October 5, 2023 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

US President Joe Biden held a telephone conversation on coordinating the Allies’ support for Ukraine, which was attended by the leaders of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania and the United Kingdom, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, as well as the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, and the NATO Secretary General. Following the conversation, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the allies will be “committed to supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes”.

US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby expressed confidence that Congress would approve new aid to Ukraine.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak called on the allies to give Ukraine everything it needs to win.

UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said his country will work with NATO allies and other world leaders to ensure continued aid to Ukraine.

President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel, in his speech in the European Parliament, stressed that the West should not succumb to “war fatigue”, while concessions to russia should be out of the question.

Ukraine's accession to the EU, according to internal estimates of the joint budget of the European Union, will give Ukraine the opportunity to claim about EUR186 billion over seven years.

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine calls on UN member states to demand that the russian authorities provide independent monitors with access to all places of detention and internment.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has resumed the work of its permanent mission in Ukraine.

38 companies from 19 countries have joined the Defense Industries Alliance. Within the framework of the Defense Industries Forum, Ukraine signed 20 agreements and memoranda on the manufacture of drones, repair and production of armored vehicles and ammunition.

Lithuania has opened a corridor for the transit of grain from Ukraine to the ports of the Baltic countries.

Greece offers its ports in the Aegean Sea for the export of Ukrainian grain.

The Honorary Consulate of the Greek Republic has resumed work in Kherson.

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The G7 countries are discussing a ban on the supply of diamonds of russian origin from 1 carat.

The Danish brewing company Carlsberg has suspended licensing agreements with the russian “baltika” after the forced transfer of control of the brewery to the russian authorities.

In the third quarter of 2023, the volume of offers for the sale of russians’ overdue debts from banks and microfinance organizations increased significantly. According to debex, the electronic trading platform for the sale and purchase of debts of individuals, the total supply of debts under the cession scheme amounted to 48.6 billion rubles. This is by 35% more than in the second quarter and by 27% more than a year earlier.

Among the russian “micro-borrowers” of money predominate women, people with higher education, and employees, most often – people with an average and poor financial situation.

The russian oil products market continues to be in a fever, so the russian government, under pressure from oil producers, agreed to a partial lifting of the ban on the export of diesel fuel due to the risks of overflowing transneft's storage facilities: pipeline exports of diesel fuel will be allowed in the near future.

The debt of the leading sectors of the russian economy is $13.3 billion in the second quarter against $4.1 billion in the first one.

During trading at the moscow stock exchange on October 4, bonds of the russian company for the development of the nanoindustry “rusnano” fell. On October 3, the company warned about the impossibility of fulfilling its obligations on debts at its own expense and declared bankruptcy. “rusnano”'s net debt as of June 30, 2023 amounted to 95.56 billion rubles (90.85 billion rubles at the beginning of the year). Five issues of rusnano corporate bonds worth 37.08 billion rubles were placed on the moscow exchange.

ural airlines and iFly failed to re-register foreign lessors' aircrafts to russian ownership until the end of September, while OFAC licenses were in force to split it.

According to auto experts, due to the russian crisis, Chinese-made cars will soon come out on top in terms of the number of thefts.

The national medical chamber has announced unsatisfied the state of retraining medical personnel for surgeons, anesthesiologists and resuscitators, the shortage of which has arisen in russia since 2022. According to the chamber, because of the lack of proper control, some centers have begun to “sell diplomas” without actual training.

russians will not be able to export dogs and cats vaccinated with russian vaccines outside the rf.

The government of russia obliged rosobrnadzor to collect information about students in general education programs, as well as programs of secondary vocational education, bachelor's, specialist's, master's, residency, assistantship-internship, training of scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel. This data will be entered into the unified register of military registration of the rf.

Prisoners recruited in russian prisons, as well as soldiers who refuse to follow orders or have committed disciplinary violations, are sent to the penal battalions of the “storm-z” unit.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, based on the results of the investigation, has stated that secretary general of the belarusian red cross society (btrc) dmitry shevtsov violated the basic principles of the movement, the rules for the use of its emblems and the policy of good faith of the Federation. The IFRC Board calls on the belarusian red cross to dismiss shevtsov from the post of secretary general of the btrc by November 30 this year. If this is not done in time, the IFRC calls for refrain from new partnership commitments on btrc, including funding.

In accordance with the new amendments to the law of belarus “on state awards”, additional requirements have been put forward to awarding women who have given birth to and (or) raised five or more children who are citizens of belarus with the “mother’s order”. A woman should have high moral qualities, responsibly in raising and supporting children, and preparing them for socially useful work. Women who have been prosecuted twice for participating in protests will be deprived of the right to a maternal award.

45% of belarusians who left for Poland intend to stay there, according to a survey by the belarusian emigration in Poland center. The main reason that prompted belarusians in Poland to leave their country was the fear of reprisals (86%). 22% of respondents are ready to return to belarus if the situation allows, 28% have not decided on their plans.