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Following the UK and the USA, Canada has imposed new sanctions against Russian oligarchs and high-ranking officials in Ukraine’s occupied territories. The decision is announced following Putin’s announcement of the illegal annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia following sham referendums. 43 Russian oligarchs,
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The United States has imposed new sanctions against hundreds of Russians and organizations, in particular, members of the State Duma and the Federation Council, as well as relatives of officials. Such decisions were taken after Russia’s announcement of the illegal annexation of four regions of Ukraine.
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The Norwegian government has decided to tighten control over Russian fishing vessels. Now they will only be able to enter three Norwegian ports, where these vessels will be inspected. This was reported on the official website [https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/tightens_restrictions/id2933272/] of the Norwegian Government. >
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Finnish cryptocurrency exchange LocalBitcoins stops serving customers from Russia. This was reported by DeCenter, telegram channel focused on the blockchain, bitcoin, and investment. The exception is for those with dual citizenship of the European Economic Area and Switzerland, or residents of these territories with the appropriate permission. The exchange apologised
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Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation reported that mobile data traffic dropped for the first time at the end of the Q2 of 2022. Before that, mobile Internet traffic in Russia was only growing, both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year. The decline in traffic is caused by to the blocking of
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On 4 October, Roskomnadzor blocked access to the website of cryptocurrency exchange OKX in Russia at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, Russian media RBK notes. According to the registry entry, the trading platform is accused of violating the law on dissemination of
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The European Union has formally adopted a new package of sanctions against Russia. According to the official website [https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_5989] of the European Commission, the new package includes: * The implementation of the G7 oil price cap (the EU's ban
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Government Plenipotentiary for the Security of Information Space of the Republic of Poland Stanisław Żaryn announced that Poland has completed the construction of the wall on the border with Belarus. > A new border wall is being built in Poland, which will seal the border with Belarus. Already today, the
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Russia has finally lost its seat on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). This was reported by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada Yulia Kovaliv. According to her, this is the first precedent among all UN organizations when Russia was completely expelled from the governing body. The
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New EU sanctions ban European companies from providing cryptocurrency wallets, accounts or custody services to Russian citizens or residents, Bloomberg has reported, citing sources. The new EU sanctions package comes in response to Putin’s announcement of the illegal annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia
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Netflix and Microsoft have removed their CDN servers from Russia’s largest peering point, MSK-IX, Russian RBC reports. This may slow down services and download content from these companies in Russia. CDN is a network infrastructure that lets users accelerate loading of the content of services whose original servers are
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Lithuanian Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė proposed to terminate bilateral international agreements as well as inter-institutional agreements with Belarus in the areas that are under her ministry’s control. > "Since Belarus is violating the principles of international law and fails to comply with bilateral agreements, they are meaningless and