LONDON (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Tuesday that Russia could consider resuming a deal allowing grain exports from Ukrainian seaports only after completion of an investigation of dro…
UK beer delivery drivers at GXO accept 12.5% pay deal, cancel strikes
LONDON (Reuters) – A British workers union said on Tuesday that it had secured a 12.5% pay deal for 1,000 beer delivery drivers from logistics company GXO, cancelling strikes that were planned in the run-up to the soccer World Cup finals. Unite said th…
Russia fines Wikimedia Foundation over Ukraine war entries
(Reuters) -A Russian court on Tuesday fined Wikipedia owner Wikimedia Foundation 2 million roubles ($32,600) over articles relating to the Ukraine war, the head of the foundation’s Russia chapter told Reuters. Stanislav Kozlovsky said the penalty was i…
Putin ally Prigozhin praises Ukraine’s Zelenskiy as ‘strong, confident’ leader
(Reuters) – Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the founder of the Wagner private military group, has praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a strong and confident leader who should not be underestimated….
UN, Ukraine, Turkey agree no vessel movements under grain deal on Wednesday -coordination centre
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Delegations from Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations agreed not to plan any movement of vessels on Nov. 2 as part of the Black Sea grain deal, the United Nations secretariat at the joint coordination centre said on Tuesday. In a…
U.S. says many ransomware attacks in late 2021 were connected to Russian actors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia-related ransomware variants accounted for 75% of ransomware-related incidents reported to the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in the second half of 2021, the Treasury Department said in an analysis on We…
U.S. Treasury thwarted attack by Russian hacker group last month-official
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury last month repelled cyber attacks by a pro-Russian hacker group, preventing disruption and confirming the effectiveness of the department’s stronger approach to financial system cybersecurity, a U…
Rosneft says BP should return to Russia, promises dividend
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian energy giant Rosneft said on Tuesday that international major BP should rethink its decision to leave Russia and return to its operations in the country, promising more dividend pay-outs. Rosneft’s Chief Executive Officer Igo…
Russia set to reroute most of its oil under new price cap – analysts
By Noah Browning and Kavya Guduru LONDON (Reuters) – New G7 and European Union sanctions on Russian oil exports will have a muted impact on flows and global prices according to analysts polled by Reuters, as Russia is set to largely succeed in reroutin…
UK’s Morrisons to close McColl’s stores; 1,300 jobs at risk
LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket group Morrisons is to close 132 McColl’s convenience stores that have no realistic prospect of making a profit in the medium term, it said on Tuesday, putting 1,300 workers at risk of redundancy. The majority of th…