October 30, 2024 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Sweden has allocated financial support to Ukraine in the amount of EUR 63 million: EUR 20 million for the purchase of defense equipment through the Ukrainian defense industry; EUR 43 million to support the coalitions for fighter jets, maritime security, mine clearing and IT- coalition. The country will also contribute to NATO's Fund for Ukraine, which provides for the purchase of military equipment. The day before, the Swedish government allocated 110 million Swedish kronor (more than 10.3 million US dollars) to meet the growing needs of our country on the eve of winter.

At the Ukraine-Northern Europe summit, Prime Ministers of Iceland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden expressed interest in further cooperation with Ukraine’s defense industry.

Croatia, under an agreement with Germany, will provide Ukraine with 30 M-84 tanks and 30 M-80 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as spare parts and ammunition.

Thanks to a joint project of the Government of Canada and the HALO Trust, Ukraine has received 13 vehicles with demining equipment.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda believes that in response to the presence of north korean troops in the rf, NATO should allow Ukraine to strike deep into russia’s territory and increase military aid. At the same time, Lithuania's Permanent Representative to NATO Deividas Matulionis calls on NATO to take concrete actions in response.

On his country’s Independence Day, President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel posthumously awarded Czech volunteer Karel Kucera, who defended Ukraine in the ranks of the Foreign Legion and was killed near Bakhmut.

The Ministry of Defense of Romania has prepared a draft law that allows shooting down drones that violate the country's airspace.

Norway has allocated EUR 120 million to purchase a new Patriot air defense system for Romania instead of the one the latter gave to Ukraine.

The EU increases the limit on electricity imports for Ukraine to 2.1 GW in winter.

Norway will finance 80 MW of power generation equipment for Ukraine.

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The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on three individuals and three legal entities involved in the russian disinformation campaign against Ukraine – the social design agency, the “struktura” group of companies, the “dialog” autonomous non-profit organization, and their leaders: ilya gambashidze, nikolai tupikin, and andrei perl.

The US Department of the Treasury has issued a new rule to limit and monitor the USA’s investments in China in the spheres of artificial intelligence, computer chips, and quantum computing that could be used in the military sphere. The rule requires Americans and companies in the country to report transactions involving “technologies and products that could pose a threat to the United States’ national security”.

denis alipov, the rf’s representative in New Delhi, has said that Indian banks with ties to the United States are “concerned about secondary US sanctions” and are afraid to facilitate trade with russian companies.

As part of the confiscation of russian state assets in Finland, five more russian real estate properties have been arrested: a residential building in Tälä, a central district of Helsinki, an office building in the city's Lauttasaari district, and three properties on the Åland Islands. The arrests were made as part of a lawsuit filed by Ukraine's Naftohaz to recover $5 billion from the rf for lost assets in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Starting March 2025, the Haabersti russian high school in the Estonian capital will be renamed the Tallinn Haabersti High School.

In September, gazprom's gas supplies to the EU via the Turkish Stream decreased by 1.6% and to Turkey – by 24%. At the same time, “surgutneftegaz” reduced gas production by 12.7% to 488.5 million cubic meters in September.

The export duty on technical propane-butane mixture in the rf will increase by 10% in November compared to October, to $49.7 per ton, – reported the ministry of economic development.

According to a joint study by ibc real estate consulting company and parus asset management investment company, in 2025, the commissioning of new retail space in russia will decrease by 30% compared to the current year, to 350 thousand square meters, and this trend will continue over the next three years.

“severstal” predicts that demand for steel in russia decreased by 9% in the third quarter and will decline by 5-7% by the end of the year.

Revenue of the russian group of diamond mining companies alrosa for the first nine months of this year decreased by 67.8% to 166 billion rubles, cost of sales decreased by 14%, net profit decreased almost threefold to 28.3 billion rubles. Gross profit of alrosa decreased by 50% to RUB 53.6 billion; profit from sales decreased by 65.3% to RUB 32.75 billion; profit before tax amounted to RUB 32.55 billion, which is by 69.7% less than in 2023. The net loss amounted to RUB 6.5 billion. The company's total debt has increased by 17% since the beginning of the year to RUB 158.9 billion.

As of August 1, 2024, russian agricultural producers needed 64.8 thousand tractors and 34.3 thousand combine harvesters, – the russian ministry of agriculture reported.

In 2025, food prices in the rf will rise by another 8-20% due to inflation, rising transportation costs, and a high central bank key rate, said vice president of the association of exporters and importers leer. In particular, the price of milk will increase by 10-15% to 90 rubles a liter, of beef – by 12% to 700-800 rubles a kilogram, of pork – by 10% to 500-600 rubles a kilogram. “In addition, in the event of a shortage of imported products, such as fruits and vegetables, prices may rise by 15-20%. For example, the average cost of potatoes may increase to 40 rubles for a kilogram, and tomatoes – to 150 rubles for a kilo”, said leer.

In vologda region, 71% of russians of working age died due to alcohol abuse, and the incidence of alcoholism increased by 30% over the year, said the region's governor filimonov. “If the population is dying out like in a war, who will replace those who are gone?” he complained.

A bill has been introduced in the US Senate that provides for support measures for citizens of the rb who were forced to leave the country due to political repression. The bill proposes to recognize expired belarusian passports as valid for traveling to the United States. Another proposal is to grant belarusians Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The status is granted to a person upon request and gives them the right to live and work in the United States.

ministers of foreign affairs of russia and syria have signed a joint statement on ways and means to counteract, mitigate and eliminate the negative effects of sanctions. According to independent economists, the sanctions have seriously affected the economies of those countries.

The prosecutor general's office of the rb has reported that in the first nine months of this year, 94 children died from so-called external causes in the country, which is by 28.8% more than in the same period last year. Since the beginning of 2021, 444 children have died from external causes in the country. There were 101 suicides alone.

The court of zhlobin district, gomel region, has recognized the website of the belarusian sports solidarity foundation (bssf.eu) as “extremist”.