By Agence France-Presse An exclusion from Swift, a very discreet but important cog in the machinery of international finance, is one of the most disruptive of the possible sanctions that the West could deploy against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Thursday for such a move after Russian forces invaded his […]
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By Agencies Russian forces captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine announced on Thursday, after a “fierce” battle on the first day of the Kremlin’s invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbour.“After the absolutely senseless attack of the Russians in this direction, it is impossible to say that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe,” said Mykhailo […]