What effect is the #Ukraine crisis having on the financial markets?
Oil prices and safe havens have surged while the ruble and European equities sank after world powers imposed fresh sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine u.afp.com/wAun
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@AFPphoto Changes in the price of Brent North Sea crude oil in US dollars since 2008
@AFPphoto Chart showing Russia's central bank key interest rate since 2013
@AFPphoto#BREAKING Putin focused on economy after Western sanctions: Kremlin
@AFPphoto#UPDATE Russia will be able to ride out Western sanctions over its invasion of #Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesman said Monday, while President Vladimir Putin will be meeting officials to discuss the economic impact
@AFPphoto#BREAKING Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska says time to end 'state capitalism' in Russia
@AFPphoto#UPDATE Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska said it was time to put an end "all this state capitalism" and change policies as the country's economy reeled from the effects of Western sanctions over Moscow's assault on #Ukraine
@AFPphoto#UPDATE The ruble collapsed against the dollar and the euro on the Moscow Stock Exchange as the West punished Moscow with harsh new sanctions over the Kremlin's invasion of #Ukraine u.afp.com/wAaf
@AFPphoto Shares in British energy giant BP slumped Monday, wiping billions of dollars from the company's value after it said it was exiting Russia over the country's invasion of neighbour Ukraine u.afp.com/wAaj
@AFPphoto#BREAKING Russia bans flights by airlines from 36 countries, including Britain and Germany: aviation authority
@AFPphoto#BREAKING Switzerland adopts same sanctions as EU against Russia: president
@AFPphoto#UPDATE The #ruble collapsed on Monday, Russians sought to withdraw their savings and a prominent tycoon urged an end to "state capitalism" in Russia as the country reeled from the effects of Western sanctions over the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine u.afp.com/wARC
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#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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