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Between 23 October 2021 and 31 December 2021, Italy confirmed and notified 294 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5. The affected species were chickens, laying hens, turkeys, ducks and guinea fowls. Italy immediately and effectively took all necessary veterinary measures, including measures to strengthen control, monitoring and prevention. But the outbreak of the virus has led...

In many EU countries , there is a systematic reduction in animal husbandry. Thus, Germany last year reduced meat production by 8.1%. Poultry meat production decreased by 2.9%, while pork and beef production fell by 9.8% and 8.2%, respectively. The process of livestock reduction will continue in 2023. According to the forecast of the European Commission, beef production in the European Union will d...

British officials will now reject applications to use frozen funds for litigation,if they are related to cases of defamation (dissemination of defamatory information)Her Majesty's Treasury in London,Great Britain The UK will change the way it decides whether to allow sanctioned individuals to use frozen money to pay for legal proceedings. This was stated by the Deputy head of the British Ministry ...

The EU will lay out the criteria and legal framework that will allow the application of sanctionsto family members of a particular person,notes the agency The European Union intends to create a more detailed legal framework for pressure on family members of Russian billionaires who fell under sanctions, Bloomberg writes, citing sources familiar with the matter. According to them, the European Exte...

Representatives of the US State Department and the European Commission discussed with the diamond business how to interrupt Russia's receipt of income from precious stones. This is stated on the website of the State Department. “Russia continues to earn billions of dollars from the diamond trade, and the conversation focused on the most effective ways to interrupt this income stream,” the report s...

The European Commission proposes to strengthen the rules for the protection of animals transported by sea. New, more stringent requirements will apply to record keeping, emergency response, equipping exit points, and approving livestock trucks. The new rules aim to strengthen the inspections of livestock ships by EU Member States. A European database will be created by the European Maritime Safety...

The European Commission estimated the sanctions imposed against Russia as part of the tenth package at €12.7 billion, of which €1.3 billion were for Russian imports. But there are quotas for the supply of carbon and rubber, The tenth package of sanctions covers exports of goods to Russia worth €11.4 billion (for 2......

The tenth package of EU sanctions imposed against Russia was adopted without the approval of the UN Security Council. This is stated in the comments of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the EU. “The next restrictive EU measures against Russia, like all previous ones, are illegitimate. They were adopted without the approval of the UN Security Council and are therefore illegal. The European Union c...

The European Commission has estimated the sanctions imposed against Russia under the tenth package at €12.7 billion, of which €1.3 billion is for Russian imports. But there are quotas for the supply of carbon and rubber, The tenth package of sanctions covers exports of goods to Russia worth €11.4 billion (for 2......

Tinkoff-Bank, Alfa-Bank and Rosbank, which fell under the 10th package of sanctions, did not find any risk for their clients in this. Credit institutions assured The sanctions imposed by the European Union against Tinkoff Bank will not affect the service of 26 million customers, the bank said in its Telegram channel. “We are well prepared for such a scenario. Our team has been working for many mon...

Tinkoff Bank, which has long avoided Western sanctions, has come under EU restrictions. Now, only two subsidiaries of foreign banks are on the list of systemically important banks not under sanctions. How sanctions will affect Tinkoff clients - in the material of RBC Tinkoff Bank for the first time came under Western sanctions. They were introduced by the European Union as part of the tenth packag...

Because of Poland, the EU could not approve a new package of sanctions for several days. Warsaw agreed to his approval with a number of conditions. They include the start of discussions on measures against Minsk, Russian diamonds, Poland agreed to the approval of the tenth package of EU sanctions against Russia subject to six conditions, Polish Ambassador to the EU Andrzej Sadosz said, Interia rep...

It will include tightening controls on the export of dual-use goods, measures against organizations and people who support hostilities. The approval of the 10th package was delayed by Poland, The EU countries have agreed on the tenth package of sanctions against Russia, reports the Swedish representation in the EU on Twitter. It will include: tightening export restrictions on dual-use goods and te...

The EU Council decided to extend the sanctions imposed on Russia due to the situation in Ukraine until February 24 next year, the corresponding decision was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision comes into force the next day after publication, the document says. Earlier, the EU Council extended the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the EU for six months, until July ...

