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A woman leaves a currency exchange office in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday. Russian authorities are scrambling to stem panic as massive sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine are delivering Russia's worst economic shocks since the fall of th

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Russia's credit rating is cut to junk, and the dollar hits a new high vs. the ruble

2:17pm March 03, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Moody's cites multiple factors for the downgrade, from sanctions by the U.S., European Union and their allies to "significant concerns" that Russia might not be willing to pay its debts.

A Ukrainian girl and her cat wait at the platform inside Lviv railway station in Ukraine on Sunday. An international cat federation is banning Russian cats from its competitions for the next three months over its invasion of Ukraine.

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The 'United Nations of cat federations' bans Russian cats from its competitions

1:40pm March 03, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The Fédération Internationale Féline is temporarily placing restrictions on cats that were bred in Russia or belong to exhibitors who live there, in response to its attack on Ukraine.

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How the memory of Nazi atrocities has come to play a role in Russia's war

6:48am March 03, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

Putin's claim that he is fighting a Nazi regime in Ukraine is a falsehood based on historical memory.

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Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde, take part in a joint news conference in Stockholm on Feb. 2, 2022, after talks on European security.

Neutral Finns and Swedes reconsider idea of NATO membership

3:47am March 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

A change in public opinion in steadfastly neutral Finland and Sweden has taken place since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A family arrives at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, on Wednesday after fleeing from Ukraine. The U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday that 1 million people have fled Ukraine for neighboring countries since the Russian invasion began.

A million refugees have now fled Ukraine since the start of the war, U.N. says

10:58pm March 02, 2022

The new total of refugees from Ukraine amounts to a little more than 2% of the country's total population of 44 million.

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What the Russian invasion is like for villages in western Ukraine

10:16pm March 02, 2022

Even in the west of Ukraine, far from the Russian invasion, people are on edge and preparing to help in their own way.

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A woman passes by an Apple store at the GUM department store in central Moscow on April 27, 2021. Apple said this week that it's pausing the sale of its products in Russia.

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One by one, global companies are cutting their ties to Russia

7:53pm March 02, 2022

by David Gura

Companies ranging from General Motors to UPS are exiting or reducing their operations in Russia as wide-ranging sanctions make it all but impossible to operate in the country.

Chelsea supporters hold up Ukrainian flags in the crowd ahead of the English League Cup final football match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium, north-west London on February 27, 2022. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich handed over control

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich will put Chelsea Football Club up for sale

7:35pm March 02, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

A close associate of Vladimir Putin, Abramovich was under intense pressure from British politicians. He said proceeds from the Premier League team sale will benefit "all victims" of the Ukraine war.

Gaming consoles where visitors can try out the "Fifa 19" video game are seen at the booth of EA Sports during the Gamescom convention in 2019 in Cologne, Germany.

EA is cutting Russian teams from its FIFA and NHL games over the Ukraine invasion

5:32pm March 02, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

"We stand with the people of Ukraine and join the voices around the world calling for peace," EA said in a statement.

The prototype rover Amalia is a copy of rover Rosalind Franklin that is set to explore Mars in the next ExoMars mission that searches for signs of life on the planet. The mission was set for 2022, but as Russia pushes ahead with its invasion of Ukraine, t

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A joint Europe-Russia mission to Mars is likely to be delayed because of sanctions

5:08pm March 02, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The mission, which had been set for this year, is a part of the ExoMars program to search for signs of life on Mars. It's likely to be delayed by nations' response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.