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Kremlin tells Russian banks to prepare for disconnection from international payment systems
This coming January, the U.S. Congress will resume reviewing sanctions bills, and the Russian Central Bank has begun to prepare for tough scenarios, with the possibility of one of the Russian banks to be disconnected from international payment systems.
According to the newspaper Vedomosti, the Central Bank sent letters to the Russian financial institutions recommending taking preventive measures in case the partner-banks, through which they work with the Visa and MasterCard systems, will be …
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Philippines cancels purchase of Russian helicopters because of US sanctions
The Philippines decided to buy 16 UH-60 Black Hawk multipurpose helicopters from the American Sikorsky Aircraft Corp for $240 million and refused cheaper Russian helicopters due to the US sanctions imposed on Russian military exports, Reuters reported, referring to the statement by the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Philippines, Delfin Lorenzana.
The minister said that the contract for the purchase of 16 American Black Hawk helicopters will be signed early next year, despite the fact …
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Poland: by attacking Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait Russia proves it is part of the conflict
During a discussion regarding the militarization of the Crimea, the Black and Azov Sea, at the OSCE meeting, the Polish Foreign Minister, Jacek Czaputowicz stated that the attack by attacking Ukrainian military ships in the Kerch Strait, Russia had proven that it is a part of the ongoing conflict, Evropeyska Pravda reports.
Czaputowicz noted the legal importance of Russia officially recognizing the attack of their military on Ukrainian ships.
“Now Russia cannot deny that it is not a part of …
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Lithuania expands sanctions against Russia for aggression in the Kerch Strait
Lithuania expanded “the blacklist” of Russian citizens in connection with the incident in the Kerch Strait.
The country’s Migration Department has added twenty people to the “black list”, reports the news agency BNS.
Earlier the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry proposed the introduction of restrictive measures against those responsible for aggression in the Kerch Strait. The Ministry stated that Russia’s actions grossly violated international law and represented a threat to international security. …
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Ukrainian Army Commander: Russian military threat highest since 2014
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Victor Muzhenko, believes that Russia is increasing its military presence in the border areas, reports Reuters.
Russia is increasing its military presence near the border with Ukraine since August, and now the military threat is the highest since 2014 when Moscow annexed the Crimea.
Muzhenko refers to a series of satellite images, which according to him shows the Russian T-62M tanks stationed 18 kilometers from the …