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US citizens are advised not to visit Russia in connection with the military operation in Ukraine, follows from the message of the US State Department. “Do not come to Russia due to the unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces on Ukraine, possible harassment of US citizens by Russian government security personnel, the limited ability of the embassy to assist US citizens in Russi...

Lavrov will not attend the session of the UN Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. The visit was canceled due to a ban on the minister's plane over a number of EU countries. The visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the session of the UN Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament was canceled due to the ban on the flight of his aircraft in the a...

The European Union has obliged leasing companies serving commercial airlines to terminate contracts with Russian carriers until February 28. It's not clear yet, AerCap, one of the world's largest commercial aviation leasing companies, has announced the termination of cooperation with Russian airlines. A message for investors about this is published on the company's website. The company explained t...

Possible US sanctions in relation to the Bank of Russia will target most of the reserves in the amount of $643 billion,writes agency View of the building of the Central Bank of Russia The United States is considering sanctions against the Central Bank of Russia, Bloomberg reports, citing anonymous sources. According to them, the move will target most of the $643 billion in reserves that Russian Pr...

Biden administration officials are discussing the possibility of working with EU leaders to jointly disconnect Russia from SWIFT, the agency writes.No final decision yet The United States authorities have returned to discussing the possibility of disconnecting Russia from the SWIFT interbank information exchange system after the country launched a military operation in Ukraine. It is reported by B...

Brussels imposed a ban on the sale of aircraft, spare parts and equipment to Russian airlines.They also cannot provide insurance and maintenance services. The EU has announced sanctions against the Russian transport sector, which include a ban on the sale of aircraft and aircraft parts, the EU Council said in a statement. The Union introduced a ban on the export to Russia of goods and technologies...

SWIFTand gas Proposals to disconnect Russia from the international interbank system for transmitting information and making payments SWIFT were discussed by the leadership of EU countries, Bloomberg reports citing its source. An unnamed EU official told the news agency that some of the European leaders tried to convince their colleagues to include a cut-off from SWIFT in the second package of sanc...

of Putin and Lavrov The European Union will freeze the accounts of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Europe. This was announced by Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg before a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels, reports Reuters. “There will be no travel ban for them to Europe, because we want to keep the possibility of negotiations in case th...

Sobyanin instructed to unblock travel cards for the elderly and people with chronic diseases. In Moscow, the number of daily new patients with COVID-19 is “steadily” declining, the number of hospitalizations fell by half in a month From February 28, all Muscovites over 60 years old or with chronic diseases will be unblocked transport cards, which were previously suspended due to the spread of coro...

The sanctions list also includes the sons of Nikolai Patrushev,Sergei Kiriyenko and Sergei Chemezov Roman Rotenberg Canada has published a sanctions list against Russia. In particular, Russian businessmen Boris Rotenberg, Yevgeny Prigozhin, representative of the President of Russia Sergei Ivanov, as well as their children, were subject to restrictions. The government of Canada explained these sanc...

As part of the new sanctions package, New Zealand has suspended the issuance of visas to Russian officials and other citizens,related to the “invasion of Ukraine” New Zealand has banned the issuance of visas to Russian officials and other citizens associated with the “invasion of Ukraine.” This was stated by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, reports the local edition of the RNZ. According to the head...

The US administration announced "unprecedented" new sanctionsin relation to Russian state-owned banks, state-owned companies and the supply of American technology to Russia. RBC figured out The administration of US President Joe Biden announced the second tranche of financial and economic sanctions against Russia for recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DNR/LNR) and the invasion...

Alfa-Bank, Transneft and ALROSA, the Ministry of Finance,Central Bank and National Welfare Fund Canadian authorities have imposed sanctions against Russian financial institutions in connection with the start of a military operation in Ukraine. The list includes Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Alfa-Bank, Roseximbank, Otkritie, Sovcombank, Genbank and others. In addition, sanctions have been imposed aga...

Russiaintroduces new export control licensing requirements, these include microelectronics. US and allies plan to halt more than half of Russia's high-tech imports The United States is tightening the rules for obtaining export permits to Russia for microelectronics, avionics and aircraft parts using American technology, the US Department of Commerce said. “Some of the items were not previous.........

Under US sanctions hit the largest bank in the country, but this is not the toughest option for restrictions. VTB, Sovcombank, Novikombank and Otkritie fell under blocking sanctions. Sberbank will also be included in the American sanctions list, follows from the message of the American White House. However, it is not subject to “full blocking sanctions” (SDN list), which means blocking all assets ...

