February 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping meet shortly before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics in early February | Photo: EFE/EPA/ALEXEI DRUZHININ/KREMLIN/SPUTNIK Announcements of economic sanctions by the West against Russia, initiated after Moscow’s recognition of the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk and intensified after the invasion of Ukraine, raises …

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Ukrainian refugees arrive at the train station in Przemsyl, Poland | Photo: Borja Sánchez/EFE 166984880891 166984880891Dozens of chauffeurs, many of them immigrants, arrive daily to transport the thousands of refugees that arrive every day at the border between Ukraine and Poland free of charge. them wherever they want. They come from all corners of Poland …

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President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro| Photo: EFE/Joedson Alves ) The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, said, during a press conference at Forte dos Andradas, in Guaruja (SP), where Carnival is being held, that he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin and highlighted that Brazil will adopt a neutral stance in the conflict. The information …

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Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs | Photo: EFE/EPA/JOHN THYS / POOL The European Union has accepted the request to supply planes to Ukraine. They will be mainly Soviet models for which Ukrainian pilots are qualified. According to the website specialized in aviation Aeroflap, three member countries have the Mig …

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Swift is based in a suburb of Brussels, Belgium| Photo: EFE ) The High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union, Josep Borrell, announced this Sunday that Russian banks will be disconnected from Swift – Interbank Financial Telecommunications Service -, a communication system that enables the payment and transfer of resources between companies from …

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Inflation was already giving consumers a headache. In the months ending in January, the IPCA-15 , preview of inflation, closed at 10, 76%, according to the IBGE. And it will give more complication after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, started on Thursday (24). The war in Ukraine caught the world at an unfavorable moment …

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Publicist Maryna (she prefers that her surname not be disclosed, for security reasons) heard the explosion of the first Russian missile over the Ukrainian capital Kiev at 5:00 am44 last Wednesday morning. That was the last night he slept at home, as he now spends most of his time in an air raid shelter or …

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