November 11, 2022 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The European Parliament has approved agreements of the European Union with Ukraine and Moldova on the simplification of cross-border transportation of goods.

The UK government has frozen the assets of russian oligarchs, other individuals and legal entities totaling £18 billion.

Austria will provide another 10 million euros to support Ukraine.

Turkey will help restore the building of the University (Institute of Philology) in Kyiv, which was damaged by russian missile attacks.

Poland has added commander of the Chechen battalion “akhmat” apti alaudinov to the sanctions list.

Bulgaria is ready to organize training of combat medics for the Armed Forces of Ukraine on its territory.

Norway and the Netherlands transfer 250 million euros to the newly created International Fund for Ukraine.

Defense ministers of Great Britain, Netherlands and Latvia opposed any pressure on Ukraine regarding negotiations with the rf.

Ukraine and the Czech Republic are establishing a joint defense cluster for the production of military equipment and ammunition, cooperation in the field of repair and development.

Minister of Defense of Spain Margareta Robles announced the delivery to Ukraine of two additional Hawk anti-aircraft missile systems in addition to the already announced four.

The US President's National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has announced a new package of military aid for Ukraine, which will include important air defense equipment, such as missiles for Hawk air defense systems, as well as four Avenger systems equipped with Stinger missiles.

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The European Union will not issue Schengen visas to persons who received foreign passports in the territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by russia, as well as in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Analysts of the nmi group advertising holding predict that by the end of the year, the russian advertising market will collapse by 40-60%.

After the introduction of the EU embargo on russian coal, the rf has to offer it to buyers at a discount of up to 60%. Experts of the ministry of energy believe that the discount will continue to increase due to the fact that russia simply has nowhere to supply almost 30% of its coal and the situation will worsen in 2023.

In russia, there is a shortage of decorative and garden plants. The flowwow online store has reported that foreign suppliers refuse to ship goods to russian customers based on pre-agreed orders. Before the introduction of international sanctions, almost 90% of indoor plants, decorative and fruit seedlings were imported from EU countries, but the fifth package of EU sanctions prohibited their import to russia. Soon in russia, there will be a shortage of plants not only among private individuals, but also among municipal bodies, which will be forced to cut down on greening programs of settlements.

In russia, for the second month in a row, all services for the population have become more expensive: in October, prices jumped by 9.5%, in September – by 9.9%.

The Japanese car manufacturer Mazda has announced that it is completely stopping doing business in russia and selling its shares in the Mazda Sollers Manufacturing Rus plant in vladivostok.

The French energy concern Engie has reported that it had no problems replacing volumes of russian gas with supplies from other sources, liquefied natural gas included.

The Dutch investment company Prosus is no longer a shareholder of the social network vk.

Due to sanctions, as well as the cessation of production of many Western brands in russia, the belarusian car market has faced a serious shortage of cars.

The Swedish medical holding Medicover, the owner of the Sinevo laboratory network, is leaving belarus.

The ministry of internal affairs of belarus has added the slogan “Long live Belarus” to the list of Nazi symbols and Nazi organizations in the law “On preventing the rehabilitation of Nazism”. Before the update, the list of Nazi symbols and paraphernalia contained ten items. Now there are 52 of them. Other added items are emblems of all divisions (tank, motorized infantry and others) of the Wehrmacht, as well as the emblem “Black Sun” (Schwarze Sonne).