Full coverage: Russia

The government has been looking at a number of options for Aughinish Alumina’s extraction plant in Limerick. One of those options involves nationalising the plant, a move designed to secure 400 jobs.

As multinationals flee Moscow in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, the Irish food giant argues it still has unspecified “legal obligations” in Russia and Belarus.

Johnny O'Reilly reports from Kyiv and from Irpin, the town just outside Ukraine's capital which was the scene of some of the most harrowing images from the war as Ukrainians consider what comes next.

We can often mistake inflation for what is, in reality, profiteering. And with the ERSI forecasting a 8.5% spike in inflation, the government must tackle those who use it as an opportunity to gouge on prices.

The war in Ukraine shows the need to expose money laundering structures routed through Ireland by applying the “many eyes principle,” says Transparency International Ireland’s John Devitt.

Russia’s largest bank has sold its Irish aircraft leasing unit in the face of sanctions, with a new mystery backer appearing on its books. Meanwhile, Irish lessors threatened with the seizure of their Russian-based aircraft are combing through their insurance contracts.

Johnny O'Reilly reports from Odessa on the increasing desperation of Vladimir Putin as the Russian propaganda campaign continues on all fronts.

The food insecurity triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine will cause deep problems in Africa, where nearly half of the continent depends on Russia and Ukraine for food staples. Africa is already a new front in a new Cold War.

Commodity prices are rising and they are going to continue to rise over the coming months. Forward-looking Western governments should secure whatever critical supplies they need sooner rather than later – in this situation, it is better to panic early than to panic when it is too late.

EY and Grant Thornton are the registered auditors of Irish companies channelling multi-billion-dollar Russian interests, now targeted by international sanctions. They are severing ties with partner firms in Russia, but what will happen in Ireland is less clear.