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Subject to sanctionsUkraine hit hundreds of enterprises associated with Russia and Belarus, including the Solikamsk experimental metallurgical plant,State Research Institute of Chemical Products and Minsk Automobile Plant President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky approved new sanctions against Russia, 51 individuals and 22......

In May, the number of Russian tourists visiting Turkey dropped sharply, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.He linked this to the promises of opposition presidential candidate Kılıçdaroğlu to join the sanctions against Moscow. Turkey's united opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said that if he wins, Ankara will join the sanctions against Moscow, the number of tourists coming to...

During the year, non-residents conducted 200 transactions for the sale of Russian businesses, 5 of them with a check of more than $400 million. Their departure increases the debt burden of buyers, increases the risks of banks, and can also put pressure on the foreign exchange market,count in the Central Bank Since the beginning of the crisis, from March 2......

Russian sanctioned banks began to get rid of blocked assets: there is the first case when a credit institution with the help of a new reorganization scheme took them off the balance sheet,reported to the Central Bank One of the systemically important banks went through the reorganization procedure and removed assets and liabilities blocked due to sanctions from the balance sheet, Olga Polyakova, d...

German prosecutor's officefailed to substantiate in court a warrant for searches of real estate and a yacht, which took place in the case of Alisher Usmanov. The representative of the businessman counts, On May 12, the Frankfurt am Main Regional Court declared illegal and canceled search warrants on villas on Lake Tegernsee, an apartment near Frankfurt and other properties in Germany, and on the D...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio KishidaJapanese Prime Minister Fumio KishidaJapanese Prime Minister Fumio KishidaJapanese Prime Minister Fumio KishidaJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Japan has imposed export sanctions against 80 Russian organizations, in particular MegaFon, the Skolkovo Foundation and Skoltech (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology), NPO. Lavochkin and KamAZ. This is sta...

learned that the distributor of the films of the Japanese animation studio Ghibli in Russia could not renew the rights to show. All cartoons by Hayao Miyazaki until May 31 are sold for 1 rub. Hayao Miyazaki's cartoons will be unavailable in Russian online cinemas from June 1, TASS and Film Distributor's Bulletin report. According to the source of the agency, the distributor of the films of the Jap...

The main buyers of Russian gold in 2022 were the United Arab Emirates, China and Turkey , reports Reuterswith reference to customs documents The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become a key trading center for Russian gold after the start of a special operation in Ukraine and the imposition of Western sanctions. This is reported by Reuters, citing Russian customs data obtained from a commercial supp...

To overcome the protracted political crisis, the leading Bulgarian parties have agreed that their representatives will head the governmentaccording to the principle of rotation and in nine months Nikolay Denkov will be replaced by Maria GabrielTandem in BulgarianTandem in BulgarianTandem in BulgarianTandem in BulgarianTandem in Bulgarian Following the results of the fifth parliamentary elections i...

The architecture of the UN Security Council was intended to become a global defense system, but the Russian military operation and the coronavirus pandemic showed that the structure failed in its task,said the head of the organizationAntonio GuterresAntonio GuterresAntonio GuterresAntonio GuterresAntonio GuterresAntonio GuterresAntonio Guterres The UN Security Council and the Bretton Woods system ...

The introduction of the “Sustainable Tourism” program instead of the “covid security” programs does not imply the emergence of new restrictions for tourists, Dmitry Gorin, vice president of the Russian Union of Tourism Industry, told RBC. The introduction of a new tourism safety program after the lifting of restrictions in force during the COVID-19 pandemic was previously announced by the Presiden...

Doctors cited strong anti-vaccination propaganda as one of the main problems that contributed to the increase in the number of measles infections in Russia. These are the poll results Мощная пропаганда со стороны антипрививочников, по мнению трети опрошенных врачей (33,4%), является одной из основных проблем, способствовавших росту числа заражений корью в России. Также значительное влияние на рост...

The decision to create a register was taken at the first summit of 46 Council of Europe countries in the last 18 years. The organization also intends to discuss the "outlines" of the mechanism for compensating damage to Ukraine . Russiawithdrew from the Council of Europe The fourth in history and first in the last 18 years summit of the Council of Europe, which began on May 16 in Reykjavik, decide...

Vector took measures “to suppress the revealed facts” of violations of the law on corruption, the Rospotrebnadzor reported.Earlier it became known about the dismissal of the CEO of this scientific center MaksyutovRinat Maksyutov The head of the Novosibirsk scientific center "Vector" Rinat Maksyutov was fired due to violations of the law on combating corruption and conflict of interest, according t...

