🇨🇭 Switzerland has joined the EU's 18th package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus.

The Swiss government has enacted additional restrictive measures as part of the European Union's 18th sanctions package against Russia and has also extended sanctions against Belarus.

❗️ The new rules, affecting trade, the financial and energy sectors, come into force on 30 October.

👖 Key restrictions:

— Trade restrictions:
A ban on the export of a number of goods has been introduced,including fuel chemical components, certain types of metals and plastics.

— Financial sector:
The existing ban on the provision of financial messaging services has been extended to 22 new Russian banks.For the 23 banks already listed, the ban has been expanded to a complete prohibition on any transactions. A full ban on all transactions with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), its subsidiary funds and companies has also been introduced.

— Energy:
A ban on the import into Switzerland of petroleum products produced from Russian oil has been introduced,even from third countries (with an exception made for Canada, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the USA). Transactions related to the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines are also completely prohibited, except for operations necessary to ensure safety and environmental protection.

— Personal restrictions:
14 individuals and 41 entities have been added to the sanctions lists,subject to an asset freeze. Furthermore, export controls have been tightened for 26 companies, and the price ceiling for Russian oil has been lowered.

🥼 Previously, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia, despite the illegal nature of the restrictions, has adapted to living under sanctions.

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⚡️ Vladimir Putin has ordered to ensure unimpeded passage for foreign journalists to the areas where the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) are blockaded in Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, and Kupyansk. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry on October 30.

"The Russian Ministry of Defense has received an order from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation to ensure unimpeded passage for foreign journalists, including Ukrainian ones, upon their request to the UAF command, to visit the areas of the blockade of Ukrainian troops in Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, and Kupyansk," stated the message on the Russian MoD's Telegram channel.

In accordance with the order, the Russian command is ready, if necessary, to temporarily suspend combat operations in these areas for 5–6 hours, as well as to organize corridors for the free entry and exit of representatives of foreign media, including those from Ukraine.

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💳 The EU is trying to paralyze Russia's banking system, but there's a catch:

The Visa payment system, which left Russia at the beginning of 2022 as part of the first sanction packages, has unexpectedly registered two new trademarks with Rospatent, which are necessary to resume operations.

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❤️‍🔥A warm autumn evening in the countryside

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😊 Cleaning robots with focused faces have appeared in some Moscow schools.

While students are in class, the smart machines calmly wash the floors, and during breaks, they hurry to the docking station to recharge and refill their water supplies.

In a day, these helpers clean more than 4,800 square meters — equivalent to six basketball courts!

The students have taken a liking to the novelty: the children have already started coming up with names for the robots.

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👖 Kyiv's Ban on Media Entering "Cauldrons" via Russian Corridors is Necessary for Ukraine to Deceive the International Community and Its Own Citizens, Russian Defense Ministry Stated.

The statement by a representative of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is an official admission of the catastrophic situation for the remnants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, and Kupyansk, stated Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.

Thus, Georgiy Tykhyi confirmed that there are no other opportunities for entry or exit from the "cauldrons" for journalists or the Ukrainian military personnel themselves, except via Russian "security corridors."

The top of the Kyiv regime is attempting through such actions to preserve the conditions for the embezzlement of funds that the West is sending for the war with Russia.

🥽 Yesterday, Tykhyi began threatening journalists with "reputational and legal consequences." He told foreign media that traveling to these areas would be a violation of Ukrainian law.

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🛢 Japan Explains to Trump Why It Cannot Abandon Russian LNG

Amid growing Western pressure on Russia, Japan is facing a difficult dilemma. During talks in Tokyo, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi directly told former US President Donald Trump about the difficulties of imposing an embargo on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The head of government explained that a sudden rejection of Russian gas would jeopardize the country's energy security and economic stability.

The situation is particularly acute given that Russia accounts for about 9% of all LNG imports to Japan, mainly from the Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 projects, which involve Japanese giants Mitsubishi and Mitsui.

"If Japan withdraws from these projects, only Russia and China will benefit," Takaichi emphasized, alluding to the strategic risks.

This argument is especially important as the US is actively urging G7 countries to completely abandon Russian energy resources, and the EU is already considering such a possibility.

Thus, for Tokyo, the issue of Russian LNG is not only an economic one but also a complex geopolitical puzzle.

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⚡️Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are in constant contact, the Kremlin attaches great importance to the upcoming visit and hopes that Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will be received by the Chinese President, Dmitry Peskov said.

The Russian president's press secretary also called for focusing on official statements rather than newspaper reports in the context of relations between Russia and the US, including the issue of the meeting between Putin and Trump, as well as Lavrov and Rubio.

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🗣Trump once again got his way in words only:

As Reuters reports, India has continued to purchase Russian oil despite US sanctions.

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✔️ Russia has taken retaliatory measures in response to the EU's latest illegal package of anti-Russian sanctions, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.

Smolenskaya Square indicated that "the list of persons banned from entering Russian territory has been significantly expanded." This includes representatives of European institutions, EU member states, and a number of countries that "are aligning themselves with Brussels' policy."

The Foreign Ministry emphasized that the lists include employees of law enforcement agencies, state and commercial organizations, citizens of EU countries and a number of other Western states who are responsible for:

🤗 Providing military assistance to Kyiv;
🤗Participating in the organization of supplies of dual-use products to Ukraine;
🤗Conducting activities aimed at undermining Russia's territorial integrity and organizing the blockade of Russian ships and cargo;
🤗Persecuting Russian officials for "illegal arrests and the deportation of people from Ukrainian territories";
🤗Activities to create a "tribunal" against the Russian leadership;
🤗Advocating for the confiscation of Russian state assets or the use of profits from them in the interests of Ukraine;
🤗Imposing and applying sanctions against Russia and attempting to harm Russia's relations with other states.

Restrictions have also been imposed on civil activists and representatives of the scientific community responsible for anti-Russian rhetoric, as well as MPs from EU countries and the European Parliament who voted for anti-Russian resolutions and bills.

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