November 11, 2023 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

30,000 Ukrainian servicemen have been trained in the United Kingdom.

Ukraine has received the latest French 5th generation Akeron MP anti-tank missile systems.

Ukraine will receive another American-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile system from Germany.

Estonia and Iceland, together with Germany, have sent a field military hospital to Ukraine.

Lithuania has handed over another batch of military aid to Ukraine, including anti-drone equipment and power generators.

The Netherlands plans to deploy 18 F-16 aircrafts in Romania by the end of the year to train Ukrainian pilots.

During the period from February 2022 to October 2023, the Czech Republic provided Ukraine with four Mi-24 Hind helicopters, more than 4.2 million rounds of ammunition for firearms, 128 mortars and 17,400 mortar shells, 62 tanks, 13 self-propelled howitzers, 131 infantry fighting vehicles and other military equipment, bandages and medicines totaling more than EUR241 million.

The Czech Republic and Taiwan have signed an agreement on joint work on the reconstruction of Ukraine.

The 17th meeting of the Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine (Ramstein format) is scheduled for mid-November.

The EU has handed over a second batch of sapper dogs and search drones to Ukraine.

As of September 30, 2023, almost 4.2 million Ukrainian refugees had temporary protection status in EU countries.

Republican Senator Pete Ricketts has said that the United States and its allies must help Ukraine stop putin, otherwise the price for the United States will be much higher because World War III will cost more than supporting Ukraine.

“Allies and partners continue to support Ukraine, we continue to support Ukraine in what they need in their fight. You've seen the aid package we presented last week. We will continue to provide packages, they will just be smaller”, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh explained the consequences of the delay in funding in the United States.

Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the US Department of State Vedant Patel once again assured that the events in the Middle East related to Israel's response to hamas terror do not reduce the US administration's attention to supporting Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that he expects the Armed Forces of Ukraine to make progress in the fight against the russian occupiers, but warns that progress will be difficult.

“When there is a country that grossly violates international rules, you can't just go back to doing business as usual. That is why Switzerland clearly condemned the war of aggression from the very beginning and fully joined the EU sanctions”, said Alain Berset, President of the Swiss Confederation, in response to russiaʼs accusations that Switzerland violated the status of a “neutral country” by imposing sanctions against the rf.

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For the first time, the International Court of Justice in The Hague will not have a russian representative – kirill gevorgyan, who had been a judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague since 2015, and has not been re-elected for a second term.

The EU leadership has informed the member states that the United Arab Emirates, at the request of the EU and the United States, will restrict the re-export to russia of dual-use goods used for military purposes in Ukraine. Turkey is considering introducing a similar measure.

France has accused russia of a disinformation campaign in the form of sharing images on social media with drawings of Stars of David that appeared on houses in Paris earlier this week.

Due to russia's aggressive policy, the German government is adapting its defense budget to ensure that the NATO member country's spending target of 2 % of Germany's GDP is achieved.

The Riga City Court has sentenced ex-Saeima MP Jānis Adamsons to 8.5 years in prison on charges of espionage for the rf, fraud, as well as the purchase and storage of firearms and ammunition without permission.

China has decided to abandon its partnership with the rf in the development of the CR929 civil aircraft.

HP Inc., a manufacturer of personal computers, laptops and printers, has begun the process of liquidating its subsidiary in russia, hp inc llc.

The German company OBI GmbH has filed a lawsuit with the arbitration court of moscow region against its former “daughter” obi fc llc. In March 2022, OBI closed all its 27 shops selling building materials, household goods, summer cottages and gardens in russia and stopped sales in russia, in April 2023 OBI completely withdrew from russian business.

At the request of the German company Tchibo GmbH, the russian coffee producer must change the name of its drink to tibio.

Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that it will stop servicing deposits in russian rubles from November 15.

The central bank of the rf has stated that there are no legal mechanisms to unblock foreign securities on the st. petersburg exchange, which fell under US sanctions. At the same time, russian authorities expressed concern about the possible imposition of sanctions against the moscow stock exchange. 50% of trading at the moscow exchange takes place in the Chinese currency, the share of the US dollar is slightly higher than a third.

In russia, exchange prices for petrol have risen again: AI-92 by 2.5%, AI-95 – by 1.4%.

russian media have reported a shortage of raw materials for the production of cognac. Until now, 70% of the required distillate was supplied from Armenia.

andrei svintsov, an mp of the state duma of the rf, has proposed punishment for russian stars who did not support the war in Ukraine, but still decided to return to the rf. In his opinion, such artists need to be whipped on red square.

belarus intends to denounce several international treaties on fighting corruption. The relevant draft law has been submitted to the house of representatives. It provides for denouncing the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (1999), the Additional Protocol to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (2003) and the Civil Law Convention on Corruption (1999).

belarusian human rights activists have called on international organizations to refrain from participating in the internet governance forum (IGF. BY), which after a long break will be organized again in minsk.

According to the pro-government belarusian institute of strategic research, belarusians have a low level of trust in political parties. Only a third of belarusians surveyed by sociologists trust them, and only 1.2% of respondents participate in the activities of political parties.

The ministry of internal affairs of the rb has added another 20 people to its list of citizens involved in extremist activities. In total, there are already 3,498 people on the list. It is supplemented by persons convicted under “extremist” articles of the Criminal Code.