An American journalist was shot and killed by Russian forces in the town of Irpin in Ukraine’s Kyiv region and another journalist was wounded, Kyiv regional police chief Andriy Nyebytov said on Sunday. Earlier, AFP had quoted medics and witnesses saying that a US journalist was shot dead and another wounded on Sunday in Irpin, a frontline northwest suburb of Kyiv.

"As soon as companies emerge that announce their withdrawal [from the Russian market] without providing guarantees to the Russian consumers, they're being added on to it. This means that administrative, criminal and court proceedings will be used against them"

Scott Kelly has found another way to protest Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The former NASA astronaut has been a vocal opponent of the invasion, expressing his displeasure with Russian aggression frequently via Twitter, and in Russian to boot. (All astronauts who visit the International Space Station must speak English and Russian, and Kelly has three trips to the orbiting lab under his belt.)

For decades now, Vladimir Putin has slowly, carefully, and stealthily curated online and offline networks of influence. These efforts have borne lucrative fruit, helping Russia become far more influential than a country so corrupt and institutionally fragile had any right to be. The Kremlin and its proxies had economic holdings across Europe and Africa that would shame some of the smaller 18th-century empires. It had a vast network of useful idiots that it helped get elected and could count on for support, and it controlled much of the day-to-day...

For people in Russia, Roskomnadzor gives midnight on Monday to transfer their data to other platforms. Russia kept blocking social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter last week. The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, said in a tweet that “This decision will cut 80 million in Russia off from one another, and the rest of the world as ~80% of people in Russia follow an Instagram account outside their country. I’m afraid that’s not right.”

American wouldn’t stand “a fighting chance” against the combined cyberwarfare capabilities of Russia and China, the former chief software officer of the United States Air Force told Fox News last week. “Not many nations would be able to push back,” Nicolas Chaillan said. “I don’t even think the United States would be able to push back if tomorrow Russia and China decide to come together against us.”

The move removes any kinds of protections whatsoever for patent holders registered in hostile nations, do business in them or hold their nationality. This move comes right after several global businesses decided to walk out of the nation after Russia decided to invade Ukraine.

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase are shuttering their operations in Russia, two weeks after the country first invaded Ukraine. The moves marks Wall Street's first major departures from Russia, joining a growing list of retailers, oil companies, cultural events and sporting competitions to suspend operations in the country.

Four U.S. senators introduced a bill Tuesday to stop Russia from using its US$130 billion in gold reserves to stave off economic disaster stemming from its invasion of Ukraine.

US president Joe Biden banned Russian oil imports on March 8 in response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion. The move will likely push gasoline prices to new highs, but most Americans are willing to pay them, according to a new Quinnipiac University national poll. Overall, 71% of Americans supported a ban on Russian oil even if it resulted in higher gas prices, according to the survey, which was conducted from March 4 to 6. Oil was trading around $130 a barrel on Tuesday, while a regular gallon of gasoline was an average $4.17 at the pump.

The war that has caused Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been the focus of current information in all areas, including video games, with different companies in the sector creating different initiatives to help victims of war and canceling its commercial activities in the Russian country as a protest measure.

Russia has created its own trusted TLS certificate authority (CA) to solve website access problems that have been piling up after sanctions prevent certificate renewals. The sanctions imposed by western companies and governments are preventing Russian sites from renewing existing TLS certificates, causing browsers to block access to sites with expired certificates.

President Joe Biden will announce Friday that, along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, the U.S. will move to revoke “most favored nation” trade status for Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

President Joe Biden is expected to revoke Russia's 'most favored nation' trade status over its invasion of Ukraine in a joint announcement with the G7 and European Union leaders on Friday. The revoked status, if passed by Congress, would clear the way for increased tariffs on Russian imports in the U.S. and around the world.

A woman who ran a Russia propaganda center in New York City was charged on Tuesday for acting as an unregistered foreign agent for the Russian government. Elena Branson, 61, who has both US and Russian citizenship, ran the Russian Center New York, which she founded in 2012, receiving thousands of dollars from the Russian government.

Sony has halted a major part of its operations in Russia in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Japanese company announced on Wednesday it had suspended shipments of all PlayStation software and hardware in Russia and stopped operations of the PlayStation Store there. It’s also postponed the launch of the racing game Gran Turismo 7 in Russia until further notice.

iPhones.ru is reporting that iTunes and App Store purchases can no longer be made by Apple device users located in Russia, leaving them unable to pay for apps, media, or Apple services.

Roman Abramovich's attempt to sell Chelsea has been halted after the oligarch was sanctioned by the UK government as part of its response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Russian put the European champions up for sale after the threat of sanctions was raised in Parliament.

The long-term girlfriend of Russian president Vladimir Putin – Alina Kabaeva – has reportedly gone into hiding in Switzerland, together with the couple’s four young children. Kabaeva left Russia at the start of the Ukraine war and is currently staying in a “luxury and very private” chalet in a remote part of Switzerland, according to various reports.