What happened after the entry of Russian troops into Ukraine.

Day 40
Latest news and statements April 4 (c) Kommersant
23:07. The US authorities will, as a matter of priority, supply drones, Javelin and Stinger systems to Kiev, the Pentagon said.
22:55. Nebenzya: there was no evidence of atrocities after the withdrawal of the Russian military from Bucha.
22:47. The new package of EU sanctions against Russia will not affect its entire banking sector, the Austrian Foreign Minister said.
22:36. Nebenzya: London refused to hold an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Bucha, as it considered that the situation did not require immediate action by the Council.
22:34. Russia will soon present to the UN Security Council the facts about the situation in Bucha, Russian servicemen have nothing to do with this provocation, Nebenzya said.
22:23. The US believes that the conflict in Ukraine could last "months or longer," the White House said.
22:17. The US State Department has threatened other countries with consequences for helping Russia's military operation in Ukraine, a State Department spokesman said.
22:05. The EU is not currently considering the possibility of a gas embargo against Russia, the European Commissioner said.
21:53. In Estonia, they proposed to impose sanctions against the energy sector of Russia.
21:47. The European Commission considers it necessary to comply with the provisions of contracts for gas supplies from Russia for payment in dollars or euros, the European Commissioner said.
21:38. The conflict in Ukraine leads to higher prices and lower living standards in the EU, and will also affect European society, the head of the Eurogroup believes.
21:28. EU economic ministers will discuss the expansion of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, the head of the Eurogroup said.
21:04. Canada will impose sanctions against 9 citizens of the Russian Federation and 9 citizens of Belarus, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
20:54. Austria is not considering the possibility of imposing an embargo on gas supplies from Russia, the chancellor of the republic said. “Not only Austria, but also Germany, Romania, Bulgaria and other countries depend on Russian gas. This is an unwise measure because it harms those who introduce it,” Karl Nehammer told PULS24.
20:47. France has decided to expel about 30 Russian diplomats, media reported.
20:40. The Ambassador of the Czech Republic was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, he was protested in connection with the fact that Prague declared persona non grata of Russian diplomats. The ambassador was pointed out the inadmissibility of calls to employees of the diplomatic service to abandon Russia's positions on Ukraine.
20:31. France has decided to expel a number of Russian diplomats whose actions, according to Paris, are contrary to security interests, the French Foreign Ministry said.
20:27. London supports the US call to suspend Russia's voting rights in the UN Human Rights Council, Britain's envoy said.
20:19. The head of the League of Arab States: the adoption of sanctions imposed by the US and the EU must be discussed through the mechanism of the UN Security Council.
20:10. Lavrov: the position of the Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul showed more realism on the Crimea, DPR and LPR. Delegations continue intensive negotiation work via video link. The summit of the presidents of Russia and Ukraine will be convened when the results are achieved at the negotiations of the delegations.
20:05. Lavrov: Today Russia will present materials on the situation in Bucha at a special press conference in New York.
20:03. Lavrov: Unprecedented Western sanctions are hitting the global economy.
19:58. The UK has no plans to expel Russian diplomats at this time, PA reports, citing an unnamed British official.
19:46. Gazprom Germania can challenge the decision to transfer control to the Federal Grid Agency within a month.
19:39. The UN will assess the events in Bucha based on the results of the investigation, the Secretary General's office said.
19:32. A draft law on criminal liability for the enforcement of foreign sanctions in Russia has been submitted to the State Duma. According to him, the heads of commercial and other organizations for violations will face up to 10 years in prison.
19:15. One meeting of the UN Security Council, both at the request of Russia and at the request of Ukraine, is scheduled for April 5 at 10:00 (17:00 Moscow time).
19:10. The head of the German Foreign Ministry declared 40 Russian diplomats persona non grata.
19:05. Russia has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council at 22:00 Moscow time on the provocation of radicals in Bucha.
18:58. According to the results of trading, the Russian stock market closed with an increase of 1.02%, according to the Moscow Exchange.
18:50. The German concern for the production of household and industrial chemicals Henkel AG will continue its activities in Russia for the time being, but will monitor developments, WSJ reports, citing the head of the company's supervisory board.
18:42. German Finance Ministry: The EU is not yet ready to abandon gas from Russia.
18:34. When asked if he agreed with the position of Zelensky, who called Russia's actions in Ukraine a genocide, Biden answered in the negative.
18:28. Programmers from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to participate in the global competition for programmers Google Summer of Code (GSoC), according to the official website of the competition.
18:26. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation will give a legal assessment of false information about the situation in Bucha, the department said.
18:00. Biden said he was going to continue imposing sanctions on Russia and called for judicialmu war crimes proceedings. He also again called Putin a war criminal, according to Reuters.
