November 6, 2024 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau has announced that his country has already shipped the first ordered NASAMS air defense system to Ukraine.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Annalena Baerbock has announced EUR 200 million in aid to Ukraine to help it prepare for the winter.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni have announced Italy’s and other allies’ plans to increase military assistance to Ukraine. “'We will continue to be on the side of Ukraine, because the struggle of Ukraine is the struggle of all of us”, emphasized NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Australia will provide Ukraine with 14 fast and highly maneuverable maritime boats to strengthen our country’s maritime and coastal defense.

Ukraine has received 230 pickup vehicles and 240 mine detectors from Lithuania as part of the Demining Capability Coalition.

Minister of National Defence of Lithuania Laurynas Kasčiūnas has said that a new package of military aid will soon be sent to Ukraine: “thermal imagers, drones and other equipment needed on the battlefield”.

As of early November, the Ukrainian Legion in Poland had received more than 500 applications from volunteers from 30 countries. The first unit of the military formation will begin training at one of the Polish training grounds by the end of 2024.

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Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the G7 countries, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand have announced that they are working on a joint response to the deployment of north korean troops in russia.

The US Department of Justice has announced charges against the US company Eleview International Inc. and its top executives for the illegal export of US technology worth approximately $1.48 million to russia.

The German energy concern Uniper has received EUR 530 million in compensation payments as part of a lawsuit against russia's “gazprom export” for gas under-deliveries.

In January-September, russian coal exports to China decreased by 9.5% compared to last year, to India – by 23%, to Turkey – by 35%, to the UAE – by 20%, to South Korea – 1.6 times, and to Japan – 9.3 times.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, 48% of russian companies reported a shortage of personnel in the industry, 45% – little domestic demand for russian goods, 43% – “unclear current situation and its prospects”, 29% – high loan rates. All this does not allow to increase production.

Due to the 26% rise in price of butter and its shortage, russia has increased its purchases from India, Iran, Turkey, and the UAE by 20%.

In October, the national welfare fund of russia decreased by 60.9 billion rubles to 12.79 trillion rubles.

In October, the vtb bank reduced its mortgage lending to russians to 280 billion rubles, which is almost by 25% less than in September.

The Lithuanian Seimas has approved in the first reading a draft law on denouncing the intergovernmental agreement with the rb on cooperation in fighting customs violations.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski has said that there are more political prisoners in the rb relative to its population than there were in Poland during martial law in December 1981. And there are more political prisoners in the rf than there were in the soviet union under Brezhnev.

As a result of trading at the rb stock exchange on November 5, the dollar gained in value, with the exchange rate reaching Br 3.3324 for $1. The yuan rose to Br 4.7308 for 10 yuan.

Authorities of the rb have a shortage of more than 160 thousand workers in the labor market, which they are trying to compensate for with migrants. Last year, compared to 2022, the number of workers who arrived from abroad increased by 28% and exceeded 13 thousand people. In 2024, more than 21.5 thousand foreigners from Turkmenistan, russia, China and Uzbekistan arrived.

In the mozyr oncology center, amid the growing number of cancer patients in the rb, the staffing level is only 55%, which is the worst in the country. gomel regional clinical oncology center needs 30% of doctors.

On November 12, the minsk city court is scheduled to hear a lawsuit filed by the ministry of justice of the rb to liquidate the ngo belarusian UN Support Association. After the 2020 presidential election, at least 1,838 non-profit public organizations have been liquidated in the rb.