as a chance for Russia to explain itself, while Russia signaled it could try and block it
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Ukraine's NATO membership would hurt bloc's ties with Russia: Lavrov
Ukraine's admission to NATO would seriously undermine relations between Russia and the alliance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
 "Ukraine's NATO membership would hurt bloc's ties with Russia: Lavrov")
The standoff in Ukraine: Roots in history
Russian psyche, moulded bloodily through the centuries, regards European expansionism as an existential threat
No plans to send combat troops to Ukraine if Russia invades: Nato
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also said that there is a difference between being a Nato member and being a strong and highly valued partner as Ukraine
 "No plans to send combat troops to Ukraine if Russia invades: Nato")
Ukraine crisis: Britain preps big troop deployment in Europe
Boris Johnson said the deployment would send a clear message to Kremlin
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Russia's new Covid-19 tally hits pandemic record amid Omicron surge
Russia's daily count of new coronavirus infections surged to more than 121,000 on Sunday, an eightfold increase compared with the beginning of the month