April 15, 2023 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Poland supports the provision of security guarantees to Ukraine at the NATO summit in Vilnius.

Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki believes that Ukraine's defeat would mark the end of the West’s “golden age”.

Ministry of Defense of Germany allowed Poland to provide Ukraine with five MiG-29 fighters inherited from the GDR army.

France is ready to provide financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of EUR 2 billion.

The United States will transfer to Ukraine the capital that is confiscated from russian entrepreneurs and will continue to discuss the future prospect of frozen assets of the central bank of the rf, said US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland. In February, US authorities confiscated nearly $5.38 million in favor of Ukraine from russian malofeev's Sunflower Bank account.

The Swiss government intends to allocate at least another 1.5 billion Swiss francs ($1.7 billion) to Ukraine by 2028.

“We were very pleased with putin's arrest warrant. Why? Because it shows that the court can work quickly, and it focused on a really important aspect of russia's war against Ukraine and its consequences for children”, said Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine Larisa Galadza.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense of Romania, Moldova and Ukraine expressed readiness for close cooperation to strengthen joint capabilities to counter russian propaganda and strengthen the resilience of societies, in particular to disinformation.

“... We strongly condemn this barbaric act, which represents yet another serious violation of international humanitarian law. We continue to stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people, supporting the initiative to establish a special tribunal for crimes of aggression against Ukraine”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova said in a statement regarding the video with the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war.

A group of congressmen from the Republican and Democratic parties of the United States is preparing a bill on sanctions against leading Hungarian political figures associated with the government of Viktor Orban, who pursue an open pro-russian policy and hinder international consolidation against aggressive actions of the rf.

Hungary is withdrawing from russia's international investment bank after the USA added the institution to a sanctions list.

Head of the Norwegian Counterintelligence Inger Haugland has said that the employees of the russian embassy in Oslo declared persona non grata tried to steal advanced Norwegian technology.

The Chișinău Court of Appeal sentenced the leader of the pro-russian Moldovan șor party, Ilan Șor, to 15 years in prison and confiscation of property worth 5 billion lei (more than $ 250 million).

Minister of Energy of Lithuania Dainius Kreivys has said the Baltic states will look for solutions to stop imports of liquefied natural gas from russia to their countries.

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The European Union has added the russian news agency federalnoye agenstvo novostei to the sanctions list.

Since the beginning of the year, the EU has issued only 48.5 thousand vizas to russians – ten times fewer than before the pandemic.

The second largest bank in the UAE – Emirates NBD (ENBD) – began to block russians’ accounts. Tthere are no exceptions even for those who have the status of a resident of the UAE. From now on, the assets of russians who are not residents of the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland will be transferred to a separate segregated account, which will impose limits on the transfer of money. ENBD has said that any coupons, dividends and proceeds from the sale of russian securities will also fall into the segregated account, they will not be able to withdraw them to their own account.

According to the forecast of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), in 2023, oil production in russia will decrease by 0.75 million barrels per day (bpd) and will average 10.28 million bpd.

China will not sell weapons to either russia or Ukraine and will monitor the export of dual-use goods, – said Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC Qin Gang.

Termination of the contract with gazprom is one of the worst options for Moldova, but the country's authorities should prepare for such an option, – said Minister of Energy of the Republic Viktor Parlikov.

The craziest posts of the odious deputy chairman of the security council of the rf medvedev on Twitter were closed for viewing in Germany and Poland.

The Finnish energy concern Fortum has officially stated that it will not import nuclear fuel from russia after the expiration of the contract or the imposition of sanctions against it.

In 2022, jewelry sales in russia decreased by 9%.

Despite putin's assuring the population of the rf about the great effect of the rf’s transition to paying for imported goods in rubles, the commercial director of one of the popular Internet resources holodilnik.ru pogudalov said that “all the deals on “parallel imports” are concluded in dollars and euros, so the cost of this equipment is growing”.

According to the national bank of the rb, the amount of cash in the country's turnover increased by 37.8 % for the year and reached 7.5 billion rubles. Foreign currency deposits in March amounted to $ 10.39 billion. They decreased by $ 144.7 million over a month. Individuals reduced deposits by $ 25.8 million – to $ 4.69 billion, and legal entities – by $ 118.9 million – to $ 5.7 billion.

Former Oil and Mining Industry Minister of Venezuela Rafael Ramirez has stated that belarus ows Venesuela almost $ 1.5 billion for oil purchased during the rule of Hugo Chávez. belarus undertook to cover part of the debt by some construction work and  the supply of liquefied gas equipment for cars. According to Ramirez, belarusians did not fulfill their obligations.

The ministry of foreign affairs of the rb increased from 35 to 50 euros the consular fee for the legalization of an official document outside the republic of belarus.

Economists have compared the average cost of a vacation package to Turkey from Warsaw and from minsk. For example, for a family of four people, two of whom are children, a vacation package from Minsk will cost $ 2,750, from Warsaw - $ 1,650. The prices for flights that are included in the price of the packages are also significantly different. From Minsk it costs 442 euros, from Warsaw – 285.

80 employees of the baranovichi cotton production association joined the ranks of the pro -government public organization “belaia rus” simultaneously. This enterprise is seriously unprofitable and requires constant state infusions. In August last year, the asset management agency was instructed to buy the debts of the association in the amount of 26.45 million rubles and $ 13.26 million excluding the discount.

The court of borisov district of belarus decided to recognize the European radio’s page on Facebook as extremist material.