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During the war, the Russian Federation fired 1,300 missiles at Ukraine, which cost the aggressor at least $7.5 billion. It is estimated that Russia has launched 235 Caliber missiles in Ukraine. The exact number of other types of missiles fired in Ukraine is difficult to calculate, but according to the Ministry of Defense on March […]
The Dutch embassy in Moscow has stopped issuing visas to Russians. This happened after Russia sent 15 Dutch diplomats. After the expulsion of 15 diplomats from Moscow, few employees remained at the Dutch embassy. As a result, the embassy will no longer be able to issue short-term visas to Russian citizens from Wednesday, April 27. […]
Renault has several plants in Russia – in Moscow “Avtoframos” (produced by Arkana and Duster) and “AvtoVAZ” in Tolyatti and Izhevsk (a joint venture with the Russian defense company). The French decided to get rid of both assets. In particular, Renault decides to transfer the shares of its plant “Avtoframos” to the government of Moscow. […]
In Belgium, about 8,000 luxury cars destined for Russia remain in the port of Zeebrugge due to sanctions. This was reported by the Wall Street Journal. The latest Lexus, Cadillac and Mercedes models are in port. They arrived from Asia in the first week of April and were subject to sanctions banning the export of […]
One of the pro-Kremlin propaganda portals showed a video where Lithuanians allegedly eat leftover food. A false video claiming that Lithuanians are in danger of starvation is trying to divert Russians’ attention from their crisis. A manipulative video of the Baltnews portal shows that Lithuanian citizens are allegedly eating leftover food, shops are empty, and […]
Lada with “automatic” is already in short supply. And in the next 1-2 years, their supply is not planned because sanctions against Russia have made it impossible to produce Lada models with automatic transmission. There will be no Lada cars with automatic transmission in the near future. AvtoVAZ currently cannot produce versions with two pedals. […]
The Netherlands plans to abandon Russian gas completely by the end of 2022. To do this, they plan to import fuel from other countries and fill their gas storage facilities. According to Reuters, the government has promised to spend about 623 million euros on incentives for companies to fill the gas storage in Bergermeer by […]
Zewa, Tork, Libero, Libresse and TENA products will no longer be available for Russian users. Conditions for doing business in Russia have deteriorated, the manufacturer said. The Swedish company Essity, which is one of the leading manufacturers of personal care products and medical products, has decided to leave Russia. This is stated in the company’s […]
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, the Yale School of Management has been monitoring the applications of more than 1,000 companies. Of these, 750 companies have already publicly stated that they are voluntarily reducing their activities in Russia to some extent above the minimum required by law in accordance with international sanctions. There […]
The use of the card of double payment systems “Peace” from UnionPay is no longer available to Russian banks that have come under sanctions China’s national payment network UnionPay has refused to cooperate with Russian banks that have come under sanctions. This was announced by Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov. “Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, VTB and […]