Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

“We are closely monitoring russian ships in the North Sea. Our fleet escorted a russian submarine through the North Sea with the participation of the ship Zr. Ms. Luymes and a helicopter. In this way, the Netherlands is demonstrating vigilance and preventing possible sabotage of underwater infrastructure by russian vessels,” said Minister of Defence of the Netherlands Ruben Brekelmans.

The Netherlands has recently transferred an Alkmaar-class minehunter ship to Ukraine, with another expected to be delivered by the end of the year.

Canadian Senator Stan Kutcher has assured that no member of the upper house of the Canadian Parliament expresses pro-russian positions.

President of Moldova Maia Sandu believes that russia will seek new methods of influencing her country in order to destabilize the situation.

At least 57 regions of russia have faced fuel supply disruptions. At least ten enterprises, including export-oriented ones, were partially or completely shut down in August-September. In August, the downtime of russian oil refineries’ primary capacity reached 23 % – a record high, and increased even more in September. In October, oil refining volumes have declined to 4.86 million barrels per day, down by nearly 10 % from July, having reached  their lowest level in five years.

russia will tighten control over the trade of imported goods on marketplaces – a requirement is being developed to include information about the country of origin, the commodity nomenclature code, and the customs declaration number for each batch of products sold on digital platforms in product descriptions.

The transfer of pension savings to a long-term savings program has failed in russia – in two years, no more than 1 million people have decided to do so, while the total number of people insured in non-state pension funds alone exceeds 35 million.

Changes in the rf’s Tax Code will primarily affect small and medium-sized businesses, which account for the majority of furniture and decor manufacturers in russia. The cost of furniture and household goods in russia will increase by at least 20 % next year. Imported items such as fittings, lighting fixtures, and sofas may increase by 15–18 %.

In moscow, demand for office space is by 38 % lower than last year. In the third quarter, office buyer activity in russia declined by 9 % year-on-year, while tenant activity declined by 6 %.

russians have been warned about criminal liability for unprotected Wi-Fi: if illegal activities begin to take place via Wi-Fi, such as the distribution of extremist materials, cyber fraud, or illegal access to other people’s data, the subscriber in whose name the network is registered will be held liable.

Almost a month after the Krasnodar Territory authorities reported the completion of the cleanup of the Black Sea seabed from fuel oil, new pollution was discovered on the coast of Anapa. The spills are observed along a three-kilometer stretch of coastline.

Bryansk member of parliament Ivanov proposed recognizing Halloween as propaganda for Satanism so that russians would not celebrate it (the international Satanism movement is recognized as extremist in the rf, and its activities are prohibited).