October 15, 2022 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Canada and the United Kingdom will support loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for NJSC Naftogaz and NPC Ukrenergo with guarantees before the start of the cold season. The loans will be used for the critical purchase of gas for Ukraine and ensuring the operation of the Ukrainian energy system.

Minister of Internal Trade and Cooperation Development of the Netherlands Liesje Schreinemacher has announced allocation of 70 million euros to provide heating in Ukraine.

Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas has said that the German Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers repaired in his country are already returning to Ukraine.

Norway will allocate NOK 210 million ($20 million) to purchase artillery ammunition for the Ukrainian military. This money is intended to buy about 17 thousand artillery shells of caliber 122 and 152 millimeters.

At a meeting on October 17, Foreign Ministers of the European Union are going to approve the decision to establish a training military mission for Ukraine and allocate an additional EUR 500 million to arm the Ukrainian Army.

The administration of US President Joe Biden is preparing a new $ 725 million military aid package for Ukraine.

The USA has warned it could impose sanctions on people, countries and companies that provide ammunition and weapons to russia or support its military-industrial complex.

Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have sent proposals to the European Commission for the ninth package of sanctions, suggesting, among other things, that restrictions against belarus should be the same as against russia.

 “... We are approaching the creation of a protective zone around the Zaporizhzhia NPP – the situation at the plant is unacceptable, and we need immediate actions to protect it”, said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.

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The European Union has frozen the assets of russian business for 17.4 billion euros, said European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders.

The Netherlands froze the patents of the russian oil and gas companies gazprom, rosneft and transneft.

Citigroup, the largest international financial conglomerate, founded in 1812 as City Bank of New York, has reported that by the end of the first quarter of 2023 it will have stopped providing almost all banking services in russia.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka rejected a request from the rf to service mir cards in the state's banking system. At the same time, Kyrgyz Companion Bank stopped accepting mir cards.

The French dairy company Danone has announced the complete curtailment of business in russia. Danone is the largest producer of dairy products in the rf, has 18 enterprises in this country, which employ more than 10 thousand people.

russian commercial bank renaissance credit has reported that from October 27 it must stop incoming and outgoing SWIFT transfers due to international sanctions imposed.

The number of bankrupt citizens is growing in the rf: only in January – September, 194 thousand were officially recognized bancrupts. (the figure for the past seven years was 669.3 thousand).

russians are afraid to take out car loans due to uncertainty about their future and increased risk policies of banks. In September, car loans decreased by 10%, however, according to experts, this percentage will increase significantly from October to the end of the year.

Due to the russian crisis, the number of purchase transactions in the primary market of suburban real estate near moscow has decreased by one and a half times. “There is a complete calm in the market, demand after the announcement of partial mobilization fell by 70-80%”, says maksim lazovsky, the owner of the lazovsky’s dom construction company.

In 2022, the rf has not concluded a single agreement with startups in the cybersecurity segment, while last year from January to September there were many for a total of $ 400 million. Experts explain the situation by difficulties in attracting investments after the russian aggression against Ukraine.

The concern of the russian population due to the current state of the country is 67 %, – said the website of the fund obschestvennoye mneniye.

rosaviatsiya extended until October 22 a ban on civil aviation flights to 11 airports in the southern and central parts of the country due to russian aggression against Ukraine.

As of the beginning of October, minsk alone needs 24.5 thousand workers. The shortage is 1,351 nurses and 1,300 specialist doctors. Engineers (720 vacancies at the beginning of this month), paramedics (334), educators (290), teachers (126), accountants (120), software engineers (83), economists (82) are also in demand. There are not enough cooks (730 vacancies), sellers (621), car drivers (520), mechanics-repairmen (340), cashier controllers (336).

In the updated list of citizens of the republic of belarus, foreign citizens or stateless persons involved in extremist activities, 79 new names have appeared, and the total number is already 700 people. Within five years after the repayment of their criminal record, they will be prohibited from engaging in teaching and publishing activities, as well as holding public positions and perform military service.