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Left stranded between Russia and a hard place

The seeming prevarication of the far left on the invasion of Ukraine appears to be the aftermath of its erstwhile love affair with the former USSR rather than a pro-Putin stance, but it muddies the waters nevertheless

Heineken launched stout to replace Guinness for Russian market

Drinks giant says it still intends to withdraw from Russia over Ukraine invasion, but has developed new product range selling 72 million litres of beer and soft drinks

Elaine Byrne: Putin’s reframing of the war as a moral crusade is finding an audience beyond Russia

The Russian president has repositioned himself as a defender of traditional Christian values to gather sympathy from other conservative nations and groupings

Dispatch from Ukraine: ‘It's like there are no children here; this war has made them all grow up’

On the anniversary of the Russian invasion, Kyiv-based Ukrainian journalist Oleksander Proshuta looks back on the last 12 months – a period during which childhood ended for all the nation’s children – and, despite everything, remains hopeful that the war will end this year

The Big Picture

Vincent Boland: One year on, Russia shambles into insanity as Ukraine’s tragedy advances

Some brave Russians stand up to Putin’s blatant lies about the war in Ukraine, but it was striking to see so many of the country’s elite cowed and compliant as the Russian leader rambled on with his terrifying vision for the future

Lucinda Creighton: Ukraine’s allies may have to cross a military red line to end the war

The Ukrainian government has appealed to Nato to supply fighter jets to help it defeat Russia, and that is something that may have to be contemplated

Charity says refugee jobs and accommodation project will save state €8m a year

IODP/Effective Aid Ukraine is seeking more employers to participate in the scheme

Leasing giant Avolon books $244m in once-off charges over Russian-seized aircraft

Dublin-based lessor reports full year profits of $9 million after impairment charges related to seizure of 10 aircraft by Russian state in February last year

Irish trade with Russia holding up despite sanctions imposed by EU

Irish exports for 2022 to Russia were largely the same as the previous year, while imports from Russia for 2022 fell by a third

Lucinda Creighton: On Ukraine, the German government is increasingly morally bankrupt

Germany, Europe’s largest country, should be leading the fight against Russian aggression – instead, Ukrainians are dying as Berlin drags its feet

‘Several years’ before lawsuits against insurers over missing aircraft in Russia are resolved

Aircraft lessors have performed strongly to weather the issues posed by Covid and the war in Ukraine, industry delegates told at aviation conference in Dublin

European Commission queries sale of Irish aircraft to Russia

EU sanctions ban sale of planes to Russian firms, but state airline claims it bought ten Boeing 777s

Aeroflot says it bought ten planes from an Irish company

Sanctions prevent the sale of aircraft to Russian firms, but Aeroflot bought the Boeing 777 jets using an exemption in the EU sanctions

Ukrainian Refugee Crisis

Former county manager to tackle refugee accommodation crisis

Conn Murray appointed as chair of working group tasked with supporting the delivery of housing for Ukrainian refugees

Ukraine: How Russia’s invasion set the EU on a new path to its eastern borders

The war in Ukraine has caused a huge shift in global geopolitics – especially in the EU, where the bloc’s approach to energy, security and migration has been transformed

International Relations

Lucinda Creighton: Perfect storm of global crises must be met with a robust and united US-EU front

Inflation, energy costs, trade wars and geopolitical problems are likely to remain issues globally in 2023, so Europe and its allies need to shape up

Elaine Byrne: Powerful private armies are pushing Putin to an ever more brutal stance

The Russian president has little control over Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, who criticise inept military leadership without censure and promote extreme measures in Ukraine

Up for debate: Our columnists on Irish unity, the Russian gas problem and Michael O’Leary’s endurance

Insightful analysis of the main developments in business and politics from our team of writers, including Elaine Byrne, Matt Cooper and Vincent Boland

The Big Picture

Vincent Boland: The era of mutual dependence between Europe and Russia is coming to an end

After weeks of argument and debate, Europe this week joined with other western allies to set a price cap on Russian oil sales, a small but significant step in the continent’s energy transition

Nobel peace prize winner calls for Ukraine to agree ‘ceasefire’ with Russia

Mairead Maguire also stated that Ukraine should not receive military support, despite being illegally invaded by Russia, saying, ‘Violence is never right’