Sanctions
The USA imposed sanctions against 18 ships carrying Rosneft: the list
The United States introduced the first sanctions in 2024 against companies and ships that help Russia transport oil.
The Baltic countries proposed to include Russian grain in the EU sanctions package
The Baltic countries propose to include the import of Russian and Belarusian grain in the package of EU sanctions.
The US Congress may ban the import of Russian agricultural products
The US House of Representatives is discussing the possibility of banning the purchase of agricultural products from the Russian Federation.
In Latvia, it is proposed to ban the import and transit of Russian and Belarusian grain
Minister of Transport of Latvia Kaspars Briskens proposed to ban the import of Russian and Belarusian grain to the European Union.
Russia has frozen the assets of the German Linde, which was building a gas terminal in the port of Ust-Luga
The Russian court issued a decision to seize the Russian assets of the German corporation Linde. The company is one of the largest producers of industrial gases and a contractor for Gazprom’s project to build a plant in the port of Ust-Luga.
The EU banned the import of Russian diamonds
An embargo on the direct import of Russian diamonds to EU countries has come into effect.
Russia may soon launch an ammonia export terminal in the port of Taman
An ammonia and nitrogen fertilizer transshipment terminal under construction at the Russian port of Taman on the Black Sea is scheduled to begin its first shipments in early 2024.
Foreign shareholders have frozen participation in the Russian project “Arctic LNG-2”
Due to US sanctions, foreign companies have frozen their participation in the large Russian Arctic LNG-2 project.
Chinese companies are asking them to be released from sanctions on the RF Project “Arctic LNG-2”
Chinese state-owned companies are asking the United States to release them from sanctions on the project of the Russian PPG “Arctic LNG-2”.
NYT: Russia imports Western equipment for the FSB through ports in Turkey and Morocco
Russia imports Western equipment prohibited by sanctions through the ports of Morocco and Turkey, and installs it in FSB offices.
