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Following the start of the military operation in Ukraine, Western countries froze approximately $300 billion in Russian Central Bank assets, the Finance Ministry reported. Putin issued a decree allowing the use of American assets in RUSSIA to compensate for damages. Russian courts have been granted the right to use American property in Russia to compensate for damages from the seizure of Russian a...

The St. Petersburg Exchange is discussing with regulators the payment of dividends on blocked securities through payments on external government debt. This will be a positive signal for investors, although it will not fully compensate for their losses, lawyers sayThe St. Petersburg Exchange is discussing with Russian regulators the possibility of making payments to investors under Presidential Dec...

Obtaining licenses to unblock securities frozen due to sanctions on the St. Petersburg Exchange may be easier in the United States than in Europe, lawyers assessed during the RBC investment forum. But this process may take a year or moreThe mechanism for unlocking assets through OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury) by obtaining an individual license is simpler than unlocking ...

The Estonian parliament this week supported the seizure of Russian assets frozen in the country in favor of Ukraine. In total, about €30 million of such assets are frozen in the country. The Foreign Ministry called Tallinn’s decision “robbery” and promised retaliatory measuresThe decision of the Estonian parliament, which supported the seizure of Russian assets frozen in the country in favor of Uk...

US Treasury Building The United States imposed sanctions against the training center of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, and two local gold mining companies COMINTSA and Capital Mining. The US Department of the Treasury reported this. The restrictions also target Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's ability to "manipulate the gold mining sector and pro...

The US restrictions included an individual and three legal entities who, according to US authorities, participated in an attempt to evade sanctionsThe US Treasury has imposed sanctions against Russian businessman Dmitry Beloglazov and three companies - JSC Iliadis, MCAO Rasperia Trading Limited and LLC Title, according to the department's website. According to the American authorities, the new peo...

Дмитрий Песков Новые санкции США против партнеров России не способны негативно повлиять на отношения Москвы с этими странами. Об этом, как сообщает корреспондент РБК, заявил пресс-секретарь президента Дмитрий Песков. «Все всё понимают. США продолжают неприкрытое давление на эти страны, страдают компании, фирмы», — ответил Песков на вопрос о новых ограничительных мерах против компаний из Азербайджа...

About 300 companies and individuals fell under US restrictions . The new list includes the Pobeda airline, structures of Sibanthracite and Gazprom, dozens of factories - automobile, instrument-making, etc., as well as scientific institutionsThe US Treasury has expanded anti-Russian sanctions , and Pobeda Airlines has come under restrictions, according to a message published on the department’s web...

The Turkish Ice Pearl Navigation and its oil tanker were added to the US sanctions list in October 2023 due to violation of the price ceiling for Russianoil . The US Treasury announced the lifting of restrictions without specifying the reasonThe United States excluded from the sanctions list the Turkish-registered company Ice Pearl Navigation and its oil tanker Yasa Golden Bosphorus, flying the fl...

Подписанный Байденом закон подразумевает не только выделение многомиллиардной помощи союзникам, но и увеличение срока расследований за нарушение санкций в два раза. Это может привести к новым штрафам для американских компаний Новый пакет помощи союзникам США влечет новые санкционные риски для компаний: в частности, у прокуратуры теперь будет до десяти лет на расследование нарушений санкций, а банк...

Aerosila, ODK-Star and Delta-Aero were subject to EXPORT restrictions. According to the Ministry of Trade, they are connected with the Iranian aviation industry. RUSSIA considers sanctions illegal US Commerce Department building The US Department of Commerce has imposed export restrictions against three companies from Russia, six from CHINA and two more from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a notic...

Asian and Middle Eastern states are privately trying to convince the EU not to confiscate Moscow’s assets for fear of “setting a precedent,” Politico found. RUSSIA considers sanctions illegalCountries friendly to Russia, including CHINA , Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, are asking the European Union not to confiscate frozen Russian assets worth more than €2......

The payment system of Kyrgyzstan has disabled the operation of Mir cards in the network of its participating banks. The decision was made due to US sanctions against the NSPK. At the same time, the possibility of money transfers between banks of the two countries will remainCards of the Russian payment system "Mir" stopped working in Kyrgyzstan from 15:......

At the end of 2023, the share of exports in the structure of the Russian economy statistically turned out to be a record low since the mid-1990s - 23%. Against the backdrop of the sanctions confrontation, domestic demand is becoming more important, experts sayThe share of exports of goods and services in Russian GDP in 2......

