According to her, Washington seeks to maintain uncertainty so that Russiafailed to prepare for the consequences of possible measures. Nuland stressed that the new measures will be a "powerful blow" to the people of Russia "in economic terms" US Undersecretary of StateVictoria Nuland The United States wants to maintain uncertainty about the content of the package of sanctions that the country promi...
The EU has "made progress" in developing highly effective sanctions against Russia. They will affect not only the economy and the financial system, but also the export of products, The European Union, in the upcoming sanctions against Russia, plans to introduce export control measures to deprive the country of the products necessary to realize its “strategic ambitions,” Josep Borrell, head of Euro...
The property of "Russian oligarchs" in London may be confiscated under the upcoming draft of tougher sanctions, said the head of the British Foreign Office, Liz Truss, on Sky News. “Nothing is out of the question. We will not talk about the details of who will be under what sanctions, this bill will allow us to hit a wider range of targets, so there will be no one who will think that he is immune ...
Possible sanctions over Ukraine could lead to a stock market crash in Russia, but would also “hurt” Europe and the United States and jeopardize the stability of the global financial system,say experts polled by the NYT Possible US sanctions against Russia, which Washington has threatened to impose in the event of Moscow's aggression against Kiev, could lead to high inflation, the collapse of the R...
Friedrich Merz An attempt to disconnect Russia from the interbank system for transmitting information about payments SWIFT will hurt the European Union, the head of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Friedrich Merz, said in an interview with Welt. “In this way, we will hurt ourselves a lot,” Merz said. He explained that disconnecting Russia from the system threatens its collapse an...
The Prime Minister of Poland looks with apprehension at the lack of unity in the European Union.Disagreements in the EU over the scale of anti-Russian sanctions and military assistance to Ukraine Mateusz Morawiecki All EU member states agree that Ukraine should retain its sovereignty, but there are disagreements in the EU on anti-Russian sanctions in the event of a Russian invasion. This was state...
Washington, writes Der Spiegel, links Berlin’s low-key stance on sanctions against Russia and arms supplies to Ukraine with a desire to “continue to buy cheap natural gas from Russia” The United States is beginning to perceive Germany as an "unreliable partner" due to Berlin's reticence towards Ukraine, German Ambassador to the United States Emily Haber wrote on Monday in a letter addressed to the...
The British Foreign Office on Monday, January 31, will announce the tightening of new sanctions against Russia due to the situation around Ukraine. This is reported by TASS and RIA Novosti with reference to informed sources in government circles in the United Kingdom. “It is expected that the Foreign Office will announce the tightening of the sanctions regime on Monday in Parliament so that the UK...
New package of US sanctionsmay affect the largest Russian state-owned banks, "such as VTB", and impose export restrictions in key sectors of the economy, the newspaper writes. Disconnecting Russia from SWIFT Not Discussed Yet Joe Biden The White House is finalizing a package of sanctions against Russia and has decided not yet to impose restrictions on Russian gas and oil exports and disconnect the...
Brussels fears that Russia , which supplies 40% of fuel to Europe, may reduce pumping in response to sanctions. The European Commissioner for Energy will leave for Azerbaijan in early February, The European Union intends to hold talks with Azerbaijan on gas supplies, writes the Financial Times newspaper. The EU fears that Russia, which supplies 4......
The administration of US President Joe Biden discussed with the heads of the largest banks in the country possible anti-Russian sanctions to ensure the stability of the global financial system if they are introduced. It is reported by Bloomberg, citing an informed source. The discussion, according to the agency, took place this week and was attended by members of the National Security Council and ...
Jean-Yves Le Drian believes that there is a risk of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine. In this case, the pipeline will be blocked, he said. Possible sanctions against Russia in the event of its invasion of Ukraine will include blocking the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on the RTL radio station. According to the minister, this is one of the measures that i...
An actual break in relations with the West is possible if the toughest sanctions package is introduced against Russia. But this scenario is contrary to the interests of both Russia and the West, A possible break in relations is not in the interests of Moscow or the West itself, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Russian journalists, broadcast by RBC. However, it is po...
They will affect new Russian projects in the gas sector, reducing funding and technology supplies. At the same time, the FT writes that damage can also be done to Western companies, The EU countries and the United Kingdom, with the support of the United States , are developing a package of sanctions against new Russian gas projects, which could be activated in the event of an invasion of Ukraine, ...
Western countries promise to introduce "unprecedented sanctions" against Russia in case of its invasion of Ukraine. Dmitry Medvedev believes that those who threaten sanctions Even those who threaten Russia with sanctions do not believe that this threat will work, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Russian media. “This is such a figure of speech, part ...
