German company that repaired the turbine for Nord Stream must guarantee that it will reach Russia, despite the sanctions,noted the Russian corporation Gazprom asked Siemens to provide documents that would allow the removal of a gas turbine engine for the Portovaya compressor station, a critical facility of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. The company announced this on its website. Gazprom needs the d...
UAE is in discussions with the United Stateson the issue of imposing sanctions against the Russians. As the NYT reported, The authorities of the United Arab Emirates are consulting with the United States on the imposition of sanctions against the Russians, reports Reuters. As the agency writes, Dubai, the financial and business center of the Persian Gulf, "has turned into a haven for Russian wealt...
According to Deripaska, EuroChem turned out to be "an important player in the global food market" and now the EU will have to "reap the benefits, or rather, their absence." Brussels may lift sanctions , according to Bloombergagainst a number of Russians Andrey Melnichenko European sanctions against the former owner of EuroChem, Andrey Melnichenko, were introduced under “obvious and far-fetched pre...
Food shortages and soaring energy prices pose security risks and will force people to leave their home countries,warned in the European Union The European Union must prepare for new waves of migrants forced to leave their countries due to the food crisis. This was stated by the acting director of the EU agency for the security of external borders, Aija Kalna, reports AFP. “We have to prepare for r...
The main risks of the sanctions crisis for the Russian economy are realized in the third or fourth quarter of 2022, the CMASF predicts. They can be expressed in the import of inflation, The “turning point” in the development of the sanctions crisis in Russia is yet to come, its climax has not yet been reached, according to an analytical note by the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term ...
Besides,Washington lifted sanctions from the former "daughter" of "Gazprom" Gazprom Germania and the Kazakh "daughter" of Alfa-Bank The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury has allowed transactions with Russia related to the supply of food, fertilizer, medicines and medical equipment, follows from the general license of the department. The United States excluded some goods fr...
EU sanctionson Russian imports of goods that can be used for military purposes,writes Reuters The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, may adopt a seventh round of sanctions against Russia on July 15, which would include a ban on Russian gold imports, Reuters reported, citing two sources. At the same time, the previously introduced restrictions will be reviewed so that ...
A number of "war children" who were taken to the USSR during the Spanish Civil War in 1936-1939 stopped receiving pensions from Russia due to EU sanctions, El País reported. According to the publication, transfers from Russia began to be rejected by one of the largest banks in Spain, CaixaBank, while other Spanish financial institutions continued to accept them. In particular, according to El País...
The European Commission has proposed a new package of anti-Russian sanctions.In addition to clarifying the effect of restrictions on agricultural products, he will ban the import of Russian gold The European Commission (EC) has proposed clarifying sanctions against Russia so that they "are in no way directed at agricultural products," according to its website. At the same time, the EC proposed a n...
became a response to the introduction in April of the Japanese sanctions list of almost the same number of State Duma deputies. The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Russia imposed sanctions against 384 members of the lower house of the Japanese Parliament and banned them from entering the country. This is stated in the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry clarifies that this...
EU governments are discussing measureswhich will close loopholes to circumvent sanctions and improve data exchange between EU countries The European Union is working to enforce all six rounds of sanctions against Russia as the 27-nation bloc "seeks to increase economic pressure on the Kremlin" over the military operation in Ukraine, writes The Wall Street Journal. European sanctions officials beli...
will affect the oil, gas and chemical sectors of the Russian industry.Canadian companies will need to close existing contracts with Russian enterprises within 60 days Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly The Canadian authorities will strengthen sanctions against the oil, gas and chemical sectors of the Russian industry, the country's Foreign Ministry said. “Canada will expand the measures in pla...
Canada to transfer Siemens turbine for Nord Stream to Germany and impose new sanctionsregarding the gasoil and chemical sectors of Russia Ottawa will hand over to Berlin a turbine manufactured by Siemens for the Nord Stream gas pipeline, which was delayed in Canada after repairs due to sanctions against Russia. It is reported by Reuters with reference to Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Jona...
After the introduction of new EU sanctions, Kaliningrad found itself in fact in a blockade - European countries limited transit to the region. How residents of the Russian region live and what dreams they have - in RBC video 00:00 Advertisement 00:00 00:00 / 00:00 You can skip ads through More VideoMore VideoMore Video The Foreign Ministry called the condition for a tough response to the ban on tr...
Russian economic operators are already suffering losses due to Lithuania's "illegal" restrictions, Zakharova said. She promised that Moscow would not "wait indefinitely" and would respond, If the situation with transit to Kaliningrad is not resolved in the coming days, Moscow will take “tough measures” against Lithuania and the European Union, said Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Fo...
