Europe

The United States on Thursday announced a raft of new financial sanctions on Russian lawmakers and defense companies, further ratcheting up financial pressure on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

Russia reopened its stock market for an abbreviated session on Thursday nearly one month after the exchange was shut down following the invasion of Ukraine.

Nestlé said its suspending a "vast majority of our pre-war volume of products in Russia," including categories such as pet food, coffee and confectionery.

A bipartisan group of senators is working with the Treasury Department to prevent Russia from liquidating its giant stash of gold, potentially blocking one of the Kremlin's last methods for circumventing punishing financial sanctions.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense warned this week that there were signs suggesting the Belarusian military was preparing for a “direct invasion” of Ukraine as the conflict neared its fifth week.

Protesters in Poland have been disrupting a major trade route between the country and Belarus in effort to halt trade with Russia.

Ford is idling two European factories and losing supplies of a vehicle built by Volkswagen due to the semiconductor chip shortage and supply chain issues caused by the war in Ukraine.

Restaurant Brands International entered the Russian market ten years ago through a 15% stake in a joint venture with Alexander Kolobov, Investment Capital Ukraine and VTB Bank affiliate VTB Capital.

A Paris taxi driver is suing Tesla over a fatal car crash.

International officials met in February to map out a strategy to financially cripple Russian President Vladimir Putin amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a strategy that sparked the global economic war against Putin.

Germany is reportedly calling for new talks over a free trade agreement between the U.S. and European Union.

A member of the Ukrainian parliament told FOX Business that Europe should end all trade relations with Russia amid the Russian invasion into Ukraine.