ARTICLE - New E.U. sanctions
EU adopts 12th package of sanctions against Russia
News Censor.NET Incidents
18.12.23 17:48
https://censor.net/en/n3462319
Today, on 18 December, the European Union has enacted the 12th package of sanctions against Russia.
According to Censor.NET reported on the EU website.
“In this 12th package, we propose a powerful set of new lists and economic measures that will further weaken the Russian military machine. Our message is clear, as I said when I chaired the informal Foreign Affairs Council in Kyiv: we remain unwavering in our commitment to Ukraine and will continue to support its fight for freedom and sovereignty,” said European diplomat Josep Borrell.
As noted, a ban is imposed on the direct or indirect import or transport of diamonds from Russia. This ban applies to diamonds originating in Russia, diamonds exported from Russia, diamonds in transit through Russia and Russian diamonds processed in third countries.
The ban also applies to jewellery with Russian diamonds.
In addition, 29 organizations supporting Russia’s military-industrial complex in its war against Ukraine were added to the sanctions list. Some of them belong to third countries and are involved in circumventing trade restrictions, or are Russian organizations involved in the development, production and supply of electronic components for the Russian military-industrial complex.
The ban on transit for dual-use goods and technologies exported from the EU to third countries via Russia has been extended.
Stricter rules will also be introduced for the implementation of oil price caps. In addition, a strengthened information exchange mechanism will allow for better identification of vessels and organizations engaged in deceptive activities, such as ship-to-ship transfers.
The Council decided to introduce rules for notifying the sale of tankers to any third country to make their sale and export more transparent. This includes second-hand vehicles that could be used to evade the ban on imports of Russian crude oil or oil products and the G7 price cap.
Today’s decision adds Switzerland to the list of partner countries applying a set of restrictive measures on imports of iron and steel from Russia.
In addition to the economic sanctions, the Council decided to add a significant number of additional individuals and entities to the list.
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Ukrainian partisans set coordinates of Russian anti-aircraft installations in Crimea
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Agents of the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar partisan movement ATESH have reportedly tracked the movement of an anti-aircraft installation in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol. Occupiers have reinforced their air defense with this installation to repel potential attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the peninsula’s targets, according to the group’s Telegram.
Throughout the past week, agents of the ATESH Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar partisan movement have reportedly been monitoring and documenting the movement of air defense/missile defense systems in Sevastopol. According to the partisans, the occupiers’ objective is to attempt to suppress the strikes by the Ukrainian Defense Forces, which are being precision-targeted at military facilities in Crimea.
“We are aware that the anti-aircraft installation has been relocated along Ocheretyane Highway towards Kozacha Bay, where the 810 Marine Infantry Brigade is stationed. Coordinates: 44.570850, 33.420507,” the message states.
The partisans have also published photos of the installation along with a map indicating its current location.
Earlier, agents of ATESH reported that they were carefully monitoring the territory of the main office of the Russian National Guard in Moscow and collecting information about the facility.
Additionally, the ATESH partisans identified locations of Russian military equipment and occupiers in Dzhankoy in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Previously, the partisans infiltrated a Russian military airfield in Crimea and discovered radar stations used by the occupiers.
ARTICLE - Russian banking
UK imposes sanctions against Russian Novikombank
News Censor.NET World
15.12.23 14:49
Source: https://censor.net/en/n3461831
The UK government imposed sanctions on the Russian bank Novikombank.
This is stated in the press release of the British regulator in the field of sanctions of the Ministry of Finance
“The following entry has been added to the Consolidated List. The legal entity is now subject to asset freezing, sanctions on trust services, prohibition of correspondent banking operations, etc.: Novikombank Joint-Stock Commercial Bank,” the regulator said in a statement.
The press release notes that the Russian bank “benefits from or supports the Russian government through doing business in an industry that is of strategic importance to the Russian government, namely the Russian financial services sector.”