The Russian online media Medusa, with reference to its sources, reports that many high-ranking officials and employees of Russian state corporations did not expect such harsh sanctions because of the war in Ukraine and consider quitting their jobs.
The German chemical concern BASF, one of the leaders among the manufacturers of chemical plant protection products, will continue to supply Russia, despite the announcement of February 24 about their cessation.
"Yedinaya Rossiya" [United Russia], Putin’s party, has proposed the nationalisation of the property of companies that are terminating their production in Russia due to the war in Ukraine.
Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk criticized the government of Georgia due to its intention to conduct trade with the Russian Federation, despite international sanctions against Moscow.
The first stage of the digital blockade of Russia is being completed, the next two stages are on their way, said Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, believes that Russia's unprecedented actions are developing at such a pace that it will soon surpassthe level of the world's toughest dictatorship, North Korea.
Since the countries of the European Union closed EU airspace to Russian aircraft, a very lively air connection has sprung up between Moscow and Istanbul.
Ukrainian Fozzy Group and VARUS supermarket chains have stopped selling Coca-Cola products in protest over the company's continued operation in Russia.