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🇷🇺 Half of Russia’s 20 richest people have not been sanctioned over its war in Ukraine, leaving a group of super-rich, powerful billionaires free to operate around the world without legal restriction.

In total, tycoons worth a total of least $200 billion before the war started have been hit by sanctions.

Yet the list of who’s blocked –and who’s not – reveals a patchwork pattern of cross-border penalties that has spared many Russians with business interests in key global markets, a Bloomberg News analysis shows. Keep reading: https://bloom.bg/3JMg9nr

🛢 Oil tumbled as the U.S. weighed a massive release from its reserves. Russia, meanwhile, is offering India steep discounts on its shunned export, sources say. https://bloom.bg/3LnY4wi

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💻 Officials from Russia and Ukraine are set to resume talks via video conference on Friday. https://bloom.bg/35pFZyA

🪖Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has asked for additional military assistance in an address to Australia’s parliament, saying his country needs help now. https://bloom.bg/3uKVuKf

🛢Russia is offering India steep discounts on the direct sale of oil as mounting international pressure lowers the appetite for its barrels elsewhere following the invasion of Ukraine. https://bloom.bg/3NwuKWm

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🔒 A new wave of infections is highlighting the growing cost of China’s Covid Zero virus policy. Shanghai, the country’s financial center, is locking down, and the debate is starting to shift about what should happen next. https://bloom.bg/3uNyI4r

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🚁 Russia says two Ukrainian military helicopters crossed the border and attacked an oil-storage facility in the city of Belgorod, causing a large fire early Friday. https://bloom.bg/3J0FB7v

☢ Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of raising radiation-exposure risks at the defunct nuclear power plant in Chernobyl. https://bloom.bg/36NtBJx

🗣 Talks between Ukraine and Russia resumed Friday via video link, following meetings earlier in the week in Turkey. https://bloom.bg/3DyPTuC

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🔎 China reported more than 13,000 new Covid infections and found a new subtype of the omicron variant. https://bloom.bg/3J4WU7s

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🇪🇺 The European Union says that work is under way on additional sanctions to penalize Russia for what appear to be war crimes in Ukraine, as it condemned the alleged atrocities committed against civilians. https://bloom.bg/3u3NqoO

🗣 U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week will host talks with leaders of Germany and Poland in an effort to firm up the NATO alliance and galvanize the response to the war in Ukraine. https://bloom.bg/3uRcYED

📺 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy makes a surprise taped appearance at the Grammy Awards, seeking to rally support for his country in the war against Russia. https://bloom.bg/3NLh8qn

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🪖 A U.S. shipment of Switchblade drones to Ukraine includes the latest models armed with tank-destroying warheads, sources say. https://bloom.bg/38sQpyJ

✏️ Elon Musk — now Twitter's biggest shareholder with a 9.2% stake — may prompt an edit button on the platform. Even Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal chimed in when Musk asked his followers if they wanted the feature. https://bloom.bg/3x6aIMM

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❌ The European Union plans to propose a mandatory phaseout on coal imports from Russia in a direct response to reports that Russian forces committed apparent war crimes in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. https://bloom.bg/38ncw9z

🇪🇺 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Kyiv this week in a show of support as mounting civilian casualties prompt European nations to consider expanding sanctions to Russian coal. https://bloom.bg/36Xa2hN

🛑 The U.S. Treasury stops dollar debt payments from Russian government accounts at American banks, increasing pressure on Moscow to find alternative funding sources to pay bond investors and avoid a default. https://bloom.bg/3LL6zC2

🇨🇳 China’s envoy to the UN called reports of violence in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, "deeply disturbing." But his comments fell short of condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin. https://bloom.bg/3DRQHec

📂 Elon Musk filed to reclassify himself as an active investor in Twitter after taking a seat on the social network's board. The appointment ends the possibility of him mounting a takeover of the company. https://bloom.bg/3jetM2U

📉 Chinese tech stocks fell, tracking U.S. peers, after Fed Governor Lael Brainard said the central bank will raise rates steadily while reducing the balance sheet as soon as next month. https://bloom.bg/3j9uIFX

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💵 Russia’s pays rubles for some of its dollar debt obligations due this week after foreign banks declined to process $649.2 million of payments, raising speculation over a potential technical default. https://bloom.bg/3ubZrZ9

🇺🇦 President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warns that Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s ambition to occupy all of Ukraine remains undiminished as his forces continue to strike fuel storage sites and grain silos. https://bloom.bg/38yafIT

🇪🇺 The European Union is discussing whether to sanction Oleg Deripaska, a wealthy Russian aluminum tycoon, in its next round of penalties, along with several other key business figures, according to people familiar with the discussions. https://bloom.bg/3jdawTw

