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28 February 2022
Russian central bank raises key interest rate to 20%, instructing companies to sell foreign currency — ground.news — 28 February 2022 (LINK)
Russian ruble plunges nearly 30% against the dollar amid sanctions over Ukraine invasion — ground.news — 28 February 2022 (LINK)
Ukraine Amasses Nearly $11M Crypto Donations In 2 Days — Dogecoin, Polkadot Backers Call For Their Coins' Acceptance — benzinga — 28 February 2022 (LINK)
Anti-war protests break out as Belarus votes to renounce non-nuclear status — ground.news — 28 February 2022 (LINK)
Oil soars back above $105 as Ukraine crisis sanctions intensify — ground.news — 28 February 2022 (LINK)
Reactions: Putin's invasion of Ukraine could be backfiring — washingtonpost — 28 February 2022 (LINK)
Facebook, Twitter remove disinformation accounts targeting Ukrainians — NBCnews — 28 February 2022 (LINK)
"The larger of the two disinformation groups operated in Russia, as well as the Russian-dominated Donbas and Crimea regions of Ukraine."
'Very probable' that Switzerland will freeze Russian assets: President — reuters / alarabiya — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
27 February 2022
Elon Musk says his SpaceX’s Starlink satellites now active over Ukraine — axios — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
Vladimir Putin suspended as honorary president of the International Judo Federation — euronews — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
EU to ban Russia's RT, Sputnik media outlets, von der Leyen says — ground.news — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
Edward Snowden Sends Out First Tweet Since Russia's Ukraine Invasion — Says This Is Why He Has Been Silent: he "called it wrong" — ground.news — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
More than 3,000 arrested in Russia as anti-war in Ukraine protests turn violent — ground.news — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
An online petition to stop the attack on Ukraine garnered over 780,000 signatures by Saturday evening.
UNOCHA reports at least 240 civilian casualties, 64 deaths in Ukraine — ground.news — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
Trump lavishes praise on Putin, revives election lies at conservative forums — ground.news — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
Ukraine ready for peace talks with Russia but not in Belarus, says Volodymyr Zelensky — ground.newss — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
U.K. Visas for Belarus basketball team cancelled as countries 'complicit with Putin not welcome' — ground.newss — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
West to cut some Russian banks off from Swift — BBC — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
26 February 2022
Google blocks RT, other Russian channels from earning ad dollars — investing — 26 February 2022 (LINK)
Ukraine Receives $4 Million In Crypto Donations Within Hours — Including $1.9 Million Tied To Julian Assange NFT Auction — forbes — 26 February 2022 (LINK)
UN chief appoints Amin Awad of Sudan as UN crisis coordinator for Ukraine — xinhua / bignewsnetwork — 26 February 2022 (LINK)
Hungary won't block any sanctions against Russia, PM Orban says — reuters — 26 February 2022 (LINK)
Chelsea owner Abramovich hands over 'stewardship' of club — AP — 26 February 2022 (LINK)
Official Kremlin website down amid war in Ukraine — reuters — 26 February 2022 (LINK)
25 February 2022
Putin calls on Ukrainian military to seize power to better negotiate with Russia — reuters — 25 February 2022 (LINK)
Serbia will not impose sanctions against Moscow, president says — reuters — 25 February 2022 (LINK)
More than 600 Russian scientists sign open letter against war with Ukraine — chemistryworld — 25 February 2022 (LINK)
Council of Europe suspends Russia over actions in Ukraine — thehill — 25 February 2022 (LINK)
Canada plans to match individual donations to Red Cross for Ukraine dollar for dollar — ctvnews — 25 February 2022 (LINK)
Champions League final moved from St Petersburg to Paris following Russian invasion of Ukraine, UEFA confirms — sky — 25 February 2022 (LINK)
Robert Reich: Eight Sobering Realities About Putin's Invasion — eurasiareview — 25 February 2022 (LINK)
$500K In Bitcoin Donations Flow To Ukraine As Russia Invades — bitcoinmagazine — 25 February 2022 (LINK)
24 February 2022
What Biden's Sanctions on Russia Will Actually Do — time — 24 February 2022 (LINK)
The most notable restrictions fall on the country's biggest bank, Sberbank, and 25 of its subsidiaries, all of which account for over one-third of Russia's financial assets. Any of the assets that even touch the U.S. financial system will be blocked, and the U.S. government and its citizens are prohibited from doing any business with the restricted institutions.
Patreon suspends donation page for nonprofit giving body armor to Ukrainian army — cnbc — 24 February 2022 (LINK)
Patreon said it will return money collected in the nonprofit's account to everyone who donated.
