Russia

The US, UK and EU have imposed unprecedented financial penalties on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, and hundreds of companies have left the country.

A Ukraine Peace Flotilla has arrived outside the Northland home of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov to protest.

Mercenary sources have told the BBC that recruits are being trained at a base in Mol'kino in southern Russia, next to a Russian army base.

Ukraine says Belarus could be planning to invade its territory and accused Russia of trying to drag its ally into the war by staging air attacks on Belarus from Ukrainian air space.

Drivers should prepare to pay up to $4 a litre for petrol, according to the Automobile Association.

European Union leaders have condemned the "unspeakable suffering" Russia is inflicting on Ukraine, despite refusing Kyiv's appeal for rapid accession to the bloc at a summit in France.

Greenwashing remains rampant among KiwiSaver fund managers, as investors grow more conscious about where their money goes to.

New Zealand now has the power to impose significantly harsher sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine with a new law passed under urgency.

Parliament has unanimously passed historic sanctions legislation in response to Russia's war on Ukraine.

Australia's intelligence chief says a "troubling new strategic convergence" between Beijing and Moscow has developed and the risk of "major power conflict" has grown since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Northlanders living near a luxury lodge owned by a Russian oligarch are putting up Ukrainian flags on their properties.

Ukrainians in New Zealand says the government's sanctions plan is long overdue, but may have come too late.