October 27, 2023 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

In 2023, the total amount of financial support for Ukraine in the form of loans and grants will reach about USD 45 billion.

Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany Svenja Schulze has announced her intention to allocate EUR195 million to Ukraine to support the energy sector and strengthen business. At the same time, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action will transfer another EUR 54.3 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund.

According to IFC and the World Bank's report “Private Sector Opportunities for Green and Resilient Reconstruction of Ukraine”, key reforms can help Ukraine attract up to $130 billion in private financing for recovery.

The Parliament of Wales (Senedd Cymru) (United Kingdom) has adopted a statement by which the Holodomor of 1932–1933 in Ukraine is recognized as genocide of the Ukrainian people.

The US Air Force has confirmed that Ukrainian pilots have begun flight training on F-16 fighter jets at an air base in Arizona.

The United States is preparing another package of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of $150 million, which will include additional ammunition for HIMARS and NASAMS, TOW anti-tank missiles, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and 155-mm artillery shells.

Australia has deployed an Air Force contingent in Germany with an E-7A Wedgetail reconnaissance aircraft, which should strengthen the multi-layered protection of the international flow of aid to Ukraine and provide early warning of the threat.

“The Republic of Korea, the United States (USA) and Japan strongly condemn the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s supplying the rf with military equipment and ammunition to be used against the government and people of Ukraine”, the joint statement of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the three countries reads, in which the signatories also confirmed the facts of supplies of weapons.

Bart Groothuis, a Member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands, proposed to transfer to Ukraine about 150 armored vehicles, confiscated during the illegal import into Libya for the violation of UN sanctions.

“We must stop freezing in the headlights while brave Ukrainians are dying”, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis called on EU member states not to slow down the supply of ammunition promised to Ukraine.

The Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine has started negotiations with Moldova and Romania on creation of a “green corridor” between the checkpoints “Reni (Ukraine) – Giurgiuleşti (Moldova) – Galați (Romania)”, which should speed up the movement of goods and exports of Ukrainian agricultural products.

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By the end of October, the G7 countries are going to issue a joint statement on sanctions against russian diamonds.

The Security and Information Service of the Czech Republic has detected attempts to re-export sanctioned goods to the rf.

Lithuania has banned any import, loading and degassing of russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) at all facilities since November.

Finland’s Border Guard Service has announced commissioning of a test section of the fence about three kilometers long in the town of Pelkola in Imatra, which is on the border with russia.

In the first nine months of 2023, the total losses of 51 russian banks increased by more than 10% to almost 34 billion rubles.

The state duma has adopted the draft federal budget for 2024-2026 in the first reading. In 2024, spending on the “national defense” section will increase the most (by 68%, from 6.4 trillion to 10.8 trillion rubles) – an increase from 21.2% to 29.4%. Another 9.2% (3.4 trillion rubles) of the expenditure part of the 2024 budget is directed to “national security and law enforcement”.

In 2024, russian authorities are going to introduce an excise tax on all the alcohol produced in russia, medical alcohol included.

In russia, authorities want to ban the export of a number of types of poultry meat from December 2023 to curb price increases and prevent shortages in the domestic market. Since the beginning of the year, prices for poultry meat have increased by more than 27%.

18% of the russians surveyed consider any amount to be savings, even if it is less than 10 thousand rubles ($ 106).

Only 26% of russians have a “financial safety cushion”, which, in case of loss of income, will be enough for them to maintain their usual standard of living and pay for all necessary services for three months or more.

Against the background of the russian crisis, cases of car theft have increased. According to the insurance company “soglasie”, for the first nine months of this year, theft of mirror elements accounts for 30% of insured events in the segment of motor hull, theft of wheels – for 11.8%. Most of the thefts of parts from cars were in moscow, moscow region, and yekaterinburg.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Krišjānis Kariņš has said that 25 Latvian citizens have recently been detained in belarus and charged with various charges. “There are strong suspicions that most, if not all, of these cases are politically motivated”, the Minister said.

speaker of the council of the republic of the national assembly of the rb kochanova has called on top managers of enterprises to tell their employees about sites and chats “that cannot be subscribed to”. And if a person was told, and he signed anyway, then this person is against order and peace in the country”, kochanova is convinced.

belarusian manufacturers and importers of tobacco products will increase prices for some types of cigarettes by 30 kopecks from November 1. The new prices have been declared in the ministry of taxes and duties.