April 26, 2024 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

National Security Adviser to the President of the United States Jake Sullivan has said that the United States has already provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMS ballistic missiles and will provide more in the future, hoping that they will change the situation on the battlefield. At the same time, Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the United States Department of State Vedant Patel has said that the United States did not announce the transfer of long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine at Ukraine’s request.

The USA’s Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has said that the provision of long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine demonstrates the United States' unwavering support for our country.

“russia is lying about Poland's alleged plans to annex part of Ukraine. Donbas is Ukraine; Crimea is Ukraine. Lviv, Volyn, former Eastern Galicia are also Ukraine. That is why I am repeating it so that the kremlin can hear it: Lviv is Ukraine”, said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski.

Since the beginning of russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine, Poland has handed over to Ukraine 44 aid packages totaling almost $9 billion.

Representatives of Ukraine and Portugal have begun work on a draft bilateral security agreement and agreed on a schedule for further negotiations.

“An indispensable condition for our security is preventing Russia from winning the aggressive war it is waging in Ukraine”, said President of France Emmanuel Macron.

The Danish company Carlsberg Group will invest about two billion hryvnias in Ukrainian business in 2023-2024.

European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn has said that Ukraine's accession to the European Union will not pose significant financial difficulties for the Union.

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The US Presidential Administration has announced that the use of russian assets to rebuild Ukraine will be one of the central topics at the G7 summit in June.

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has said that following russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, relations between his country and dictator putin are at a point of no return.

The European Parliament condemned the presidential “elections” in russia and called on the EU not to recognize putin as legitimate after his term expires on May 7.

The European Parliament also called on the EU to take additional restrictive measures against iran for supplying and producing unmanned drones and missiles for russia and the Middle East.

The European Commission intends to impose sanctions against ships transporting north korean weapons and equipment to the rf, as well as tankers that violate the G7 agreement on the price ceiling for russian oil.

The government of Germany supports Sweden's proposal to include a ban on imports of russian liquefied natural gas into the EU as part of the 14th package of EU sanctions against the rf.

The Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania voted at a plenary session to extend the ban on entry and stay in the country for citizens of the rf and the rb until May 2, 2025. In addition, the Legislative Assembly approved a ban on imports of russian and belarusian agricultural products and feed to Lithuania.

Audroni Mikalauskienė, Director of the State Food and Veterinary Service of Lithuania, has said that tighter control over grain imports from the rf and the rb has almost stopped its imports to her country.

Authorities of Moldova managed to stop the export of dual-use goods to russia from several factories in unrecognized Transdniestria, including the Tiraspol-based Moldovizolit plant for the production of plastic for printed circuit boards.

The Court of Appeal in Cyprus has decided to extradite to the United States a russian citizen artur petrov who is accused of illegally supplying the rf’s military–industrial complex with American microelectronics.

Turkish Airlines has suspended ticket sales for flights from the rf to Mexico due to russians’ massive violations of Latin American migration requirements.

On November 3, 2024, the lenin museum in Tampere (Finland), which has been working for 78 years, will be closed.

kuzbass, the main coal-producing region of the rf, has reduced coal production by 2.2% to 52.8 million tons since the beginning of the year, and its exports also declined in the first quarter.

Due to the russian crisis, the state-owned holding “rusghidro” is abandoning the construction of a 50 MW hydroelectric power plant in dagestan due to “economic inefficiency” (the company won the project in 2021, in 2022 it postponed the commissioning date to 2029).

The net profit of the russian bank vtb in the first quarter of 2024 decreased by 16.8% compared to the same period last year and amounted to RUB 122.4 billion.

The net profit of the russian gas company “novatek” for the first quarter of 2024 decreased by 38.8% compared to the same period last year, to RUB 65.091 billion. Gross profit decreased by 13.7% to RUB 82.89 billion, pre-tax profit decreased by 42% to RUB 73.16 billion, and profit from sales decreased by 35% to RUB 27.06 billion.

Over the past two years, due to the reduction of the solvency of the population and rising prices for construction materials, the number of new buildings with various types of renovation from the developer in moscow has decreased by 15%, while the share of finished apartments in business class projects has decreased by 70%.

governor of kemerovo region of the rf tsivilev, has complained that since the beginning of this year, residents have transferred millions of rubles to accounts that pay for drones and weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

special services of the rb collect personal data of citizens who have left for abroad, posing as “passports of New Belarus” websites.

According to the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, 987 people were detained in the rb in the first three months of this year, one third of them were women, and 65 detainees have minor children. In February alone, courts of the rb considered at least 671 cases. People were tried for “using foreign aid to carry out extremist activities”. This article has never been used in the rb before.

lukashenko has signed a law on entrepreneurship. Starting from October 1, 2024, a ban on the registration of new individual entrepreneurs will be introduced. By December 31, 2025, they will have to become legal entities. Exceptions will be made only for those whose type of activity will be included in a special list to be determined by the government by July 1.

Representatives of one of the transportation companies in arkhangelsk came with a complaint against the minsk automobile plant. It's not just that “maz” vehicles regularly smoke and burn. According to the representatives, there is a serious defect in the automatic transmission in “maz” buses, the engine fluid heating system does not work well in the cold season, while in the warm season there are frequent malfunctions in the air conditioning system.

The rb may introduce liability for late application for real estate registration. This proposal was made by the state committee on property.