Russia and Ukraine: online broadcast March 17
Russia, by decision of President Vladimir Putin, from February 24, followed in a separate Ukraine military intelligence. In response, the countries of the West deployed a large-scale on-board sanctions network against Moscow. US President Joe Biden called the Russian leader a “war criminal”. The Kremlin rated such rhetoric as “unacceptable and unforgivable” and recalled that the US bomb “killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world.”
The exacerbations of the Russian and Ukrainian delegations continue. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky noted that the conversation is “rather difficult.”
In turn, the head of Chechnya, Ram Kadyrov, said that he lived in the Mariupol region, having experienced a successful special operation to break through the encirclement and leave it for a group of Russian special forces who previously belonged to the Ukrainian side, having tried to surrender several times.
Follow the events with us. Online the previous day can be read here.
13:50 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that today all restrictions on the transfer of citizens between Russia and Belarus have been fully lifted.
13:43 Russian State Duma deputy Yevgeny Fedorov warned of a “purge” in the ranks of Russian journalists due to “anti-Russian information policy.”
13:29 The Central Bank of the Russian Federation reported that from May 1 they plan to increase the size of one transaction in the fast payment system to 1 million rubles from the current 600 thousand. The limit of free transfers per month is also still 100 thousand rubles, a regulator has been added.
13:24 Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia has all the necessary means and opportunities to avoid bringing the situation to defaults. According to him, due to the fact that the state has the necessary funds, there can be no “defaults.”
13:21 Russia will not be able to take into account the court decision on the courts, which the UN will immediately suspend special operations in Ukraine.
13:17 Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov has developed a scheme to clean up Russian society from traitors. He also commented on the possible departure of Dvorkovich from Skolkovo and explained Putin’s lack of reaction to Biden’s attack.
12:48 The financial analyst said that the ruble could collapse again.
12:46 Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman spoke about the difficulties he had to face because of Western sentiment. He says that he does not even know how to live on.
12:23 Read the material: “Khabarovsk governor published Zhirinovsky’s prediction about the fate of the United States.”
12:14 Xerox has suspended the supply of products to Russia.
12:07 Ivan Chebeskov, director of the financial policy department of the Ministry of Finance, said that at the end of the year tax incentives for long-term savings of citizens would be in effect. This will affect savings in both brokerage and management company accounts, as well as valuable insurance and pension products.
12:05 The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania in its regular composition unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the UN to close the sky over Ukraine.
11:48 The Russian Ministry of Finance reported that coupons for the issue of sovereign Eurobonds in the amount of $117.2 million have been paid.
11:46 There are enough sugar reserves in Russia, sold in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which does not expect any interruptions in it. Also, the ministry does not expect a shortage of household chemicals.
11:28 The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called Bild’s information that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov learned about it in Beijing fake. According to her, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry worked late at Smolenka, and early in the morning he began work on negotiations with his colleagues from the East in Moscow.
11:20 Russia’s special operation in Ukraine does not aim to destroy the statehood of this country or overthrow its president, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
11:14 46 military installations of Ukraine liquidated per day by Russian military aviation. Among the infected are eleven anti-aircraft missile systems, including the S-300 division, transferred to the Russian Defense Ministry.
10:55 Read the material: “The Ministry of Defense spoke about the secret US biological project in Ukraine.”
10:44 China opposed the US decision imposed on Russia and limited pressure on Chinese companies.
10:42 Deputy Chairman of the Public Committee of the Federation Council Elena Bibikova did not rule out that she would speak out from the proposal and index pensions and social benefits.
10:34 The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, said that the ascent of the LPR during the night was a successful operation with several meetings inside Severodonetskaya and Rubizhnaya. The Glory units of the DPR are conducting cases of detentions under the control of certain places of Marinka, Sladkoe and Sladkoe. In turn, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that the offensive operation in Mariupol continues.
10:19 Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev made a number of contenders for the first place in the Telegram channel. He accused the West of criminality and immorality in relation to Russia, noting that Moscow was sincerely striving for good relations with the countries of the West. “I want to drive the country into a corner, put it on its knees and re-educate according to the patterns of the Anglo-Saxon world,” Medvedev said. He added that Russia “has enough power to put in place all the enemies of our country” and that the country is complying with the agreement for a new world order.
10:16 Read materials: “Uzbekistan refused to recognize the DPR and LPR as elected republics”
“Dmitry Nagiev spoke about the prospects for leaving Russia”
09:53 The British Permanent Mission to the Organization of the Associations of Nations reported on Twitter that the Association with Albania, France, Ireland, Norway and the United States requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine, which was supposed to begin at 15:00 rescheduled time (22:00 Moscow time).
09:33 The Federal Antimonopoly Service reports that it has begun checking packets of sugar from manufacturers in retail chains so that there is no delay in shipment.
09:29 The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroy warehouses at night with the use and destruction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:26 The Ministry of Transport reported that at present there are already a large number of flights to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, the United Arab Emirates, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan. In Russia, 29 foreign months continue to fly.
09:06 The representative of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, said that he controlled 95% of the Donetsk region.
09:04 The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that countries that send mercenaries and are associated with specific problems in Ukraine are discovering problems for themselves.