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

Denmark’s Permanent Representative to the UN Christina Markus Lassen has emphasized that her country, which holds the presidency of the UN Security Council in August, intends to continue keeping the issue of russia’s war against Ukraine among the Security Council’s key priorities, as moscow is intensifying its attacks on Ukrainian cities and shows no willingness to make peace. “We believe it is important for the Security Council to continue discussing this issue so that no conflict becomes a normal thing”, Lassen pointed out.

The US Department of State has added a number of individuals and entities in the russian military sector to its “blacklist” for violating the arms non-proliferation law regarding iran, Syria, and north korea (INKSNA). Those subject to the sanctions include andrei gusev, andrei kosolapov, vladislav morozik, aleksandr prikhodko, and sergey tsybarev, as well as the russian ground forces, the main missile and artillery directorate of the ministry of defence of the rf, the directorate for advanced inter-servicer and special projects of the ministry of defence of the rf, and the 1061st logistics support center of the rf.

“Our goal is to ban all russian energy carriers from the European market, and we are on the path to successfully implementing this strategy,” said European Commission Spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen. According to her, the European Commission will help Hungary and Slovakia diversify their supplies and give up russian oil.

The Ministry of Finance of Lithuania has prepared a draft resolution proposing that the Ministry of Social Protection allocate more than EUR 12.2 million to cover expenses related to providing assistance to Ukrainian refugees.

Sweden has allocated approximately EUR 627,000 to support Ukraine’s healthcare sector.

Iceland has made an additional contribution of EUR 550,000 to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund.

By expanding military cooperation with China and north korea, russia is increasingly helping them create threats to Japan and organize provocations against it. This is stated in Tokyo’s annual report on national security risks. The government of Japan intends to increase the country’s military capabilities due to threats from China, russia, and the dprk.

Syria is sharply reducing its imports of russian oil.

The government of Grenada has terminated a production-sharing agreement with Global Petroleum Group, a russia-linked company that in 2017 announced the discovery of a natural gas field off the coast of the Caribbean island nation. Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell accused the company of failing to fulfill the terms of the contract.

“Residents of Kazakhstan should order goods from local marketplaces rather than from the russian ‘wildberries’,” said Arman Shakkaliyev, the Republic’s Minister of Trade and Integration. “As we say, economic patriotism. Today, domestic marketplaces account for a very high share of our market, so, of course, we should try to shop locally – and choose products that are guaranteed to be delivered to you,” said Shakkaliyev.

The cost of transporting russian Urals crude from western ports to India has risen by approximately 50% since mid-July. Shipowners are avoiding russian ports due to increased risks in the Black Sea. Shipping a cargo of about 100,000 tons on an Aframax-class tanker from primorsk to India now costs about $13 million. In mid-July, the freight cost was $8–9 million. Shipping 140,000 tons of oil from novorossiysk on a Suezmax tanker has become more expensive, having risen from approximately $10 million to $15 million. The increase in shipping costs could reduce russia’s export revenues by at least $5 per barrel. Besides, a shortage of available vessels could limit the growth in shipments and lead to delays in deliveries.

Black Sea Petroleum LLC (BSP), which owns an oil refinery in the Georgian port of Kulevi, will switch to processing crude oil from Kazakhstan and Libya in August–September of this year, ceasing purchases of russian crude.

The price of AI-95 petrol rose by 7.52% in today’s trading. This is according to data from the st. petersburg international commodity and raw materials exchange. The price of AI-95 has reached 81,640 rubles per ton.

Hundreds of filling stations across russia have begun closing due to the fuel crisis.

Since the beginning of 2026, 12,000–15,000 companies have been closing each month in russia for economic reasons. This is roughly three times more than in previous years.

russian construction companies are increasingly delaying payroll payments to employees due to the growing crisis in the industry and non-payment by clients. As of June 30, overdue wage arrears in the construction sector reached 1.46 billion rubles. Compared to the same period last year, the amount of unpaid wages to construction workers has increased 2.13-fold. The main reason is late payments by construction clients.

russian bank websites do not load in foreign browsers, including Google Chrome and Safari. This applies to “s

berbank”, “vtb”, “alfa-bank”, “rosselkhozbank”, and “uralsib” bank. This situation arose because foreign companies revoked the SSL certificates that verify a website’s authenticity and guarantee that users are connecting to the intended site rather than a fake one.

Instead, the websites of russia’s largest banks have switched to certificates issued by the ministry of digital development, which allow for the decryption of user traffic.

“rosnano” JSC’s net profit fell nearly 12-fold in the first half of the year.

“kvant” LLC, the only russian manufacturer of televisions included in the ministry of inndustry and trade’s register of radio-electronic equipment, has been declared bankrupt. The company halted production last spring, and market participants attribute its bankruptcy to intense competition from Chinese suppliers.

russians can expect electronics prices to rise in early autumn due to the fuel crisis, which is complicating the delivery of goods, as well as attacks on “wildberries” warehouses, which are affecting other retailers. Due to fuel shortages in russia’s regions, electronics delivery costs have recently risen by an average of 10%, while delivery times have doubled from one week to two. At the same time, prices for air and sea freight have increased. The main costs will be passed on to the end consumer, while the range of electronics will shrink. Prices for electronics could rise by 5–7% as early as September.

Since the start of russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, 754 teenagers have been added to “rosfinmonitoring”’s list of “terrorists and extremists”. The youngest person on the list is 14 years old.

The Ministry of the Interior of Latvia is proposing that the government suspend operations at the “Paternieki” (“Grigorovshchina”) border crossing point on the Latvian-belarusian border.

Commander of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service Rustamas Liubajevas has accused the rb’sauthorities of assisting migrants from third countries in building tunnels under the Lithuanian-belarusian border.