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russian companies put on brave face, but fear sanctions dearly
08.02.2022
russia’s government held a number of meetings regarding the readiness to face sanctions for the invasion of Ukraine, thebell.io reported.The meetings were held with the russian postal service, russian railroads, Aeroflot, and others to discuss the results of stress tests on a disconnection from SWIFT, a ban on the supply of Western software, servers, and other high-tech equipment.“Everyone reported cheerfully, but in private conversations, they say it’s a disaster,” a source close to the russian government allegedly said.russian banks will ...russia risks being at war with NATO after another invasion of Ukraine
06.02.2022
Polish politician Radoslaw Sikorski, who served as the minister of defense, believes that russia would be fighting NATO if putin decides to invade Ukraine once again, eurointegration.com.ua reported.“There is an old principle that for a successful invasion, the attacker must have a numerical advantage over the defenders of the territory by at least 3:1. The russians don’t have that. But they may have a local advantage in some areas,” said Sikorski.Ukraine is surrounded from three sides [from the territory of ...russian propagandist advises russians to “borrow” methods from Hitler
02.02.2022
Well-known russian blogger-propagandist Maxim Kalashnikov said that russians need to “borrow” methods of organizing the economy and social structure from Hitler.“Hitler’s Germany was a very serious adversary We should be proud of the victory over him. We need to learn from such a difficult adversary successful methods in the fields of economy and social organization,” Kalashnikov said during the interview with Igor Strelkov (Girkin), former russia’s Federal Security Service officer who played a role in the occupation of Crimea ...Dutch ruling party calls for provision of defensive weapons to Ukraine
31.01.2022
The ruling party In Netherlands VVD believes that the government should promise Ukraine military or financial support in the event of a prolonged conflict with russia, rtlnieuws.nl reported.The prime minister and VVD leader Mark Rutte and the minister of foreign affairs Wopke Hoekstra must travel to Ukraine with concrete proposals, said VVD MP Ruben Brekelmans.“It is logical that Ukraine now asks the Netherlands for support,” he said. No troops, just defensive weapons! And really more than just helmets like Germans, ...Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv to thank for all international support and apologize for Zelensky
30.01.2022
Ukrainians gathered in central Kyiv on Sunday to show gratitude for all the international help and support amid the threat of the russian invasion. The action was held under the hashtag #ThanksFriends.“We have real friends in the international arena who help Ukraine with weapons when russia threatens us with a new invasion. We thank the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Turkey for a clear pro-Ukrainian position and support,” the organizers said.Ukrainians ...European Commission plans to mobilize EUR 6.5bn to support Ukraine
29.01.2022
The European Commission plans to mobilize up to EUR 6.5bn in investments to support Ukraine’s economy. “I confirmed the EU’s continued commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and socio-economic stability. We will mobilize up to EUR 6.5bn in investments to support the economy, recovery, and growth, starting with five key projects, ” EU Enlargement and Neighborhood Commissioner Oliver Vargei tweeted.https://web.archive.org/web/20220129194526/https://web.archive.org/web/20220129194526/https://twitter.com/OliverVarhelyi/status/1486338123214856193russia wants Scythian gold, threatens Dutch judges with consequences
27.01.2022
The museums of the russian-occupied Crimea have allegedly filed a cassation appeal with the Supreme Court of the Netherlands against the decision to return the Scythian gold collection to Ukraine. This was announced by the speaker of the occupation administration in Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov on his Facebook page.“It would be good for the Amsterdam judges to remember Bismarck’s words about how to deal with the russians and that they will always come for what belongs to them,” he wrote, stressing ...Germany tries to save face by promising 5,000 military helmets to Ukraine
26.01.2022
Germany’s Minister of Defense Christine Lambrecht announced the delivery of 5,000 military protective helmets to Ukraine, traunsteiner-tagblatt.de reported. The SPD politician said this to the members of the defense committee in Berlin on Wednesday, according to dpa.According to the Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin Andriy Melnyk, Ukraine has requested arms to defend against a possible russian attack and around 100,000 protective helmets and vests for volunteers.As reported, the German Navy chief, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach, said that Ukraine has lost Crimea for good and putin deserves ...Germany allegedly blocked possible SWIFT sanctions as it starts playing more openly for Team russia
24.01.2022
Germany has probably blocked a proposal to cut kremlin off from the global SWIFT payment system, euractiv.com reported, citing EU diplomat.While oil and gas are still considered to be possible leverage, as both commodities are a very important source of revenue for moscow, many European countries are reluctant to replace the russian supplies.At the same time, Germany not only refused to supply Ukraine with defensive weapons but also blocked Estonia to send its German-made weapons to Ukraine, adding insult to ...Ukraine imposes sanctions against Austria’s Coop Himmelblau for constructing opera house in occupied Crimea
23.01.2022
*Ukraine has imposed sanctions against Austria’s Coop Himmelb(l)au for building an opera house in the russian-occupied Crimea.Six Austrians were included in the sanction list:Krieger Harald – acting trustee of COOP HIMMELB (L)AU Wolf D.Ott Alexander – managing partner of COOP HIMMELB(L)au.Prix Wolf Dieter – founder and CEO of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Wolf D. Prix & Partner ZT GmbHProssnigg Marcus – managing partner of the company.Schmidbauer-Volk Karolin – responsible for the design of all architectural projects under development COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Wolf D. ...Germany talks about dividing Europe again
22.01.2022
The German Navy chief, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach, said that Ukraine has lost Crimea for good.“The Crimean peninsula is gone, it will never come back. This is a fact. We have to learn that political issues are factual questions,” Schonbach said at a meeting with the Indian Institute of Defense Studies named after Manohar Parrikar.At the same time, he believes that Vladimir putin wants respect. “And my God, giving some respect is low cost, even no cost. So if ...russia threatens Ukraine with “civil” war if SWIFT is shut down
20.01.2022
The kremlin believes that russia’s disconnection from the international payment system SWIFT could cause a “civil” war in Ukraine. This was stated by putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to gazeta.ru.“All these statements can contribute to the destabilization of the situation, because they can inspire completely erroneous hopes in the hotheads of some representatives of Ukraine, the Ukrainian leadership, which, as they say, on the sly, can decide to start a new civil war in their country,” Peskov said.As reported, according ...