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...

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 ...

Due to the termination of work with Russia, Euroclear lost income from operations in the interests of its residents. But the losses were offset by the profits from the investments of the frozen assets, The net profit of the international financial group Euroclear at the end of 2022 amounted to €1.2 billion, of which €597 million came from investment income from the frozen assets of Russians, follo...

Alexander Novak The exclusion of two types of Russian fuel from the oil price ceiling shows that oil products and Russian oil remain in demand in the EU countries. This opinion was expressed by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak, reports TASS. According to Novak, a number of oil products were excluded from sanctions in order to legalize gray fuel supply schemes. The Deputy Prime Minis...

The European Union, which has imposed an embargo on the import of petroleum products from Russia and a price ceiling on them, has provided for two exceptions. The restrictions do not apply to products made from Russian oil abroad, The embargo on the supply of petroleum products from Russia and its price ceiling for third countries ($1......

Kyiv hosted the first Ukraine-EU summit since the outbreak of hostilities.What the parties managed to agree on and what are the prospects for the entry of the warring republic into the European Union - in the material of RBC The talks between the leadership of Ukraine and the European Union started on February 2 and lasted two days, starting with a meeting between the head of the European Commissi...

The price ceiling for Russian gas, which will come into force on February 15 in Europe, may have an impact not only on the operation of markets, but also on financial stability in general,warned the regulator of the financial markets of the EU The impact of the temporary ceiling on gas prices, which begins to operate in the European Union from February 15, is still difficult to assess, but this do...

According to Polish radio, the European Commission is considering options for sanctions against Belarus because of Russia's support. It is possible that they can be equated with restrictions on Moscow, The European Commission is considering options for sanctions against Belarus, including the introduction of a complete embargo on the supply of weapons and dual-use equipment, radio RMF24 reports, c...

Borrell admitted that only Hungary could become an exception in the context of Russian energy resources for "political reasons". He noted that the EU's dependence on China 's technologies is much stronger.,than from Russian energyJosep BorrellJosep BorrellJosep BorrellJosep BorrellJosep Borrell Almost all EU countries will get rid of energy resources from Russia by the end of the year, said EU Hig...

Those with COVID will not need to do a second test for discharge if the treatment lasted seven or more days, Rospotrebnadzor said.The rule comes into force on February 6 Rospotrebnadzor allowed the discharge of those who had recovered from COVID-19 without a negative test for coronavirus if the patient's treatment lasted a week or longer, the agency said in a decree. “The discharge of patients for...

The organization that provides the work of centers for conducting internationally recognized exams in English, said,that continue to work in Russia The IELTS International Language Examination Center will continue to work in Russia and conduct all scheduled exams. This was reported on the website of the center. “In connection with the news that appeared in the media about the closure of IELTS in R...

Russia does not depend on the supply of foreign test systems for detecting coronavirus and other diseases, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said, RIA Novosti reports. “The domestic industry is developing very actively, and, in fact, we are independent of the arrival of foreign test systems on the territory of the Russian Federation for the diagnosis of COVID-19 and a number of other diseases,” Mur...

- 19 Rospotrebnadzor has canceled the standard for conducting at least 300 weekly tests for COVID-19 per 100 thousand of the population, follows from the decision of the chief sanitary doctor Anna Popova, which is posted on the legal information portal. Amendments were made to the resolution "On additional measures to reduce the risks of the spread of COVID-19 during the seasonal rise in the incid...

The combination of meat, mushrooms, mayonnaise, as well as sweet drinks and alcohol, traditional for the New Year's table, puts a lot of stress on the digestive system, nutritionists interviewed by RBC warned. Especially careful should be people with chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, atherosclerosis and diabetes. “Salads often include meat, such as chicken or beef, mushrooms, and egg...

European lawyers can advise foreign subsidiaries of Russian companies, but not in the interests of the parent company, the European Commission explained.An exception is made for judicial representation Russian companies cannot obtain legal advice on sanctions from European experts, unless it involves going to court. This follows from the updated clarifications of the European Commission on the pro...