❗️US has slapped sanctions on Russia's Sberbank, the Treasury announced on Thursday, requiring all financial institutions to close any Sberbank correspondent or payable-through accounts within 30 days
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❗️Biden says sanctioning Putin is on the table
"It is on the table," Biden said, when asked whether it’s a step that he is prepared to take.
"It is on the table," Biden said, when asked whether it’s a step that he is prepared to take.
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❗️Biden claims Putin wants to go beyond Ukraine, "reestablish the former Soviet Union"
"Yes, "Biden said during a press briefing when asked if he thinks Putin will go beyond Ukraine. "He has much larger ambitions in Ukraine. He wants to in fact to reestablish the former Soviet Union. That's what this is about and I think that his ambitions are completely contrary to the place where the rest of the world has arrived."
"Yes, "Biden said during a press briefing when asked if he thinks Putin will go beyond Ukraine. "He has much larger ambitions in Ukraine. He wants to in fact to reestablish the former Soviet Union. That's what this is about and I think that his ambitions are completely contrary to the place where the rest of the world has arrived."
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❗️Biden on new sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine:
▪️Sanctions will limit Russia’s ability to do business in dollars, euros and yen
▪️"degrade" its aerospace industry, reduce its ability to build ships and compete economically
▪️“stop” the ability to finance and grow the Russian military
▪️maximize long-term impact on Russia while minimizing the effect on America and its allies
▪️target four more major Russian banks, including second-largest bank VTB
▪️SWIFT cutoff is “always an option,” but right now is not the position that Europe wishes to take
▪️Sanctions will limit Russia’s ability to do business in dollars, euros and yen
▪️"degrade" its aerospace industry, reduce its ability to build ships and compete economically
▪️“stop” the ability to finance and grow the Russian military
▪️maximize long-term impact on Russia while minimizing the effect on America and its allies
▪️target four more major Russian banks, including second-largest bank VTB
▪️SWIFT cutoff is “always an option,” but right now is not the position that Europe wishes to take
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✈️ The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Thursday it expanded the area in Eastern Europe and Russia where American airlines and pilots cannot operate. These restrictions do not apply to military operations.
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❗️State Department has confirmed to Sputnik that the US is expelling Russia's minister counselor
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🤠 This Texas primary race is off the rails.
A woman running for railroad commissioner in the Lone Star State has raised eyebrows over her racy campaign video — in which she straddles an oil pump wearing little more than a cowboy hat and boots.
“They said I needed money. I have other assets,” GOP lawyer Sarah Stogner, 37, said in a tweet of the campaign clip posted to TikTok.
Stogner, who posted the steamy video on Super Bowl Sunday, said it was shot in November by a documentary crew she hired for her campaign against incumbent Wayne Christian, the Houston Chronicle reported.
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A woman running for railroad commissioner in the Lone Star State has raised eyebrows over her racy campaign video — in which she straddles an oil pump wearing little more than a cowboy hat and boots.
“They said I needed money. I have other assets,” GOP lawyer Sarah Stogner, 37, said in a tweet of the campaign clip posted to TikTok.
Stogner, who posted the steamy video on Super Bowl Sunday, said it was shot in November by a documentary crew she hired for her campaign against incumbent Wayne Christian, the Houston Chronicle reported.
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WATCH: President Joe Biden said on Thursday that there is a "complete rupture" right now in US-Russian relations
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❗️ Russian President Putin has briefed his French counterpart Macron, providing comprehensive reasoning behind the military operation in Ukraine
"During a phone conversation requested by the French side, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron had a serious and frank exchange of views on the situation around Ukraine," the Kremlin said in a statement.
"During a phone conversation requested by the French side, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron had a serious and frank exchange of views on the situation around Ukraine," the Kremlin said in a statement.
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❗️✈️ Canada has issued a ban on flights in the airspace of Ukraine and surrounding areas in light of Russia's special operation, Transport Canada said on Thursday
❗️🇬🇧 Foreign Office claims the UK will not rest until the Russian economy is destroyed
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❗️House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to provide Ukraine with $600 million in lethal defense weapons
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⚡️🇺🇦Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared to hold general mobilization in Ukraine within the next 90 days.
⚡️⚖️ A US jury found three former Minneapolis police officers involved in the murder of George Floyd guilty on civil rights violation charges, the Star Tribune reported on Thursday.
The jury found Tou Thao, Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane guilty on civil rights charges, including failure to render medical aid to Floyd and failure to intervene to stop fellow former officer Derek Chauvin from kneeling on his neck, the report said.
