Ukraine announced the official consumption of trade relations with Russia
The Cabinet of Observers of Ukraine has legally secured stable relations with Russia, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the country Yulia Sviridenko announced, her words show Interfax-Ukraine.
“A very important decision has been made. This is a legal fastening behind the fact of the development of events with the Russian Federation, which happened on February 24, ”said Sviridenko. According to her, because of this decision, Russia is deprived of foreign exchange earnings of at least $6 billion a year.
In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers of the country decided to withdraw the corporate rights and financial assets of the subsidiaries of the Russian Sberbank and VEB.RF in Ukraine: MR Bank and Prominvestbank, announced Sviridenko. According to her, this is the practical application of new laws that allow to comply with the norms withdrawn outside the territory, the property rights of Russia and its residents. Withdrawal of assets of MR Bank and Prominvestbank could bring the state about 26 billion hryvnias, said the head of the National Bank of Ukraine Kirill Shevchenko ($884 million).
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Russia, despite conducting a “military operation”* in Ukraine, continues gas transit to Europe through Ukraine. The contract between Moscow and Kyiv is valid until 2024. In early April, Gazprom representative Sergey Kupriyanov reportthat the company received gas supplies for transit through Ukraine in the regular mode and in accordance with the requests of European consumers. According to the Ukrainian Naftogaz, Kyiv in 2022 will receive at least $1.2 billion for transit, wrote Ukrainian Forbes with reference to the General Director of the “GTS Operator of Ukraine” Sergey Makogon.
On February 24, Russia launched a “military syringe” in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin announced the “demilitarization” and “denazification” of Ukraine. Russia, after negotiations in Istanbul on March 29, announced that it was present and would reduce military activity in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu then announced that the Russian army would focus on “liberating Donbass.” Ministry of Defense for the entire time of the campaign to combat the death of the population. According to statistics, by March 25, 1351 Russian soldiers were killed, 3825 were injured.
*According to the requirements of Roskomnadzor, when producing materials for use in production in Ukraine, all Russian media are required to use materials only from conventional sources of the Russian Federation. We cannot publish materials during which an operation called “attack”, “invasion”, or “declaration of war” is carried out, unless it is a direct quote (Article 53 of the Federal Law on the Media). In case of violation of the requirements, the media may be fined 5 million rubles, and the blocking of the publication may also be continued.