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Why the EU chose a loan over frozen assets

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A retrospective on the 19 December 2025 decision to lend Ukraine €90 billion from the EU budget rather than draw on frozen Russian central bank funds.

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What the Kostiantynivka market strike left unresolved

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A missile strike on a Donetsk Oblast market on 6 September 2023 killed at least 15 people and prompted competing accounts of who fired it.

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What happened in the Kostiantynivka market strike?

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A missile hit an open market in Donetsk Oblast, killing at least 15 people, and the question of who fired it was contested.

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What did the Kherson retreat mean for the south?

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A look back at the Russian withdrawal announcement of 9 November 2022 and the situation it left on 11 November 2022.

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What Russia's Kherson retreat announcement meant

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A look back at the announcement that Russian forces would leave the city of Kherson and the western bank of the Dnieper.

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What did Russia's Meta listing mean for business?

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A look back at two reported events from the days before 16 October 2022, including the Avdiivka market strike and Russia's action against Meta.

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What Russia's Meta listing meant for business

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A look back at the mid-October 2022 reports on Russia's action against Meta Platforms and the strike on an Avdiivka marketplace.

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What Russia's Meta listing meant for business

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A look back at the 12 October 2022 backdrop: a corporate blacklisting a day earlier and a deadly strike on a marketplace in Avdiivka.

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What Russia's Meta listing meant for business

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A look back at the 11 October 2022 decision to place the owner of Facebook and Instagram on Russia's list of terrorists and extremists.

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Why did Russia list Meta as extremist?

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A look back at the decision of 11 October 2022 to place the parent company of Instagram and Facebook on a list of terrorists and extremists.

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Why did Druzhba oil flows to Europe halt?

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A look back at the pipeline suspension reported around 10 August 2022, alongside a Russian decree on foreign asset sales.

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What did Russia's war cost business by 28 July 2022?

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Two corporate developments reported on 27 July 2022 showed how the invasion of Ukraine was reaching company accounts and European gas supply.

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Naftogaz creditors reject Ukraine's debt freeze plan

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A look back at the creditor rebuff to Naftogaz's two-year payment freeze, days after Kyiv sought relief on its sovereign debt.

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What Russia's bond default meant by 2 July 2022

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A look back at the Eurobond default that followed Western sanctions and a blocked payment channel.

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Russia's Eurobond default, as seen on 1 July 2022

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A look back at the Taiwanese-owned Eurobond default of 27 June 2022 and why Moscow called it a farce.

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What Russia's June 2022 bond default meant

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A retrospective on the missed Eurobond payments, Moscow's reaction and why the immediate consequences were limited.

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Russia's Eurobond default: what happened on 27 June

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A look back at the missed payments on two Taiwanese-owned Eurobonds and the dispute over who was to blame.

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Did the EU's oil embargo mark a turning point?

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A look back at the energy and sanctions decisions taken in Europe in the last days of May 2022.

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What financial help reached Ukraine by 11 April 2022?

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A look back at two aid announcements reported on 9 April 2022, from the IMF and the British government.

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How Russia's economic isolation widened by 29 March 2022

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A look back at two corporate and financial responses to the boycott of Russia in the days before 29 March 2022.

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