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USA imposes sanctions on Russia’s National Payment Card System, several banks

The United States has imposed blocking sanctions on the National Payment Card System (NPCS), the operator of the Mir cards, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a division of the United States Department of the Treasury responsible for sanctions enforcement, said in a statement. Nine Russian banks were also sanctioned: Avangard, International Financial Club…
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Zelenskyy discusses with President of Slovenia cooperation in UN Security Council, invites him to participate in first Global Peace Summit

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar discussed cooperation in the UN Security Council and the defense needs of Ukraine, the press service of the head of state said. As reported on the official website of the President of Ukraine on Thursday evening, Zelenskyy, during a phone conversation with Pirc…
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NSDC imposes sanctions against 37 Russian entities likely involved in deportations of Ukrainian children

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree that puts into force the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine dated November 18 to impose sanctions against a number of legal entities and individuals who are likely involved in the deportations of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories. Corresponding decree No.…
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President approves NSDC decision on updated personal sanctions against Azarov, Tabachnyk, Aksyonov – decree

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree that puts into force the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine On the application and amendment of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions), dated November 18. Corresponding decree No. 758/2023 was published on the presidential website. According to the text…
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Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference by Ukrainian Member of Parliament Oleksandr Dubinsky

On Monday, November 6, at 10.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference by Ukrainian Member of Parliament Oleksandr Dubinsky (not a member of any parliamentary faction) entitled “Falsification of criminal cases by Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, Head of the State Bureau of Investigation Oleksiy Sukhachev, and Head of the…
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Zelenskyy thanks USA for sanctioning companies that violated Russian oil price cap set in the world

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the United States for the decision to impose sanctions on the companies that violated the Russian oil price cap set in the world. “There are first sanctions introduced by the United States against the companies that violated the Russian oil price cap established in the world. Thank you…
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UK imposes sanctions on three Russians over Kara-Murza conviction

The United Kingdom imposed sanctions on three Russian citizens on Friday in connection with the conviction of opposition activist and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza (designated as a foreign agent in Russia), the British Foreign Office said in a statement. The restrictions have been imposed on Andrei Zadachin, a high-profile case detective with the Russian Investigative Committee’s…
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Ukraine imposes sanctions against 241 legal entities, over 400 individuals, including Russian athletes – decrees

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has put into effect the decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of April 15 on the introduction of personal special economic or other restrictive measures (sanctions). Decree No. 228/2023 imposes sanctions against 82 Russian sports figures, including Olympic champions. Decree No. 227/2023 imposes sanctions against 351 individuals and…
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