According to the head of the Sverdlovsk Federal Penitentiary Service Alexander Fedorov, the price / quality ratio of goods produced by prisoners is higher,therefore, they "may well replace foreign companies" Products manufactured in colonies by Russian prisoners are capable of replacing brands that have left Russia in a number of segments, Alexander Fedorov, head of the GUFSIN for the Sverdlovsk r...
Peskov called the possible cessation of the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians "very bad" and assured that in this case Russia would react. At the same time, he pointed out Stopping the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians cannot be ruled out, but if such measures of an “emotional nature” are approved, Russia will accept “variations” in response, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian pr...
Pobeda Airlines, part of the Aeroflot Group, reached the pre-crisis occupancy rate of 95.3% in the second quarter of 2022. For the Aeroflot group itself, this figure is only 83, The seat occupancy of the Pobeda low-cost airline increased from 93.8% to 95.3% in the second quarter of 2022, the Aeroflot group said in a statement received by RBC. The last time the company reached this level was in Jul...
The European Union once again approved a six-month extension of sanctions,first introduced in 2014 and greatly expanded after February 2022 The EU Council has extended sanctions against Russia imposed in connection with the situation in Ukraine for another six months, according to a press release from the Council. “The EU Council today decided to extend for six months, until January 31, 2......
Access to e-visas by foreigners was suspended last year amid the spread of the coronavirus. According to the director of the Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia will not yet open the possibility of obtaining electronic visas to foreigners due to unfriendly actions of European countries. This was stated in an interview with TASS by the director of the consular department of the Ru...
According to Bloomberg sources, Russiais using supply disruptions to encourage European countries to “rethink painful sanctions.” The Kremlin has repeatedly stressed Russia is likely to keep gas supplies to the European Union at a minimum, increasing pressure on it due to sanctions, sources told Bloomberg. As the agency writes, officially the Russian authorities called the reasons for the reductio...
Europe has reached the limit on sanctions, the seventh package was an adjustment and clarification of earlier decisions, an unnamed diplomat said. According to him, individual countries want to increase sanctions,but discussion will lead to disagreement The last, seventh package of EU sanctions against Russia is mainly a correction of the already introduced restrictions and an increase in their ef...
Fishing companies have faced massive refusals from foreign ports to repair Russian vessels. Since domestic shipyards cannot serve this fleet, Representatives of large fishing companies, as well as specialized associations, told RBC about the difficulties that have arisen in recent months with the repair of the fishing fleet. In recent years, more than two-thirds of the large and medium-sized fleet...
Medvedev is sure that the EU did not manage to "sit on three chairs", the risk of a gas shortage caused "severe diarrhea" after the "Yellow-Blakyt hysteria". In his opinion, Europe intends to increase arms supplies to Ukraine, The European Union has imposed numerous sanctions against Russia in an attempt to deprive the income from energy exports, despite the presence of developed industry in Europ...
The last, seventh package of EU sanctions against Russia is mainly a correction of the already introduced restrictions and an increase in their effectiveness, European countries are close to exhausting the possibilities in the sanctions policy, writes Le Monde, citing a source in diplomatic circles. “We have come to the end of what we could do,” the diplomat said. According to him, EU member state...
Business began to look positively into the future: the business climate index in June for the first time since the beginning of the special operation went into plus, the Central Bank estimates showed. Despite the sanctions,companies expect a recovery in demand, taking into account the development of new markets The business climate indicator monitored by the Bank of Russia on a monthly basis retur...
The prosecutor's office will study under what conditions Russian businessmen were able to accumulate "significant real estate assets" in France.This country is among the top 6 European countries in terms of frozen Russian assets The building of the National Financial Prosecutor's Office of France The French National Financial Prosecutor's Office has launched a preliminary investigation into the as...
The fall in investment may be temporary, and there is “definitely strong interaction” between Russia and China,count at the center at Shanghai Fudan University China 's funding and investment in Russia under China's One Belt, One Road global development and cooperation project dropped to zero in the first half of 2......
Sergey Lavrov and Samekh Shukri Moscow hopes that the UN will be able to achieve the lifting of sanctions that prevented the export of grain from Russia, as part of a "product deal". This was stated by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, broadcast was on YouTube. Lavrov explained that these are restrictions that have become an obstacle to grain ...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban expressed doubts that Russian-Ukrainian peace talks were possible and consideredthat the conflict can only be resolved through a dialogue between Moscow and Washington Viktor Orban The European Union needs a new strategy for resolving the conflict in Ukraine, since sanctions against Russia do not work, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said during a speech...
