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Six companies were punished for supporting the Russian military industry. The companies violated the sanctions regime, which came into force after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The United States Department of Commerce has included 36 companies from nine countries in a list of entities restricted from accessing US technology and goods for violating US international […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that legalizes the importation into Russia of goods produced in other countries and sold in Russia without the permission of the brand owner – in Russia, this scheme is called ‘parallel imports.’ Under Russian law, ‘parallel imports’ are exempt from criminal and administrative liability for them. The […]
Lithuania has legally banned the import of Russian natural gas to the country, except for its transit to the Kaliningrad region of Russia. On Tuesday, the Seimas adopted the relevant amendments to the Law on Natural Gas: 123 members of the Seimas voted in favor, two abstained. Under the new law, Klaipedos nafta’s national gas […]
The Scandinavian and Eastern European countries are proposing new sanctions, while Germany and the Netherlands want to focus on implementing existing measures and removing schemes to circumvent the restrictions already in place. The new package of sanctions against Russia* that the European Union will impose for Putin’s full-scale war with Ukraine will include Russian gold. […]
In May, Switzerland received more than 3 tons of gold, which may indicate a softening of the position of market participants in metals from Russia. Switzerland imported gold from Russia for the first time since invading Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg. According to the Swiss Federal Customs Administration, more than 3 tons of precious […]
Fuel in the United States is currently the most expensive in American history. The price reached $5 per gallon (46 UAH per liter). Over the past 12 months, fuel prices in the United States have risen 62% to a record $5 per gallon. This was reported by the American Automobile Association. This is a record […]
In the first four months of this year, Germany transferred € 6 billion to Russia for its exports. Despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Germany is actively trading with the Russian Federation and reducing cooperation with Kyiv. The Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk wrote about this on Twitter. “This is madness. Despite the […]
Today, June 10, 2022, the Ukrainian car plant ‘Eurocar’ resumed assembly of Skoda cars. The Czech company Skoda Auto, part of the Volkswagen Group, has decided to provide additional support to Ukraine on the economic front and resumed supplies of car kits to our country. In particular, the first batch of 80 SKD sets of […]
In the period from March to April, more than 1,000 new businesses were registered. Since the beginning of the year, the budget has received almost UAH 7.6 billion from small and medium-sized businesses. Kyiv region remains in the top three attractive areas for business. About 90% of enterprises in the region have already resumed their […]
In May, 107 inspections of gas stations began in Kyiv. By June 6, they had been completed at 56 gas stations, 36 of which had a number of violations. This was reported by the metropolitan department of the State Consumer Service. Also, based on the results of 33 inspections, it was established that the entrepreneurs […]