Newsletter of the main news 02.03/08.03

€90 billion in aid for Ukraine remains blocked: Hungary is tying its approval to the restoration of Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline

10 Mar 2026


Fico threatened to block €90 billion for Ukraine

Slovakia

The Prime Minister of Slovakia has indicated that he is prepared to follow Hungary's example and block the €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine

08 Mar 2026

Slovakia


Sweden detained a cargo ship from Ukraine's sanctions list

Sweden

The Swedish Coast Guard detained the cargo ship Caffa, which is under Ukrainian sanctions, in the Baltic Sea

07 Mar 2026

Sweden


The US is considering lifting sanctions on russian oil

United States of America

The US Treasury Secretary said that the administration is considering lifting sanctions on russian oil to increase supply on the global market and avoid shortages

07 Mar 2026

United States of America


IPC president says russian soldiers can compete in Paralympics

Russia

The IPC President stated that the organisation is prepared to allow russian soldiers who were wounded during the war to participate in the Paralympic Games

06 Mar 2026

Russia


Hungary and Slovakia demand that seven russians be removed from EU sanctions

Hungary

Hungary and Slovakia are demanding that seven russians be removed from the EU sanctions list in order to extend individual sanctions against russia for another six months

06 Mar 2026

Hungary


Propagandist Kryuchkov from Crimea convicted in Ukraine

Ukraine

In Ukraine, the general producer of TRK ‘Crimea’ was tried, who in 2014 went to work for the occupiers

06 Mar 2026

Ukraine


The US has allowed India another 30 days to purchase russian oil

United States of America

The US Treasury Department has granted India a 30-day licence to purchase russian oil

06 Mar 2026

United States of America


Hungary will block 90 billion for Ukraine until Druzhba resumes operations

Hungary

Viktor Orbán has publicly promised to maintain the blockade of European funding for Ukraine until Kyiv resumes russian oil supplies to Hungary

06 Mar 2026

Hungary


russian officials are preparing to nationalise the patents of companies that have left russia due to the war

Russia

The russian authorities are preparing to take ‘temporary control’ of the intellectual property rights of foreign companies that have left russia

05 Mar 2026

Russia


The court fined a man and his company €70,200 for importing timber from russia

Latvia

The Kurzeme District Court fined a man €31,200 for violating EU sanctions. His company must also pay a fine of €39,000

05 Mar 2026

Latvia


Putin threatened the EU with premature termination of gas supplies amid the war in Iran

Russia

Vladimir Putin used the war in Iran to try to force the EU to reconsider its plans to abandon russian gas

04 Mar 2026

Russia


A category for businesses will be added to the International Register of Damage caused by russian aggression

Ukraine

In the coming weeks, the International Register of Damage plans to launch the possibility for businesses to submit claims

04 Mar 2026

Ukraine


russia will participate in the Venice Biennale for the first time since 2022

Italy

The organisers of the Venice Biennale have published a list of countries that will open pavilions at this year's exhibition, including russia

04 Mar 2026

Italy


Péter Szijjártó arrived in Moscow to negotiate cheap oil and gas

Hungary

The Hungarian Foreign Minister arrived in Moscow to continue oil and gas supplies to Hungary

04 Mar 2026

Hungary


Officials of a company in the Kyiv region will be tried for supplying critical equipment to the russian federation

Ukraine

Law enforcement officers have completed their investigation and sent the case files concerning three employees of a company in the Kyiv region to court

04 Mar 2026

Ukraine


Belgium has set bail at €10 million for the seized russian tanker

Belgium

Belgium has set bail at €10 million for the russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker Ethera

04 Mar 2026

Belgium


Belarus profits from stolen Ukrainian grain

Belarus

Belarus, together with russia, is involved in the illegal export of agricultural products from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine in circumvention of sanctions

03 Mar 2026

Belarus


A car dealer from Germany was sentenced to six years in prison for supplying cars to the FSB and FSO

Germany

A car dealer from Bavaria violated sanctions by supplying German luxury cars to russia

03 Mar 2026

Germany


The Central Bank of russia has filed a lawsuit against the EU over its decision to freeze its assets indefinitely

Russia

russia appealed to the General Court of the EU in Luxembourg, claiming a violation of sovereign immunity over the national bank's reserves

03 Mar 2026

Russia


Kyrgyzstan threatened the EU with legal action if the bloc imposes sanctions for re-exporting to russia

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is prepared to challenge the EU's actions in court if the bloc imposes sanctions on the country for supplying critical goods to russia

02 Mar 2026

Kyrgyzstan


Court allows Yukos shareholders to seize russian assets in Britain for $65 billion

United Kingdom

The High Court of London ruled to recognise and enforce in the United Kingdom the decision of the Dutch arbitration court on the payment of debt to former investors of Yukos

02 Mar 2026

United Kingdom


Newsletter of the main news 23.02/01.03

The EU will no longer consider transferring frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

01 Mar 2026


Belgium detains tanker belonging to russia's ‘shadow fleet’

Belgium

The Belgian army has seized an oil tanker belonging to the russian shadow fleet

01 Mar 2026

Belgium


Switzerland has closed a bank accused by the US of laundering money for Medvedchuk and Kurchenko

Switzerland

98% of assets received by MBaer Bank recently belonged to high-risk clients

28 Feb 2026

Switzerland


Ukraine has imposed sanctions on russian postal services operating in the occupied territories

Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelensky imposed sanctions against russian postal services operating in the occupied territories

28 Feb 2026

Ukraine


The 20th package of EU sanctions against russia has been agreed, but Hungary and Slovakia are holding it up

Slovakia

EU ambassadors have agreed on the text of the 20th package of sanctions against russia, but the final decision is still being blocked by the positions of Budapest and Bratislava

27 Feb 2026

Slovakia


Orbán may unblock €90 billion in EU loans to Ukraine in exchange for a €16 billion loan for Hungary

Hungary

The Hungarian Prime Minister may unblock a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine if the European Commission approves Budapest's application for a €16 billion defence loan

27 Feb 2026

Hungary


The hotel, owned by the LVMH group, which left russia at the start of the war, continues to serve russian customers despite sanctions

France

Among Grand Hotel Europe's largest clients are sanctioned companies Rostec, Rosneft, Sovcombank, and Tactical Missile Armament Corporation

27 Feb 2026

France


Anatoly Chubais asked Canada to lift sanctions against him because he ‘opposed the war’

Canada

Vladimir Putin's former representative for sustainable development and climate in international organisations said he opposed russia's invasion of Ukraine

27 Feb 2026

Canada