Chinese smartphone maker Honor has stopped shipments to Russia over fears of secondary sanctions for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the Vedomosti business daily reported Thursday. 

Honor halted deliveries to Russia as early as March without an official announcement, the publication cited two unnamed industry sources saying. 

The United States and its

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Auto production in Russia has slowed to a crawl after major automakers exited and Western governments imposed debilitating sanctions on Moscow in response to its invasion of Ukraine. 

Russia manufactured 3,700 cars in May, 97% fewer than the same month last year, the country’s statistics agency Rosstat said late Wednesday.

Output fluctuated at the

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The United States vowed Wednesday to reinforce Europe's defenses in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as NATO declared Moscow the West's greatest threat — prompting  Vladimir Putin to lash out at the alliance's "imperial ambitions."

Meeting in Madrid, NATO leaders said Russia "is the most significant and direct threat to allies' security

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Updated at 10:20 a.m. on June 30 to add Norway's response.

Russian officials have voiced outrage and threatened retaliation after they said Norway blocked a shipment of essential goods, including food and medical supplies, destined for Russian miners on the Svalbard archipelago.

Norwegian authorities last month stopped two containers carrying 20

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Hotels in Crimea have seen guest numbers fall by more than a third compared to last year amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

Just half of all hotel rooms in the popular resort were filled in June, despite tour operators slashing prices, Russian news outlet RBC reported Wednesday. 

The closure of the peninsula’s airport in Simferopol has reportedly b

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Satellite images and GPS data indicate that Russia could be exporting grain smuggled out of occupied Ukrainian territory, investigations by the BBC and the Financial Times have revealed.  

Russia has been accused by Western powers of using food as a weapon in its war with Ukraine by targeting the country’s grain storage facilities and blockading i

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