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

The EU plans to expand its list of sanctions against russia over the abduction of Ukrainian children.

Ireland has officially notified the Council of Europe of its plans to join the agreement establishing a Special Tribunal on russia’s crime of aggression against Ukraine.

Minister of Defence of Sweden Paul Jönsson has stated that Ukraine and Sweden have made “significant progress” in recent months regarding the supply of Gripen fighter jets, particularly concerning the financing of this agreement.

The Netherlands has again proposed using frozen russian assets to assist Kyiv.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the FRG Johann Wadephul called russian threats against foreign diplomatic missions in Kyiv unacceptable. In this context, Wadephul spoke of “signs of panic gripping moscow, as the consequences of putin’s endless series of serious miscalculations can no longer be concealed”.

In Latvia’s capital, Riga, the state police and municipal police will be on high alert to prevent the glorification of russia, the aggressor country, on May 9. Law enforcement officers will ensure that people do not use russian flags or symbols, do not sing songs glorifying its army, and do not commit other illegal acts.

The government of China will not send a special government delegation to moscow to participate in the May 9 military parade.

Moldova’s Parliament has approved a draft code on the organization and activities of the legislature body, which abolishes the use of the russian language in legislative work.

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has stated that his country is not russia’s ally regarding Ukraine.

The rf’s federal budget deficit has grown again, having exceeded the annual target one and a half times. The budget shortfall for January–April amounted to 5.88 trillion rubles, or 2.5% of GDP, which is by nearly 3 trillion rubles higher than last year’s level and by 1.3 trillion more than in January–March.

russian airlines will again see no domestic passenger aircraft this year.

The board of directors of one of russia’s largest gold and tin producers, PJSC “seligdar”, recommended not paying dividends based on the results of 2025.

“volga avtodor” LLC’s revenue for 2025 fell by 96%. Debts to creditors amount to 3 billion, which is five times the revenue.

One of russia’s largest chocolate manufacturers – the “united confectioners” holding company – has laid off a quarter of its workforce amid falling sales. In addition, the company has announced that it will raise prices for its products due to declining profitability caused by rising costs. By the end of 2025, sales of these goods had fallen by 15%.

russia has begun restricting access to GitHub, the largest platform for hosting and collaborative development of IT projects.

Amid internet restrictions, russians’ demand for paper maps and atlases has sharply increased. Sales growth amounted to 55% year-on-year in monetary terms.

In at least 23 regions of russia, residents have been warned about internet shutdowns during the May holidays. Additionally, some regions are warning of possible restrictions on sending SMS messages.

The leaders of the former soviet republics that are members of the CIS, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), and the CSTO military bloc will almost entirely boycott the “victory day parade” in moscow on May 9, 2026. The former ussr will be represented only by belarusian dictator lukashenko.

In russia, ahead of the 81st anniversary of victory, gifts were prepared for the country’s approximately 6,000 remaining war veterans. The gifts are in the form of food packages containing cheap sausage and tea, as well as terry towels and bed linens. These sets are purchased for less than 2,000 rubles (approximately EUR 20).

kaliningrad governor aleksei bezprozvannykh has asked siloviki to investigate tour guides who tell about the city’s German past.

In tatarstan, all major fuel brands have risen in price over the past year. On average, the increase was 15.9%.

World Athletics will uphold the suspension of belarusian athletes from competitions under its auspices.

“Currently, no legislative work is underway aimed at resuming passenger traffic at railway crossings with belarus,” stated the Ministry of the Interior of Poland. The situation at the border with belarus is part of a hybrid war waged against Poland and the EU by the regimes in minsk and moscow. Full responsibility for the fate of migrants on the belarusian side lies with the authorities of those countries, who are exploiting people for political purposes by organizing attempts to storm the border.

Head of “belteleradiocompany” ivan eismont does not rule out blocking YouTube in belarus.

Pro-russian activists have been banned from  holding  the “immortal regiment” meeting in minsk on May 9.