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  • How the State Duma worked for three weeks after the start of the special operation
    Two additional meetings, 68 bills introduced and 13 approved in one day in three readings of initiatives.These and other results of the work of the State Duma for three weeks of a special operation in Ukraine - in the material of RBC Since the beginning of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, the State Duma has considered 51 bills, passing 13 of the 19 approved legislative acts in three readi...
  • New restrictions on the sale of apartments for foreigners. How it works
    From the beginning of March, foreigners from "unfriendly" countries must obtain permits for real estate transactions. Rosreestr advises Russians with dual citizenship to receive them as well. From March 2, new rules came into force in Russia for real estate transactions involving foreigners from certain countries, including the US and the EU. According to the presidential decree, these are additio...
  • Kommersant learned about the plan of the Ministry of Energy to support the energy complex
    Some of the initiatives are proposed to be included in the action plan for the development of the economy in the face of sanctions, which is being developed by the Cabinet.Among them is the reduction of the tax burden on oil companies. The Ministry of Energy has sent a list of measures to support the fuel and energy complex to the government, some of them may be included in the "priority action pl...
  • British shareholders demanded that French Total leave Russia
    TotalEnergies has already stopped investing in new projects in Russia, but still owns a 1/5 stake in Russia's NOVATEK,indicated in Bloomberg Two English structures - The Church of England Pensions Board and The Church Commissioners for England - which are shareholders of TotalEnergies SE, demanded that the company cut ties with Russian business and leave Russia, Bloomberg reports. “We would like t...
  • Church of England appeals to Total over Russia
    Two structures of the Church of England, which are shareholders of TotalEnergies, asked the head of the company to make a decision as soon as possible to withdraw from all Russian projects.Otherwise, they will withdraw from the number of shareholders of the company. The Church of England has asked the French energy company TotalEnergies to stop doing business in Russia and investing in Russian com...
  • Kadyrov said that Russia is not afraid of sanctions
    The head of Chechnya believes that the sanctions imposed by the countries of the worldwill not prevent Russia from “making peace” in Ukraine Ramzan Kadyrov The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that he was not afraid of sanctions and that they would not interfere with "bringing peace" in Ukraine, as well as in the Caucasus. “We are not afraid of economic sanctions. We are on the right track a...
  • The IEA predicted a reduction in oil production in Russia by a third
    The International Energy Agency also reduced the forecast for growth in oil demandin 2022 by 1.1 million bbl.per day Possible interruptions in the supply of Russian oil against the backdrop of new sanctions could cause a global shock in the market, and oil production in Russia itself could fall by a third, according to a monthly report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). According to the age...
  • Samsung Pay will continue to work in Russia with restrictions
    Samsung Pay users may not be able to pay with Mastercard and Visa cards of Russian banks,as well as the issuance of new tickets for the Troika virtual transport card Contactless payment service Samsung Pay continues to work in Russia, while some transactions may not be available to users. Samsung announced this on its Telegram channel. “Good news: Samsung Pay continues to operate in the Russian Fe...
  • Putin announced an increase in public sector salaries and pensions
    According to the President, the measures are dictated by rising prices,that "hit people's incomes" In the near future, the authorities will decide to increase social benefits, including pensions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said . video “I understand that rising prices are seriously affecting people's incomes, so in the near future we will make a decision to increase all social benefits, incl...
  • Peskov called sanctions against businessmen for meeting with Putin banditry
    The dialogue between business and government, including meetings between businessmen and the president, will continue, the Kremlin spokesman said.Earlier, after one of these meetings on February 24, the EU imposed sanctions against a number of Russian entrepreneurs Vladimir Putin's meeting with representatives of the Russian business community, February 24, 2......
  • Japan to withdraw preferential treatment in trade with Russia and introduce new sanctions
    Japan, following Canada, will abolish the favorable trade regime for Moscow. The country also intends to introduce new sanctions: to ban the export of luxury goods and the import of some Russian goods, Japan will deprive Russia of the most favored nation treatment in trade due to the situation in Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced, reports Japan Times. Earlier, the NHK TV channel repo...
  • Konov will leave the post of chairman of the board of Sibur due to sanctions
    The EU imposed sanctionsagainst Dmitry Konov and other businessmen on March 9, accusing them of providing support and benefiting from the Russian government.As justification, they cited participation in a meeting with Vladimir Putin Dmitry Konov Chairman of the Board of Sibur Holding Dmitry Konov will leave this post and leave the company's board of directors due to EU and UK sanctions. This is st...
  • Switzerland copied EU sanctions against Russia
    The EU on the eve introduced the fourth package of sanctions against Russia.The Swiss sanctions list now completely repeats the list of the European Union Switzerland has imposed sanctions against 197 individuals and nine legal entities from Russia due to "serious violations of Russia's international law in Ukraine", the list of restrictive measures now completely repeats the list of the European ...
  • Putin announced the default declared by the US and the EU against Russia
    According to the President, the illegitimate actions of the USand the EU to freeze part of the Bank of Russia's foreign exchange reserves became, in fact, a default on obligations to the country. Meeting of Vladimir Putin with members of the government Having frozen the Russian reserves, the US and the European Union actually declared a default on their obligations to Russia. This was stated by Ru...
  • Slack began to disconnect users from Russia
    Slack has announced that it is shutting down Russian customer accounts due to US sanctions. Previously, the parent company Salesforce announced the support of the Ukrainian people. “We have very few clients in Russia”, The service for corporate communications Slack began to restrict access for clients from Russia because of sanctions, Axios reported with reference to the statement of the company. ...
