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More than €5 billion of assets of the Central Bank, sanctioned companies and people were blocked in German banks. According to Bloomberg, the parties of the republic are generally ready to approve the transfer of funds to Ukraine, Germany, as part of restrictive measures against Russia, blocked €5.32 billion during the year of the conflict in Ukraine, this amount includes the assets of the Central...

Central and Southeast Asia are leading the rise in direct and indirect energy costs for private consumers, a study published in Nature Energy found.Latin Americans hit the hardest by the crisis The global energy crisis, which began amid the conflict in Ukraine, has raised the cost of living around the world, potentially pushing between 74 million and 141 million people into extreme poverty, accord...

Didier Reinders The European Commission (EC) has frozen Russian assets in Europe in the amount of €21.5 billion, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said, Interfax Ukraine reports. “We had the opportunity to freeze €21.5 billion of assets of Russian oligarchs and organizations included in the sanctions list,” Reynders said. He noted that the European Commission will continue to work ...

The EU considered the possibility of imposing sanctionsagainst individual employees of Rosatom, and not the entire state corporation, in order to circumvent a possible veto by Hungary,but abandoned this idea The European Commission will not include restrictions on the country's nuclear industry and its participants in the new package of sanctions against Russia, Politico reports citing three diplo...

Imports of Russian oil to EU countries have already decreased by 90%, EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said on her Twitter (the social network was blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office). “Thanks to our collective efforts and in solidarity with Ukraine, the European Union stopped importing coal from Russia, eliminated imports of Russian oil by 9......

Victoria Nuland The United States and its G7 partners (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Great Britain) will present a “new large package of sanctions” on the anniversary of the start of a special military operation in Ukraine, the restrictions will affect the supply of technology and high-tech equipment. This was stated by US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland during a telephone brief...

The list may also include flush cisterns, LEDs,bricks and tires The EU, as part of the tenth package of anti-Russian sanctions, may ban the export to Russia of “bidets, toilet bowls, flush cisterns and similar sanitary products,” EUobserver reports, citing draft documents. The main goal of the trade embargo is to stop the sale of high-tech goods that can be used in Russian weapons syst...

The need for Russian-made synthetic rubber did not allow the ambassadors of the EU countries to agree on the 10th package of sanctions on February 15,newspaper writesRubber plant in Russia EU ambassadors were unable to agree on February 15 a new package of sanctions against Russia because of the need for synthetic rubber. This is reported by Politico, citing sources. The tenth package of sanctions...

Switzerland has joined the ceiling on prices for oil products from Russia set by the European Union, the country's Ministry of Economy said. “The Federal Council on February 15 adapted the sanctions imposed on Russia regarding crude oil and petroleum products, thus supporting the latest decisions approved by the European Union,” the statement said. The changes took effect at 18:......

The fact that Russian banks, including Tinkoff, may be included in the new EU sanctions package, became known last night. Reuters found out The European Commission (EC) has proposed to EU countries to exclude four more Russian banks, including Alfa-Bank, Tinkoff Bank and Rosbank, from the SWIFT global messaging system, Reuters reports citing diplomatic sources. The agency does not name the fourth ...

Today there is no legal basis for the confiscation of private Russian assets that have been frozen in Switzerland. At the same time, Bern is monitoring the situation with the confiscation of the assets of the Central Bank of Russia in the EU countries, The Swiss Ministry of Justice sees no legal basis for the transfer of frozen private Russian assets to Ukraine, according to the website of the cou...

A week ago, the volume of sanctions restrictions that will be introduced against Russiawas estimated at €10 billionUrsula von der LeyenUrsula von der LeyenUrsula von der LeyenUrsula von der LeyenUrsula von der Leyen The new, tenth package of EU sanctions against Russia involves the introduction of export restrictions in the amount of €11 billion. This was announced on Twitter by the head of the Eu...

suspends investigation into the origin of coronaviruscooperate with the organization's experts The World Health Organization (WHO) has postponed the second phase of its investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus due to difficulties in conducting research in China, according to the journal Nature. The first stage was held in January 2......

The manufacturer of meat semi-finished products, sausages and canned food from the Stavropol Territory "Meat Processing Plant "Delikatesy" is fully provided with casings for production. This was reported to RBC Caucasus by the company. Earlier, the media published information that the Russian market may experience a shortage of packaging needed in the meat processing industry. “We don’t feel a sho...

The Bank of Russia announced the creation of a new structural subdivision - the department for organizing international settlements. This is stated on the bank's website. The statement said that the new department will deal with "issues that have become particularly relevant in the context of sanctions." Bloomberg learned about EU plans to impose sanctionsagainst Tinkoff Bank and NWF Politics “Amo...

