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Blinken announced new restrictions against Russia US
On May 31, they will announce new restrictions aimed at countering "Russian disinformation" on the Web, Blinken said. New measures include tightening controls on technology exports, On Wednesday, May 31, Western countries will announce new measures aimed at countering "Russian disinformation" on the Web, as well as tightening controls on the export of technologies for the production of drones, US ...
Igor Chaika and Ilan Shor commented on the EU sanctions imposed against them
Ilan Shor Russian businessman, son of the former Prosecutor General Igor Chaika and head of the opposition Moldovan Shor party Ilan Shor commented on the decision of the European Union to impose sanctions against them for destabilizing Moldova. Shor, in a conversation with RBC, said that he “is not afraid of sanctions,” because he is guided only by the interests of Moldovan citizens. He considers ...
Poland imposed sanctions against 365 citizens of Belarus
Among those subject to sanctionsPoland 365 Belarusian citizens 159 parliamentarians, media representatives, officers, etc. The list also includes persons"associated with Russian capital"Meeting of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of BelarusMeeting of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of BelarusMeeting of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of BelarusMeeting of...
In Bulgaria, the idea of premiership in turn was frozen after the drain of wiretapping
On May 22, the Bulgarian PP-DB and GERB-SDS coalitions agreed to form a ruling bloc and alternately replace their representatives as prime minister.After the wiretap of the working meetings of the PP-DB, the negotiations were frozenFormer Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kirill Petkov The coalition of the parties "Continue Changes" and "Democratic Bulgaria" (PP-DB) suspended negotiations on the formatio...
The European Commission called the amount of frozen assets associated with Russia
The countries of the European Union ( EU ) as of the end of May froze the private assets of Russians in the amount of €24.1 billion, writes Welt, citing data from the European Commission. For comparison, as of the end of 2022, the EU had an asset freeze of €18.9 billion. Under sanctions are 473 Russians and 2......
The President of Georgia urged to introduce restrictions against visiting Russians
Salome Zurabishvili Restrictions should be adopted against the Russians who came to Georgia en masse, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said. Her words are broadcast by the Georgian Channel One. “It is not clear why measures and fair rules have not been taken regarding mass arrivals from Russia and their activities, especially in areas such as healthcare and education,” she said in her speech...
Court in Germany declares illegal searches in villas in Usmanov's case
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...
Indonesia and Malaysia to visit Brussels over concerns over EU deforestation law
Indonesia and Malaysia account for about 85% of global palm oil exports and the EU is their third largest market. Last month, the European Parliament approved a landmark deforestation law banning EU imports of coffee , beef, soybeans and other commodities unless companies can provide "reliable" information that the products were not grown on lands that have been deforested. after 2......
The European Commission reported that the EU has frozen more than €200 billion of Central Bank assets Such an obligation was introduced for them in the tenth package of sanctions. Ministry of Finance
Russia reported,that about $300 billion is frozen More than €200 billion ($215 billion) of assets of the Russian Central Bank are blocked in the EU countries. This was announced by the representative of the European Commission Christian Wiegand, reports Bloomberg . EU countries reported new data in connection with the tenth package of sanctions, which was adopted on February 25. In particular, ban...
Roslesinforg announced environmental damage due to sanctions
Due to sanctions against air carriers, the increase in carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere increases daily by more than 2 thousand tons. This was reported by Roslesinforg, after analyzing the dynamics of air travel over Russia and global indicators of carbon dioxide emissions. As Roslesinforg found out, last year the number of transit flights over the territory of Russia decreased by 59% ...
The Central Bank of Kazakhstan stated that the banks of the republic did not deserve sanctions Kazakhstan does not participate in the sanctions regime, but complies with its requirements , the National Bank said. Reuters reported that the new package of E
Companies from the republic will also be included.The Kremlin accused the West of pressure on friendly countriesAlma-Ata, KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan's banks are complying with current restrictions and do not deserve to be included in the new package of sanctions that the EU is preparing, said Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic Berik Sholpankulov, Reuters reports. The new pac...
South Korea reopens market for German pork
The first three German slaughterhouses and processing plants have been re-approved by the Korean authorities for export to South Korea. The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has made active efforts to conclude a regionalization agreement in order to be able to resume trade from ASF- free regions in Germany. Federal Minister Cem Özdemir explains: “Our efforts to lift the ban on German...
AHDB: Monthly Beef Trade Grows
On an annualized basis (YoY), imports decreased by 2,780 tons, as imports of fresh and frozen products decreased by 970 tons (-6.9%) and 1,820 tons (-22.7%), respectively, compared to last year. This was due to a decrease in imports from Ireland and the Netherlands, and especially from Germany, where shipment volumes fell by 69.2% (-1,24......
Reuters named the main directions of gold exports from Russia
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...
EUObserver learned about EU plans to impose sanctions against Shor and Plahotniuc
Vladimir Plahotniuc The European Union is going to impose sanctions against five citizens of Moldova in the near future . Among them are Vice-Chairman of the Shor party Marina Tauber, businessmen Ilan Shor and Vladimir Plahotniuc, writes EUObserver with reference to the sanctions list. In Brussels, according to him, Shor, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fled abroad, and Plahotniuc are ...
