July 28, 2022 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The Pentagon states that the USA is trying to speed up the process of transferring weapons and equipment to Ukraine, including HIMARS systems, from the latest aid package.

American experts have launched the Russia Theft Watch project, which collects facts about the theft of Ukrainian products by russia.

Citizens of Poland have spent up to 10 billion zlotys (over 2 billion dollars) to help refugees from Ukraine.

The United Kingdom proposes the candidacy of Boris Johnson to be the next Secretary General of NATO.

The opening ceremony of the Joint Coordination Center for the safe transportation of grain from the ports of Ukraine was held in Istanbul. Ibrahim Kalin, Adviser to the President of Turkiye on international affairs, stated that by the end of the year, about 20-25 million tons of grain could be exported from Ukraine.

A new bill from American Senators – Republican Mark Rubio and two of his fellow party members–is designed to block the flow of russian oil to China, which after the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine reached record levels and for the first time in history exceeded the supply to the European market

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According to the central bank, only 9.9% of russians make pension savings, 8.4% save for children and grandchildren. At the same time, most of them save money for unforeseen expenses, and one in five is focused on current consumption and spends all the earned.

From August 1, sberbank will increase the cost of messages for its customers for the first time in 20 years.

The authorities of the rf are going to establish a 30% tax for their citizens who have left the russian federation and work from abroad, calling it “income from russian sources”. The ministry of finance has already prepared relevant amendments to the tax code.

Hundreds of russian soldiers who were injured during the military invasion of Ukraine complain that they cannot receive insurance compensation and one-time presidential payments because many serious injuries are not listed on the list cited by the relevant order of the ministry of defense. The main insurer of military personnel is the sogaz company, which is controlled by the family of billionaire kovalchuk – putin's friend.

The American company McCormick & Co, which is the owner of the Kamis brand of spices and seasonings, has reduced the assortment in russian stores by 25%. In March, McCormick announced the suspension of all operations in russia, including promotions and new investments. According to available information, the company may completely leave the russian market due to russia's long-term aggression against Ukraine.

russian billionaire usmanov could not pay the bills for the construction of a villa in Bavaria near Lake Tegernsee. Construction stopped after usmanov came under EU sanctions. The oligarch is still unable to pay off the companies that did the work.

The German automobile concern Volkswagen Group has started preparations for the sale of its plant in kaluga. One of the world's largest manufacturers of lifts and other lifting equipment, Otis, has also announced the sale of its business in russia.

July 27, the European Court of General Jurisdiction rejected the lawsuit of the russian propaganda TV channel rt France, leaving the ban on its broadcasting in force. Back on March 2, the EU banned the broadcasting of rt on its territory, in particular the broadcasting of the French, British, German and Spanish divisions of the TV channel.

The russian Dota 2 computer game player moskalenko was denied a US visa, which he wanted to obtain to participate in the PGL Arlington Major – 2022 tournament. In April, during a match of the Dota Pro Circuit tournament, moskalenko drew a sign of russian military aggression against Ukraine – the letter z – on a mini-map.

Finland canceled the concert in Helsinki of the russian singer butusov because of his support for the russian federation’s aggression against Ukraine. For the same reason, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia banned the russian group “ruki vverkh” (“hands up”) from entering the country for five years. Lithuania also banned patriarch kirill from entering its territory due to his support for the russian invasion of Ukraine.

The authorities of Estonia have banned russian and belarusian tennis players from participating in professional tennis tournaments in their country.

The russian film studio lenfilm has admitted that it cannot completely give up foreign equipment for shooting films due to the lack of russian equipment, “equivalent in terms of characteristics”.

The Philippine government has canceled an agreement to purchase 16 russian Mi-17 multi-purpose military transport helicopters due to fears of US sanctions against the country.