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Russia will facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain, but at the same time all bans on the export of Russian grain must be lifted. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin following a summit with the leaders of Iran and Turkey, RIA Novosti reports. “The Republic of Turkey and President Erdogan personally have done a lot to reach an agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain. But initially we ra...

The situation in the field of business development is complicated by sanctions, but it turned out to be better than the West expected, Peskov said. According to an S&P survey, Business development in Russia is complicated by Western sanctions, but overall the situation is not bad, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters, RBC correspondent reports. “There are problems, yes,” the p...

European Union intends to support Ukraine as long as the country needs this assistance, Scholz promised. The chancellor said: “In Europe, we are ready for the fact that the sanctionswill stay for a long timethey will not be removed at the conclusion of a peace agreement on Russia's terms" Olaf Scholz The European Union was initially preparing to maintain sanctions for a long time, not a single res...

European shipowners are increasing the transportation of Russian oil before the entry into force of sanctions, Chinaalso doubled fuel purchases, the WSJ learned.Restrictions on oil supplies to the EU will come into force in December Tanker owners in Europe have increased the volume of Russian oil shipped before restrictive measures against fuel from Russia come into force, Greek ships are transpor...

The President called the integrated arrangement and development of rural areas an absolute priority. Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to channel the proceeds from export duties from the sale of agricultural products to additional financing of the rural development program. The head of state stated this on June 17, speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “An absolute p...

Investigation of the "Russian Planet": why chicken is put in pork sausages, how Tambov ones occupy Moscow markets and other secrets of the Russian meat industry. Five months ago, on August 6, Vladimir Putin imposed a ban on the import of meat, fish, fruits and vegetables from countries that have adopted sanctions against Russia . "Russian Planet" understands how the sanctions affected the meat ind...

Europe must show strategic patience to wait for the full manifestation of the consequences of sanctions for Russia,said Josep Borrell Josep Borrell The consequences of sanctions for Russia may not be too noticeable at the moment, but in the long term they will prove their effectiveness, so Europe must show strategic patience, said the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, in his blog on the E...

Linas Linkevičius EU sanctions measures against Russia are unproductive - the same will be the new seventh package of restrictions, former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius wrote on Twitter. “The seventh package of sanctions is being prepared. Who cares? The EU has now sent exponentially more money to Russia to buy oil, gas and coal than it has sent to Ukraine in aid,” he said. Linkevi...

German company that repaired the turbine for Nord Stream must guarantee that it will reach Russia, despite the sanctions,noted the Russian corporation Gazprom asked Siemens to provide documents that would allow the removal of a gas turbine engine for the Portovaya compressor station, a critical facility of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. The company announced this on its website. Gazprom needs the d...

Food shortages and soaring energy prices pose security risks and will force people to leave their home countries,warned in the European Union The European Union must prepare for new waves of migrants forced to leave their countries due to the food crisis. This was stated by the acting director of the EU agency for the security of external borders, Aija Kalna, reports AFP. “We have to prepare for r...

The European Commission has proposed a new package of anti-Russian sanctions.In addition to clarifying the effect of restrictions on agricultural products, he will ban the import of Russian gold The European Commission (EC) has proposed clarifying sanctions against Russia so that they "are in no way directed at agricultural products," according to its website. At the same time, the EC proposed a n...

became a response to the introduction in April of the Japanese sanctions list of almost the same number of State Duma deputies. The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Russia imposed sanctions against 384 members of the lower house of the Japanese Parliament and banned them from entering the country. This is stated in the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry clarifies that this...

The EU will not fight Russia in response to a military operation in Ukraine, Borrell said. He considered the sanctions effective enoughagainst Russia,which will only intensify in the near future Josep Borrell The EU has no plans to go to war with Russia, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said in an interview with the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri. “The EU do...

Such management will be introduced to prepare companies for further sale, which will be possible by court order.More than 30 Russian companies are under Polish sanctions In Poland, amendments to the law on sanctions have been adopted: now the institution of compulsory management of companies that have fallen under restrictions will appear in the country in order to prepare them for further sale, G...

At the conference, Kyiv suggested using confiscated assets to restore Ukraine. The President of Switzerland recalled the right to property and indicated that The issue of using confiscated Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine after the end of hostilities must be taken seriously, such actions require legal grounds, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said at a conference in Lugano. The Swiss city of Lugano...

