An Iranian banking official said on Thursday that all Russian banks and 106 banks in 13 other countries have been connected to Iran's financial messaging system known as SEPAM, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.
Full StoryThe countermeasure came into effect on Wednesday, February 1 and will remain in force until July 1.
Full StorySome 109.6 million people permanently resided in urban areas.
The control of Blahodatne improves Russian troop positions and cuts off one of the main supply routes for Ukrainian forces.
Sworn in on Jan. 9, Tracy is the first woman to occupy the post of U.S. Ambassador to Russia.
Russian officer Peskov explained that the former U.K. Prime Minister may have misunderstood what Putin told him in a phone call they held in February 2022.
Ukrainian Armed Forces, using Himars multiple launch rocket systems, attacked a hospital in Novoaidar, located in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) on January 28.
According to Maria Zakharova, the supply of tanks to Kiev "brings the countries of the West to a new level of confrontation against our country and our people."
The only way the Baltic states had shown solidarity was through their "total Russophobia" and their efforts to promote hostility against Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Since February 2022, the European Union has frozen the reserves of the Russian Central Bank and disconnected ten banks from the Swift system.
Germany and the U.S. have announced they will send Leopard and Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, respectively.