Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The UK government is considering financing a new wave of loans to Ukraine using billions of pounds worth of frozen russian state assets in the country.

President of Finland Alexander Stubb has said that security guarantees for Ukraine mean that European countries are ready for military confrontation with russia if moscow repeats its attack on Ukraine after a peace agreement.

The Ministry of Defense of Finland will receive additional funding of EUR 3 billion in view of the increased threat from the rf.

President  of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has pointed out  that in the context of growing hostility in the world, “we must take all necessary measures to ensure democracy, prosperity, and peace”.

Commenting on the violation of Estonian airspace by russian fighter jets, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs emphasized the need for a decisive response and solidarity among allies.

“...We have seen that NATO acts very effectively and well, to the extent that if extreme measures, i.e., force, are indeed necessary, then we are ready for that. Thirdly, we know that we are capable of defending Estonia’s airspace together with our allies,” said Minister of Defence of Estonia Hanno Pevkur regarding the violation of his country’s airspace by russian aircraft.

President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel has stressed that NATO must respond to the rf’s  accordingly, including shooting down intruding aircraft.

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on September 22 due to russia’s  incursion into  Estonia’s airspace.

The Bank of russia has issued recommendations to pay special attention to certain money laundering operations by customers aged 14 to 18.

russia ranks third among countries with a large wage gap between men and women.

Average prices for apartment renovations have risen in moscow  by 7.5 %, and in St. Petersburg – by 7.3 %.

The number of cases of expired food sales is growing in russia. Every month, Rospotrebnadzor detects more than 18,000 such violations, but there is nothing they can do about it.

In russia, the extraction of many types of minerals declined in 2024. At this, the level of nickel, coal, and manganese extraction decreased  by more than 30 %. The volume of wastewater discharged into natural water bodies in russia increased by 3.1 %. Total emissions of pollutants increased by 0.5 % to 22,070 tons compared to 2023. Emissions of pollutants from stationary sources increased by 0.8 %.

In December 2024, following the accident involving the tankers “Volgoneft-212” and “Volgoneft-239”, 2,400 tons of heavy fuel oil (M100) spilled into the Black Sea. Despite the fact that russian authorities reported the completion of work to collect settled fuel oil from the seabed in the coastal area of Anapa and Temryuk district, oil products continue to leak from the wreckage of the ships.

All the money goes to war, not education: on September 21, part of Secondary School No. 5 collapsed in Tatarsk, Novosibirsk region. This is the second such incident in russia in two days.

After the closure of the border with Poland, belarus experienced disruptions in the supply of flowers, which led to their price increase.

lukashenko has added Armenia to the list of “unfriendly countries”.  The reason is that he was not recognized as president after the 2020 elections.

belarus’ government has imposed a temporary ban on the export of a wide range of industrial goods to both Eurasian Economic Union countries and outside the Union. The ban covers: gypsum, dental filling materials, photographic film rolls, nuclear reactors, spark ignition internal combustion engines, refrigerators, bulldozers, agricultural machinery, printing machines, weaving machines, electric motors and generators, microphones and stands for them, railway or tram cars, unmanned aerial vehicles, and much more.