The chief executive of Rolls-Royce Warren East, against the backdrop of London's sanctions against Moscow due to the start of a military operation in Ukraine, said:that the company "for some time" will not buy titanium in Russia The British company Rolls-Royce will stop buying Russian titanium, which is used to make aircraft engines. This was reported to The Telegraph by chief executive Warren Eas...

European diplomats generally agreed on restrictive measures against Russia due to the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine. However, several countries, led by Germany, are not ready to agree to sanctions .personally against Putin, writes NYT Vladimir Putin European Union ambassadors in Brussels discussed sanctions against the Russian economy and individuals, but failed to agree to impose sanctions o...

. RBC asked analysts Since the end of 2021, the United States has threatened Russia with an unprecedented package of tough sanctions in the event of a military invasion of Ukraine. Now this package will be implemented, said US President Joe Biden. “The United States, our allies and partners will impose severe sanctions against Russia,” Biden said after a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Presi...

against the largest Russian financial institutions, the State Department said. The White House explained The United States, in the event of further escalation in Ukraine, is ready to impose sanctions against any Russian financial institution. State Department spokesman Ned Price stated this at a briefing. “We are ready to take action against the two largest financial institutions in Russia at the ...

Boris Johnson Russia could face tougher sanctions if the situation in Ukraine escalates. This was stated by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, follows from the publication of a round table on anti-Russian restrictions on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers. “If the crisis escalates, tougher sanctions will follow to ensure an end to the destructive actions of President [Russian Vladimir] Put...

Russians are more likely to be infected with the omicron BA.2 variant of the coronavirus, and there has been a slow increase. This was announced by the head of the scientific group for the development of new diagnostic methods based on sequencing technologies of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Kamil Khafizov, RIA Novosti reports. “In Russia, the share of BA.2 is a...

Biden refused to impose sanctions for a long timeagainst the operator of Nord Stream 2, so as not to spoil relations with Berlin, CNN recalled. However, after Germany stopped the certification of the project, The United States intends to announce sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, CNN reports, citing sources, the information was confirmed by a Reuters s...

According to former President of the United States Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin plays the current owner of the White House, Joe Biden, like a drum. A brief statement from Trump's office is quoted by The Independent. “Putin plays Biden like a drum. An unfortunate sight,” Trump said. The publication notes that Trump appears to be ignoring the flurry of criticism that hit him after ...

According to The Guardian, the new EU sanctions will be larger than those that the United States has already announced Sergei Shoigu The EU sanctions will include Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, "state propagandists", as well as the Internet Research Agency (the so-called troll factory), The Guardian newspaper writes, citing sources. The publication notes that the upcoming restrictions wil...

Imposing sanctions against Russia in several waves could help stop the escalation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said at the Pentagon, Sky News reported. According to the minister, such an approach could stop the "invasion" if it continues "on a permanent basis." “The sanctions announced by President [US Joe] Biden seem serious when viewed as a first step. From conversations with Presid...

Canadian authorities will add to the sanctions list of Russian deputies,Australia is a member of the Security Council Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau The authorities of Canada and Australia have imposed sanctions against Russia due to the recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the "first round" of economic sanctions, repor...

In the event of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine , the United States could impose sanctions that would deprive the country of access to various categories of goods produced abroad. According to Reuters sources, the restrictions will affect semiconductors, aircraft parts and electronics. To do this, Washington may expand the list of goods for which US suppliers must obtain a license to expo...

DPR and LPR US President Joe Biden signed a decree imposing sanctions on the DPR and LPR, the recognition of which President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday evening. The document prohibits US citizens from any investment in the economy of the DNR and LNR, import into the United States, directly or indirectly, of any goods and technologies from the republics, export of any goods from the United ...

Jake Sullivan and Joe Biden US President Joe Biden is ready to seek a way out of the crisis around Ukraine through diplomacy, but he is ready to apply sanctions against Russia , US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on ABC television. “Biden is ready for high-level diplomacy to peacefully resolve the situation around Ukraine, but at the same time he is ready to take action together with ...

Due to the stabilization of the situation with the coronavirus, polyclinics of the Moscow Region will return to the planned provision of medical care from February 21. This was announced by the Minister of Health of the Moscow Region Alexei Sapanyuk during a meeting with the Governor of the region Andrei Vorobyov. The meeting was broadcast by the 36......