17:54. The Pentagon said the US military has no independent confirmation of reports of events in Bucha.
17:50. The Central Bank raised the dollar on April 5 to 83.59 rubles, the euro - up to 92.39 rubles.
17:41. The German Gazprom Germania GmbH was transferred under the trusteeship of the Federal Network Agency.
17:31. State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin announced the creation of deputy groups for relations with the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. They will be headed by deputies Dmitry Sablin and Viktor Vodolatsky.
17:25. Greece hopes that all countries wishing to enter the EU will impose sanctions against Russia, the head of the Greek Foreign Ministry said.
17:17. The Lithuanian authorities are considering the issue of closing the border with Russia and Belarus, said the head of the Foreign Ministry of the Baltic republic.
17:07. Germany is looking for buyers for Gazprom Germania or its subsidiaries, Bloomberg reports citing a source. Negotiations are underway with private companies, including Wingas and Astora.
16:56. The American ExxonMobil froze the project for the construction of the Far East LNG plant for political reasons, said the Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Mikhail Degtyarev on the air of Komsomolskaya Pravda radio.
16:48. The head of the Latvian Foreign Ministry said that the country is lowering the level of diplomatic relations with Russia.
16:40. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced her intention to send investigators to Bucha who will work in cooperation with the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, Europol and Eurojust.
16:30. Sanctions on Russian gas will hurt the EU more than Russia, according to Bloomberg, citing the German finance minister.
16:23. Belgium will not oppose sanctions on Russian oil if they are proposed, the country's finance minister said.
16:12. Shvydkoy: Russian paintings from the Hermitage and other museums are detained in Helsinki due to sanctions, everything is being done to return them.
16:00. Moscow and Delhi intend to expand the use of national currencies in mutual settlements, the volume of deliveries of Russian hydrocarbons to India can be increased - Russian Ambassador to India.
15:52. Lithuania lowered the level of diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation. The Russian ambassador has been ordered to leave the country, the consulate in Klaipeda is being closed.
15:48. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting with ER deputies that the main goal now is to support people and maintain demand so that businesses adapt to new conditions.
15:44. Former German chancellor Angela Merkel believes that the decision not to accept Ukraine into NATO in 2008 was the right one.
15:43. Zelensky: Ukraine is interested in a diplomatic settlement of differences with Russia.
15:39. The Lithuanian authorities have decided to suspend the acceptance of companies that want to transfer their business from Russia to the Baltic republic. This was announced on Monday by the Ministry of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania. In Vilnius, they fear that in this way persons disloyal to Lithuania may enter the republic.
15:39. The US Ambassador to the UN said that Washington will seek the suspension of Russia's activities in the UN Human Rights Council.
15:38. Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said that imposing an embargo on Russian gas supplies is unproductive when European countries have other opportunities to strengthen sanctions against Russia.
15:38. Putin's decree provides for the suspension of visa-free entry into the Russian Federation on diplomatic passports of EU countries.
15:38. The analytical football portal Transfermarkt left the Russian domain zone due to the situation in Ukraine. The portal was created in 2000, it contains information about the market value of football players, as well as various statistical data. In 2008, a controlling stake in the site was acquired by one of the largest European publishing houses Axel Springer AG.
15:37. Putin instructed the Foreign Ministry to introduce personal entry restrictions for foreigners and stateless persons who commit unfriendly actions against the Russian Federation.
15:37. Alfa-Bank and its employees have established a new company, A-Investments, which will deal with brokerage in securities and commodities transactions. Recall that after the start of Russia's special operation in Ukraine, sanctions were imposed on Alfa-Bank, which prohibit it from issuing new Eurobonds or placing equity issues on Western capital markets.
15:05. Roskomnadzor sent a warning to the Internet magazine Kholod (its founder and editor-in-chief Taisiya Bekbulatova is recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) about a possible blocking in case of refusal to remove one of the materials. According to the RKN, this material contains unreliable information about "a special military operation conducted by the Russian Armed Forces, its form, methods of conducting combat operations, losses of the Russian Armed Forces and civilian casualties."
15:02. Putin signed a decree on retaliatory visa measures against unfriendly countries. Suspension of a number of clauses of visa facilitation agreements with the EU, Norwayth, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
14:47. Wargaming, a publisher and developer of computer games, including the famous World of Tanks, has announced its withdrawal from Russia and Belarus. The company's business in these two countries will be transferred to local management from Lesta Studio. Wargaming games will remain available in Russia and Belarus during the transition period.
14:32. Deputy Prime Minister Borisov: the level of implementation of the state defense order in 2021 was 98%, this year it is ahead of schedule.
