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

In March 2026, Ukraine will begin receiving its first shipments of liquefied natural gas from the USA via transit through the Balkans, Romania, and Moldova.

During the large-scale invasion, Japan has provided Ukraine with more than $15 billion in support in different spheres. This year, $6 billion in aid is expected. The governments of Ukraine and Japan plan to conclude an agreement on the transfer of defense equipment and technologies, which will simplify the possibility of joint production of protective weapons. This winter, Tokyo is providing 138 generators, 60 transformers, and two cogeneration units so that our country can withstand extreme cold.

Since February 2022, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has invested more than EUR 9 billion in Ukraine’s public and private sectors.

France will allocate another EUR 70 million to support projects to be implemented in Ukraine under the Critical Infrastructure Support Fund. French partners will also transfer 150 generators to Ukraine this month.

Finland will allocate EUR 20 million to support the reform of the education system in Ukraine as part of the Learning2gether2 project, which will be implemented in 2026-2029.

Employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania have raised almost EUR 14,000 for generators during a campaign in support of Ukraine.

Kyiv has received another 31 electric generators from the City Hall and community of Warsaw.

The American company Raytheon has confirmed its readiness to speed up the supply of missiles for Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine through direct contracts and international support mechanisms.

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US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has called on US President Donald Trump to begin the process of providing Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, “which would be a game-changer militarily”.

India, the largest buyer of russian oil, reduced its imports 3.5 times year-on-year in January, replacing part of the volume with raw materials from the USA and the Middle East. The country is diversifying its purchases through cooperation with the USA and the EU’s ban on imports of petroleum products made from russian oil.

Oil and gas revenues to the rf’s federal budget in January 2026 amounted to 393.3 billion rubles, which is by 54.5 billion rubles (-12.2%) lower than in December 2025. Compared to January 2025, budget revenues last month halved, having fallen by 396 billion (-50.2%). Oil and gas revenues in January 2026 were the lowest since July 2020, when the pandemic began.

Investments in the economy have stopped growing, acknowledged deputy prime minister of the rf aleksandr novak: “Investment growth for the first nine months of 2025 was 0.5%. For the year as a whole, it will most likely be zero.”

Sales of new passenger cars in the rf in January 2025 fell by 9.5% year-on-year. russia’s largest car manufacturer, AvtoVAZ, saw sales fall by 28.7% in January.

In 2025, clothing stores reduced their share in russian shopping centers by 15%.

All Nike and Adidas sneakers in russia turned out to be counterfeit.

Last year, debt collectors in the rf bought up overdue debts of microfinance organizations (MFOs) worth 113.4 billion rubles – a record high for the last three years. In just nine months of 2025, MFOs issued to russians more than 1.5 trillion rubles. This is one and a half times more than in the same period a year earlier. At this, the share of debts overdue for more than 90 days had been growing for several quarters in a row and had reached 31% by the autumn.

The load on the far eastern railway in January decreased by 4.3% compared to the first month of last year. Freight turnover for the reporting month decreased by 6.4%.

Almost every second dental clinic in russia operates illegally.

In the rf, developers are giving up finished apartments for reasons of economy. They are optimizing costs and curbing price growth amid rising construction material prices and expensive mortgages.

Last year, consumers in russia were more likely to refrain from making large purchases, with the most noticeable decline in demand recorded in the furniture segment (-19%). Sales of household appliances and electronics fell by 12%.

russians have begun to save on hotels and take fewer vacations. In general, tourists have begun to choose “simpler” hotels – either guest houses or private accommodation. Demand for hotels without meals and additional services has also increased.

The incidence of syphilis in russia has increased by 63% over four years.

Material losses from completed and suspended criminal cases involving corruption in russia last year amounted to 16 billion rubles. There was an increase in the number of detected corruption-related crimes, with a 10% increase compared to the previous year.

The end of the war with Ukraine is being hindered by the russians’ mania for the occult and their unwillingness to give up abortion, said bishop pitirim of the russian orthodox church.

The blagoveshchensk thermal power plant, the largest in amur region, is at risk of serious accidents that could leave about 170,000 residents of the region’s capital city without electricity and heat. This was announced by deputy head of the amur region government pavel matyukhin. The fuel situation in the region is close to critical. One of the two coal mines is depleted, while it is impossible to increase production at the second due to extremely difficult geological conditions and complete wear and tear of the production facilities. The region urgently needs a gas pipeline which would allow the thermal power plant to switch to gas. However, “gazprom” does not have the money for such a project.

In kazan, the number of apartment buildings recognized as unsafe has grown to 106. They are subject to demolition or reconstruction. Currently, the federal program to resettle residents of buildings recognized as unsafe after 2017 has not been adopted yet. Currently, 106 apartment buildings with 1,617 residential premises are awaiting resettlement. More than 10 billion rubles are needed for this purpose. The program for resettling citizens from unsafe housing is financed from the federal, republican, and municipal budgets.

The governor of kemerovo region ilya serebryakov has declared a “critical state” of the healthcare system and social services in the region. Spending on medical care for citizens in the kuzbass, which has become the leader in budget deficits among all regions amid the crisis in the coal industry, has been significantly cut in 2026. While in 2025, 45 billion rubles were allocated for the implementation of the “Development of healthcare in the kuzbass” program, this year the amount is already 38.83 billion.

Every 32nd resident of tatarstan suffers from cancer. A total of 127,324 tatarstan residents with malignant tumors have been registered. The incidence rate has increased by 4.5% compared to 2024 and by 12% – compared to 2023. In the structure of cancer incidence in 2025, colorectal cancer leads with 14% of cases. It is followed by malignant skin tumors, including melanoma (13.9%), breast cancer (12%), lung and bronchial tumors (8%), and prostate cancer (8%).

irkutsk state university has closed its “buryat language and literature” program to the  100th  anniversary of the university. The year 2026 has been officially declared the year of unity of the peoples of russia.

belarus’ market of new passenger cars showed a sharp decline in January compared to the same period last year. In the first month of the year, sales of fifteen leading car brands in belarus fell by 40% compared to the same month last year.

During lukashenko’s years in power, the number of teachers in belarus has decreased by 28%, and the number of schools – by 43%.