“He who speaks does not shoot,” Annalena Berbock assured the deputies of the Bundestag, speaking of the desire to negotiate with Russia. But if it doesn't work out, the sanctionsNord Stream 2 will also be affected, she threatened Berlin is ready to impose sanctions against the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the event of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. This, speaking in the Bundestag...
Ned Price The United States would not want to impose "unprecedented" sanctions against Russia in connection with the crisis over Ukraine, but is ready to resort to such a measure in the event of a failure of a diplomatic settlement. State Department spokesman Ned Price stated this on CNN. “This is not what we want, but we, along with our allies, partners, have invested a lot in this response to en...
The regulator was specifically interested in what European banks would do if Russian financial organizations were disconnected from the SWIFT system. The FT writes that the ECB wants to ensure the ability of banks to comply with possible sanctions The European Central Bank has warned European financial institutions represented in Russia about the risks that sanctions bear for them in the event of ...
US threats to freeze the assets of high-ranking Russian officials are not painful for them, but politically destructive, said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, TASS reports. Asked about calls in the United States to freeze "Putin's assets," Peskov confirmed that the president still uses the Rossiya bank account, where his money is kept, to receive salaries. Peskov recalled that Russian law alr...
Sergey Lavrov The United States and European countries are in a “military frenzy” due to potential sanctions against Russia. This was stated by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a plenary session of the State Duma. “As for the sanctions, we see that our Western colleagues, without exaggeration, are in some kind of military frenzy,” Lavrov said (quoted by TASS). According to him, in the West they o...
According to Reuters, representatives of American big business working in Russiaappealed to the presidential administration and Congress with a request to at least give a delay for the execution of contracts after the imposition of sanctions Representatives of US big business have asked the Joe Biden administration and Congress not to immediately impose sanctions that are being prepared in case of...
Alexander Grushko Threats to impose new sanctions from the West do not belong to the sphere of real politics, said Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, TASS reports. “They can come up with any sanctions, but all this does not belong to the category of real politics,” the deputy minister said. According to Grushko, Russia's "aggression" against Ukraine takes place only in the "inflame...
Potential sanctionsdue to the aggravation of the conflict in Ukraine, they will make it impossible to purchase equipment from foreign manufacturers, and will also seriously complicate its production by Russian companies.Market participants warned about this In January, the Ministry of Industry and Trade discussed with participants in the computer technology market an assessment of the consequences...
Viacheslav Volodin The US sanctions that they promised in the event of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine are not aimed at President Vladimir Putin, but at the choice of the Russian people, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Telegram. “In the understanding of the citizens of our country, these sanctions are not against Putin, but against the choice of the people of the Russian Federation,” ...
In Moscow, due to COVID, the planned hospitalization of children was stopped, EU and US sanctionsagainst Russia in the event of an invasion, which of the richest Russians lost the most on the fall of the market, the forecast for the revenue of banks for the year - in the RBC review Moscow stopped the planned hospitalization of children In Moscow, planned hospitalization in children's hospitals was...
Germany demands that the package of sanctions against Russia does not include measures against the energy sector, Bloomberg learned. However, the German government is ready to support restrictions against banks, The German government demands that possible sanctions against Russia over Ukraine do not affect the Russian energy sector, Bloomberg reports citing documents. The German authorities insist...
possible Russian invasion of Ukraine will have consequences for the whole world, and if it happens, Biden is ready to impose sanctions directly against Putin, said US President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin US President Joe Biden has said he may consider imposing sanctions directly on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reports. If an invasi...
When discussing restrictions on Russia, some EU members asked for an exception for already signed agreements, energy transactions and a number of banks,Bloomberg found out Some large EU member states asked to be excluded from the draft anti-Russian sanctions, which are supposed to be introduced in the event of an invasion of Ukraine, a number of banks and already signed contracts, writes Bloomberg...
are developing a set of harsher measures than those that led to a "record" capital outflow and the collapse of the ruble in 2014, a presidential administration official said.This will include export and financial restrictions US Treasury Building The United States is preparing to take a series of sanctions measures against Russia in the event of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, it will in...
Government residence of the Prime Minister of Japan Members of the foreign policy committees of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have called on the government to impose economic sanctions on Russia if it "invades" Ukraine, Jiji news agency reports. After the meeting, Mashahisa Sato, a member of the House of Councilors, said that government measures, including the suspension of negotiations ...