November 7, 2024 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The EU ambassadors have extended by 2 years the term of the EU military training mission, which trains Ukrainian military servicemen.

EU Lead Spokesperson Peter Stano has reiterated the EU's unwavering policy toward Ukraine.

Minister of Civil Defence of Sweden Carl-Oscar Bolin has announced a new package of support for Ukraine in the amount of SEK 100 million ($9.33 million), which will include two patrol boats, 24 cars, a minibus, a truck, personal protective equipment, and 40,000 protective masks with filters.

The Lithuanian government will submit to the Seimas a draft law which will allow the country's public administration to organize the purchase of automatic firearms for Ukraine.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Margus Tsakhkna believes that all demands to put an end to the war in Ukraine should be addressed only to russia, and any suggestion of concessions to moscow is dangerous.

“While we are striving for a just and lasting end to the conflict, he (putin) is only prolonging and expanding it. This leads to an escalation of the war and demonstrates that our security is not regional, it is global”, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said about the dprk military servicemen’s presence in the war zone.

South Korea is considering sending a group of observers to Ukraine because of the deployment of the dprk soldiers in russia.

On November 13-14, Warsaw will host the international exhibition and conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine “ReBuild Ukraine Construction & Energy”, which will be attended by hundreds of participants from about 30 countries.

According to a study by the European Business Association in partnership with NEQSOL Holding, Ukraine's investment attractiveness index rose to 2.49 points in 2024.

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In September, the cost of a barrel of russian urals oil decreased by 24% compared to the same period in 2023 – from $83.2 to $63.6.

In October, russia's oil and gas revenues decreased by 26% compared to October 2023 and amounted to 1.212 trillion rubles.

“The national association of stock market participants” of the rf has raised mandatory payments in 2025 for its members, in particular for almost 500 companies by 25%, for 50 – by 50%, for six – twofold, and for 70 largest companies – 2.5 times.

Due to cyber attacks in 2023-2024, the russian economy suffered losses of almost one trillion rubles, – as reported by sberbank. In 2024, the amount of money stolen from russians reached 250 million rubles.

49.3 million russians, which is by 2.8 million more than in 2023, took out loans from financial institutions. In fact, there were 2.28 loans per retail borrower, – an increase of 6.5% over the year.

In October, russians received 165 billion rubles in loans to buy cars, which is by almost a third less than in September, according to vtb bank. The number of borrowers with car loans in arrears for up to 90 days reached 31.4 thousand in September, the highest since November 2022.

EXANTE, a major European broker, is ending its business relations with residents of the rb and closing accounts of belarusian clients. They are advised to transfer their assets to some other broker, but not to the rb or the rf. Otherwise, investors were promised a daily commission until the account is completely zeroed out.

According to the Vyasna Human Rights Center, since 2020, more than 1,200 people have been convicted in the rb for “slandering” and “insulting” lukashenko. At least 151 women were convicted under this article. Mostly, criminal cases were opened against those who wrote comments on social networks. Human rights activists have recognized 14 more people as political prisoners. As of November 5, there are already 1,312 of them.

The number of cattle in vitebsk region has significantly decreased this year. Almost 17 thousand animals died for various reasons.