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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Monday 28th February 2022
5. Frustrated British Airways passengers have been caught up in a second weekend of delays and cancellations.
BA has cancelled many flights following IT problems just a few days after huge disruption caused by Storm Eunice.
4. Householders are discovering the stark reality of rising energy bills as emails from suppliers reveal how much more they will pay from April.
Energy companies are required to send notices to their customers about an increase & some are being told of a projected rise in their annual bill of well over £1,000.
3. The UK is fast-tracking legislation to target money-laundering by Russian oligarchs.
As part of the measures, foreign property owners will have to declare their identities rather than using companies as a façade.
2. BP is to offload its 19.75% stake in Russian state-owned oil firm Rosneft after Russia's "act of aggression in Ukraine".
The oil giant had come under pressure from the UK government to make the move since Thursday's invasion.
1. The rouble has slumped by 30% against the US dollar, after Western nations announced new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
The new record low for the Russian currency comes after some of the country's banks were banned from using the Swift international payment system.