The increase in the number of appeals to the US Treasuryabout possible violations of sanctions, including against Russia, grew afterhow whistleblowers got the opportunity to receive rewards for the provided data In three weeks of 2023, the American financial crime enforcement agency FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a division for combating financial crimes within the US Department of ...

Bangladesh's accession to sanctions against Russian ships, as a result of which 69 ships from Russia are banned from entering the ports of the country, will not affect the construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant, in particular the delivery of goods, Rosatom state corporation told RBC. “The construction of the nuclear power plant continues in accordance with the current schedule. As f.........

Names Industry Where Russia 's Exports Grow 20% YoY.Rosatom estimated the growth of deliveries abroad at 15% Exports of Russian nuclear fuel and nuclear technology grew by 20% in 2022, Bloomberg writes, citing trade data compiled by the UK's Royal Institution for Defense Research (RISU). At the same time, the institute did not take into account the supply of nuclear fuel to countries under sanctio...

Oleg Zhidkov Chairman of the concern "Belgospischeprom" Despite the sanctions pressure, Belgospischeprom enterprises manage to produce high-quality products, renovate production facilities, increase export deliveries, and also meet other performance indicators. Oleg Zhidkov, Chairman of the Belgospischeprom Concern, spoke about import substitution, ongoing projects, as well as priority goals and o...

In 2021, the NYT reported on the correspondence between Ursula von der Leyen and the head of Pfizer about the conclusion of a contract to purchase 1.8 billion doses of vaccines. Journalists asked the European Commission to make these reports public, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against the European Commission in late January because it refused to publish correspondence between the head of th...

February 14, Minsk. Almost 70% of Belgospischeprom's exports in 2022 were to the EAEU countries. Oleg Zhidkov, chairman of the Belgospischeprom concern, told about this in an interview to a BelTA correspondent. Oleg Zhidkov noted that even the time of the pandemic showed that in the modern world it is necessary to navigate immediately and quickly respond to all changes. "Therefore, the period of r...

Cattle and hog prices have reached a new all-time high as the lamb trade struggles to match early 2021 and 2022 levels, according to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS). Forecasts by leading agricultural analysts point to further volatility in the global red meat market in 2......

Although the cost of energy has come down, the meat industry has experienced a slowdown in production growth along with high inflation, and access to credit remains difficult. Group President Javier Dueñas moderated the meeting, which began with a review of the Royal Decree on Packaging and Packaging Waste, which is reported to add €5,......

The number of pensioners registered with the Social Fund for the year decreased by 232 thousand people after a reduction of 970 thousand during the pandemic. Their pensions increased by an average of 14%, to ₽20.7 thousand. As of January 1, 2023, the number of pensioners registered with the Social Fund of Russia (SFR, formed as a result of the merger of the Pension Fund and the Social Insurance Fu...

The Russian Union of the Travel Industry, citing tour operators, indicated that out of 27 countries of the Schengen zone, only eight accept documents from Russian tourists,and multiple-entry visas are rarely issued and only to a “narrow circle of people” Russians can still sign up to apply for Schengen visas, but you should not count on getting multiple-entry visas, the Russian Union of the Travel...

According to the results of last year, sales of apartments in new buildings increased in 19 regions, although the primary market fell by 22% nationwide.Demand due to mortgage programs was able to save the regions of the Far East In 19 regions, according to the results of last year, sales of apartments in new buildings increased, RBC calculated based on Rosreestr data on registered equity participa...

In 2022, meat consumption per capita hit a record - 79 kg per person. The record was provided, in particular, by cheaper pork - on average, a Russian ate more of it in a year, Meat consumption in Russia in 2022 increased by 2.3% compared to 2021 and reached a record high for at least the last ten years - 79 kg per person per year. This follows from the presentation of the National Union of Pig Bre...

The goal of the United States and the European Union in relation to Serbia is to break the political will of the Serbian authorities and force it to join the sanctions regime against Russia, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. In her opinion, the alliance between Washington and Brussels, pursuing a hostile policy towards Russia, "will not tolerate half-hearted decisions and dissent ...

Several countries oppose restrictions on the Russian nuclear industry, the agency said.Hungary and Bulgaria have previously objected to this. Rosatom State Corporation is unlikely to fall under EU sanctions under the tenth package of measures due to objections from a number of countries of the union, Bloomberg reports citing a source. Which countries oppose restrictions on Russian nuclear energy, ...

Brussels intends to include in the new tenth package of sanctions against Russia four banks and about 130 individuals and organizations, including from Iran.The ban may also include the supply of construction equipment to Russia from the EU The new package of EU sanctions, introduced on the anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, plans to include four Russian banks, including Alfa-B...