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According to the head of the Canadian Ministry of Finance, she receives phone calls from oligarchs from Russia, who are on the list of sanctions and offer to pay for the opportunity to get out of the sanctions. Canadian Finance Minister Christa Freeland (pictured) told her six fellow ministers that she was being called by […]
According to the newspaper Politico, citing four European diplomats, under the sixth package of sanctions, the European Commission plans to disconnect from the international payment system SWIFT Russian banks “Moscow Credit Bank” (MCB) and “Rosselkhozbank”. The source also confirms previous reports that these restrictions will affect the Sberbank, as previously predicted by European Commission President […]
Russia’s propaganda media are well known for their practice of silencing the scale of the catastrophes in which their country finds itself. But even they already admit that the market is facing problems. Currently, the source writes about the shortage of processors and hard drives. In addition, in two months in a country whose politicians […]
On April 29, Georgia’s IDIS Borjomi announced the closure of two of its mineral water bottling plants. The fact is that the company is owned by Russia’s Alfa Group, whose owners have come under Western sanctions. According to IDIS Borjomi Georgia, the company is in a difficult situation amid active hostilities in Ukraine. Some countries […]
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 Kama Automobile Plant (RF), with which its main shareholder Daimler AG refused to cooperate at the beginning of the war, is looking for alternative suppliers. So far, the company’s management has published a list of components that must be found for the production of modern models of K5 family cars. In particular, the production […]
From April 17, Italian ports will be closed to Russian ships. The ban also applies to ships that changed the flag after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This was reported by the Italian newspaper La Republicca. Italy implements this decision in accordance with the directive of the European Union. After all, it will be recalled […]
Google has suspended payments from Russia, and also unsubscribed from mobile payments. This was announced by Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhailo Fedorov, citing a statement from the company. “Google has cut off payments in Russia. You cannot pay for any type of Russian card. They also canceled the subscription with mobile payments”, – said the […]
On April 8, the Council of the European Union partially eased sanctions against Russian civil aviation, but this will do little to improve the situation of Russian airlines. The decision has already been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. In the updated version of the sanctions imposed by the European Union due […]
The US Treasury Department has eased sanctions against Russia. For example, it allowed to supply to Russia equipment related to telecommunications and communication. More details below. According to the press release, despite the lifting of the ban on supplies, the write-off of funds from foreign accounts is still banned. Therefore, it will still not be […]