The decree on the restoration of direct flights between Russia and Georgia after a four-year break was signed by Putin on May 10. The Civil Aviation Agency of Georgia reported that Georgian airline Georgian Airways will resume flights to Russia from May 20. Flights from Tbilisi will fly to Moscow seven times a week, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency reported on Facebook (owned by Meta - a company...

will improve the joint sanctions policy and cooperate in this area, the FT found out. This will make it possible to apply existing measures against Russia more effectively, Washington and Brussels agreed to more closely coordinate sanctions policy, writes the Financial Times. A public announcement is expected to be made today. The newspaper refers to a draft statement prepared by the US Treasury ....

In Russia in 2018, Paul Whelan was detained - he was accused of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime. This year, journalist Evan Gershkovich was detained, who is also accused of espionage. Publications about a possible easing of US sanctions in response to the return of Americans detained in Russia are bait, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, Interfax reports. “...

India does not violate sanctions by buying Russianoil at a price below the introduced ceiling. But if a country uses this opportunity to become a center for processing and supplying petroleum products to the EU, then measures must be takenBorrell said The EU should limit India's ability to resell Russian oil as refined products, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep ...

The decision not to renew the grain deal could lead to a dangerous wave of migration from African countries to Europe. This was stated by Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister of Italy Antonio Tajani in an interview with il Messaggero. “This is a scenario that we do not want to consider, it concerns the lives of millions of people below the poverty line. There will be a crisis in Central Africa ...

The current head of ALROSA, Sergey Ivanov, whose contract expires in 2025, fell under US sanctions immediately after the start of a special operation in Ukraine.The Supervisory Board will consider in his place the candidacy of the general director of one of the "daughters" of the companyPavel Marinychev The Supervisory Board of the world's largest diamond mining company ALROSA will consider the ca...

New sanctions will affect the energy sector, Washington also hopes to agree on a complete export banto Russia important for military products.They will be announced at the end of the week at the summit in Hiroshima The G7 countries (G7: USA , Germany , Great Britain , Italy France , Canada and Japan ) will announce new sanctions against the energy sector of Russia, tougher penalties for circumvent...

tightened entry rules for migrants, although they hoped otherwise. Now thousands of people have gathered at the border in Mexico, and those who still managed to get into the United States, In Mexico, near the US border, a humanitarian crisis is aggravating , which arose against the backdrop of a tightening of US policy towards migrants, writes The Washington Post (WP). On May 11, along with the st...

World Health Organization cancels pandemic status for COVID-19, it has been in effect since March 11, 2020. How many people died in the coronavirus and how many lives were claimed by the pandemics of past years - in RBC infographics The number of deaths from coronavirus infection during the pandemic amounted to 6.9 million people, follows from data from the World Health Organization (WHO). They ta...

The head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Peter Szijjarto, condemned the decision of Kyiv, which recognized the Hungarian OTP Bank as a sponsor of the hostilities and said,that in this regard, it is "difficult for Budapest to even start negotiations" on the 11th package of sanctions against RussiaPeter Szijjarto Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto called the decision of the Ukrainian auth...

of state who oversaw ChinaWendy Sherman oversaw relations with China and tried to negotiate with Moscow before the entry of Russian troops into Ukraine.After the outbreak of hostilities, she was engaged in uniting the allies to support Kyiv.Wendy Sherman US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has confirmed that First Deputy Wendy Sherman is resigning. This was previously reported by CNN. Sherman, 7...

Even countries that “benefit from undeclared imports of Russian oil” do not interfere with the tightening of sanctions against the energy sector of Russia,writes edition None of the EU countries have serious objections to tougher sanctions against Russia's energy sector, Politico writes, citing sources. According to the publication, even countries that “benefit from undeclared imports of Russian o...

Canada intends to expand anti-Russian sanctions at the expense of Moldovan citizens and companies, the press service of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said after his meeting with Moldovan President Maia Sandu. To do this, Ottawa will expand the law on sanctions measures adopted in connection with the Russian military operation in Ukraine . “These new provisions will allow Canada to impose sanctions...

EUcall on Georgia, as a candidate for membership in the union, to join the sanctions and prevent Russian aircraft from entering its airspace The European Union called on Georgia to comply with sanctions against Russia and not to let Russian planes into its territory, this was stated by the representative of the EU Foreign Service Peter Stano, TASS reports . “The European Union has banned flights t...

Because of the sanctions, companies face "serious obstacles" when moving to special administrative regions of Russia. Service providers from unfriendly countries block control, Holding companies that decide to transfer business from a foreign jurisdiction to special administrative regions of Russia (a procedure called redomiciliation) face a number of difficulties amid sanctions. This was reported...

Serbia has postponed the billto simplify the issuance of citizenship after the reaction of the European Union.The amendments proposed to reduce the required period of residence in the country from five years to one year.Belgrade,Serbia Serbia has shelved plans to simplify citizenship procedures after the European Union threatened to suspend Belgrade's visa-free regime, the Financial Times reported...