Category : News
Author: RNZ

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has promised more sanctions on Russia with officials working now to identify Russian interests in New Zealand.

The government has imposed its first tranche of sanctions - targeting Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and 12 other senior figures - but none have assets here.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/03/russia-ukraine-war-foreign-minister-nanaia-mahuta-vows-more-sanctions-for-russia.html
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Category : News
Author: Martin Van Beynen

ANALYSIS: Russian businessman Viatcheslav (Slava) Meyn came to Christchurch in 2009 and used his own money to build a football facility for the city at Yaldhurst. He talks, reluctantly, to Martin van Beynen about the situation in Ukraine.

I won't lie. Slava Meyn doesn't see much point in talking to me about the Russian invasion of Ukraine now in its third week.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/128088759/one-of-christchurchs-richest-russians-breaks-his-silence-on-the-invasion-of-ukraine
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Author: Jamie Ensor

Russian President Vladimir Putin, a state bank and the "Death Battalion" are among the first people and entities New Zealand has imposed sanctions on under new legislation passed last week.

However, Alexander Abramov, a Russian steel magnate known in New Zealand for his luxury property in Northland, isn't on the just-released list. He also doesn't feature on the lists of overseas partners our Government is wanting to align with.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/03/russia-ukraine-war-vladimir-putin-death-battalion-make-new-zealand-sanctions-list-but-not-oligarch-with-northland-mansion.html
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Author: Molly Swift

Russian soldiers are looking for a way out of the war, with some resorting to shooting their own legs to get sent home.

In a phone call intercepted by the Security Service of Ukraine, a Russian soldier revealed to his mother some soldiers no longer want to fight and have a cunning plan to get sent home.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/russians-soldiers-using-ukrainian-ammunition-to-shoot-their-leg-to-get-sent-home.html
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Author: Reuters

British defence minister Ben Wallace ordered an inquiry on Thursday after an imposter claiming to be the Ukrainian prime minister contacted him and asked several "misleading questions".

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/russia-ukraine-war-british-defence-minister-gets-phone-call-from-ukrainian-pm-turns-out-to-be-imposter.html
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Author: Thomas Manch

Ukraine is “grateful” for New Zealand’s new Russia sanctions law, though the Government has not yet laid sanctions and has not been invited to join a US-led “Russian oligarch taskforce”.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128082810/ukraine-grateful-for-new-zealands-support-though-government-yet-to-lay-sanctions
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Author: Ellen O'Dwyer

A group of former New Zealand service personnel are planning to escort two Ukrainian New Zealanders back to their war-torn country, as bombs fall dangerously close to their family and friends.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/128078879/exnz-soldier-planning-ukraine-mission-it-could-be-a-oneway-trip
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