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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that Germany stands for full membership of Ukraine in the EU. > "It is clear to me today that Ukraine is explicitly a part of Europe, so Ukraine's very convincing application for membership – full-fledged membership – in the European Union is understandable
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Austria has developed legal preconditions for the seizure of the most important gas storage facility of Gazprom in Haidach. The storage can be transferred in a private law order to another supplier, because we are talking about the security of energy supply for the whole of Austria. This was stated
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The sixth package of EU sanctions implies reducing the dependence of the EU on Russian oils imports. This decision is planned to reduce Russian oil imports to the EU by 92% by the end of the year. Phased ban on crude oil imports would take about six months, while the
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American multinational enterprise company Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) announced the decision to shut down its Russia and Belarus operations due to the war in Ukraine. The company already suspended shipments to Russia and Belarus soon after the invasion began in February.
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It is reported that global freelance platform Upwork has blocked the accounts of users who are physically located in Russia and Belarus. In order to access the platform, such users need to leave Russia or Belarus. On March 7, Upwork suspended its work in Russia and Belarus due to Putin’
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The UK and EU are jointly planning to develop a ban on insuring ships carrying Russian oil cargoes. The ban means that ships with Russian oil cargoes will not be able to take out insurance at the Lloyd’s of London insurance market, the Financial Times reports.
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Canva announced the decision to completely withdraw from Russia. Canva stopped accepting payments from Russia on March 1, shortly after the invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, the free service continued to operate in Russia. In addition, the Canva Foundation donated $1 million to war victims. Subsequently, the decision
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It is noted that the termination of business in Russia will be done by selling the business to a foreign or local investor and may be completed within three to four months. Since March, Viciunai Group has stopped all investments in production, logistics, and trade, suspended all sponsorship and marketing
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London Stock Exchange will no longer trade Gazprom shares after it had revoked admission to trading in securities of Gazprom at the companyʼs request, Reuters reports.
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The 6th package of anti-Russian sanctions from the EU includes the fight against Kremlin propaganda. Rossiya24, TV Center International, RTR Planeta will be turned off. Earlier EU banned Sputnik and Russia Today.
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This time, 22 people and four companies have been added to the sanctions list. Among them is Putin's alleged girlfriend Alina Kabaeva. > “Among the individuals and entities listed are senior officials of Russian financial institutions and their family members, as well as key financial institutions and banks.
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Russian businessman Roman Abramovich has officially sold Chelsea for $5 billion. The oligarch's net income from the deal was £2.5 billion. He will not be able to dispose of it, the money will go into a closed bank account and from there it will be used to