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The UK has imposed sanctions against Aeroflot, VTB and Rostec

Against the background of the situation in Ukraine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the imposition of sanctions against the Russian VTB bank with the freezing of assets of about 100 legal entities and individuals.

The airline “Aeroflot” was also sanctioned. Thus, the British regulator in the field of civil aviation has banned the Russian airline from flying to and from the UK until further notice.

In addition, Britain imposes a ban on the export of high-tech products to Russia. Among other things, such companies as Rostec, UAC, USC and Uralvagonzavod were included in the sanctions lists, TASS reports.

In addition, according to Johnson, the UK will ban companies from Russia from trading in dollars and pounds.

Britain also imposed restrictions on the amount of money that Russians can keep in British accounts (no more than 50 thousand pounds).

Johnson also insists on disconnecting Russia from the SWIFT international payment system, but so far the EU has not made a consolidated decision.

The British prime minister added that all the sanctions imposed today are aimed at weakening the Russian economy.

The main decision that will deal a serious blow to Russia is the refusal of the European Union from Russian gas and oil, thanks to which Putin gained serious power over Western politics, Johnson explained.

It is worth noting that it was after Johnson’s statement that there was a sharp drop in VTB shares (by 42%) and Aeroflot. In addition, the shares of “Sberbank” collapsed by 72% on the London Stock Exchange.

VTB has already assured that the banking system was ready for sanctions, as several counteraction plans had already been worked out.

Earlier, Topnews wrote that the EU published a list of more than 300 Russians who were sanctioned due to the recognition of the DPR and the LPR, which included, among others, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu, TV journalist Vladimir Solovyov, and RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan.

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Putin explained Russia’s further actions following the meeting with representatives of big business.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with representatives of big business this evening.

At it, the Russian leader once again spoke about the situation with Ukraine and the subsequent packages of sanctions against Russia by the EU and the United States.

Putin called the military special operation a forced measure, since Russia was not given a chance to do something else.

All earlier attempts by Russia to negotiate, persuade and appeal to Ukraine have brought zero results.

 “Well, we haven’t moved a millimeter on any issue. I want to emphasize this – a forced measure. Because they could create such risks for us that it is not clear at all how the country would continue to exist!”, – Putin explained his decision.

From the point of view of sanctions policy, Putin noted that the country’s enterprises were preparing for such a turn of events.

But even despite this, Russia remains a part of the global economy and is not going to damage the system in which it is located, the head of state stressed.

Therefore, for today, Putin called on representatives of the business community to work together with the government to find tools to support the country’s economy, save jobs and other things.

In addition, Putin, in response to the speech of the Chairman of the RSPP Alexander Shokhin, promised to provide entrepreneurs with good conditions and greater freedom of entrepreneurial activity in the current situation, and asked them to understand what is happening, actively working with the government.

At the same time, he urged the West not to push Russia out of the global economic system.

Earlier, Topnews wrote that the President of Russia made an appeal, where he announced the beginning of a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine.

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In particular, Christian Kern terminated his membership in the leadership of Russian Railways.

According to media reports, foreigners are leaving the companies of the Russian Federation.

This is happening against the background of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.

According to RIA Novosti, former Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern has terminated his membership in the board of directors of Russian Railways.

Kern joined the Board of Directors of Russian Railways in July 2019.

Prior to the post of Chancellor (2016-2017), since 2010 he has been in charge of railways in Austria.

The former President of Finland, Esko Aho, resigned from the Supervisory Board of Sberbank.

He stated that he was doing it “immediately”.

Earlier, the media reported that at least 14 politicians from other countries are members of large Russian companies.

Earlier, topNews wrote that Russia had launched a special operation against Ukraine.

At the same time, Ukraine has severed diplomatic relations with Russia.

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The Moscow and St. Petersburg stock exchanges announced the suspension of trading after the announcement of a special operation in Ukraine.

The media report an increase in the price of the dollar in Russian banks, which has exceeded the mark of 100 rubles. Some credit institutions ask for up to 110.48 rubles for 1 dollar.

The euro shows the same sharp growth. The price for one monetary unit is up to 131.07 rubles.

As Topnews wrote, on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a military special operation in Ukraine, which caused a record collapse of the ruble.

So, the euro exchange rate immediately after the statement at the time of the trading stop reached 107 rubles, the dollar – 86 rubles.