The jury also found that the officers’ actions resulted in Floyd’s death, which could lead to them receiving significantly higher sentences. The jury delivered its verdict after approximately 13 hours of deliberation.
The jury found Tou Thao, Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane guilty on civil rights charges, including failure to render medical aid to Floyd and failure to intervene to stop fellow former officer Derek Chauvin from kneeling on his neck, the report said.
The jury also found that the officers’ actions resulted in Floyd’s death, which could lead to them receiving significantly higher sentences. The jury delivered its verdict after approximately 13 hours of deliberation.
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🔎 Convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell's bid for a retrial over jury guidance
Lawyers for the disgraced socialite filed a 37-page appeal on Friday evening at a New York court claiming “erroneous” jury instructions made her conviction unfair.
They discovered that one of the jurors lied during jury selection. That juror failed to disclose his criminal conviction and contact with law enforcement, which would have led the court to have excused him for the cause.
U.S. Federal Judge Alison Nathan said Thursday that she denied Maxwell's motion for a new trial "on the current record" because the current record relies extensively on the juror's public statements, which the court is not allowed to consider under a federal rule of evidence.
Lawyers for the disgraced socialite filed a 37-page appeal on Friday evening at a New York court claiming “erroneous” jury instructions made her conviction unfair.
They discovered that one of the jurors lied during jury selection. That juror failed to disclose his criminal conviction and contact with law enforcement, which would have led the court to have excused him for the cause.
U.S. Federal Judge Alison Nathan said Thursday that she denied Maxwell's motion for a new trial "on the current record" because the current record relies extensively on the juror's public statements, which the court is not allowed to consider under a federal rule of evidence.
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❗️State Department has confirmed to Sputnik that the US is expelling Russia's minister counselor
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russia will respond to the unprovoked expulsion of the No.2 diplomat from the US, Ambassador Antonov says
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❕Read the full statement of Russia's ambassador in Washington regarding the expulsion of the minister counselor:
"We regard the new expulsion as another unfriendly step aimed at reducing the Russian diplomatic presence in the United States. Our retaliatory measures are predictable," Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said in a statement published by the Russian Embassy.
"We have made a lot of efforts to stop the escalation imposed by the Americans. We urged the State Department to reconsider its position in order to avoid an exchange of blows. However, we faced a categorical refusal, accompanied by a threat to arrest our diplomat if he stayed even for one more day in Washington," the diplomat added.
"We regard the new expulsion as another unfriendly step aimed at reducing the Russian diplomatic presence in the United States. Our retaliatory measures are predictable," Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said in a statement published by the Russian Embassy.
"We have made a lot of efforts to stop the escalation imposed by the Americans. We urged the State Department to reconsider its position in order to avoid an exchange of blows. However, we faced a categorical refusal, accompanied by a threat to arrest our diplomat if he stayed even for one more day in Washington," the diplomat added.
❗️🇯🇵🇷🇺 Japan has hit Russia with new sanctions, freezing the assets of Russian citizens and entities and banning visas to Russians
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📣 Florida House passes ‘Stop WOKE Act’ to limits talks on race, gender, and discrimination in schools, workplaces.
Dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act,” which stands for “wrongs to our kids and employees,” it bans the teaching of critical race theory, which addresses systemic racism in the U.S., alleging it widens racial divisions.
Florida legislators made their opposition to teaching gender identity and race in public schools official, as the state’s House of Representatives passed the “Stop WOKE Act” on Thursday.
Senate Bill 148 still needs to be signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, but if it becomes law, it would limit protected speech in workplaces with more than 15 employees and classrooms, banning lessons about gender identity and race that could make students feel “discomfort.”
Dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act,” which stands for “wrongs to our kids and employees,” it bans the teaching of critical race theory, which addresses systemic racism in the U.S., alleging it widens racial divisions.
Florida legislators made their opposition to teaching gender identity and race in public schools official, as the state’s House of Representatives passed the “Stop WOKE Act” on Thursday.
Senate Bill 148 still needs to be signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, but if it becomes law, it would limit protected speech in workplaces with more than 15 employees and classrooms, banning lessons about gender identity and race that could make students feel “discomfort.”
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❗️🇨🇦🇷🇺 The Canadian Foreign Ministry has announced another round of sanctions, this time against Russian lawmakers who voted for the recognition of the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, as well as Putin's "inner circle".
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