Month: January 2025

News, Politics, Russia, TOP news

UK lifts sanctions on a Russian deputy who sold his business to PepsiCo

The UK has lifted sanctions against the Russian businessman Nikolay Bortsov and State Duma Deputy, who died two years ago. The notification from the  Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) of HM…

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Counter-Terrorism, News

EU renews its terrorist list

The Council of the European Union decided to renew the list of persons, groups, and entities subject to restrictive measures aimed at combating terrorism. Currently, there are 14 individuals and…

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Business, News, Russia, TOP newsNovelco

Sanctioned logistics company, Novelco, sues Reuters

A rare case occurred in Moscow, when a sanctioned logistics company demanded that one of the world's largest international news agencies denied that it had advised other companies on how…

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News, Politics, Russia, TOP newsMagnit

The Court of the EU rejected the claim of the son-in-law of the Russian minister

The Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected the second claim of Alexander Vinokurov, son-in-law of Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. He asked…

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Business, News, Russia, TOP newsING

ING leaves Russia with losses

The Dutch bank, ING, which promised to comply with international sanctions, agreed to sell its Russian business to Global Development JSC, based in Moscow. This deal will effectively end ING's…

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News, Politics, TOP news

UK sanctions Belarusian defence sector

The UK, along with Canada, have imposed sanctions on 6 Belarusian officials and 3 entities. According to the UK government's statement, sanctions were imposed "in an immediate response to rigged…

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News, Politics, Russia, TOP news

EU imposes sanctions on the officers of the secret Russian unit 29155

The European Union has imposed sanctions on officers of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU) Unit 29155, a secret Russian unit. The EU has…

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News, PoliticsAleksandr Lukashenko

Belarus to face new EU sanctions

The representatives of the European Union announced new sanctions against Belarus. The presidential election in Belarus on 26 January, which Alexander Lukashenko again won, has provoked criticism from the European…

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Business, Europe, News, Russia, TOP news

Arms dealer pleads guilty in Lithuania for violating sanctions

In Lithuania an unnamed person, born in 1976, was found guilty of supplying weapons from Russia. The Vilnius District Court fined him 20 thousand euros and the company he works…

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