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The Japanese authorities put 57 Russian citizens and five individuals on the sanctions list. In addition, they imposed an export ban on 65 Russian companies and 25 companies from Belarus. The sanctions also include an embargo on gold imports and a ban on providing accounting, auditing, consulting and trust services
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Lithuania has expanded restrictions on the transit of goods to Kaliningrad through its territory, Reuters reports. Concrete, wood, alcohol, and a number of other Russian-made products are prohibited.
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Swedish home appliance manufacturer Electrolux is ceasing operations in Russia and is transferring the business to local management. > “As a result of the continued war and sanctions, we foresee that we will not be able to sell and service products in Russia in the medium to long term,"
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The French government is preparing for a complete cessation of Russian gas supplies. This turn of events is considered the most likely scenario in forward planning, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday. It is reported by Reuters.
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After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Europe began investigating politicians and intelligence officers' ties with the Kremlin. In particular, a high-ranking Austrian intelligence official, Egisto Ott, was detained, The Washington Post reports. > “For many years, connections to Moscow permeated our political system. Now, the economic and political
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The Canadian government has expanded the sanctions list: it included the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, Roskomnadzor, and the propaganda media of Russia, the website of the Canadian government reports. Nine people were added to the sanctions list of Canada: Vladimir Gundyayev (the real name of Patriarch
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The Bundestag became the latest legislature to approve the process after Canada, Estonia, Denmark and Norway.
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Canadian operator of luxury hotel chain Four Seasons has suspended the direct management of hotels in Russia. Hotels in Moscow and St. Petersburg disappeared from the global Four Seasons portal, but employees of both hotels said they will continue to operate under the Four Seasons brand. The first Four Seasons
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> "TotalEnergies has agreed to transfer to Zarubezhneft the remaining 20% interest that the company held in the Kharyaga oil field," a spokesman for the French company was quoted by Reuters.
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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed to diversify oil export routes after another Russian blockage of terminals in Novorossiysk. It was through these terminals that Kazakh oil was shipped to the EU. In the face of Russia's blocking of Kazakhstan's exports, Tokayev said the Trans-Caspian route, which
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The United States, along with its allies, discussed a way to reduce the price of Russian oil on the world market. They want it to be at the level of $40-60, which would seriously hit Russian revenues.
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Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer said the storage facility is not full and belongs to the country. Austria will continue to use it in the future, Reuters reported.