December 1, 2024 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

“putin's war of aggression is an existential threat to the people of Ukraine and to the security of Europe”, said EU top diplomat Josep Borrell.

In the context of Ukraine's European integration, G7 Ambassadors will focus on important reforms, resilience and reconstruction of our country.

58% of EU citizens support the purchase and supply of military equipment to Ukraine.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the FRG Annalena Baerbock believes that every missile of putin also aims at European security, so more investment in defense is needed.

President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that the fate of the world cannot be left in the hands of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, and has called for reform of the Organization.

“During a meeting with soldiers 200 meters from the border, I felt really safe” – Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk commented on the Eastern Shield fortifications on the border with russia.

Riga City Court has sentenced tiktoker dmitriy matayev on charges of justifying genocide, crimes against humanity and peace, and war crimes in favor of russia, as well as inciting national, ethnic and racial hatred.

rosneft, russia's largest oil company, may postpone refinery modernization due to high interest rates and taxes amid a 13.9% year-on-year decline in nine-month profit to 926 billion rubles.

In the third quarter of 2024, gazprom incurred a net loss of 53 billion rubles.

russian authorities are imposing severe restrictions on the export of grain from the country to slow down food inflation, which by the end of November set a record for almost two years. As of November 25, food price growth reached 10.2% year-on-year, setting a record since January 2023. Potatoes have risen by 78.4% since the beginning of the year, cabbage – by 30.7%, and beets – by 27%. The rise in butter prices accelerated to 31.6%, despite the government's attempts to organize imports from Türkiye and Iran. Since the beginning of the year, lamb has become more expensive by 21.9%, sour cream – by 16.4%, and milk – by 15.7%. Apples have increased in price by more than 15%, and bread – by over 13%.

Chinese companies supplying consumer goods to russia have begun to stop selling on e-commerce platforms due to the collapse of the ruble. Since the beginning of November, the ruble has lost about 10% against the yuan and the dollar, as well as 7.5% against the euro, which was the worst monthly result for the russian currency in the last two years.

russia will actually cease to be a significant arms exporter by the end of 2024, having reduced its arms supplies 14 times compared to 2021. Revenues from the sale of russian weapons in 2024 will amount to less than $1 billion. A year earlier, this figure was $3 billion, in 2022 – $8 billion, and in 2021 – $14.6 billion.

The government of the rf has been forced to extend the restrictions on petrol exports again – until January 31, 2025. The ban was in effect from March 1 to August 31, and on September 1 it was extended until the end of 2024.

According to statistics, the average price of AI-92 petrol has risen again, by 22 kopecks, to 54.32 rubles for one liter. The average price of AI-95 petrol increased by 20 kopecks to 59.51 rubles per liter, and of AI-98 - by 22 kopecks to 81.17 rubles a liter. The average cost of diesel fuel during this period increased by 35 kopecks to 68.76 rubles a liter. From November 19 to November 25, 2024, changes in automobile petrol prices were recorded in 78 regions of the rf, most of all in sakhalin region (+1.2%). Over the past period, in moscow and st. petersburg, prices for automobile petrol increased by 0.3% and 0.4% respectively.

A year ago, on November 30, russian authorities declared the “international LGBT public movement” an “extremist organization” – since then, hundreds of thousands of queer russians have been outlawed. The day before, police raided moscow nightclubs, and the director of the “men travel” company was detained on suspicion of involvement in organizing journeys for members of the banned LGBT community.

On November 30, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will stop cooperation with research institutes from the rb and the rf. This step is a reaction to russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.

belarusian organizations operating in Lithuania have appealed to Lithuanian authorities to protect belarusians who fought on the side of Ukraine in the war with the rf.

On November 29, Raiffeisen Bank International finally closed the sale of its belarusian subsidiary, “priorbank”.

Due to international sanctions, belaes is not fulfilling lukashenko's plan to sell electricity to its neighbors, while electricity prices in the country continue to rise. The debt to the rf has increased by at least $10 billion. At the same time, belarusians are being sent to build rosatom’s facilities in Turkey, Egypt, Hungary, and Bangladesh.

The minsk executive committee has sent out an order to the capital's trade and catering organizations regarding New Year's decorations. Now, only “elements of slavic origin” are allowed in the decor.

The so-called single day of information, which is held monthly in the collectives of state organizations and enterprises, has been extended to private structures in order to glorify lukashenko and persuade them to come to the polls.

The ministry of education of the rb has sent a letter to its subordinate institutions about the increase in the number of drug trafficking crimes where minors were recognized as suspects. Now educational officials must take measures and report.

The rb wants to introduce changes to the legislation on postal services. The relevant draft law is being considered by the parliament. The document stipulates that the national postal service operator “belpochta” must ensure the design, creation, modernization, operation and maintenance of a unified automated system for accounting and storing data on the movement of postal items. “At this, “belpochta” must “provide round-the-clock access to the accounting and data storage system to the authorities engaged in operational and investigative activities”. The point is to provide law enforcement agencies with 24/7 access to this database so that they can retrieve data from it at any time of the day or night.

aleksandr bilevich, head of the united institute of mechanical engineering of the national academy of sciences of the rb for highly automated electric transport, has said that belarusian engineers can create an electric engine “not worse than Tesla” – but they just don’t see the point.