President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published on Sunday that Russia had sufficient strength and resources to take the war in Ukraine to its logical conclusion, though he hoped that there would be no need to use nuclear weapons. Putin ordered thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering Europe’s biggest ground conflict since World War…
A deafening sound of whistles and vuvuzelas echoed throughout downtown Belgrade on Saturday as Serbia’s capital geared up for a major rally against populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his government. Huge crowds have been converging on downtown Belgrade for the gathering seen as a culmination of months of almost daily anti-corruption protests that have posed…
The appeal of a Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death for fraud totaling $27 billion began on Monday after she pleaded for a more “lenient and humane” sentence. Property developer Truong My Lan, 68, was convicted earlier this year of swindling cash from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) — which prosecutors said she controlled — and given…
Court ruling reveals that money laundering probe began in 2021 Swiss prosecutors have frozen $310mn held at six Swiss banks by a person they suspect to be “a frontman” for Adani, the controversial Indian conglomerate fighting accusations of fraud. A decision of the Federal Criminal Court published this week, which rejected an appeal against the…
