Articles by Ellen Milligan and Alberto Nardelli

UK Puts First Sanctions on Russia’s Shadow-Fleet Oil Tankers

The UK announced wide-ranging sanctions on Russia, including a first attempt to clamp down on a shadow-fleet of tankers transporting the Kremlin’s oil and a key Moscow-based insurance company.The measures target four oil tankers out of a fleet of hundreds …

EU Weighs Proposal to Sanction Russian Oil Tanker Insurer Ingosstrakh

The European Union’s executive arm is examining the feasibility of a proposal by one of its member states to sanction Russia’s Ingosstrakh Insurance Co., as part of efforts to choke revenue generating streams that Moscow needs to finance its war …

EU Aims to Target 11 Russian Ships Involved in Sanctions-Busting

The European Union has proposed restrictions on 11 vessels that contribute to Russia’s ability to sustain its war against Ukraine. The proposed measures, if approved by member states, would ban the ships from accessing EU ports and anchorage zones, and …

Germany to Send Air Defenses for Kyiv to Guard Grain Routes

Germany plans to supply additional air defenses for Ukraine to help protect grain shipments from potential Russian attacks, according to people familiar with the matter. Berlin will send one extra IRIS-T air defense system and more than a dozen Gepard …

UK PM Unveils War-Risk Insurance Scheme to Spur Ukraine Reconstruction

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the creation of a framework for war-risk insurance backed by the Group of Seven and designed to encourage private investors to help rebuild Ukraine. Speaking at the opening of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in …

UK Eyes War-Risk Insurance Scheme for Ukraine’s Reconstruction

The UK is drawing up a war-risk insurance scheme that it hopes will convince investment companies as well as tech, energy and defense firms to back Ukraine’s reconstruction with billions in aid, people familiar with the plans said. Britain is …

EU Weighs Cyber Plan Aimed at Keeping Cloud Data in Europe

The European Union is weighing a plan that would require cloud providers to store all of their data within the bloc in order to qualify for its highest cybersecurity certification. ENISA, the EU’s cybersecurity regulator, is drawing up the new, …

EU Sanctions Aim to Make Banks Report Frozen Russia Assets; Russia Reinsurer on List

The European Union is poised to force banks to report information on Russian Central Bank assets as part of the bloc’s latest sanctions package targeting Moscow for its war in Ukraine, according to draft proposals seen by Bloomberg. Getting a …

EU Agrees to $60 Price Cap for Russian Oil, Allowing Buyers to Access Insurance

The European Union agreed to put a price cap on Russian oil at $60 a barrel, paving the way for a wider Group of Seven deal, according to a Polish diplomat. The price is higher than where Russia already sells …

EU’s Sanctions Against Russia Could Deprive Some of World’s Tanker Fleet of Insurance

The European Union’s latest sanctions on Russian petroleum could end up depriving a swath of the world’s tanker fleet of industry standard insurance, a move that threatens to undermine US efforts to avert an oil supply shock. The bloc’s eighth …