The Ukrainian engineer of the Russian yacht Princess Anastasia attempts to scuttle the vessel in the port of
Mallorca,
Spain, damaging the yacht's engine room.
(Newsweek)
The
Central Bank of Russia (CBR) raises the interest rate from 9.5% to 20%, the highest rate since 2003. The
Russian ruble also loses more than a quarter of its value at the beginning of trading, with ranges of 100–120 rubles to the US dollar.
(The Guardian)(Reuters)
The CBR orders all companies receiving foreign currency to exchange 80% of the revenue into rubles, in an attempt to stabilise the market.
(Forbes Russia)
Russia institutes
capital controls, banning all trading of Russian securities by foreign legal entities.
(Reuters)
President Vladimir Putin ordered a ban on transferring
hard currency, such as U.S. dollars and euros, abroad, including by servicing foreign debt. Whether this constitutes a
debt default is unclear.
(Bloomberg)
Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak announces that peace talks have begun as part of an effort to end the war. During the talks, Ukraine calls for a ceasefire to end the war.
(Reuters)(BBC News)
The first round of peace talks conclude. Both delegations will return to their respective capitals for consultations prior to a second round of talks, which will be held at the
Belarus–Poland border.
(Mint)
Breaking from a historic tradition of
Swiss neutrality,
Switzerland says it will adopt all
EU sanctions on Russia effective immediately in response to the invasion. Swiss banks are believed to hold billions of
dollars in Russian funds.
(Reuters)
Canada bans the importation of Russian
crude oil, becoming the first
G7 member to ban the importation of Russian oil. Canada also approves the delivery of 100
Carl Gustaf 8.4cm recoilless rifles and 2,000 anti-tank rockets to Ukraine.
(CBC)
The
United States announces it is expelling 12
Russian people in
New York who are a part of Russia's delegation to the
United Nations, saying they are "intelligence operatives" who have "abused their privileges of residency" by engaging in "espionage activities."
(The Hill)
An
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson says that efforts to revive the
2015 Iran deal could succeed if the
U.S. and other Western powers take steps to solve three issues. These three issues include the extent to which sanctions would be rolled back, providing guarantees that the U.S. will not
withdraw from the deal again, and resolving questions over uranium traces found at several old but undeclared sites in
Iran.
(Al Arabiya)
France calls for the talks to end this week and for Iran and the Western countries to reach an agreement to revive the deal.
(Times of Israel)
Belarus confirms that it has revoked its status as a non-nuclear state, thus allowing the country to host and develop its own
nuclear weapons. President Lukashenko says that he could ask Russia to return nuclear missiles to his country if any nuclear weapons are transferred to
Poland or
Lithuania.
(Reuters)
The Ukrainian engineer of the Russian yacht Princess Anastasia attempts to scuttle the vessel in the port of
Mallorca,
Spain, damaging the yacht's engine room.
(Newsweek)
The
Central Bank of Russia (CBR) raises the interest rate from 9.5% to 20%, the highest rate since 2003. The
Russian ruble also loses more than a quarter of its value at the beginning of trading, with ranges of 100–120 rubles to the US dollar.
(The Guardian)(Reuters)
The CBR orders all companies receiving foreign currency to exchange 80% of the revenue into rubles, in an attempt to stabilise the market.
(Forbes Russia)
Russia institutes
capital controls, banning all trading of Russian securities by foreign legal entities.
(Reuters)
President Vladimir Putin ordered a ban on transferring
hard currency, such as U.S. dollars and euros, abroad, including by servicing foreign debt. Whether this constitutes a
debt default is unclear.
(Bloomberg)
Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak announces that peace talks have begun as part of an effort to end the war. During the talks, Ukraine calls for a ceasefire to end the war.
(Reuters)(BBC News)
The first round of peace talks conclude. Both delegations will return to their respective capitals for consultations prior to a second round of talks, which will be held at the
Belarus–Poland border.
(Mint)
Breaking from a historic tradition of
Swiss neutrality,
Switzerland says it will adopt all
EU sanctions on Russia effective immediately in response to the invasion. Swiss banks are believed to hold billions of
dollars in Russian funds.
(Reuters)
Canada bans the importation of Russian
crude oil, becoming the first
G7 member to ban the importation of Russian oil. Canada also approves the delivery of 100
Carl Gustaf 8.4cm recoilless rifles and 2,000 anti-tank rockets to Ukraine.
(CBC)
The
United States announces it is expelling 12
Russian people in
New York who are a part of Russia's delegation to the
United Nations, saying they are "intelligence operatives" who have "abused their privileges of residency" by engaging in "espionage activities."
(The Hill)
An
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson says that efforts to revive the
2015 Iran deal could succeed if the
U.S. and other Western powers take steps to solve three issues. These three issues include the extent to which sanctions would be rolled back, providing guarantees that the U.S. will not
withdraw from the deal again, and resolving questions over uranium traces found at several old but undeclared sites in
Iran.
(Al Arabiya)
France calls for the talks to end this week and for Iran and the Western countries to reach an agreement to revive the deal.
(Times of Israel)
Belarus confirms that it has revoked its status as a non-nuclear state, thus allowing the country to host and develop its own
nuclear weapons. President Lukashenko says that he could ask Russia to return nuclear missiles to his country if any nuclear weapons are transferred to
Poland or
Lithuania.
(Reuters)