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

New Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Andy Burnham has announced that he will hold talks with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during which he will assure him that London’s support for Ukraine is unwavering and resolute.

US President Donald Trump has called on Congress to include provisions regarding Iran in the bill on sanctions against russia, one of whose co-authors was the late Senator Lindsey Graham.

Security Committee of the government of Poland will hold a discussion on the threat of russian provocation involving Ukrainian attack drones that fell into enemy hands in relatively intact condition.

Latvia will provide Ukraine with nearly EUR 160,000 in humanitarian aid – 14 vehicles: off-road vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a fuel truck for the Nemesis unit of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, and an ambulance for a hospital in Kyiv.

“The kremlin and putin need a new escalation, a sort of new victory, and in this case, the immediate target is the Baltic region and Poland,” said Minister of Defence of Lithuania Robertas Kaunas.

Former Minister of National Defense of Poland Janusz Onyszkiewicz has assured that the experience Ukraine has gained during its full-scale war with russia is extremely valuable for NATO countries and Europe, which are using it to prepare for modern security challenges.

Head of the Intelligence Center of the Defence Forces of Estonia Colonel Ants Kiviselg has highlighted Ukraine’s successes in “long-range sanctions” and points out that russia is beginning to tighten its control over the population even further, fearing discontent.

Estonia, Latvia, Albania, Slovenia, Poland, and Croatia have pledged to provide political and financial support for a Lithuanian-led initiative to build a pan-European memorial in Brussels honoring the victims of 20th -century totalitarian regimes.

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russia’s stock market has been falling non-stop for 20 consecutive weeks. The current level is 1,911 points, with only the 2022 low remaining ahead.

The government of the rf has proposed allowing the ministry of internal affairs to register vehicles that have been added to Interpol’s “Wanted” list. This primarily concerns vehicles sought on the initiative of “unfriendly” countries but which were imported into russia and purchased by russian citizens. In other words, the legalization of stolen goods will become state policy in russia.

The ministry of education of the rf has been asked to disclose the actual salaries of teachers at state and municipal schools in all regions of russia. They are being asked to calculate teachers’ salaries separately from the incomes of school principals and their deputies so that administrative payments do not skew the average figure.

deputy chairman of the state duma committee on the development of civil society sergey obukhov believes that russia’s authorities should unblock Telegram and begin establishing contact with its founder, pavel durov. This comes after the russian state-owned messaging app Max and VK services were removed from the Google Play Store and the App Store due to sanctions.

Former russian presidential candidate boris nadezhdin has announced the suspension of his campaign for a seat in the state duma. “Everyone who could, has attacked me: the ministry of justice declared me a foreign agent; the ministry of internal affairs and the court labeled me a propagandist of extremism; the federal bailiff service barred me from leaving the country; and the dia (deposit insurance agency) and as (automatized system) declared me bankrupt. Being designated a foreign agent and found guilty under an extremism charge precludes the possibility of being elected to the state duma – due to the election law. For me, the possibilities for legally engaging in opposition politics in russia have been exhausted. I hope this is only temporarily,” he said.

The companies “rosneft”, “gazprom neft”, and “lukoil” have appealed to Indian oil refiners for additional petrol supplies. This occurred as a result of the impact of Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions”.

PJSC “severstal” will not pay dividends for the April–June 2026 period. This decision was made in light of weak demand for steel in russia and a negative free cash flow in the first half of the year, which amounted to minus 29.8 billion rubles.

russian shopping centers have lost nearly a third of their customers over the past seven years. Thus, during the first 28 weeks of the fiscal year, the average foot traffic at shopping centers in the rf stood at 356 people per 1,000 square meters of floor space. In 2019, this figure was 486 people.

Sales of imported whiskey brands in russia have increased by 29.3%, while sales of domestic brands – by only 4.3%.

moscow-appointed “governor” of the temporarily occupied Sevastopol mikhail razvozhayev has reported that due to a critical shortage of power grid capacity in the region, it is no longer possible to adhere to the “2 to 6” power outage schedule, under which electricity is supplied to consumers for only 6 hours a day.

The German Deaf Sports Association (DGSV), in conjunction with the country’s government, has refused to allow russian athletes to participate in the European Deaf Youth Games.

governor of pskov region mikhail vedernikov has reported that siloviki are conducting operations in the region to identify local residents who are hoarding scarce petrol. Violators are being charged under article 20.4 of the code of administrative offenses of the rf, which carries a fine ranging from 5,000 to 15,000 rubles.

A moscow district court has arrested a 35-year-old specialist at the central research institute of mechanical engineering (part of “roscosmos”) maksim kravchuk on charges of treason. He is at least the eighth physicist to be arrested under this charge since the start of russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.

belarusians are deeply concerned about this year’s admissions process to medical universities, which has been marked by unusually low cutoff scores. Citizens are alarmed by the level of knowledge and competence of future doctors and, consequently, their ability to provide quality medical care.

Real estate prices in minsk keep rising. According to estimates by local real estate agents, more than half of the capital’s real estate market is now priced at over $100,000.