As URA reports.EN, at the moment, Tinkoff Bank offers $1 for 110.48 rubles, euro for 111.73 rubles, Sberbank for 96.93 and 131.07, respectively, VTB for 93.8 and 104.95 rubles.

Analysts of the publication note that such indicators can be called a record: the price per dollar exceeded the mark of January 2016, and the euro of December 2014.

Also, according to the publication, the leading Russian stock exchanges stopped all trading on all markets.

As reported on the official website of the Moscow Exchange, the resumption of its work will be announced additionally.

A similar statement on the official website says about the suspension of trading on the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange.

As Topnews wrote earlier, the euro exchange rate at the auction exceeded 90 rubles, and shares of Russian companies collapsed.

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The White House has released a statement by President Joe Biden.

US President Joe Biden announced that the US administration is introducing a new package of restrictive measures.

New sanctions are addressed to the operator of the Russian-German gas pipeline “Nord Stream-2” – companies Nord Stream 2 AG.

According to the American leader, quoted in the White House message, he ordered the administration to introduce restrictive measures against the operator and his leadership.

Joe Biden emphasized that the United States is ready for further steps if Moscow continues to escalate the military conflict in the Donbas.

He believes that by recognizing the People’s republics of the DPR and the LPR, the Russian president gave the world an irresistible incentive to completely abandon Russian gas supplies to Europe and other parts of the world, RIA Novosti reports.

Recall that the capacity of the constructed gas pipeline is 55 billion cubic meters per year.

The operator Nord Stream 2 AG is implementing the project with the sole shareholder – the Russian company Gazprom.

As Topnews wrote earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz instructed the German Ministry of Economy to stop the certification of the gas pipeline, explaining that the recognition of the republics by Russia is a violation of international law.

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Chancellor Scholz announced the reasons for his decision on the gas pipeline.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz instructed the authorities to stop the certification of the Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream-2.

According to the local newspaper Zeit, he was prompted to take such a step by Moscow’s decision to recognize the independence of the DPR and the LPR, which, according to the Chancellor, seriously violates international legal norms.

Another edition of Handelsblatt mentions that at a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin, which took place in Berlin, Scholz explained that “today’s situation is fundamentally different,” commenting on the new attitude of the authorities to the launch of the gas pipeline.

Recall, as Topnews wrote, earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s decision on Donbass to Scholz himself, as well as French President Emmanuel Macron.

Both Western leaders expressed their disappointment with this decision, but they did not refuse further contacts with the Russian head.

The latest negotiations on “SP-2” between Moscow and Berlin took place on February 15 in Moscow. Then the leaders of the two countries talked about maintaining the Minsk agreements.

And last summer, the United States and Germany announced that the gas pipeline would be introduced without additional sanctions against Russia.

In exchange, Russia and Ukraine had to extend the transit agreement for ten years. At the same time, it was stated that Moscow’s policy, which uses the Sevpotok 2 as a weapon, was unacceptable.

Later, in December, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller told the media that the pipeline was fully ready for launch. But the certification of the facility was delayed against the background of statements by the United States, which promised to stop it if Russia invaded Ukraine, meaning the territory of Donbass.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the likelihood of a full-scale confrontation between China and the United States.

According to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, Beijing is imposing sanctions on Washington.

The new restrictive measures are related to the supply of weapons to Taiwan.

According to Wenbin, such measures are being introduced to protect China’s sovereignty and security interests.

The measures are being introduced as a response to the actions of the US military-industrial company Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies, which has been supplying weapons to Taiwan for a long time.

According to the diplomat, such trade grossly violates the principle of “one China” and negatively affects the sovereignty of the country, as well as relations between the United States and China.

Wenbin has not yet told about specific sanctions.

Against this background, RIA Novosti reports that the new US strategy is aimed at deterring Beijing. This opinion was expressed by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking with his American counterpart Anthony Blinken.

Wang Yi considers it a mistake that the US is trying to use Taiwan to put pressure on Beijing.

The diplomat added that the calls of US politicians to strengthen competition with China threaten to turn into full-scale clashes between states.

Earlier, topNews wrote about how China reacted to Russia’s recognition of the DPR and the LPR.

 

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TV presenter Skabeeva urged not to pay attention to the growth of the currency.

Against the background of reports on the recognition of the DPR and LPR by Russia, the exchange rate of the euro exceeded 90 rubles.

According to the service Investing.com , at the peak of the Moscow Exchange trading, the exchange rate of the European currency reached the level of 90.28 rubles.  Later, the rate changed to 90.03 rubles.