Ivan PolandovThe board of directors of the construction company PIK voted to terminate the powers of CEO Ivan Polandov in connection with the imposition of US sanctions . He will leave his post early. This is stated in the company's message on the corporate information disclosure portal. The clause on the termination of Polandov’s powers was supported unanimously, six people voted for it. The deci...

Scholz pointed out that the EU's use of proceeds from Russia's frozen assets for military assistance to Ukraine is a legal step, and a legal framework has already been created for this. RUSSIA warned of symmetrical response to asset divestmentUsing proceeds from Russian assets frozen in Europe to purchase weapons for Ukraine is a legal step, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a press conference...

The United States wants to create a special structure to issue bonds secured by profits from Russian assets, sources told BLOOMBERG . Moscow warned of a symmetrical response to any actions with its assetsThe United States has proposed that the G7 countries create a special structure to issue bonds worth at least $5......

The Russian government apparatus is ready to take the side of the majority. The bill on the “Russian regiment” may be submitted to the State Duma as early as the spring session. The Ministry of Industry and Trade submitted to the government a draft response to the Cabinet's response to Tatyana Butskaya's deputy initiative to organize a so-called Russian shelf in retail chains. The parliamentarian ...

After the end of the conflict in Ukraine, Moscow will “inundate” Euroclear with claims, which may force the Belgian Central Bank to revoke its license, a source told REUTERS . According to him, this could lead to a new financial crisisThe use of frozen funds of the Russian Central Bank threatens the Belgian depositary Euroclear with legal action from RUSSIA, which could lead to both its collapse a...

The procedure for the purchase of frozen securities of Russians by foreigners will take place in four stages, the HEAD of the Investment Chamber, chosen by the auction organizer, told RBC. Prices will be determined based on quotes from Western exchanges; there will be no discount for non-residents Alexey SedushkinThe purchase of frozen assets of Russians and their subsequent exchange will take pla...

The Austrian Raiffeisenbank called false the information that the United States is threatening to impose sanctions against it for continuing to work in RUSSIA. The US Treasury has made it clear that it will introduce restrictions for violation of sanctions, the bank clarified.The Austrian banking group Raiffeisenbank International (RBI), the parent structure of the Russian Raiffeisenbank, called t...

The procedure for the purchase of frozen securities of Russians by foreigners will take place in four stages, the HEAD of the Investment Chamber, chosen by the auction organizer, told RBC. Prices will be determined based on quotes from Western exchanges; there will be no discount for non-residents Alexey SedushkinThe purchase of frozen assets of Russians and their subsequent exchange will take pla...

On March 1, the US ban on the import of Russian-made diamonds weighing more than 1 carat came into force . The US Treasury announced on February 8 that such a ban would be introduced . The document, signed by Deputy DIRECTOR of the Office of Foreign Assets Control Lisa Pallukoni, said that this applies to gemstones that “were mined, extracted, produced or manufactured in whole or in part on the te...

Германия, Франция и ЕЦБ не поддерживают идеи США и Британии по конфискации российских активов, поскольку опасаются потери статуса евро как резервной валюты, выяснил BLOOMBERG. Москва считает действия западных стран воровством В то время как США и Великобритания выступают за конфискацию замороженных российских активов (около $282 млрд) и их использование для помощи Киеву, Германия, Франция, а также...

In RUSSIA, no less Western assets are frozen than they have Russian ones, Siluanov said and promised a symmetrical response to any actions with assets. Earlier, the minister said that Western countries had frozen $300 billion of Russian reserves Anton SiluanovAny actions with Russian assets in the West will receive a symmetrical response; in Russia, no less Western assets are frozen, Finance Minis...

Новый санкционный пакет Евросоюза оказался без крупных имен. Американские санкции более серьезны. Впервые США ввели санкции по новому основанию — за прямую или косвенную связь с ВПК, что создает угрозу для иностранных банков В пятницу, 23 февраля, США и Евросоюз (а днем ранее — Великобритания) ввели новые санкции против России, приуроченные ко второй годовщине начала российской военной операции на...

The Japanese authorities have expanded the list of goods that are prohibited for EXPORT to RUSSIA, since they can be used in the production of weapons, follows from a document published on the website of the country's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The updated list of products includes computer numerical control (CNC) machines and milling machines, communications and electronic (diodes, ...

Due to the risk of secondary sanctions, UAE banks began to limit payments and close accounts of Russians, sources told Vedomosti. The government is aware of the problem, although they consider it uncritical, a source close to the Cabinet clarified.Large banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), due to the risk of secondary sanctions, began to limit settlements with RUSSIA and close accounts for com...