Her partner Biser Dzhambazov, 43, from Harrow, north London, and Orlin Roussev, 46, from Great Yarmouth, have admitted being part of the three-year plot. Ivanova has claimed she was deceived, controlled and betrayed by Dzhambazov and had thought she was exposing “corruption” when she followed investigative journalist Christo Grozev around Europe.

The European Commission included restrictions on sales of video games and joysticks to Russia in its 16th package of sanctions on Moscow, the proposal document showed.

Millions of barrels of oil that would normally be preserve of oil refineries in Europe are instead heading to Asia as US sanctions on Russia revive one of the market’s great arbitrage trades.

Three years of war with Russia and the threat of U.S. support dwindling has many Ukrainians ready for a ceasefire, but they want some guarantees.

Aluminum rose in London as the European Union readied a proposal to gradually ban imports of the metal from Russia.

Europe considers stationing thousands of troops in Ukraine in the case of a cease-fire with Moscow to serve as a deterrent should Russia invade again.

Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia’s economy has surpassed expectations. But some experts say this image of resilience is a mirage crafted by the Kremlin.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said that Europe is "under attack from Russia" and that hybrid attacks range from political assassinations and cyberwarfare to acts of sabotage and arson. Source: Radosław Sikorski in an interview in Berlin;

Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.

Poland's president has said that gas flows from Russia to Western Europe should never be restored, even if Russia and Ukraine reach a peace deal. Andrzej Duda told the BBC that the Nord Stream gas pipelines, which have not been used since 2022, "should be dismantled".

Georgia withdrew its delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Jan. 29 after the Assembly passed a resolution calling for Tbilisi to hold new parliamentary elections.