🇷🇺 The U.S. will impose new sanctions on Russia, including penalties on President Vladimir Putin’s daughters, following allegations of atrocities in Ukraine by Russian forces. https://bloom.bg/35M4N3Z

🇨🇦 Canada will ban most foreigners from buying homes for two years in an attempt to cool off its property market, which has surged more than 50% over the past two years. https://bloom.bg/3DNMrfE

🇹🇼 In a move likely to irritate Beijing, Nancy Pelosi is scheduled to visit Taiwan this weekend, according to media reports. She will be the first serving U.S. house speaker to do so since Newt Gingrich in 1997. https://bloom.bg/3ugaz7p

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🪨 Mocked as ‘Rubble’ by U.S. President Joe Biden, Russia’s ruble surges all the way back to where it was before Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. https://bloom.bg/3japbiu

🇺🇦 Ukraine’s foreign minister pleads for more weapons at a NATO meeting in Brussels as the United Nations moves toward a vote on whether to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council. https://bloom.bg/3r46Bgj

⛽️ While European nations, along with the U.S. and others, have sanctioned Moscow since its invasion of Ukraine, their dependence on Russian oil, gas and coal supplies is providing Moscow with a vital financial lifeline. https://bloom.bg/3JgBkNu

⛔️ Pets beaten to death. Parents forced to separate from their kids. Elderly folks unable to access medical care. Shanghai’s 25 million people are still under lockdown — and it risks becoming the biggest crisis of Xi Jinping’s tenure. https://bloom.bg/3JkKfxe

🍸 A dozen airport drivers, firefighters and even plane maintenance staff reported to work drunk in India in the first two months of the year, a regulatory crackdown found. https://bloom.bg/3NV7YHV

🏡 📉 And home prices are falling in Asia’s most expensive cities, including Hong Kong and Sydney. The turnaround couldn’t be more abrupt. https://bloom.bg/3LMBI7Y

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🇺🇦 Dozens have been killed and at least 300 injured after Russia bombed a major train station used for civilian evacuations, Ukrainian officials say. https://bloom.bg/3DSmHP4

👀 Recognition is growing in Kyiv and allied capitals that the window to prevent the nation’s partition and a long war of attrition may be narrow. https://bloom.bg/3NZtqve

🪖 President Vladimir Putin is betting his troops can deliver a victory in Ukraine’s east to rescue Russia’s faltering invasion after failing to seize the capital Kyiv with a lightning war. https://bloom.bg/3Jo0Dx8

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🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron will face his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in the final round of the French election on April 24. Macron's legacy, including efforts to stop the war in Ukraine and forge a common Europe defense policy, may unravel if he's defeated by Le Pen. https://bloom.bg/3ut2Frv

💼 Elon Musk has decided not to join Twitter's board. “I believe this is for the best,” CEO Parag Agrawal said in an internal memo he shared on the social network. https://bloom.bg/3NZJYU6

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🇩🇪 German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says Ukraine needs more military support, including heavy weapons, as Kyiv reports Russian missile attacks destroyed the airport in Dnipro, the country’s fourth-largest city. https://bloom.bg/3rg0SUM

🏦 Societe Generale agrees to sell its Rosbank unit to the investment firm of Russia’s richest man, taking a hit of about 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) to exit the heavily sanctioned nation. https://bloom.bg/3JweYaN

🇷🇺 Russia has appointed a new commander for its operations in Ukraine as it refocuses its war effort in the east, having failed to secure territory around the capital, Kyiv. https://bloom.bg/3v8Xn3x

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📉 World markets are falling again, with echoes of the rate-spurred 2018 rout. Even oil has pulled back from near records. https://bloom.bg/3js3URl

➡️ The U.S. State Department ordered all non-emergency government staff at its Shanghai consulate to leave due to a Covid surge and the impact of Chinese restrictions. https://bloom.bg/3LUERTh

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🇷🇺 President Vladimir Putin says he remains confident the goals for what he calls Russia’s “special military operation” will be met, as the U.S. predicts “a more protracted and a very bloody phase” of the conflict. https://bloom.bg/3rjjMKp

🚉 Russian Railways says its bonds aren’t in default as it paid its debt on time, but blames intermediaries for holding up the funds. https://bloom.bg/3jvbs68

📈 European natural gas prices edge higher, following seven sessions of declines, with Russian supplies through Ukraine expected to fall. https://bloom.bg/3LSyFek

🚔 A shooter who opened fire at a New York City subway station, injuring 23 people, remains as large. The NYPD has identified a person of interest. https://bloom.bg/3M1ZKvW

👶 Drugmaker Shionogi plunged up to 16%, the most in a decade, after it revealed risks of birth defects from its experimental Covid pill in animal studies. https://bloom.bg/3riGWAw

🏙️ Hong Kong's property market looked unstoppable as recently as August. Now homeowners are struggling to sell. https://bloom.bg/3xENSw3