Restrictions included Belaruskali, the Investigative Committee of Belarus, the National Olympic Committee Joe Biden US President Joe Biden approved new sanctions against Belarus, according to the White House website. The document says that the actions of the Belarusian regime "represent an extreme threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States." The list of legal entities ...
against Belarus, are on the “best shelves” in Minsk storescity officials said. If the situation does not change, action will be taken, they threatened The Minsk authorities demanded that retail chains remove goods from the countries that imposed sanctions against Belarus from the "best shelves". This was announced by the chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee Vladimir Kukharev, reports "...
began in Belarus After Lithuania began to return migrants to Belarus, Alexander Lukashenkoordered to close "every meter" of the border. Domestically, this is unlikely to cause a crisis, and in relations with the EU, it will only grow Refugee camp in Lithuania How migrants became a problem in Minsk On Thursday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko instructed to close "every meter" of the borde...
Russians are not threatened by the imposition of a tax on meat in the future, said Dmitry Peskov, special presidential envoy for digital and technological development. His words were conveyed to RBC by the NTI platform, one of the organizers of the Archipelago 2121 intensive. He explained that the tax scheme is possible primarily for countries that are exporters of meat: China is the world's large...
Viktor Medvedchuk The Supreme Court of Ukraine granted the request of the lawyers of the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Viktor Medvedchuk to provide access to materials relating to the sanctions imposed on him, the court said. “During the court session, the panel of judges granted the request of the plaintiff’s representative to add evidence to the case file,” the press service of the court said. At...
In Russia, a tax on meat may appear due to the carbon footprint accounting policy, which in the future may extend to livestock. This assumption was made by Dmitry Peskov, Special Representative of the President of Russia for Digital and Technological Development, during the Archipelago 2121 project and educational intensive. The event was broadcast on the 2......
The chairmen of the foreign affairs committees of parliaments from nine countries - the United States , Great Britain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ireland - opposed the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Reuters reports. “We note with regret the recent decision of the United States and Germany on Nord Stream 2 We consider Nord Stream 2 a g.........
Berlin will seek serious restrictions if Moscow starts using the gas pipeline as a weapon against Kyiv, Laschet said.Previously, he spoke about the importance of Ukrainian security for Germany Armin Laschet Germany will take sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and will advocate for their extension to the entire EU if Moscow undertakes aggression against Kiev. This was stated by the ca...
The lower house of Congress approved an amendment that could block the president's right to waive sanctions against the Russian gas pipeline.The bill also implies an increase in financial assistance to Ukraine The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to fund the State Department in 2022, Bloomberg Government journalist Jack Fitzpatrick, who covers Congress, said on Twitter. 217 congressme...
Tunisia is experiencing its worst political crisis since the Arab Spring. President Qais Said suspended parliament and took executive powers into his own hands, On Monday, July 26, mass clashes took place outside the Tunisian parliament building between supporters of Tunisian President Cais Said and supporters of the Islamist An-Nahda (Renaissance) party, which is headed by Parliament Speaker Rash...
Ex-presidential candidate of Belarus, opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, following talks with representatives of the American administration in the United States, expressed hope that Washington would impose sectoral sanctions against Minsk, but said she could not promise this. She said this at a meeting with the Belarusian diaspora in New York, TASS reports. Tikhanovskaya said that it was a...
The discussion of new restrictions began after Tikhanovskaya's meeting with Sullivan and Blinken, the newspaper writes. According to the adviser to the leader of the Belarusian opposition, the sanctions will affect the oil and potash sectors of the economy Joe Biden The administration of US President Joe Biden is considering imposing new economic sanctions against Belarus and head of state Alexand...
The Minister of Agriculture explained that Belarusian companies are certified both in the EU and in Russia and China. If the number of "sanction issues" grows, In the event of a growing threat of sanctions from the European Union, Belarus may redirect the export of its agricultural products to Russia and China , said the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the country Ivan Krupko in an interview w...
The company was banned from working because of goods with Russian symbols and sales of Russian soldier uniforms. Sanctionsagainst Wildberries Zelensky approved the day before. Earlier, Kyiv reported that anti-Ukrainian books were sold in the store. Sanctions against the Russian company Wildberries were introduced in Ukraine due to the fact that the online store sold, among other things, the unifor...
