December 10, 2022 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The People's Assembly (Parliament) of Bulgaria by a majority of votes approved a draft decision on the provision of military and military-technical aid to Ukraine.

Norway allocates 1 billion crowns for the restoration of infrastructure in Ukraine.

Morocco, on the recommendation of the United States, will deliver spare parts of T-72 tanks to Ukraine.

The U.S. Department of State has allocated $91.5 million to help Ukraine with demining.

The State Bank of Germany will provide Ukraine with a loan of EUR 32.5 million for the restoration of substations damaged by the enemy.

Revaz Javelidze, the Head of the Georgian Government Administration, has said that his country will still purchase generators for Ukraine, although the quantity has not yet been determined.

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Due to high inflation, the cost of a voucher to russian sanatoriums has increased by 30-40%, and next year the price will increase by at least another 30%.

Due to lack of funds in 2023, the russian government will introduce a cash surcharge for only half of the almost 2 million health care workers. The trade unions of health care workers are outraged by this decision, do not understand the principle by which the authorities are going to decide who and how much should be paid extra, and say that the worst situation will be in regions far from moscow.

The Swiss business school IMD has excluded russia from the World Talent Ranking 2022, an annual assessment of the attractiveness of countries for highly qualified professionals. In 2021, russia ranked 45th out of 64.

In russia, import substitution of cellular equipment cannot begin earlier than 2025. According to experts, it will take several years to install russian equipment.

“The confiscation of the assets of russian oligarchs in the EU will take place on the basis of criminal charges of sanctions evasion”, said European Commissioner for Justice and Rule of Law Didier Reynders.

After the introduction of the price ceiling for russian oil at $ 60 dollars per barrel, the cost of urals oil, which is shipped to buyers from primorsk, fell to $ 43.72. According to experts, this price indicates a sense of danger regarding relations with russia and people’s not wishing to buy russian oil.

Canada has imposed new sanctions against 33 former as well as current high-ranking russian officials and six organizations, including the ministry of justice, ministry of internal affairs, central election commission, federal penitentiary service and investigative committee of russia.

The central bank of russia is going to stop the state program of preferential mortgages for citizens of the rf.

56% of russians are in ”anxious mood”, according to a study by the “sociaety’s mood” foundation, which surveyed 1500 respondents in 53 constituent entities of the rf. Almost all of them said their family, friends and colleagues are in the same mood.

The house of representatives of belarus in the first reading adopted a bill “On changing the codes on criminal liability”, which provide for introducing death penalty “for treason against the state” regarding officials and military personnel. Previously, officials and military personnel could be sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison.

The completion of the construction of peak-reserve energy sources at the berezovskaya and lukomlskaya SDPP, as well as at TPP-5 in belarus, was postponed to 2023. In the republic, they were built using the systems and technologies of the German concern Siemens, which ceased cooperation with russia and belarus after the beginning of russia's military aggression against Ukraine. Before leaving, Siemens did not provide belarusians with access to system controllers and related software. In this regard, belenergo and the ministry of energy are faced with the question: how and with what to replace the programs with which it will be possible to manage modern equipment.

The council of ministers of belarus adopted a resolution prohibiting excursions by guides who were tried on “protest” articles. In particular, the following articles: spreading extremist materials; dissemination in the media of deliberately false information discrediting the honor of lukashenko; unauthorized action, conspiracy or other actions to seize power; calls for sanctions; defamation of lukashenko, insult to lukashenko, insult to a representative of the authorities.