The US will likely block Russian debt payments. On Wednesday, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen signaled that US officials would probably end up carving out a loophole in Western sanctions that have allowed Russia to continue making payments on i... #DebttoRussianBank #JanetYellen #RussiaDefault #SanctionsAgainstRussia
The Russian energy embargo agreement is coming in the next couple of days. European Union member states are still trying to resolve some outstanding issues but most likely will agree on a sixth sanctions package against Russia in the coming days, said German Foreign Ministe... #AnnalenaBaerbock #EUenergy #RussianENergyEMbargo #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Procrastination with the adoption of the sixth package of sanctions is unacceptable. Delay with adopting the sixth sanctions package is intolerable, and all arguments against introducing the proposed oil embargo mechanism are far-fetched, stated Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. All t... #DmytroKuleba #EUenergy #EUsanctions #Hungary #RussianOilEmbargo #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Russian assets in Ukraine will be transferred to the state. At today’s meeting, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a document according to which Russian assets in Ukraine will be transferred to the state, stated Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. According to ... #RussianAssets #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Zelenskyy calls on Europe to abandon Russian oil as soon as possible. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Europe to give up Russian oil as soon as possible during a speech to the Danish parliament. “Long before this war, it was obvious that humanit... #BanRussianOil #RussianOil #SanctionsAgainstRussia #Zelenskyy
The EBRD moves forward with action against Russia and Belarus. The Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has agreed with a management proposal to take steps in responding to the Russian-led invasion of Ukraine. Governors will... #BelarusSanctions #ebrd #EBRDsanctions #SanctionsAgainstRussia
The World Bank has suspended all programs in Russia and Belarus. The World Bank said it had stopped all programs in Russia and Belarus with immediate effect, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and “hostilities against the people of Ukraine.” In a... #SanctionsAgainstRussia #Ukrainewar #worldbank
New sanctions against Russia and additional fighter jets for Ukraine. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed further sanctions against Russia and additional fighter jets for Ukraine, announced Kuleba. During a telep... #RussianAgression #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Britain places sanctions against five Russian banks and three businesspeople. On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the imposition of sanctions against Russia after its recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. The sanctions will affe... #BorisJohnson #SanctionsAgainstRussia #UKsanctions
Russia does not give a s…t about western sanctions. Russian Ambassador to Sweden, Viktor Tatarintsev, stated undiplomatically that there is no fear in Russia regarding potential Western sanctions for further military action in Ukraine. He told a Swedis... #Sanctions #SanctionsAgainstRussia
“No knockout, but new U.S. sanctions add to Russia’s ‘slow destruction,’ ” headlined a Reuters analysis out of London. Based on interviews with market participants, the reporters write of Washington’s sanction package: “Its move to target Moscow’s main funding avenue... #SanctionsAgainstRussia #ussanctions
