People cross an improvised path under a destroyed bridge as they flee the city of Irpin near Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 7, 2022
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- The Russian government on Monday approved a list of countries as ‘unfriendly’.
- The list includes the United States and Canada, the states of the European Union, the UK, among others.
The Russian government on Monday approved a list of countries and territories that are “unfriendly” with Russia and imposed sanctions against them after the launch of a special military operation by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine.
The list includes the United States and Canada, European Union states, UK (including Jersey, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar), Ukraine, Montenegro, Switzerland, Albania, Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino . North Macedonia, and Japan, South Korea, Australia, Micronesia, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan also reported TASS news agency.
The Government notes that in accordance with this Decree, Russian citizens and companies, the state itself, its territories and municipalities that have foreign currency obligations from the list of foreign creditors to foreign creditors, will be able to pay them in rubles.
The new temporary procedure applies to payments of more than 10 million rubles (or the same amount in foreign currency) per month.
Meanwhile, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Root on Monday that London and other Western governments would respond to Russian energy exports in response to an ongoing military operation in Ukraine. But seriously considering the restrictions. ,
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