August 15, 2022 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The EU and 42 countries have called on russia to immediately withdraw its troops from the Zaporizhzhia NPP and the entire territory of Ukraine.

97,300 Ukrainian refugees have been officially employed in the Czech Republic.

Switzerland could join the EU program to reduce gas consumption by 15% this winter.

Lithuania has allocated more than 1 million euros for Ukrainian refugees to study the Lithuanian language.

The Ministry of Justice of Latvia has announced that it is preparing a draft law on limiting the use of the russian language at work and in public places.

10 russian planes are “stuck” in Germany due to EU sanctions. “Since the take-off and flight of planes is prohibited under the EU sanctions, they cannot be used by the owner and cannot be taken anywhere else”, explained the Ministry of Transport of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Next year, russian patients with rare diseases will not receive the medicines they need due to difficulties with state financing of their purchases, says the letter of the all-russian union of patients to the prime minister of the russian federation. The union emphasizes that despite the growth in the number of patients, since 2012, state aid has increased very little – from 51.9 billion rubles to 66.9 billion rubles. Already next year, according to the union's calculations, the absolute deficit of the budget to support 233 thousand patients will amount to more than 20 billion rubles.

Workers of mosvodokanal, sent to restore the Ukrainian city of Shchastya, temporarily occupied by russia, addressed putin: “When making the decision to come to restore Luhansk region, we did not even suspect that we could be deceived, taking into consideration the public attention drawn to this problem”. According to them, the employers refused to sign an employment agreement with them and pay salaries.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Piotr Wawrzyk has said that the country is developing a concept for the EU to stop issuing visas to citizens of russia.

The head of the government of the republic of belarus, roman golovchenko, has stated that despite the fact that some goods produced in belarus have been embargoed, the republic continues to trade with European and American countries. We continue to supply our goods to the markets of those countries that have imposed sanctions on the republic.

According to the information of the russian market research and consulting agency “market”, the belarusian logistics channel is undeniably important for russia. Despite the fact that the opportunities for russian trade with EU countries are significantly limited, there are still opportunities for the supply of consumer goods through the territory of belarus: clothing, footwear, goods of FMCG categories, construction and finishing materials, raw materials for food and light industry. However, the hidden or overt transit capabilities of the rb for the rf are currently very limited. There is already no possibility of supplying oil products and potash fertilizers from belarus to the EU, a ban has been introduced on the supply of tyres, timber, ferrous metals, and cement products. For its part, limited is the supply from the EU to the rb of machines and mechanisms, goods for the production of tobacco products, dual-purpose goods and technologies, goods that “contribute to the improvement of the military-technical, defense and security sectors”, as well as machine-building products of any kind.

According to the association of tour operators of russia, after the withdrawal of a number of foreign brands, as well as the emergence of transport, visa and banking difficulties with Europe, a new trend has appeared among russian travel enthusiasts – shopping trips to belarus. The demand among tourists for such trips in the summer season increased by 10-15% compared to the same period last year.