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

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has approved a new four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program for Ukraine. It provides for financing in the amount of US$8.1 billion for the needs of Ukraine’s state budget. Ukraine is supposed to receive the first tranche of US$1.5 billion in the near future.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda has stressed that the military escalation in the Middle East should not distract the international community from russia’s war against Ukraine.

Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany Katherina Reiche has announced that her country is considering purchasing biogas from Ukraine.

The Project Search Committee of the American–Ukrainian Reconstruction Investment Fund has selected eight highly prepared projects that have formed an investment portfolio with an estimated value of $1.2 billion.

Kyiv region has received another batch of energy aid from Lithuania: 78 generators with a capacity of 6 kW and 6 generators with a capacity of 25 kW.

Belgian military servicemen have intercepted an oil tanker belonging to russia’s “shadow fleet”. The vessel in question is the Ethera, which was sailing under the flag of Guinea and was heading from the English Channel. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Belgium has confirmed that it has launched an investigation into this tanker to find out whether it violated the Belgian Shipping Code.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Margus Tsahkna has said that the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei constitutes reputational damage to the kremlin. “The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows that moscow is unable to support its allies”, added the Minister.

“The events in Iran send a clear signal to putin, lukashenko, and other dictators that they are not eternal, and that violence, repression, and terror will be punished”, said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kęstutis Budrys.

The rf’s consulate general in the UAE has called on russians stranded in the country to write to the agency only if they are “orphans or sociophobes”. The diplomatic mission will not provide assistance to russians who cannot fly out of the UAE and do not have money to live on.

The High Court in London has allowed Yukos investors to seize russian assets in the UK to repay the $65 billion debt.

Freight transportation by railway in the rf fell by 3.2% in February 2026. In January–February, transportation fell by 3.6%.

Demand for refurbished smartphones in russia has tripled over the year. The reason is the transition to an economical consumption model.

New rules for gathering red-listed plants in the rf legalize their destruction for construction purposes.

A law allowing the euthanasia of stray dogs has come into force in krasnoyarsk region. It will affect 1,600 animals that are already living on lifetime support after being caught – the two main shelters where they are kept will lose their budget funding.

The barnaul city administration has not allowed a meeting against political repression because it “does not correspond to reality”. This was the response of the barnaul administration to protesters who had applied for permission to hold the event. “The phrase ‘against political repression’ used in your application implies the existence of such a phenomenon in the rf, which is not true”, the city council said in its response.

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has once again removed russian chess player sergey karyakin from its rankings.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania is considering banning more than one hundred belarussians from entering the country.

As of February 1, 2026, the debt on ruble and foreign currency loans issued by belarusian banks to legal entities amounted to 66.504 billion rubles, which is by 10.7% more than on the same date in 2025.

As of January 1, 2026, the total area of unused state property in belarus increased to 3.646 million square meters, which is by 6.5% more than at the beginning of 2025.

The number of cattle in the rb decreased by 3.4% during the year.

The ministry of internal affairs of the rb has added the extremist group Viejšnoryja to its list. Veishnorya is the name of a fictional country that appeared in the legend of the belarusian-russian “zapad–2017” military exercise.

Following the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country since 1989, there are now only seven leaders in the world who have been in power longer than lukashenko.