14:25. Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov, who oversees the defense industry. The vice-premier told the president that the work on preparing the initial data for the new state armaments program had been completed. Finally, the SAP will be formed and presented to the head of state by mid-2023. The program will be aimed at creating qualitatively new, including non-traditional types of weapons, including directed energy weapons, kinetic weapons, as well as artificial intelligence control systems and robotic systems. Yuri Borisov added that the government is working to accelerate import substitution in the defense industry with appropriate support for backbone industries. This was reported by the press service of the President.
14:15. The State Council of Crimea on Tuesday will hold an absentee vote on the submission to the State Duma of a draft federal law on the seizure of property of Ukrainian oligarchs in Russia.
14:14. British Prime Minister Johnson has called for an early renunciation of Russian oil and gas.
14:09. Moldovan President Maia Sandu doubts that the negotiation process on the Transnistrian settlement in the "5 + 2" format (the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic, Moldova, the OSCE, Russia, Ukraine, the United States and the European Union) will be able to continue functioning due to the military operation of the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territory .
14:07. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio said that Italy would support sanctions against the Russian Federation, including in the energy sector.
14:01. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said that the losses of the budget of Ukraine from hostilities amount to about $67.8 million a day.
13:41. The Council of the EU allowed the transfer of up to €17 billion from funds to fight poverty, develop backward regions and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic to EU countries hosting Ukrainian refugees.
13:38. In March, the Russian Federation increased oil production by 7.3%, to 46.57 million tons.
13:36. Lavrov: The Russian Federation considers the situation in Bucha as a provocation, which is a threat to international peace and security.
13:24. Agroholding Ravis (Chelyabinsk region) launches import-substituting production of hamburger and chickenburger cutlets. The products are planned to be delivered to at least four regions of the country.
13:21. Andrey Patrushev, the son of the head of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, has left the capital of JSC Marine Arctic Geological Exploration Expedition (MAGE), a Russian contractor in the field of marine geology and geophysics, the company said in a statement. A share of 28.33% was transferred to Akteros Production and Construction Company JSC. In addition, on February 21, Patrushev voluntarily resigned as a member of the Board of Directors of MAGE. On February 24 this year, the US Treasury included Andrei Patrushev on the sanctions list.
13:14. Chinese importers, including state-owned companies Sinopec and Petroсhina, are negotiating the purchase of spot consignments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Russia, as raw materials are sold at a significant discount (about 10%) to the market price - Bloomberg.
13:10. German government: new sanctions against the Russian Federation will be agreed in the coming days.
13:06. Peskov: On Monday, Putin will talk with Deputy Prime Minister Borisov, who is in charge of the military-industrial complex, in particular, issues of import substitution in the defense industry will be discussed.
13:05. Peskov did not comment on the prospects for the resumption of negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, saying that he did not have information about the schedule for their holding.
12:56. The Kremlin has condemned Poland's announcement of its readiness to host American nuclear weapons on its territory, such actions only lead to increased tensions.
12:54. Peskov: Putin's schedule does not involve contacts with the UN Deputy Secretary General, who arrived in Moscow. This visit is being carried out through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
12:51. Peskov: The Kremlin demands that international leaders not rush to sweeping accusations about the situation in Bucha and request data from various sources. Moscow categorically denies any accusations of killings of civilians in Bucha and proposes that this topic be discussed at the highest possible level.
12:49. Ukrainian DTEK Energy has asked holders of Eurobonds worth $1.645 billion maturing in 2027 to defer the payment of part of the next two coupons. This is due to a significant deterioration in financial performance in March 2022, the company explained.
12:39. American federal agents and employees of the Spanish Civil Guard searched the Tango yacht in the port of Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands), AP reports. According to an agency source, 78 metersThe first yacht registered in the Cook Islands is valued at $120 million. The vessel is associated with the name of Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, head of the Renova group. All assets of the entrepreneur in the United States are currently frozen, and American companies are prohibited from doing business with him.
12:17. The Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has suspended the access of the Russian Federation and Belarus to the resources of the organization.
12:06. Russian Foreign Ministry: Britain has not agreed to hold a meeting of the UN Security Council on the events in the city of Bucha in Ukraine, Russia will again demand it.
12:02. The authorities of the Altai Territory will pay 1 million rubles each. families of servicemen who died during a special operation in Ukraine, the press service of the regional government reports.
12:00. Dmitry Medvedev, in response to the idea of ​​sanctions against members of United Russia, proposed imposing sanctions against supporters of the Polish Law and Justice party.
11:57. The contact group at the level of foreign ministers of the Arab League (LAS) went to Moscow for talks on Ukraine, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The group includes the Foreign Ministers of Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Sudan, as well as the Secretary General of the Arab League.
11:55. Josep Borrell: On Monday, the EU will urgently discuss a new package of sanctions against Russia.
