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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.
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Read more: Russia-Ukraine war: Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta vows more sanctions for Russia
- 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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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.
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Read more: One of Christchurch's richest Russians breaks his silence on the invasion of Ukraine
- 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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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.
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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.
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Read more: Russian soldiers using Ukrainian ammunition to shoot their legs 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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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".
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Read more: British Defence Minister gets phone call from 'Ukrainian PM', turns out to be 'imposter'
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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”.
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Read more: Ukraine 'grateful' for New Zealand's support, though Government yet to lay sanctions
- 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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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.
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Read more: Ex-NZ soldier planning Ukraine mission: 'It could be a one-way trip
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/128078879/exnz-soldier-planning-ukraine-mission-it-could-be-a-oneway-trip
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Russian forces in Ukraine are blasting cities and killing civilians but no longer making progress on the ground, Western countries said on Thursday, as a war Moscow was thought to have hoped to win within days entered its fourth week.
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Read more: Russia getting bogged down in Ukraine, Western nations say
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/russia-getting-bogged-down-in-ukraine-western-nations-say.html
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