#BREAKING Russian ruble tanks almost 30% after latest sanctions
#UPDATE Russia's ruble plunged nearly 30% against the dollar Monday after world powers imposed fresh, harsher sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
The ruble was indicated to be down 27% at 114.33 per dollar in offshore trading, according to Bloomberg News
#BREAKING Russia's central bank hikes key interest rate to 20%: Russian agencies
The ruble collapsed against the dollar and the euro on the Moscow Stock Exchange on Monday morning as the West punishes Moscow with new sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia's central bank has announced it is raising its key interest rate to 20% from 9.5%
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The latest on the #Ukraine crisis from @DaveClark_AFP with @olacicho in Moscow
▶️ Russian forces strike cities in eastern Ukraine
▶️ Western powers vow further sanctions
▶️ More than 660,000 people have fled conflict u.afp.com/wAtu
@DaveClark_AFP@olacicho#UPDATE The UN's refugee agency says an estimated one million people have been displaced inside #Ukraine by the Russian invasion, in addition to hundreds of thousands who have fled abroad
#UPDATE Britain says it is adding top lender Sberbank to its list of Russian entities sanctioned over the invasion of #Ukraine, and warned that the costs will only increase for the Kremlin u.afp.com/wAC8
#BREAKING Zelensky to address European Parliament on Tuesday: speaker
#UPDATE The Munich Philharmonic says it is parting ways with star Russian conductor Valery Gergiev "with immediate effect" after he failed to respond to a request to denounce Moscow's invasion of #Ukraine
@AFP’s Aris Messinis photographs child patients at a Kyiv paediatrics hospital – including cancer sufferers - being treated in the basement, which is being used as a bomb shelter during the attack on the Ukraine capital
New refugee crisis begins.
@AFP’s Daniel Leal photographs Ukrainian refugees lining up to enter Poland at the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing.
More than half a million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion on February 24, says United Nations
New refugee crisis begins.
@AFP photographer in Poland Wojtek Radwanski captures scenes of desperation at the border crossing in Medyka.
About 250,000 are waiting in massive queues at more than half a dozen crossing points to enter Poland, according to Polish media reports