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The White House conveyed privately to Indonesia that Russia should not be allowed to participate in this year’s G20 summit, though the country’s president announced Friday that President Vladimir Putin had accepted an invitation to attend. White House press secretary Jen Psaki noted the summit was still six
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Ireland has frozen €1.2 billion of Russian assets and might seize them to pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine, Minister for Defence Simon Coveney said. The Irish Times reports that the State has already frozen €1.2 billion in Russian-linked funds under an extensive EU sanctions regime – but in
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Denmark's leading energy company Ørsted will not open a rouble account in Russia to pay for Russian gas supplies in roubles, the CEO of the company noted.
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Norway to close its borders and ports to the Russian trucks and ships, joining sanctions imposed by the European Union over the war in Ukraine. For trucks from Russia, the only checkpoint on the Russian-Norwegian border, Storskog, will be closed. Also, Russian ships will be banned from entering the ports
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This is reported by Bloomberg. The confusion comes after Russia cut off gas sales to Poland and Bulgaria, which refused to pay in rubles. At the same time, four European companies went ahead and made payments in rubles, although it’s not clear whether they were from EU countries. Others
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Bloomberg reports that Germany is ready to consider including Sberbank PJSC, Russia's largest bank, in the European Union's next sanctions package.
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German manufacturer of gummy bears Haribo warned the trade networks about the cessation of supply of products for the Russian market.
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The Dutch embassy in Moscow will stop issuing short-term visas to Russian citizens. This happened after Russia expelled 15 Dutch diplomats from the country. However, the Dutch Embassy in Moscow still plans to issue humanitarian visas and temporary residence permits.
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Moldova will send qualified de-mining professionals to Ukraine to clear up freed territories, as well as humanitarian packages to the civilians. President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu spoke about it in her comment to JournalTV. Moldova will also support economic sanctions that EU implemented against Russia.
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BASF, the largest chemical company in the world, has decided to wind down the company’s remaining business activities in Russia and Belarus by the beginning of July 2022. This was announced in the company’s news release. Earlier, BASF suspended new business in Russia and Belarus in light of
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CoverGirl owner Coty Inc. said it would exit its Russia operations, Reuters reports. Coty is the latest U.S. company to pull out of the country following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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This was reported by the Swiss edition of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung without citing sources, Reuters writes. Other sanctions include a ban on imports of coal, timber, cement, seafood and caviar. Also, in Switzerland it is no longer possible to register trust funds for citizens or residents of Russia.