  • “Bring significant income to the authorities”: how the EU explained the new sanctions
    On March 15, the EU introduced the fourth round of sanctions against Russia. Among the new defendants are Roman Abramovich, Konstantin Ernst and Alexander Shokhin. How the European Union explained the inclusion of new names on the black list - in a review of RBC How the EU explained the sanctions against billionaire Roman Abramovich The EU calls him "a Russian oligarch with long and close ties to ...
  • WSJ learned about the transfer of Abramovich's assets to a partner before the imposition of sanctions
    Before the imposition of sanctions against Roman Abramovich, he managed to transfer control of Norma Investments to his partner David Davidovich, writes WSJ. According to the newspaper, Businessman Roman Abramovich transferred control of Norma Investments Ltd., registered in the British Virgin Islands, to one of his partners, David Davidovich, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports, citing document...
  • Internet registrar RIPE NCC gave businesses from Russia a deferral of payments
    The international organization that distributes IP addresses has allowed Russian companies under sanctions to defer payment for their resources.Prior to that, she also refused to deprive companies from Russia of IP addresses, contrary to the fears of the authorities. The international Internet registrar RIPE NCC allowed Russian companies that fell under sanctions to defer payment for Internet reso...
  • The Russian Embassy felt that US sanctions are driving relations between countries to a standstill
    The new US sanctions against Russia, which Washington announced on March 15, are driving relations between the two countries into an even more "dead dead end," the Russian embassy in the United States said, the message was published on the diplomatic mission's Telegram channel. “Another hostile action continues to drive Russian-American relations into an even deeper impasse. It hinders the preserv...
  • Clinton joked about the "achievement award" after Russia was sanctioned
    Clinton thanked the "Russian Academy" and said that the award in the form of sanctions was awarded to her for life achievements. Yesterday Russia imposed sanctionsagainst 13 American officials,including Hillary Clinton Clinton herself Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, after the imposition of sanctions against herself by Russia, thanked Moscow for presenting the "lifetime achievement aw...
  • Khudaverdyan will leave the board of directors of Yandex NV due to sanctions
    He will also leave the post of deputy general director of the parent company Yandex NV, registered in the Netherlands. Earlier, the EU considered that Khudaverdyan "is part of the inner circle of oligarchs close to Putin" and imposed sanctions against him. Tigran Khudaverdyan Tigran Khudaverdyan will leave the board of directors and the post of deputy CEO of Yandex NV after being included in the E...
  • Tabloids learned of Abramovich's inability to pay rent due to sanctions
    A businessman must pay about £10,000 to the British treasury annually for the land on which his mansion stands, newspapers write.However, Abramovich cannot do this due to the freezing of his assets in the UK Roman Abramovich Russian businessman Roman Abramovich cannot pay the rent on the land on which his mansion in Kensington (London) is located, tabloids DailyStar and Mail Online report. Accordi...
  • Internet registrar RIPE gave companies from Russia a deferral of payments
    The international organization that distributes IP addresses has allowed Russian companies under sanctions to defer payment for their resources.Prior to that, she also refused to deprive companies from Russia of IP addresses, contrary to the fears of the authorities. The international Internet registrar RIPE NCC allowed Russian companies that fell under sanctions to defer payment for Internet reso...
  • The largest oil companies in Russia fell under EU sanctions
    Oil purchases, gas, coal and ores from Russia were not banned by the EU,but now companies from the list will not be able to make transactions in Europe other than resource goods The European Union has published new sanctions lists against Russian companies, entrepreneurs, officials and members of their families. The list of structures that were under sanctions included those included in the list o...
  • The EU banned the supply of expensive cars, wines, cigars and truffles
    to Russiaannounced an embargo on the supply of luxury goods to Russia. The ban will affect alcohol, cosmetics and perfumes, cameras worth more than €1,000, The European Union has introduced a fourth package of sanctions against Russia, which includes a ban on the supply of cars and luxury goods to the country. These products are prohibited from being sold to both individuals and legal entities in ...
  • The European Union has banned the supply of steel and iron from Russia
    Under the EU ban, in particular, non-alloy steel products, metal sheets,fittings and pipes Since March 15, the European Union has banned the import of steel and iron products from Russia. This was reported on the website of the European Council. It is clarified that metal products will fall under EU restrictions if they were produced in Russia or re-exported from its territory. In particular, the ...
  • New EU sanctions. What is important to know
    The EU has adopted legally binding documents as part of the fourth sanctions package against Russia.The most significant are the ban on new investments in the Russian energy sector and the embargo on imports of Russian iron and steel The European Union has introduced another package of economic sanctions against Russia, among which were: a ban on new investments in the Russian energy sector; a ban...
  • Psaki after Russian sanctions ruled out Biden's plans for tours to the country According to Jen Psaki, US
    officialsdo not plan tourist trips to Russia and do not have bank accounts there Jen Psaki President Joe Biden and other US officials do not plan tourist trips to Russia and do not have bank accounts in the country. This was stated by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, answering a question about the sanctions imposed by Moscow, the broadcast was conducted by the YouTube channel of The Washingt...
  • EU restricts trade with Russia in iron, steel and luxury goods
    The restrictions will affect individuals and organizations, they include a ban on trading in some goods and access to the services of rating agencies. The exact list is not yet given, the EU promises The European Union announced a new, fourth, package of sanctions against Russia, it provides, in addition to bans on individuals and organizations, restrictions on the trade in iron, steel and luxury ...
  • It was proposed to transfer the purchases of computers and equipment to a single contractor
    The government thought about creating a single buyer for computers and telecom equipment. The authors of the idea believe that this will allow to circumvent sanctions restrictions, The government is considering the possibility of identifying a "consolidated contractor for the procurement of computer and telecommunications equipment." This follows from the draft plan of priority actions to ensure t...