In response to Russia's military operation in Ukraine, Canada imposed sanctions against Roskomnadzor and its leaders, the government said on its website. The list includes the head of Roskomnadzor Andrey Lipov, his deputies Vladimir Logunov, Oleg Terlyakov, Vadim Subbotin and Milos Wagner. On February 24, when Russia began hostilities, Roskomnadzor ordered the media to refer only to Russian offici...
If a buyer is found, Gazprombank expects to complete the deal by the end of the third quarter of 2022.Its Swiss subsidiary is mainly involved in trade and export finance. Gazprombank began to explore options for the possible sale of individual assets or business in Switzerland as a whole, according to the website of its "daughter". “The bank expects to complete the process of exploring possible op...
In addition to the patriarch, under sanctionshit the head of Roskomnadzor Andrey Lipov,TV presenter Ekaterina Andreeva and former head of Yandex Tigran Khudaverdyan Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill Canada has added Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' to the sanctions list, according to the government website. RBC turned to the synodal department for the relationship of the church with s...
Canada imposed sanctionsagainst Khudaverdyan, following the EU and the UK.After restrictive measures, he left the post of head of Yandex and the board of directors Tigran Khudaverdyan Canada has included the former head of Yandex Tigran Khudaverdyan and TV presenter Ekaterina Andreeva on the sanctions list, according to the government website. Khudaverdyan has served as managing director of the Ya...
Olaf Scholz Sanctions against Russia will last as long as necessary to support Ukraine. This was announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the ZDF TV channel. The TV presenter told Scholz that, according to polls, 47% of German citizens would like Ukraine's consent to cession of territory so that sanctions against Russia would be lifted. Residents of Germany are concerned about rising prices, ...
The formal reason for the lifting of sanctions will be the corresponding request of the German Minister of Economics Robert Habek, the newspaper writes. Ottawa plans to explain its decision by saying Canada intends to make an exception in the sanctions for turbines for Nord Stream, despite the position of Ukraine on this issue. This writes "European Truth" with reference to two sources. “The Canad...
can cost the Russian economy from 6.4 to 11.5% of the decline in 2022, depending on different scenarios for the development of the crisis. Under certain parameters, in 2023 the losses of the economy may be greater, The Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEI) of the RANEPA has developed a model for predicting the decline in the Russian economy due to external economic shocks. The results obt...
The Kremlin appreciated the initiative of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan to impose sanctions against Russia. The Kremlin noted that Moscow and Nur-Sultan, on the contrary, Kazakhstan has not yet made decisions to support anti-Russian sanctions, the countries, on the contrary, intend to expand cooperation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Earlier, the Ministry of Finance of Ka...
Norway at the end of June did not allow Russian trucks with containers for the settlement to enter its territory,however, the cargo was then delivered to a Norwegian port by a local carrier and shipped to the archipelago Norway missed two containers with cargo for residents of the Russian village of Barentsburg on the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, NRK TV channel reports, citing the Nor...
The EU will not fight Russia in response to a military operation in Ukraine, Borrell said. He considered the sanctions effective enoughagainst Russia,which will only intensify in the near future Josep Borrell The EU has no plans to go to war with Russia, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said in an interview with the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri. “The EU do...
President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev told RBC why business is not investing enough in Russian science,do scientists continue to communicate with foreign colleagues and what are the prospects for fundamental research Alexander Sergeev On breaking off contacts with foreign scientists Why Russian companies invested little in science On the Nobel Prize for Russia and the reco...
Such management will be introduced to prepare companies for further sale, which will be possible by court order.More than 30 Russian companies are under Polish sanctions In Poland, amendments to the law on sanctions have been adopted: now the institution of compulsory management of companies that have fallen under restrictions will appear in the country in order to prepare them for further sale, G...
At the conference, Kyiv suggested using confiscated assets to restore Ukraine. The President of Switzerland recalled the right to property and indicated that The issue of using confiscated Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine after the end of hostilities must be taken seriously, such actions require legal grounds, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said at a conference in Lugano. The Swiss city of Lugano...
The head of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, who fell under British sanctions on June 29, urged Russian top managers not to quit due to such restrictions. According to him, this is not a solution to the problem, The largest co-owner and president of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, against whom the British authorities imposed sanctions on June 29, in an interview with RBC urged Russian businessm...
introduced against the largest co-owner of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, do not affect the company itself, he told RBC. But they can lead to The sanctions that the UK authorities imposed on June 29 against the largest co-owner (owns almost 36%) and the president of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, do not affect the company itself. Potanin stated this in an interview with RBC. “The sanctions t...