The National Special Brigade, a division of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, also fell under the restrictions. Measures introduced due to the suppression of anti-government protests in Cuba The United States imposed sanctions against Alvaro López Miera, Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, according to the website of the US Treasury. Also on the black list was the Nationa...
glove Squandered by sanctionedVice President of Equatorial Guinea, the British Foreign Office estimates the funds at $500 million. With this money, in particular, Michael Jackson's glove was bought for $275 thousand. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mange The UK authorities announced the imposition of sanctions against five people involved in corruption in Equatorial Guinea, Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Iraq. The...
Moscow does not use the issue of gas transit as a weapon, Zakharova said, adding that the US dealand Germany on Nord Stream 2 will not interfere with the project. Washington did not rule out sanctions if the pipeline is used for political purposes Russia has never used the issue of energy supplies or gas transit as a weapon and does not intend to do so in the future. This was stated at a briefing ...
Billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev transferred control of his second key asset, the Neftis company, to his brother, Kommersant writes. Main question: Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriev, who previously got rid of control over RussNeft, has transferred control of his second key asset, the Neftisa company, to his brother Sait-Salam Gutseriev, the Kommersant newspaper reports. According to the publicati...
Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Dmitry Razumkov appealed to the US Congress with a request to continue the policy of sanctions against Nord Stream 2. The open letter was published on the website of the Parliament. “I appeal to the US Congress with a request to consistently continue the policy of sanctions that would prevent the completion and commissioning of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelin...
and Germany agreed that they would apply or seek sanctions against Russia if it began to use the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline for political purposes. Earlier, Berlin and Washington came to a deal on the project The United States is ready to hold Russia accountable if it believes that Moscow is using the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to the detriment of the interests of Ukraine or other countries. This ...
The United States suspended sanctions on Nord Stream 2 because they were unlikely to prevent the construction of the pipeline. This was stated by the head of the press service of the State Department, Ned Price, reports TASS. “We recognize that the sanctions could hardly have prevented the construction of the pipeline. Therefore, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken approved the suspension [of sa...
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and Jake Sullivan The United States will continue to impose sanctions against Belarus to support the opposition, according to a White House report on the meeting of US President's national security adviser Jake Sullivan with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. The United States, along with partners and allies, will continue to hold the Lukashenka regime acco...
The United States suspended sanctions on Nord Stream 2 because they were unlikely to prevent the construction of the pipeline. This was stated by the head of the press service of the State Department, Ned Price, reports TASS. “We recognize that the sanctions could hardly have prevented the construction of the pipeline. Therefore, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken approved the suspension [of sa...
After the entry into force of the latest US sanctionsagainst OFZ, the Russian state debt is placed with a premium compared to previous issues, the Central Bank reported. Investors are in no hurry to invest in securities amid rising key rates The premium to the yield of post-sanction issues of federal loan bonds (OFZ) in comparison with government securities placed before the imposition of sanction...
are already being discussed in the EUagainst Minsk due to the influx of illegal migrants, said the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry Zbigniew Rau. In his opinion, migrants are attracted by the Belarusian authorities, who have turned the republic into a “big travel agency” Migrants in the village of Verebezhay, The European Union may introduce new sanctions against Belarus if the influx of illega...
The governments of Russia and Belarus will have to develop a plan to counter sanctions from Western countries, said the press secretary of the Belarusian president, Natalya Eismont, in an interview with the Mir TV channel. The decision was made following a meeting between the head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg . “Governments have been instru...
The European Union for the first time introduced sectoral sanctions against Belarus at the end of June. Now they are joined by five more countries that are not members of the EU President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko Five non-European Union states have joined the June 24 EU economic sanctions against Belarus. This was announced by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy J...
Dmitry Peskov The extension of the EU economic sectoral sanctions against Russia does not open up new prospects in relations between Moscow and the European Union. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, RBC correspondent reports. “The decision was made to extend the sanctions, there is nothing new here. While we have to work in difficult conditions. Of cou...
sanctions, stressed that the authorities should assist people affected in one way or another by sanctions The Constitutional Court of Russia decided to review the court decisions against the Russian Nikolai Kuznetsov, who was fined more than 30 million rubles. The fine was charged due to the claims of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) to the return to Russia of his funds frozen in the United States du...
These are restrictions on access to the primary and secondary capital markets of the EU and a ban on the transfer of defense materials and certain sensitive technologies. The European Union has extended economic sectoral sanctions against Russia for six months, according to a statement on the EU Council website. “The Council of the EU decided today to extend for another six months, until 31 Januar...