November 15, 2024 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz has confirmed the delivery of the sixth planned IRIS-T air defense system to Ukraine by the end of the year.

Chief of the General Staff of the French Armed Forces Thierry Burkhard has confirmed France’s plans to continue providing logistical support to Ukraine and training Ukrainian military within the framework of the EU training mission.

“In the next two months, the administration will signal to Congress that we would like to see additional funds for Ukraine for 2025 so that they can be in the best possible position, the strongest possible position to negotiate”, said Sullivan.

At a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Joe Biden intends to discuss russia's war against Ukraine and the involvement of north korean troops in combat actions on the rf’s side.

The government of Lithuania plans to allocate EUR 880 thousand for the purchase of ammunition at Ukraine's request and more than EUR 71 thousand to a number of municipalities to compensate for the costs associated with the temporary accommodation of Ukrainian refugees.

With the support of the World Bank, Ukrainian hospitals have received 161 anesthesia and breathing machines.

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Poland has deployed the first modern South Korean K2 tanks to the 9th Armored Cavalry Brigade stationed in Braniewo, a few kilometers from kaliningrad region of the rf.

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for more targeted EU sanctions against russia's so-called “shadow fleet” that provides funding for the war in Ukraine.

Germany’s Ministry of Economy has warned its state-operated gas terminals to reject russian cargoes of liquefied natural gas.

Austrian oil and gas company OMV has won an arbitration claim for EUR 230 million against “gazprom eksport” in a dispute over disruption of gas supplies.

The decrease in this year's wheat harvest and the acute problem of the need to curb food inflation in russia leads to a threefold reduction in the export quota for grain exports in 2025 – to 9-10 million tons compared to 29 million tons this year.

The cost of restoring more than 25,000 buildings and facilities of russian infrastructure due to the war against Ukraine will cost taxpayers more than 60 billion rubles, – the forensic center of the investigative committee of the rf reports.

20 airlines operating more than 400 routes in russia cannot receive subsidies under the 2025 program “ensuring the availability of air transport services” totaling 19 billion rubles. The airlines say that due to the lack of funding, they are unable to plan flights and start selling tickets from January 1, and will therefore reduce the number of routes.

As of the beginning of November, the median price of goods for construction and repair in the rf was 9.45 thousand rubles, which is by 11% more than last year, while sales decreased by 4%.

The russian union of industrialists and entrepreneurs has proposed to abandon the smooth exchange rate of the ruble and establish special exchange rates for large companies engaged in foreign trade. According to economists, this will inevitably lead to the accumulation of significant contradictions in various sectors of the rf’s economy. This approach was used in the soviet union and is now being used by iran and Venezuela: companies close to the government can buy dollars 5-50 times cheaper than others.

The deposits of russians may be frozen to fight inflation and prevent a “splash” of money into the market, – said zubets, director of the center for social and economic research at the financial university under the government of the rf.

The russian government has imposed new restrictions on payments to wounded soldiers fighting in Ukraine: only those with serious injuries will receive the previously promised three million rubles. Soldiers with lesser injuries have been promised several times less – from 100 thousand. This differentiation was proposed by unit commanders who consider the current system of payments “unfair.”

In October, annual inflation in the rb was 5.9%. Food prices rose most noticeably – by 7.2%. Olive oil rose by 63.5%, and potatoes, which cost 62% more in October than a year earlier. Peppers rose in price by 31%, white cabbage went up by more than 25%, and beets rose by almost the same amount. Cucumbers and tomatoes became more expensive by 13.6% and 7.4%, respectively. Milk became more expensive by 7.1% on average over the past year, and kefir – by 3.2%. Pork has increased in price by 43.6% and chicken – by 4.3% over the same period. Bread went up by 9.6% over the year, and chicken eggs – by 8.9%. Non-food products increased in price by 4.1% over the past year, and paid services – by 6%.

Trading on November 14, 2024, at the belarusian currency and stock exchange opened with the dollar rising to a new record of 3.3620 BYN/USD.

The ministry of information of the rb has demanded to audit the printed media, and “in order to preserve the moral values and traditions of the belarusian people” to withdraw from sale the printed media whose distribution “may harm the national interests of the rb.

Igor Gubarevich, a senior lecturer at the department of electrical engineering and power equipment of the Yanka Kupala university in grodno, will be tried in the grodno regional court for “financing extremist activities”. He faces up to five years in prison.

lukashenko said at the renovated “traktor” stadium that presidency in the rb is not a ceremonial position, but a hard job: “God forbid a woman is elected. The US president has different powers, while here you have to delve into everything”.