August 8, 2022 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

One of the main reasons for the war in Ukraine is the impunity for the crimes of the communist regime. The entire civilized world should unite to struggle against the occupier and make sustainable changes in the policy towards the aggressor country, Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas said. She assured that after all the kremlin's crimes, returning to diplomatic relations with russia is out of the question.

The Armed Forces of Sweden will send 120 instructors to the United Kingdom to train the Ukrainian military.

Mateusz Wodzinski, an activist and blogger from the Polish village of Lapiche, initiated a fundraiser for cars for the Ukrainian military and donated six SUVs to Ukraine.

The company Fenix ​​Insight (United Kingdom), which specializes in explosives disposal and intelligence, has announced a fundraiser for the creation of sets of playing cards with the image of explosive objects and to give them to Ukrainians so that they can learn to detect such objects in the form of a game.

The authoritative edition – The Times has said that “Amnesty International serves as mouthpiece of putin's propaganda”.

The Latvian police stops guarding the buildings of the previously closed consulates general of the rf in Daugavpils and Liepaja. Diplomatic employees of those consulates have been declared undesirable persons in Latvia.

The well-known pro-russian Czech senator Yaroslav Dubrava may be stripped of his mandate for traveling to Crimea during his vacation and meeting with representatives of the russian occupation authorities.

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Against the background of the mass withdrawal of European companies, branded stores and the largest brands from russia, as well as the imposition of sanctions on the import of most goods, the russian government came up with another move – to open duty-free shops for the chosen. Only diplomats, officials, consuls, employees of international organizations and their families will be able to shop there. The first two such stores – in moscow and st. petersburg – will operate in duty-free mode and will sell alcohol, tobacco, perfumes, cosmetics, jewelry, smartphones, watches and confectionery. Purchases can be made only at retail and upon showing documents confirming the official position and accreditation at the minister of foreign affairs of russia. It will be possible to pay in any currency – rubles, dollars and euros. The receipts can indicate the buyer's data, and all the information will be regularly sent to the ministry of foreign affairs. russian media directly write that the shops will be for the chosen and are inaccessible to the majority of russians. It is easy to guess how goods from abroad, which are obviously under sanctions, will get there.

The government of Kosovo declared the russian propagandist darya aslamova, who, the day before, was detained at the border on suspicion of espionage, as persona non grata for five years. Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Djelal Svechlja, announced that according to the Law on Foreigners, he declared aslamova an undesirable person in the Republic of Kosovo. “Anyone who tries to destabilize Kosovo with certain goals will face the “force of laws”, the Minister said. Kosovo joined the condemnation of the russian invasion of Ukraine by the European Union and the United States and imposed sanctions.

The paid subscription service Patreon and the English grammar service Grammarly are no longer available for residents of the rf. Access to them was closed by russian providers at the request of the prosecutor general's office of the russian federation. Patreon has become unavailable due to the closure of access to the anti-war statement by the Doxa editors, published as early as February 25. As the service uses the HTTPS protocol, the entire site became unavailable. Problems with access to the Grammarly online service, which helps to write texts in English more effectively, arose due to the blocking of the page with the service's statement that it is stopping work in russia and belarus. In total, based on the decision of the prosecutor general's office, another 102 sites were blocked in russia, including Ukrainian mass media.

The Georgian opposition party Lelo for Georgia demands the introduction of a visa regime for citizens of russia and belarus.