April 11, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The EU requested EUR 2.1 billion of unexpected income from immobilized russian assets held in central securities depositories. The funds received are intended to be transferred to Ukraine.

The European Commission hopes that, thanks to European countries, by the end of 2025 the number of ammunition transferred to Ukraine will reach two million.

Minister of Defence of Sweden Pål Jonson has said his country will buy drones for Ukraine from the Polish defense industry.

“My message to European business today is this: Ukraine is open for business, and the EU is ready to help you seize this opportunity,” European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said.

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Air Force of NATO countries within the framework of the exercise Ramstein Flag 2025 are working out the scenario of russia’s attack on the Alliance. The maneuvers, which began near Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands, involved about 100 aircrafts from 18 NATO countries, including F-35, F-18 Hornet and Eurofighter Typhoon, as well as UAVs and helicopters.

The Parliament of Estonia has supported the restrictions on churches that justify the rf’s aggression.

moscow carries out intelligence and espionage activities in the Balkan region through the opened in 2012 russian-Serbian humanitarian center, located in the city of Niš. This was stated by President of the Republic of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani.

Vilnus is dismantling memorial plaques to writer Fyodor Dostoevsky and Prime Minister of the russian empire petr stolypin. Since May 2023, Lithuania has a law banning the propaganda of totalitarian regimes.

In early April, federal budget spending soared to 233 billion rubles a day, which is significantly more than in the first quarter and in the same period of the previous year.

In russia, the production of food alcohol has sharply decreased: in January-March plants produced 12.94 million decaliters (dal), which is by 12 % less year-on-year. At the same time, shipments from plants over the same period fell by 25 % year-on-year, to 8.39 million decaliters.

In the first two months of 2025, the volume of supply of Chinese cars to russia almost halved compared to the same period last year – to 57,592 units.

In russia, the number of closed Chinese car showrooms has sharply increased: in the first three months of 2025, more than 210 showrooms stopped working, which is three times more than a year earlier.

Wholesale prices for chocolate in the rf increased during the year by 46 %, to 765.5 rubles.

Over the past quarter, not a single new project of the mass segment was put on sale in moscow – for the first time in the history of the market. The number of new buildings was also at an all-time low. Against the background of a decrease in supply, prices for primary housing are growing.

The flagship of russian TV propaganda, channel one, has faced a deteriorating financial situation amid a sharp decline in audience, which accelerated after the start of a full-scale war against Ukraine. By the end of 2024, channel one had accumulated 4.99 billion rubles of debt, which had increased by almost 70 % against 2022.

Military commissariats began to massively deny deferment from doing military service to employees of russian IT-companies after putin had announced the largest in the last 14 years, conscription of 160 thousand recruits. Prior to this, against the background of a shortage of programmers, the authorities introduced a deferment from doing military service for employees of accredited IT companies.

russian schoolchildren need to be protected from the influence of a “certain ideology”, to which they are exposed through social networks and digital devices. This was stated by the minister of education of the rf sergey kravtsov, who previously called to ban children from playing in smartphones and tablets because of the alleged negative impact on the psyche.

Prices for holidays in Anapa have collapsed. Due to the fuel oil spill, the number of tourists is expected to half compared to last year.

In the Black Sea near Anapa, a spill of palm oil from an unidentified vessel has also been detected. The new pollution will not harm too much, because after the fuel oil spill, almost nothing has remained from the local eco system.

PACE: special tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine should apply to the authorities of belarus.

According to the report of the UN Group of Independent Experts, due to the atmosphere of fear, terror and persecution, up to 600,000 belarusians had to leave the country. This is approximately 6.4 % of the total population of the rb as of May 2020.

At the April meeting of Council, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) does not plan to consider the issue of russian and belarusian athletes’ participation in neutral status.

The Parliament of Latvia is considering a complete ban on goods from belarus and the rf.

Over the past five months, at least 58 belarusians convicted of “political” cases, were added to the investigative base of the rf. Also on the russian wanted list there are many belarusian media journalists, human rights activists, volunteers, bloggers, activists, politicians, cultural workers working in exile.

Annual inflation in belarus in March reached 5.9 %, and monthly inflation – 0.8 % to February. Food products rose the most in March – by 1.2 % to February and by 7.5 % to March of last year. Non-food goods increased in price for the month by 0.4 %, and for the year – by 3.2 %. Prices for services on average in March increased by 0.5%, and to March 2024 – by 6.6%.

The deficit of foreign trade in goods/services in the rb for 2 months reached 443.2 million dollars. Last year, in January-February, a surplus of $109.5 million was recorded.