Russia

Russia says it may team with China to put first nuclear power plant on the moon

Russia and China are considering a collaborative project to install the moon's first nuclear power plant by the mid-2030s.

7 March, 2024

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Hackers expose how Russia skirts sanctions for its weapons

Despite tight sanctions, Western parts are being used in Russia’s battlefield weapons. CBC’s Ben Makuch meets with Ukrainian hackers who reveal that one arms maker is after Canadian technology and how a complex web of intermediaries make it possible.

7 March, 2024

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Ukraine’s accession could cost €136 billion to the EU budget, new report estimates

This would represent 0.10% and 0.13% of the EU's gross domestic product (GDP). The projection uses the existing rules and design of the 2021-2027 budget to extract a projection of how much money the war-torn nation would be entitled to after obtaining the coveted membership. Ukraine was first declared a candidate in June 2022 and was given the go-ahead for accession negotiations in December 2023. The findings exclude the enormous […]

7 March, 2024

World

UN condemns death sentences in Ukraine

The UN human rights office has expressed concern at the sentencing to death of a Moroccan man and two Britons by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine, saying such trials against prisoners of war amounted to a war crime. The UN says the three were part of Ukraine's armed forces, and therefore could not be described as mercenaries. The AFP news agency reports that Brahim Saadoun was a student […]

5 March, 2024

World

Ukraine’s military intelligence breaches Russian defense ministry in cyberattack

Ukraine's military intelligence agency claimed on Monday it had carried out a cyberattack on the servers of Russia's defense ministry, and that it had obtained access to a trove of classified documents.

4 March, 2024

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500 sanctions vs. $60 billion in aid: Best way to ‘defeat Russia’ is by helping Ukraine ‘on ground’

Ukraine vowed to triumph over Russian "darkness" as it entered a new year of war weakened by a lack of Western aid and with Moscow emboldened by fresh gains. To mark the second anniversary, a virtual summit of G7 leaders was due to take place at Kyiv's Saint Sophia Cathedral later Saturday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attending. When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" at dawn […]

24 February, 2024

Business / Economics

UAE removed, Kenya and Namibia added to global money laundering list

Global anti-money laundering watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said Friday that it had removed the United Arab Emirates from its "grey list" of countries subject to increased monitoring, while Kenya and Namibia were added. Countries on the list have "strategic deficiencies" in their efforts to counter money laundering and terrorist financing, but are cooperating with the FATF to correct the problems and are subject to increased monitoring. FATF […]

24 February, 2024

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Russia claims it’s making Mariupol great again

Once a symbol of Ukrainian resistance, Mariupol is rebuilding under Russian control after it was destroyed by shelling. CBC’s Briar Stewart breaks down Russia’s propaganda efforts and what Ukrainians still living there say is really happening to the city.

24 February, 2024

World

Ukraine Warns the World: It’s Now or Never for Prosecuting Putin

President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Feb. 14, 2024. A hard-core group of countries headed by Ukraine has been trying to set up a special court to try Putin for the crime of aggression. But a larger group of countries, led by the United States, wants a lesser version of such a tribunal. Frustrations are mounting in the first camp as Russia’s full-on war in Ukraine grinds into its third year. […]

23 February, 2024