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

US President Donald Trump has said he does not believe that Ukraine attacked putin’s residence. He has also said that the United States may increase tariffs on Indian goods if New Delhi does not comply with demands to reduce purchases of russian oil.

Cyprus’ Presidency of the EU Council “intends to continue analyzing the economic and financial consequences of russia’s aggression against Ukraine, especially if the conflict continues, including the proper implementation of EU sanctions against russia and belarus”.

“russia continues its daily terror - attacking civilians, hospitals, and energy infrastructure. These are war crimes and have nothing to do with seeking peace,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Margus Tsahkna.

European Commission Spokesperson Maciej Berestecki has said that the European Commission and the EU Council are working to finalize the legal framework for providing Ukraine with a EUR 90 billion loan over the next two years. “We are aware of the urgency of Ukraine’s financial needs. We plan to make the first payment to Ukraine no later than the second quarter of 2026,” he added.

Japan will transfer to Ukraine 66 units of technical equipment for frontline regions as part of the Emergency Recovery and Reconstruction Project supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

“Venezuela cannot be a hub for russia, China, and other countries to act against the United States,” said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “You cannot turn Venezuela into an operational hub for Iran, russia, Hezbollah, China, Cuban intelligence agents. This cannot continue,” added the Secretary of State.

The central bank of the rf has expressed doubts about achieving the inflation target of 4 % in 2026, forecasting price growth of 4-5 %. Despite statements by representatives of the “bank of russia” about the unacceptability of inflation above the target, there is a possibility that the achievement of the set goal will be postponed again. The rf CB’s forecast indicates that something has already gone wrong at the beginning of 2026.

Sales of new vehicles in russia at the end of 2025 fell by 19 % compared to 2024. In particular, sales of new electric vehicles decreased  by 30 % compared to 2024, and sales of new passenger cars fell by 15 %. besides, sales of foreign-made cars in russia dropped by almost 40 % in 2025.

At least five car companies may leave the russian market in 2026. These are brands that sell less than 5,000 cars per year. Due to two stages of increases in disposal fees in russia, a sharp drop in sales of hybrid cars is expected, including brands such as Lixiang, Aito, Wey, Exlantix, and Zeekr. Due to the same factor, the price of popular family cars Hyundai Palisade, Kia Carnival, and Hyundai Santa Fe, which in recent years have been supplied to russia through alternative imports, will rise sharply.

Repairing LADA cars has become a luxury for russians. “Avtovaz” has revised the recommended maximum retail prices for maintenance for the entire LADA model range. On average, maintenance has increased in price by about 10 %.

In 2026, russian airlines will see not a single MC-21 aircraft, which has been in development since 2009 and, according to initial plans, was supposed to go into serial production 10 years ago.

“The all-russian program to resettle people from dilapidated  housing, under which nearly 350,000 citizens were supposed to be relocated in five years, has failed due to the war against Ukraine and a lack of funds,” said member of the state duma andrey gurulev.

In 2025, repairs became russians’ main major need: 22 % of respondents chose this option.

The portal of the russian traffic police no longer offers a service for checking the registration history of vehicles by VIN number. Until September 2025, it was possible to find out the history of a car by its VIN number on the traffic police website free of charge, then the request began to cost 50 rubles, and now one can’t check the registration history at all.

In 2025, at least seven scientists were imprisoned in russia – they were arrested during the investigation or taken into custody after sentencing. In total, at least 31 scientists are currently in prisons in the rf, where they are being prosecuted in criminal cases. The grounds for arrest include accusations of “fake news about the army”, high treason, “confidential cooperation” with a foreign state, as well as criminal cases of an economic nature.

From January to November 2025, russian courts sentenced 100 people to life imprisonment. This is a record number of life sentences in recent years. According to statistics, the previous highest figures were in 2005 and 2012, when russian courts handed down 84 life sentences. In 2020, the rf’s courts handed down 66 such sentences, in 2021 – 47, in 2022 – 58, in 2023 – 78, and in 2024 – 79. In total, between 2005 and 2024, russian courts handed down 1,316 life sentences.

The budget deficit of the transbaikal territory for 2026 is 12.2 billion rubles.

Thousands of transbaikal residents have been living without heating for almost a week in minus 20 degrees Celsius.

The negative balance of foreign trade in goods has reached almost $6 billion in the rb.

Over the past two years, belarusian agricultural enterprises have lost more than 200,000 cows and calves, as well as 340,000 pigs. As of December 1, 2025, the number of cattle in belarusian agricultural enterprises decreased by 111,000 heads (-2.8 %) compared to the same date last year. The number of pigs decreased by 70,000 (-3.4 %). The reduction in livestock numbers in the agricultural sector has continued for the second year in a row. In 2024, the number of cattle decreased by 94,200 heads (by 2.3 %), and of pigs – by 270,200 heads (by 11.9 %). In total, over the past two years, there has been a decrease of 200,000 cows and calves, as well as 340,000 pigs.