Russia

Evan Gershkovich has spent a year in Russian prison

Evan Gershkovich’s stolen year in a Russian jail

The Wall Street Journal correspondent has been deprived of 12 months of normal existence; a year of missed weddings, reporting trips and travels with friends

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Evan Gershkovich was detained by Russian authorities while on a reporting trip last year

Russian court extends WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detention

American journalist was detained almost a year ago on a reporting trip

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Ukrainian finance minister Sergii Marchenko at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London last June

Ukraine’s finance minister: Why investors can’t give up on us now

Despite unprecedented action to protect investors, the economic war is far from over

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Ukraine is in financial turmoil on many fronts

Bitter lessons for finance two years on from Ukraine invasion

Companies are grappling with the fallout from decisions they made when the Ukraine-Russia war began in 2022

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London-based staff still pocket millions two years on from VTB's downfall

Collapsed Russian bank VTB Capital pays City staff £6.6m

The Russian bank was forced into insolvency in the wake of the Ukraine war, but will remain in administration until the end of 2024

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Ziyavudin Magomedov has brought the case against his former joint venture partner amid serving a 19-year prison sentence

TPG hit with $14bn claim by jailed Russian oligarch over alleged conspiracy

TPG chair David Bonderman accused of misleading jailed Russian oligarch in court claim

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WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich makes Time’s 100 most influential people list

The correspondent is one of three imprisoned journalists named to this year’s list

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The repercussions of Putin's aggression continue to be felt by investors across the globe

Bankers, buyouts and Bill Browder: Russia’s Ukraine invasion one year on

As we reach the anniversary of the conflict, FN looks at the fallout from a war that has rocked global finance

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President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech during a patriotic concert in Moscow as fund managers face continued pressure to pull back

Amundi, Axa IM, Carmignac among fund managers with $329m of ESG investments stuck in Russia

The Morningstar data shows 17 green funds with lingering Russia exposure

ESG advocates have been forced to deal with risks ranging from energy security to geopolitics as opinions split on whether Russia's war means the West should scale back its green ambitions

ESG investors have shrugged off questions posed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The conflict revealed a host of flaws with the ESG movement, but funds seem to have come out unscathed

How Schroders, Fidelity, and more overhauled their funds after Russia’s invasion

Side pockets have allowed funds to ringfence hard-to-sell assets from other investments, and are still having an impact one year on from the outbreak of war

Despite pledges to cut ties with the Kremlin, some lenders still have a presence in Russia

Western banks face calls to exit Russia one year on from Ukraine invasion

‘It’s shameful for any of these people to continue to be in Russia,’ according to fund manager and Putin critic Bill Browder

Swift became a bold, albeit unexpected, answer to the Kremlin's brutal march into neighbouring Ukraine

Why Swift was the West’s first ‘nuclear option’ when Putin invaded Ukraine

A year on, cutting Russian banks off from a vital payments network has not proved to have the impact first feared

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In just 12 months we have seen a painful spike in inflation and a huge surge in energy prices that has fed into the cost of the basic necessities

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine still threatens global finance

The global financial system is at risk if we rely on friend-shoring to solve economic fights arising from the conflict

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As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Joe Biden try to hammer out a solution to the conflict, budding financiers are still finding some routes into the sector blocked

Ukrainians struggle for finance qualifications after a year of war

Despite a year of tragedy, aspiring asset managers, accountants and wealth managers are finding ways to take professional qualifications again

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Private equity is known for its adaptability in tough situations. But it has been tested like never before in Ukraine over the last 12 months

Inside Ukraine’s war-torn private equity industry: Bombs, bullets and buyouts

One year on from the start of the war, investors in Ukraine show little sign of backing down

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ARR predicts the bear market will continue and investors can learn from previous occasions where stock slides were prolonged

London short-seller eyes energy sector ‘earnings bubble’

‘If you can make money in the Russian market, you can make money anywhere’

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