December 21, 2022 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The United States has accused the United Nations of unwillingness to investigate russia's use of Iranian drones in Ukraine.

The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, condemned Iran's support for russia in its war against Ukraine.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak has said that his decision to audit the progress of the war in Ukraine and British military assistance does not mean a decrease in support for Kyiv in the confrontation with russia.

“To date, the United Kingdom has transferred to Ukraine 900 generators, about 15 thousand sets of clothes for the Ukrainian military, super-strong sleeping bags and insulated tents”, Minister of Defense Ben Wallace pointed out.

The next U.S. security aid package to Ukraine could include Patriot air defense systems.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic will have a new department that will deal with anti-russian sanctions. Changes in the legislation of the Czech Republic make it possible at the national level to impose sanctions on persons who are not included in the sanctions lists of the European Union.

In the coming months, Ukraine will receive more than 10 thousand Starlink antennas from Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Ukraine’s state budget received US$2 billion in grants from the World Bank Trust Fund under the project Supporting Public Spending to Ensure Sustainable Public Administration in Ukraine. The funds will be used to provide pension payments and salaries to civil defense workers, as well as to pay for medical services under the Medical Guarantee Program.

President of Finland Sauli Niinistö approved the decision to transfer a new package of military aid to Ukraine. This is the eleventh cargo for our country. Its cost is 28.8 million euros.

Since the beginning of russia's armed aggression, Bulgaria has provided humanitarian assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 448 million levs ($243 million).

France has handed over Crotale anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine and promises Caesar and other weapons in early 2023.

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The russian economy is in severe turbulence. Experts openly talk about its chaotic development with unpredictable consequences. Due to international sanctions, the ministries have switched to a manual regime of managing not only entire sectors of the economy, but also enterprises. Decisions are often made as soon as possible and without thorough analysis, measures taken to help some enterprises or industries adversely affect others. As a result, extremely important decisions are made taking into account the “run-around replies” that ministries receive from companies, since it is not possible to form a reasoned position. The situation is aggravated by the lack of relevant statistics: calculations and quotes of many international agencies are no longer available in the rf, and the largest industrial enterprises have ceased to publish reports.

The construction of the fishing fleet of russia is in deep stagnation, the timing of the commissioning of ships is disrupted, the readiness of orders is 18–61%. Under such circumstances, fishing vessels will be built at best in 2030-2031, crab catching ones – in 2026-2030. Of the 57 vessels currently under construction, 24 do not have the needed sets of equipment, construction of the 17 have been suspended, and three have not been started at all.

The largest American insurance group AIG sold its subsidiary russian company AIH and left the rf.

From December 20 to December 25, more than a thousand Yandeks.Yeda couriers are on strike in moscow and st. petersburg demanding an increase in wages.

Currency is becoming more expensive on the moscow stock exchange: 1 euro costs more than 74 rubles for the first time since May 11, 1 dollar – more than 69 rubles. Because of this, on December 20, the central bank officially raised the rate: 69 rubles for 1 dollar and 73.34 rubles for 1 euro.

Germany refused to buy russian oil in 2023.

Against the background of a decrease in the solvency of the population of the rf, the cost of renting housing in moscow in November decreased by almost 27% compared to September. moscow ranks first among the major cities of the rf, where the largest decrease in demand for long-term rental housing is recorded. In sochi, prices fell by 25%, in rostov-on-don – by 21.4%, in kaliningrad – by 15.2%, in the temporarily occupied by russia Ukrainian Sevastopol – by 15%.

Diabetes of the second type, which was previously rarely diagnosed in russian children, has become common, – said the chief freelance pediatric endocrinologist of the ministry of health care of the rf Peterkova.

In russia, almost 30% of children died due to lack of proper attention from their parents as a result of alcohol abuse.

Most alcohol in russia is abused in sakhalin, chukotka, kurgan, kirov, arkhangelsk and jewish autonomous regions, buryatia, the nenets autonomous tdistrict, the komi republic and altai. moscow and st. petersburg took the 18th and 12th places among all regions of the rf respectively. During the year, the number of alcohol addicts in rural areas increased by 7% (in particular, among women – by 7%), the number of mental disorders – by 6%.