The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, admitted that the sanctions received as a result of the military offensive launched against Ukraine "may negatively affect" the evolution of the Russian economy, although he defended that in general terms there is a "positive" trend.
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Russia increased phishing attacks in Ukraine in 2022
Russian government-backed cybercriminals increased the launch of phishing campaigns targeting Ukraine by 250% and increased the spread of phishing attacks to NATO countries by 300 % by 2022, compared to attacks registered in 2020.
One of…
Estonia freezes Russian assets for more than 20 million euros
The Estonian financial control authorities reported on Wednesday the freezing of Russian assets worth 20.1 million euros, more than 90 percent of which belong to two well-known oligarchs, Andrei Melnichenko and Viatcheslav Kantor.
"Frozen…
US issues sanctions against Iran
The United States government announced the imposition of sanctions against Iranian entities for the alleged delivery of drones to Russia and Tehran's "support" for the "unprovoked war" launched in February by Moscow against Ukraine.
The US…
Russian economy will contract by 3%
The Russian Government estimates that its economy will register a contraction of less than 3% during 2022, while the fall for next year will be less than 1%, according to the latest perspectives released by the country's deputy prime…
Ukraine to restore works of art with NFT
The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine assured that all profits made from trading non-fungible tokens (NFT) will be used for the restoration of works and monuments in the country.
In a few months, the Meta History War…
Ukraine’s GDP fell in the first quarter of the year
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Ukraine registered a contraction of 19.3 % in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the previous three months, according to the operating estimate of the State Statistical Service of Ukraine.
Compared to…
Russia asks to pay its debt with rubles
The Russian Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov, expressed his willingness to continue to service all the country's sovereign debt obligations, although he warned that he will be forced to make payments in rubles, after the Treasury's…
EU proposes using Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine
Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia and Estonia presented a joint proposal to use the frozen assets of the Russian central bank in countries aligned with the European Union for the reconstruction of Ukraine, an amount that the Lithuanian Finance…
US Treasury Secretary calls for more support from Ukraine
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on all international partners to increase their financial support for Ukraine, stressing that the support given to date "will not be enough."
"I sincerely ask our partners to increase their…
G7 confirms that restrictions on Russian oil will remain
The leaders of the G-7, made up of Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, promised to ban imports of Russian oil at the end of the remote summit, according to the final declaration published by the…
Russia seeks ways to avoid EU sanctions
Russian authorities reported that the government is creating "mechanisms" to circumvent the sanctions imposed by the European Union as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The head of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the…