The service indicates that the initial exchange rate is 1 euro = 87.5 rubles.

The exchange rate of the US currency also increased: from 76.72 rubles at the beginning of trading to 79.32 at the final.

As for the Mosbirzhi index, it decreased by 11.32%, the RTS index — 14.65%, Sberbank shares — 15%, VK — more than 15%, Magnit — more than 13.5%, Yandex — about 9%, Rusal -12%, Inter RAO — 11%, PIK Group — 12.25%, Alrosa – 12%, Ozon – 8.7%, Gazprom – 8%, VTB – by 7.8%.

Reporting on the change in the exchange rate of major currencies, VGTRK TV presenter Olga Skabeeva said that happiness is not in the euro.

In her telegram channel, a post of the Dvach edition appeared about the growth of the euro, with a comment: Russian Russian people and the Russian world long live!”.

Earlier, Topnews reported that for the first time since 2016, the euro exchange rate exceeded 91 rubles on September 25, 2020.

Analysts then called the reason for the introduction of new anti-Russian sanctions due to the situation with the poisoning of politician Alexei Navalny* (listed with terrorists and extremists).

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The businessman was sanctioned.

The Swiss Federal Court has issued a verdict on the claim of Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg. The head of the Renova group of companies protested the decision of the Swiss bank PostFinance, which closed his accounts.

The reason for closing the accounts was that the oligarch was under US sanctions.

According to RBC, Vekselberg opened several accounts in PostFinance in the fall of 2018. One account was in euros, the other in Swiss francs. But by this time, the billionaire had already been under American sanctions for several months.

After a while, the bank decided to close the accounts, citing “inconsistency of the bank’s strategy with the profile of [the client].”

In 2019, Vekselberg challenged this decision in the Bern court. But then he was denied the claim, but the Russian appealed against it.

The federal court ruled that the bank had no right to close the accounts. PostFinance is now obliged to service the accounts of the founder of the group.

Viktor Vekselberg was also awarded compensation of 9,000 Swiss francs. He will be paid the court costs of the plaintiff for 8000 francs. The total amount will be about $ 18,000.

Recall that Viktor Vekselberg found himself under US sanctions in the spring of 2018. Then America compiled a blacklist of businessmen and officials “close” to Vladimir Putin, accused of interfering in the American presidential election.

Sanctions hit Vekselberg hard – more than 1.5 billion dollars were frozen.

Viktor Vekselberg’s fortune reaches $ 9 billion, and he ranks 20th in the list of the richest Russian businessmen.

As Topnews wrote earlier, in February 2021, Vekselberg complained that he was not allowed to withdraw money from American accounts for charity.

He also wanted to spend money on fighting the pandemic.

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Analysts have concluded that there is a serious supply crisis.

Analysts have concluded that it has become unprofitable for gas transportation companies to transport shipments of liquefied natural gas from the United States to Europe.

According to the publication “Free Press “, the price of only one such transportation will bring a loss and is estimated as negative.

As analysts explain, Europe has already taken 90.8% or 43.4 billion cubic meters of gas from its storage facilities, having almost emptied its gas storage facilities. But it is simply unprofitable for gas tankers to transport fuel under current conditions, they have to work at a loss to deliver fuel from across the Atlantic.

LNG prices are high due to the energy transition that has begun, which has provoked a shortage of fuel.

The publication notes that it is faster for tankers to get across the Atlantic than across the Pacific Ocean, but they are idle, because there is not enough fuel to fill the cylinders.

As a result, each flight brings a loss, despite the Americans’ statements about record LNG production.

“If your ships are heading to Europe and not to Asia, the journey will be much shorter, so the ships will return earlier and be ready to go again. This creates greater accessibility (or rather overabundance) in the transportation system,” explained the expert “SP”.

According to Bloomberg, in January LNG shipments to Europe were record due to the fact that traders, using spot prices, sent supplies from Asia.

As a result, a large number of ships appeared in the Atlantic.

The problem that has arisen at the moment could be solved by redirecting ships to Asia by a longer route across the Pacific Ocean and thus balancing the interests of fuel producers, its buyers and ship owners. But this requires the launch of the Nord Stream-2. And the United States opposes this.

As a result, the publication comes to the conclusion that Gazprom and its head Alexey Miller personally bent everyone.

Earlier, Topnews wrote that Miller commented on Ukraine’s threats to take away gas on account of debt payment.

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