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News Updates – 3/4/22

▪️The Binance cryptocurrency exchange will not freeze the accounts of residents of Russia

▪️The Presidents of Moldova and Georgia signed a statement on joining the EU after Ukraine

▪️Reddit bans Russian state media

▪️Airbnb suspends all operations in Russia and Belarus: CEO

▪️Elon Musk said that Starlink may be under threat of a cyber attack in Ukraine

▪️The refusal of Ukraine and Georgia to join NATO is the right decision, the accession of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova to the EU is not the issue that is being discussed now, German Chancellor Scholz said

▪️The Zaporozhye NPP came under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The main power units are not damaged

▪️The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Energodar published a video in which he stated that the fire at the Zaporozhye NPP had been eliminated, there were no civilian casualties, and also urged residents of the city not to provoke the Russian military

▪️Zelensky accuses Russia of wanting to “repeat Chernobyl”

▪️ Twitter users are calling on US Senator Lindsey Graham to resign after his comment that someone should “remove” Putin

▪️Stocks in Asia fall after a fire at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine

▪️Approximately 624.5 thousand Ukrainian refugees have crossed the Polish border since February 24

▪️An emergency regime has been introduced in the Czech Republic due to an increase in the number of refugees from Ukraine

▪️The Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II made a “generous private donation” to the fund for assistance to Ukrainian refugees

▪️The United States imposed sanctions against Putin’s press secretary Peskov, as well as against 19 Russian businessmen and 47 persons associated with them.

▪️Google has suspended the sale of contextual advertising in Russia

▪️The United States will not create a no-fly zone over Ukraine, it threatens war with the Russian Federation, Washington wants to avoid this, White House spokeswoman Psaki said.

▪️Russia has decided to stop supplying rocket engines to the United States

▪️Porsche, Swarovski Intel and AMD have suspended deliveries of their products to Russia

▪️Putin seeks to “take control” of the whole of Ukraine, and “the worst is yet to come,” French President Macron said after talks with Russian President Putin

▪️The Biden administration has provided immigration protection to citizens of Ukraine

▪️The Swedish company IKEA announced the closure of its stores in Russia and Belarus

▪️The EU intends to fill gas storage facilities up to 80 percent

▪️The Administration of the Panama Canal (ASR) has ruled out closing the passage for Russian ships

▪️Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the US should immediately recognize Taiwan as a sovereign and free country

▪️Putin may “threaten the security of the whole of Europe,” said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

▪️ Chinese-backed bank stops financing Russia and Belarus

▪️Donald Trump is unlikely to face federal criminal charges for his attempts to undo the defeat in the 2020 elections, despite a judicial statement by a US Congressional committee accusing him of illegal actions, according to legal experts