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Hungary and Slovakia are seeking concessions that could delay the adoption of the 19th EU sanctions package , EUobserver reports. Austria, led by Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico, has also put forward its own proposal.Bratislava and Budapest may delay the adoption of the 19th sanctions package. The Slovak prime minister may delay the matter at the EU leaders' summit on October 23, EUobserver reports, ...

Rasperia has been under sanctions since 2024. If the sanctions are lifted, RBI will receive Rasperia's stake in Strabag. A Russian court previously ordered RBI's subsidiary to pay $2 billion in damages.Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has asked the European Union to lift sanctions against Rasperia Trading, reportsBLOOMBERG, citing RBI head Johan Strobl. If the EU makes such a decision, Raiffeis...

The largest energy company in the Balkans faces the threat of sanctions due to Russian participation. The fate of NIS remains unclear, asVucic stated his reluctance to nationalize it.The United States has postponed sanctions against Serbian energy company NIS for at least a week, sources told Nova Ekonomija. October 8th marked the expiration of the deadline for the previous decision to suspend san...

NIQ came under fire when its Russian division began operating in new regions. This activity raises questions about Western sanctions violations, the FT notes.American company NIQ, one of the world's largest consumer data analysts, has come under scrutiny due to the work of its Russian division in new regions – the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, and the Zaporizhzhia and K...

Hungary and Slovakia are seeking concessions for themselves, which could delay the adoption of the 19th EU sanctions package, writes EUobserver Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico.Bratislava and Budapest may delay the adoption of the 19th sanctions package. The Slovak prime minister may delay the matter at the EU leaders' summit on October 23, EUobserver reports, citing EU diplomats. Hungary sought an ex...

The EU has proposed adding three companies to its blacklists under the 19th round of sanctions. The EU believes these organizations provide false registration documents under various flags to sanctioned vessels.The European Union has proposed adding three companies to the blacklists as part of the 19th package of sanctions against Russia, which, according to Brussels, supply tankers with fake regi...

AlexanderVucic President of SerbiaAleksandar Vučić announced that the US would agree to defer sanctions against the Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS) only if it is nationalized, but he has no intention of taking that step. The president made this statement on the Pink television channel. "There are no more options to delay sanctions. There's only one option left: if I said, 'Perhaps tomorrow I'll...

South African authorities granted permission to the Russian carrier Abakan Air, stating they were unaware the company was subject to US sanctions . The Il-76 cargo plane visited Upington and Lanseria airports before departing for Somalia, according to Rapport.South Africa has granted flight clearance to the Russian airline Abakan Air, which has been under US sanctions since last year. South Africa...

Photo by the Investigative Committee, October 6, Minsk . Investigators from the Investigative Committee for the city of Minsk have established the circumstances of a traffic accident in which one person sustained serious injuries and a second died. The Investigative Committee told BELTA. According to investigators, on the night of May 5, a 43-year-old man was in a state ofA drunk driver was drivin...

Zelenskyy signed new sanctions against Russia, targeting entrepreneurs, the military industry, and the oil sector. Earlier, the Kremlin stated that Kyiv had no desire to continue negotiations on a peaceful settlement of the conflict. Volodymyr ZelenskyyUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed several new sanctions against Russia, he announced on his Telegram channel. According to him, the fi...

The new sanctions package will include measures targeting, among other things, the energy, finance, and military industries, as well as Russia's largest oil companies. The G7 plans to complete the package in October, according toBLOOMBERG The Group of Seven (G7) countries are nearing an agreement to significantly tighten sanctions against Russia, Bloomberg reports, citing a draft statement. "We ag...

The measures may also affect countries that buy Russian goods.oil and oil exports. Moscow considers the sanctions illegal, and Putin emphasized that "theft of other people's assets" will not go unpunished. Canadian Prime Minister Mark CarneyFinance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries agreed to jointly increase pressure on Russia. This was stated in a joint statement by the ministers o...

The new approach does not involve proposing phased sanctions, but rather "much tougher measures" on energy, financial services, and trade, all of which are already included in the 19th package, said EC President Ursula von der Leyen.The European Union is changing its approach in preparing the 19th round of sanctions against Russia, moving "from a gradual increase in pressure to tough measures," Eu...

October 1st,Vitebsk . In the Braslav District, a drunk driver without a license got behind the wheel of a car and struck an elderly cyclist in the oncoming lane, resulting in two fatalities. This was reported to a BelTA correspondent by the Investigative Committee for the Vitebsk Region. Investigative Committee officers for the Vitebsk Region established that on the evening of May 21, a 28-year-ol...

Investigative Committee photo, September 30, Minsk . The Investigative Committee's Investigative Department for the Gomel Region has established the circumstances of the injury of a 64-year-old Gomel resident on the premises of a garage and construction consumer cooperative. This was reported to BelTA by the Investigative Committee. According to the investigation, in July, the man contacted a home...

