April 10, 2024 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

President of France Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak agreed to increase the supply of military aid to Ukraine.

Ukraine, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have joined the EU Council's decision to extend sanctions against individuals and institutions for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the largest American bank in terms of assets, Jamie Dimon has called on the USA not to leave Ukraine without assistance. “Ukraine's struggle is our struggle. … It is imperative that our national leaders explain to the American people what is at stake and make a strong case – forcefully, consistently and clearly – for our steadfast commitment to the survival of Ukraine for as long as it takes”, Dimon said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of France Stéphane Séjourné believes that it is “not in our (Paris’) interest to hold discussions with russian officials because the communiqués that are published and the reports that are made by them are full of lies”.

“...And if necessary, we should buy what Ukraine needs in the USA and quickly provide it to Ukraine”, said Chair of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Michael Roth.

The government of the FRG instructed the Rheinmetall company to deliver additional 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Annalena Baerbock has said that the partners should find additional Patriot air defense systems and transfer them to Ukraine as soon as possible.

“We will try to speed up the aid for Ukraine. Further possibilities of direct military assistance will be considered”, said the newly appointed Acting Minister of Defense of Bulgaria Atanas Zapryanov.

President of Switzerland Viola Amherd has assured that preparations for the organization of the inaugural Peace Summit in her country are ongoing.

The European Union has urgently provided Ukraine with 167 power generators after russian attacks on the energy infrastructure of our country.

Denmark has allocated 40 million Danish kroner (over EUR 5 million) to restore the Ukrainian energy system after massive russian attacks.

A new direction was added to the Ukraine-Denmark energy partnership program – cooperation in the field of biogas production.

The governments of Ukraine and Hungary agreed to open a new crossing point Velika Palagy – Nagyhódos.

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The EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell has said a full-scale conflict in Europe is no longer a fantasy, so Europeans must find new ways to fund preparations for a potentially wider war on the continent.

Spokesperson for the US Department of State Matthew Miller confirmed information that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, in conversations with allies, expressed concern about the nature of cooperation between China and the rf, which, in particular, contributes to the ability of the russian military industrial complex to continue providing its army.

The National Public Registry Agency of Georgia has deregistered the pro-kremlin party “Conservative Movement” (“Alt-info”).

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan refused to participate in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CIS member countries in minsk on April 12.

Due to US sanctions, russian travel agencies cannot transfer money to Turkish hotels on time. Also, for russians who are going to travel to Turkey on their own, local banks have set a limit of $10,000 for Visa and Mastercard cards, which cannot be reduced.

The “t-pomoshch” application for banking operations of the “tinkoff” bank (is under the sanctions of the European Union, the USA and Canada) has been removed from the App Store.

The central bank of the rf refused to allow 98 russian banks with a basic license to place funds on deposits in foreign banks.

In March, the population of the rf bought 155.5 billion rubles worth of currency. (in February – the figure was 103.2 billion rubles), of the total amount of purchased currency, 81% – US dollars and Euros.

The “anti-crisis” government subsidy for the rf's aviation industry was reduced from 100 billion rubles in 2022 to 25 billion rubles in 2023, which affected the general state of civil aviation in the rf.

According to the results of 2023, 17 russian airlines suffered losses of 56.2 billion rubles. The biggest loss was in “aeroflot” (29.5 billion rubles), “rossia” (31 billion rubles), iFly (5.1 billion rubles), “yakutia” (1.7 billion rubles).

Prices for air transportation will increase due to inflation in the rf, increased costs for repair and maintenance of aircrafts. In particular, under this article, “aeroflot”’s expenses in 2023 increased by 82%, to 23 billion rubles, those of “s7” - by 67%, to 30.2 billion rubles, of “ural airlines” - by 72% (the results of the first quarter of 2024 compared to 2023 – three times).

In 2023, new foreign-made cars rose in price in russia by 27%, according to analysts' forecasts, and in 2024, prices will rise by 20-40%.

In the first quarter of 2024, developers started 12 new residential projects in moscow – by a third less than a year ago, which was the lowest figure in the last five years.

A total of 23,100 apartments in new buildings went up for sale in moscow and moscow region in January-March this year, which is by 28.9% fewer than in the same period last year (as for the fourth quarter of 2023 – a three-fold reduction).

Due to the difficult situation in belgorod region, authorities of the rf continued the education of children in other regions of russia to the end of the school year, and over 10,000 children left the region.

In the Seimas of Lithuania, an amendment was registered, which proposes to cancel the temporary residence permit for belarusians who regularly visit their homeland.

The ministry of information of the rb announced the restriction of access to a number of mass media of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

self-proclaimed president of the rb lukashenko has stated that there are currently 27,000 vacancies in the manufacturing industry, of which 23,000 are in work specialties. “maz” needs 13% of workers. lukashenko proposed to the government to hire pensioners for vacant positions.