The EU's decisions are gradually freeing it from energy dependence on Russia, which "has long influenced its political choices," Borrell said. At the same time, he acknowledged The rapid exit from energy dependence on Russia creates serious difficulties for many EU countries and various areas of activity, said Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. He re...

Russian artists often try to preserve the "last space of freedom", so it is "completely wrong" to boycott Russian culture,noted German Minister Claudia Roth Claudia Roth A boycott of all Russian culture is “completely wrong” and there are public discussions about this, but Russian artists often try to preserve “the last space of freedom,” Claudia Roth, state minister, federal commissioner for cult...

This is prompted by “unprecedented sanctions pressure”: together it will be easier for countries to minimize the damage from restrictions, the Russian president explained 00:00 Advertisement 00:00 00:00 / 00:00 You can skip ads through More VideoMore VideoMore Video Pressure on Russia and Belarus from Western countries contributes to the unification processes of the countries. This was stated by R...

Russia, against the backdrop of sanctions, “has nowhere to go”, and it will have to do everything to replace foreign equipment with domestic analogues that are not inferior to it in terms of characteristics,Medvedev said Russia in the short term can only rely on itself, sanctions will not be lifted from it, so everything must be done to replace imported equipment with domestic counterparts, said D...

Abroad, due to sanctions, 77 Russian aircraft were detained, said the head of the Ministry of Transport, Vitaly Savelyev, TASS reports. “Today I want to tell you that there are 77 cars. We managed to return one car. We are fighting for every aircraft,” he said. According to the minister, the decision to detain was made by the lessors. Some planes were unable to take off due to the closure of EU ai...

Anti-Russian sanctions harm the European Union more than the United States. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, RIA Novosti reports. “If you look at the list of sanctions that currently exists - an interesting analysis, I recommend doing it - but if you compare the sanctions that European countries impose against Russia and Belarus, and, on the other hand, that the United St...

Following Russia, it was decided in Belarus to pay off the external debt in the national currency. The reason for such measures in Minsk was the lack of guarantees that Belarus will service external debts in its national currency. The decision was adopted by the government and the National Bank, BelTA informs. “Execution of debt obligations on government securities placed on foreign financial mark...

According to the agency, the grace period for the payment of about $100 million in overdue payments on government bonds expired overnight.In Russia, the default was called “artificial” and many times they declared their readiness to service external debt On the night of June 27, for the first time since 1918, Russia defaulted on sovereign debt in foreign currency, writes Bloomberg. Default is the ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced “intense contacts” with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the EU and the US on the export of Ukrainian products across the Black Sea, as well as on the export of Russian grains and fertilizers, without which “the world cannot do without.” His words are listed on the UN website. “There were intensive contacts both with Ukrainians and with Russians and Turks, a...

According to the agency, the grace period for paying about $100 million in overdue payments on government bonds expired overnight.Russia called the default "artificial" and many times declared its readiness to service external debt On the night of June 27, for the first time since 1918, Russia defaulted on sovereign debt in foreign currency, writes Bloomberg. Default is the default of the debtor t...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced “intense contacts” with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the EU and the US on the export of Ukrainian products across the Black Sea, as well as on the export of Russian grains and fertilizers, without which “the world cannot do without.” His words are listed on the UN website. “There were intensive contacts both with Ukrainians and with Russians and Turks, a...

According to the representative of Erdogan, Turkey periodically receives requests from the West regarding anti-Russian sanctions, but Ankara protects its interests and does not intend to impose sanctionsagainst Russia Turkey does not intend to join the sanctions that the West has imposed on Russia, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Haberturk TV channel. According to him, Turkey ...

According to Putin, the two countries account for 15% of world trade and 25% for some types of fertilizers. The EU previously restricted imports of fertilizers from two states, the US, in turn, excluded them from the sanctions lists Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko the situation with the supply o...

Countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia are facing growing economic problems, while these restrictions have little effect on Moscow's actions, writes The New York Times. Despite ongoing efforts, oil prices are breaking records, and after falling in February, the ruble hit a seven-year high against the dollar in June. Also, amid the US oil embargo and reduced EU imports of Russian oil, ener...

The likelihood of a global food crisis became the subject of discussion at a conference in Berlin and at the BRICS summit - the President of Russia and representatives of Western countries argued in absentia about its causes and perpetrators What was said in Berlin about the role of Russia in the crisis On Friday, June 24, a ministerial conference "Uniting for Global Food Security" was held in Ber...