A New York lawyer pleaded guilty on April 25 to making $3.8 million in payments to maintain properties that were beneficially owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian billionaire oligarch under U.S. sanctions, court records showed.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on April 25 that the situation related to the Black Sea grain deal had reached a deadlock, adding that there were still obstacles blocking Russian exports.
There are no plans for South Africa to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) as earlier suggested by President Cyril Ramaphosa, his office said April 25, citing a communication "error" from the ruling ANC party
A Russian tennis player was not allowed board a flight operated by Polish flag carrier LOT, the airline confirmed on April 25.
Some former KFC restaurants in Russia began reopening as Rostic's on April 25, as the new owners revive a brand born soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Remarks by China's ambassador to France questioning the sovereignty of former Soviet states such as Ukraine are totally unacceptable, Czech and Lithuanian foreign ministers said before a meeting with EU colleagues April 24.
The Group of Seven (G7) leading economic powers called on April 23 for the "extension, full implementation, and expansion" of a critical deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea, the group's agriculture ministers said.
Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on April 22 he did not want to "please anyone" with his views about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, after provoking criticism in the West for suggesting Kyiv shared the blame for the war.
Russian-origin fertilizer that Latvia seized due to European Union sanctions is being sent to Kenya by the United Nations World Food Program, Latvia's Foreign Ministry said.
The Kremlin said on April 21 that it was monitoring reports of a possible ban on exports to Russia by Western countries and that any new sanctions would hit the global economy.
The United States has made no determination the Russian private military Wagner Group is a "foreign terrorist organization," despite its ongoing actions in Ukraine, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on April 20 met with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in Havana, the latest in a series of visits to shore up support among Russia's closest allies in Latin America.
Hungary on April 20 called for "progressive" aid from the EU to help move Ukraine's grain through Central European countries whose farmers are having to compete with its cheaper imports.
Iran's navy claims to have forced a U.S. submarine to surface as it entered the Persian Gulf in the latest report of an apparent confrontation between Iranian and U.S. forces in the Gulf.
Denmark and the Netherlands will jointly donate 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the two countries said on April 20.
Pakistan has placed its first order for discounted Russian crude oil under a new deal struck between Islamabad and Moscow, the country's petroleum minister said, with one cargo to dock at Karachi port in May.
Russia's state-owned Promsvyazbank on April 19 said it was opening more branches in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow claimed to have annexed last year, as Russia aims to provide civilians and soldiers with cheap credit and banking services.
Inspections of vessels carrying grain from Ukrainian ports have resumed at Turkey's Bosphorus Strait after two days of discussions between Kyiv and Moscow, a spokesperson in Istanbul said on April 19.
The United States and its NATO allies must remain alert for signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin could use a tactical nuclear weapon in a "managed" escalation of his war in Ukraine, a U.S. diplomat said.
Poland has reached an agreement on restarting transit of Ukrainian grains through its territory as of April 21, Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus said on April 18, adding transit would be monitored and sealed.
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