June 29, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The International Register of Damage for Ukraine has announced the launch of a new section “Loss of Access or Control over Real Estate in the Temporarily Occupied Territories”.

Ambassador of Switzerland to Ukraine and Moldova Félix Baumann has emphasized that over the past 20 years, his country has been systemically supporting small and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine, in particular through assistance to more than 30 sectoral business associations that unite more than 20 thousand enterprises.

Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz has said that he has no plans to have a phone conversation with putin, as such contacts in the past did not lead to de-escalation of the situation in Ukraine.

“This imperialist in the kremlin (putin) does not want negotiations, he does not want peace,” said Minister of Defence of the FRG Boris Pistorius.

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The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the European Union has extended sectoral sanctions against russia for another six months.

Norway has joined the 17th package of EU sanctions against russia and imposed new restrictions. The list of sanctions includes 189 vessels of the so-called “shadow fleet” used by russia to circumvent restrictions, as well as 17 individuals and 58 companies involved in the supply of drones, weapons, ammunition, military equipment, key components and logistics support for the russian military-industrial complex. Another 31 legal entities have been added to the export control list and are now subject to strict restrictions on the supply of certain goods.

The United Kingdom will increase duties on nitrogen fertilizers from belarus and russia on July 18 to deny these countries access to most favored nation treatment for exports of such goods, the UK Department for Business and Trade has reported. Starting July 18, 2025, duties will be 10 %, starting July 1, 2026 – 20 %, and starting July 1, 2027 – 35 %.

russia’s economy is entering a stage of deep financial stress. Industries that account for more than 17 % of all real sector revenues: industry, construction, engineering, and transportation are at serious risk. The reason for the sharp deterioration is not only internal factors but also the protracted war against Ukraine. Sanctions isolation, declining investment, loss of foreign markets, and rising costs have sharply reduced the ability of businesses to maintain profitability. At the same time, record lending rates have made business financing extremely difficult, with loans at 16-17 % becoming the norm.

russians in nine regions: Moscow, Orel, Saratov, Smolensk, Tver regions, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Perm and Krasnoyarsk Krais, who suffer from blood clotting disorders, complain about interruptions in the distribution of medicines for hemophilia. The medicines had to be bought under the state program “14 high-cost nosologies” at the expense of the federal budget and provided to patients free of charge.

The shareholders of russian fertilizer producer Fosagro have not decided on dividends for the first quarter of 2025.

The fourth russian video hosting service, which was supposed to replace YouTube and was announced a year ago, has failed. The “Platform” project, which was launched in 2024 by “TV Novosti” (the management structure of “russia today” under the leadership of Margarita Simonyan), has failed to even make it into the top thousand russian websites in terms of popularity.

In russia, a military pensioner has been sentenced to 18 years in a high security colony in a “high treason” case for posting “Let’s Stop the War Together” leaflets.

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in belarus Nils Muižnieks, has presented his annual report to the UN Human Rights Council. Muižnieks has stated systematic human rights violations in belarus, including widespread politically motivated prosecutions; ill-treatment of prisoners, including prolonged incommunicado detention and gender-based violence against women prisoners; and repeated extensions of prison terms on charges of “malicious disobedience” to prison administrations. Muižnieks has pointed out that the total number of unjustly convicted remains unchanged as the repression continues. According to him, pardons are often accompanied by new human rights violations (forcing people to participate in propaganda videos, signing cooperation agreements with the kgb).

Lukashenko has said that the EAEU countries have an alarming situation with prices.