The company left the Russian market on June 1, said Roman Isaev, member of the Board of the Association of Cinema Owners. In Russia, IMAX owned approximately 50 cinema halls, The Canadian company IMAX, which provides the cinema system of the same name, has left the Russian market since June 1. This was reported to TASS by a member of the Board of the Association of Cinema Owners Roman Isaev. “I am...
The UN hopes that the signed documents will help stabilize food prices and prevent starvation in the poorest countries.Grain exports previously stopped due to the blocking of Ukrainian ports after the outbreak of hostilities On Friday, July 22, Russia , Ukraine, Turkey and the UN signed an agreement on grain exports in Istanbul. The agreements provide for the creation of a corridor for the export ...
According to the port, until February 24, the port's trade with Russia was about 13% of the total.The suspension of container traffic with Moscow was associated with logistical difficulties due to Western sanctions Port of Rotterdam Container traffic from Russia via the Dutch port of Rotterdam has been suspended indefinitely, according to a posting on its website. The reasons for the suspension of...
The EU Council approved a new package of sanctions against Russia - the “sixth and a half”, as it mainly included measures to clarify the sanctions and bring them in line with the American and British ones.RBC brings the most important of it Whom did the EU put on the sanctions list? 48 individuals and nine legal entities (companies and organizations) have been added to the EU sanctions list for R...
According to the Finnish electricity grid company Fingrid, the need for rolling blackouts is associated with a shortage of energy resources.In early May, the supply of electricity to Finland was suspended by the Russian Inter RAO due to non-payment of Vida Helsinki The Finnish authorities are considering moving to rolling blackouts due to energy shortages, but this would be a "last resort". This w...
with Russiaput Croatia on the list of unfriendly countries committing unfriendly actions against Russian diplomats.Milanovic called the situation "very dangerous" Zoran Milanovic Croatia is on unfriendly terms with Russia and the situation threatens to develop into "something unforeseen". This was stated by Croatian President Zoran Milanovic, reports N1. “We really are in unfriendly relations with...
The loss of participants in the Russian tourism industry due to the closure of the sky by some countries and various sanctions in the aviation industry can amount to tens of billions of rubles, Maya Lomidze, executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), told RIA Novosti. “So far, a full calculation of losses has not been made. Nevertheless, it is possible to speak about...
by the Russians Transfers to Turkey, the UAE and China fall into their field of vision As part of monitoring the implementation of sanctions, the British authorities are paying attention to operations in cryptocurrencies and the actions of intermediaries of Russians in London, follows from a joint bulletin of UK government forensics members of the Joint Money Laundering Data Collection Task Force ...
The new EU sanctions against Sberbank will not affect its activities within Russia, the services will operate as usual, RBC was told in the press service of the bank. “The new sanctions will not affect the work of the bank within the country. Sberbank is operating normally, taking into account the restrictions already in place, previously introduced,” the bank noted. The EU will tighten sanctions ...
Andrey Kozitsyn has held this position since 1999, the decision to leave is aimed "to exclude the possible indirect application of sanctions against the companies of the UMMC group."The day before, he was included in the EU sanctions list Andrey Kozitsyn Director General of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) Andrey Kozitsyn, who was included in the new EU sanctions list, adopted due ...
The alleged Faberge egg was found on a yacht that arrived in the US from Fiji. We can talk about the Amadea yacht, which Washington associates with the sanctionedKerimov. The defense insists On board one of the arrested superyachts, owned by a "Russian oligarch", a Faberge egg was found, presumably, according to the Deputy head of the US Department of Justice, Lisa Monaco, reports The Guardian. “W...
The decision was taken as a response to restrictions against the Russians,which Australia adopted under the "Magnitsky Act" Russian authorities have banned 39 Australian citizens from entering the country, according to a statement posted on the Foreign Ministry website. “In response to the earlier decision of the official Canberra to impose sanctions under the Australian analogue of the Magnitsky ...
France and other European countries did not support sanctions against VSMPO-Avisma due to fears that Russiain response, it will ban the export of titanium to the EU,writes The Wall Street Journal The European Union "last minute" rejected a proposal to impose sanctions against the Russian steel company VSMPO-Avisma, the world's largest titanium producer, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing Eur...
In total, the EU sanctions list against Russia increased by nine legal entities and 48 individuals On Thursday, July 21, the European Union introduced another package of restrictive measures against Russia, follows from a publication in the Official Journal of the EU. The new package of sanctions, according to previously agreed measures, provides for "direct and indirect import, purchase or transf...
The next package of sanctions against Russia will not change the position of Moscow, but will harm the global economy and security,considers Zakharov The decision of the European Union to introduce a new package of anti-Russian sanctions is illegitimate, and attempts to put pressure on Russia have no prospects, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. However, she believes, “the conseque...