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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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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
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Britain imposed new sanctions [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sanctions-in-response-to-putins-illegal-annexation-of-ukrainian-regions] against Russian in response to Putin’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions. 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. Under new
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The Board of the World Curling Federation (WCF) decided to extend the suspension of Russian and Belarusian teams from the competitions until the end of the calendar year, the press service of the WCF announced on the official website. WCF suspended Russian athletes from competitions until the end of the
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Microsoft has restricted the possibility for Russians to upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11, TASS reports. > Looks like it: https://t.co/ELLZaj1hsA — Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) June 19, 2022 [https://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1538574325384720386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Microsoft announced in
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Toyota announced that it will close its vehicle manufacturing plant in Saint Petersburg, which builds the Camry and RAV4. The plant has not been producing cars since March because of the shortage of key components and materials following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The production at this plant was suspended
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The American company Nvidia, the world's largest manufacturer of graphic processors, plans to close its office in Russia by the end of October. It was reported by Forbes Russia citing a source close to the company, and was confirmed by an Nvidia representative. The source also reported that
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Russian Skoltech and MTS have been excluded from the international 5G alliance OpenRAN (Radio Access Network), which develops equipment for 5G networks. Mentions of Russian companies have been removed from the alliance's official website, Russian media report. OpenRAN was established in 2018 to jointly develop equipment for 5G
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Estonia has decided to impose a legally binding national sanction on Russian gas from January 1. Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said that the government expressed its political will to discontinue the use of Russian gas in spring, but now it has been envisaged as a legally binding measure.
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Japan has banned the export of goods to Russia that are related to chemical weapons as concerns over the possible use of nuclear weapons grow. These are additional sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Another 21 Russian companies, including scientific laboratories, were also added to the sanctions list.