One region will not be subject to restrictions for trucks from Poland
The day before, State Duma deputies supported the need to introduce a ban on the passage of Polish trucks across Russia. Volodin explained this as a response to the unfriendly policy of Warsaw. Polish trucks will be allowed to travel through the territory of the Kaliningrad region, head of the region Anton Alikhanov said in his telegram channel. The authorities of the region have worked out this i...
The Foreign Ministry called "absurdity, stupidity, madness" EU plans for new sanctions
The plans of the European Union for the 11th package of sanctions against Russia are absurd, stupid and insane, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova . “Absurdity, stupidity, madness. No matter how much they try to fulfill all this, to come up with it, it will not change anything for us. We have adapted to the new reality,” she said. The representative of the Foreign Ministry n...
Garibashvili says sanctions against Russia will destroy Georgia's economy Sanctions
would damage Georgia's national interests, the country's prime minister said. He reminded Georgia's economy will "collapse" if the country imposes sanctions against Russia, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said. “As for economic sanctions, Georgia's trade with Russia is less than $1 billion. For comparison, the EU trades in just four days as much as we trade in a whole year. That's funn...
Czech Mero will increase supplies via the TAL pipeline to
replace Druzhbaby 2025. According to CTC, The Czech oil company Mero and the Italian concern TAL have entered into an agreement to expand the capacity of the transalpine oil pipeline to replace supplies via the Druzhba, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Twitter. “The Czech Republic will be dependent on oil supplies via the Russian Druzhba pipeline for another three years. However, already fr...
Bulgarian parties have agreed that the prime ministers will rule in turn
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...
Borrell expressed confidence in the adoption of a decision on new
sanctions against Russia.The reason is the dissatisfaction of a number of states with the inclusion of their companies in the Ukrainian list of "war sponsors"Why the EU is delaying new sanctions On May 22, in Brussels, a two-day meeting of foreign ministers of the countries of the European Union began, one of the goals of which is to agree on the 11th sanctions package against Russia. On the first...
The French Foreign Ministry called the timing of the approval of the 11th package of EU sanctions Bloomberg reported that the new sanctions
may affect the transit of goods to third countries through Russia. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: The next, 11th, package of EU anti-Russian sanctions should be agreed by the end of June, when the EU summit will take place . This was stated by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna at the Council of Foreign Ministers in Brussels. “We expect to finalize it as soon as po...
Peskov called the factor complicating the extension of the grain deal
Western countries have taken an unconstructive position on issues that Russia considers important for extending the grain deal, Peskov said. According to him, this is indicated, in particular, The refusal of Western countries to connect Rosselkhozbank to the banking SWIFT messaging system should be considered a factor that makes it difficult to extend the grain deal. This was stated to journalists...
The French Foreign Ministry announced the deadlines for agreeing on the 11th package of EU sanctions
Catherine Colonna The next, 11th, package of EU anti-Russian sanctions should be agreed by the end of June, when the EU summit will take place . This was stated by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna at the Council of Foreign Ministers in Brussels. “We expect to finalize it as soon as possible, before the end of June - before the EU summit,” she said (the statement was posted on her Twitter ...
Austrian Foreign Minister spoke about informal channels of communication with Russia
Alexander Shallenberg The West must continue dialogue with Russia, Austrian Foreign Minister and former Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said in an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt. According to him, Austria maintains informal channels of communication with the Russian government. Schallenberg explained that Western countries need to continue dialogue with Russia, including in interna...
Sergei Dankvert reported on the situation with bird flu and ASF at a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin
Reporting on the current situation with the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Russia, Sergey Dankvert noted an increase in the number of foci of the disease among wild and synanthropic birds, mainly gulls. First of all, the head of the supervisory agency believes, attention should be paid to the accumulation of seagulls in garbage dumps. As practice shows, birds are attracted t...
The European Union refused to reconnect Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT
SWIFT stopped servicing Rosselkhozbank in June last year. Reconnecting the bank to the system was one of Russia's conditions for extending the grain deal. In the EUdeclaredthat this cannot be done until the end of the conflict The European Union will not reconnect Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT until the end of the conflict in Ukraine , Peter Stano, the official representative of the foreign policy servi...
The deputy kept the property abroad in case of the "Spanish SSR"
Alicante State Duma deputy from the "United Russia" and the owner of the company "Molvest" Arkady Ponomarev kept the property in the Spanish city of Alicante. He stated in an interview with Vesti Voronezh that he did not get rid of the seized property in case the country became the "Spanish SSR". In 2......
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry warned of pressure on the country in the EU
Hungary demands to exclude its OTP bank from the Ukrainian list of "international sponsors of the war" - this is the condition of Budapest for the adoption of new sanctions and military assistance to Kyiv. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned The European Union will put pressure on Hungary so that it does not interfere with the adoption of new sanctions against Russia and Ukraine's membership in...
The head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry spoke about the difficulties for Europe due to sanctions
Peter Szijjarto Western anti-Russian sanctions make the EU pay a higher price for them than Russia . This was stated by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto at the second economic forum "European Union - Central Asia" in Alma-Ata. “Sanctions have created a huge amount of difficulties for us (the European Union.), even more than for Russia,” he said ( quoted by RIA Novosti). Szijjártó urged E...