The European Union will reinstate a number of measures against Iran following the snapback mechanism activated by the UK, France, and Germany. The sanctions will affect the trade, financial, and transport sectors, as well as travel bans for individuals.The EU Council decided to partially reinstate sanctions against Iran, according to a statement. "Today, the EU Council agreed to re-impose a number...

The EU does not plan to impose sanctions on Russian nickel, despite political demands to tighten restrictions. This is due to the metal's importance to the Union's defense industry, Yle reports.The European Union has no plans to add Russian nickel, which is strategically important for the defense industry, to its sanctions list, Yle reports. Thus, nickel is absent from the 19th package of sanction...

Pezeshkian said Tehran and Washington failed to reach an agreement on the snapback issue. He said the US offered Iran a three-month grace period before reimposing sanctions on the condition that it hand over all its uranium.The United States agreed to give Iran a three-month grace period before reinstating UN Security Council sanctions, provided it hands over its entire batch of enriched uranium. ...

Peskov declined to comment on whether the European Union is violating the principle of unity by proposing to vote for the extension of anti-Russian sanctions bypassing Hungary. However, he noted that this represents a "paradigm shift" in the approach to the voting principles . The European Commission's plans to change its approach to extending sanctions against Russia to avoid Hungary blocking the...

More than seven people were subject to restrictions. The list includes British officials and third-country nationals collaborating with British think tanks and consulting centers. They have been banned from entering Russia. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow The Foreign Office has decided to impose retaliatory sanctions against members of the UK establishment and "expert" community . ...

September 26, Minsk . The Novopolotsk city department of the Investigative Committee has established the circumstances of the intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, the Investigative Committee told BELTA. In July, the couple had been drinking.A man was drinking alcohol at home in Novopolotsk. A dispute ensued, and the 48-year-old man grabbed his girlfriend by the neck and pushed her away....

The European Commission has proposed that EU countries approve sanctions extensions by qualified majority rather than unanimity, to avoid Budapest blocking the decision. Ambassadors will discuss the new measures today. Russia considers them illegal.The European Commission is proposing a change in its approach to extending sanctions against Russia to circumvent Hungary's potential blocking of the d...

Hungary could lose $10 billion due to its refusal to rely on Russian gas. The Prime Minister's chief of staff stated that the energy embargo planned for the end of 2027 poses a threat to Hungary. Gergely HuyásThe refusal to use Russian gas under the plan developed by the European Commission will cost Hungary 4% of GDP, said the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Gergely Gulyas, at a government brief...

Moosdorf regularly speaks by phone with the Russian presidential adviser and attends music festivals in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The cellist himself has stated that music should remain separate from "political trash."Cellist Matthias Moosdorf, a member of the Bundestag from the Alternative for Germany (AfD), continues to maintain contacts with Russia that have proven "too bold" even for his own ...

Indian officials told Washington that reducing Russian oil imports would require the US to allow purchases from sanctioned suppliers such as Iran and Venezuela. Otherwise, there is a risk of rising global oil prices.India is willing to reduce its imports of Russian oil if US sanctions on two other suppliers—Iran and Venezuela—are lifted. Indian officials announced this during talks with the US, wr...

The European Union will not ban entry to Russians in its new sanctions package against Russia. However, a "special strategy" for Russian tourists will be adopted. EU countries will be able to refuse to follow it, EUObserver reports. Paris, France Russians will be able to continue traveling to the European Union despite planned sanctions against the Russian tourism industry, EUObserver reports, cit...

John BoltonSecretary of State Marco Rubio's claim that the US will tighten sanctions against Russia only after Europe takes the first step is complete nonsense, according to former US National Security Advisor John Bolton. "Saying we'll wait for the Europeans is like saying we'll wait for Godot. They won't give him to us," Bolton said. ......

Maria Zakharova Russia is not asking anything of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), but is demanding that individual member states comply with international law, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova . She made this statement in response to a request to comment on reports that Moscow had asked ICAO to ease sanctions against the aviation industry. "I believe it's nec...

The European Union does not plan to impose sanctions on Hungary and Slovakia for purchasing Russian oil , EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Representative Kaja Kallas said in an interview with Sky News. Kallas noted that countries continue to buy energy resources from Russia because they are cheap, but added that they should still find other suppliers. "No, there's no talk of sanctions. But t...

Trump is a businessman; he wants to ensure the economic interests of the United States , Peskov said . The simplest thing is to force the whole world to pay more for American goods.oil and LNG, noted Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov in the RBC Radio studio on September 24, 2025.US President Donald Trump has never hidden his desire to protect his country's economic interests and e...