11:48. The largest Polish oil refinery Orlen has reduced the share of Russian oil in its refineries from 50% to 30%. This was stated by the head of the company Daniel Obaitek on Monday in an interview with the newspaper Rzeczpospolita.
11:36. RT-Transcom, a joint venture between Rostec and Sirena-Travel, is ready to urgently transfer Russian airlines to a domestic ticket booking system, the state corporation said in a statement.
11:12. Former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi believes that Russia will make a big mistake if it stops gas supplies to Europe.
11:09. The Government of the Russian Federation submitted to the State Duma a draft law on adjusting the procurement legislation in the context of anti-Russian sanctions. The document provides, in particular, for amendments to the laws “On the contract system” (44-FZ) and “On the procurement of goods, works, services by certain types of legal entities” (223-FZ).
11:07. Russia may reduce the production of liquid hydrocarbons in April by 1-1.5 million barrels per day due to difficulties with the sale of oil and a reduction in oil refining, Reuters quotes forecasts of Russian and international analysts.
11:02. More than 60 people were detained over the weekend in St. Petersburg for participating in an uncoordinated action against Russia's special operation in Ukraine, 30 of them received administrative arrests, the joint press service of the city courts reports.
10:59. The renaming by the National Gallery in London of “Russian Dancers” by the French impressionist Edgar Degas into “Ukrainian” is an example of “political cretinism,” said Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation.
10:52. The Latvian gas supply company Latvijas gaze is studying Russia's demand to pay for gas in rubles both from a legal point of view and from the point of view of the company's business interests.
10:50. Poland proposed to the European Union to impose sanctions on all members of the United Russia party. This was announced on Monday at a press conference in Warsaw by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. As of the end of 2021, United Russia had more than 2.3 million members.
10:45. Deputies of the Moldovan Parliament, at the initiative of Speaker Igor Grosu, honored the memory of civilians who died during the conflict in Ukraine with a minute of silence. Earlier, Moldovan President Maia Sandu decided that April 4 was declared a day of mourning in the republic in memory of civilians killed in Ukraine.
10:40. The Federal Antimonopoly Service agreed on the trade policy of OOO Gazpromneft-Bitumennye Materialy. This is the first case when the company assumes the obligation to comply with the priority of deliveries to the domestic market and refuses to rely on foreign indicators and foreign exchange rates when setting prices.
10:36. Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki said that Germany is the main obstacle to the introduction of tougher sanctions against Russia.
10:28. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a resolution to increase this year the share of state funding in grants for the creation of domestic components for various industries.
10:27. A printing house in the Severny industrial park on the outskirts of Belgorod, which was hit by a rocket attack on April 1, has resumed work. The approximate damage from damage is up to 10 million rubles, said the director of the enterprise Konstantin Lakhnov.
10:09. Financial assistance in the amount of 2 million rubles. will be paid in Tatarstan to the family of every serviceman who died during a special operation in Ukraine. The corresponding decree was signed on Monday by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.
10:06. The dollar rose against the ruble at the opening of trading by 0.68%, to 84.52 rubles, the euro - by 1.09%, to 94.00 rubles. The stock market is growing by 2.07%.
10:01. Macron: EU could move forwarddenial of the issue of limiting the supply of oil and coal from Russia.
9:56. French President Macron said he supported the imposition of new sanctions against Russia. A discussion of this topic at the European level should take place in the coming days.
9:53. U.S. energy companies again increased the number of oil and natural gas drilling rigs last week, but growth is still slow, according to Baker Hughes.
9:46. The United States, as part of a plan to release 180 million barrels of oil from the strategic reserve (SPR), announced the first two sales: 20 million barrels are already scheduled for release in May, 70 million barrels will be sold from May to July. The remaining 90 million will be sold between August and October 2022, the Energy Department said.
9:43. The Italian energy company Enel is going to leave the Russian market due to the escalation of the situation around Ukraine.
9:35. Roskomnadzor has restricted access to the website of the Ukrainian job aggregator Jooble and its Belarusian version. On February 24, the Jooble company announced the termination of work on the territory of Russia and Belarus.
9:32. The cold snap in April forced the European gas industry to start wasting gas reserves from underground storage again instead of increasing them. As evidenced by the Gas Infrastructure Europe association data, from March 22 to March 30, EU UGS facilities showed an increase in the level of gas reserves (injection exceeded withdrawal), but from March 31 they again switched to net withdrawal. In this regard, the loading of the Ukrainian gas transmission corridor on Monday remains at the same, maximum level of a long-term contract (40 billion cubic meters per year or 109 million cubic meters per day).
9:27. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pushing for the need to supply Ukraine with anti-ship missiles so that it can protect the coast from shelling from the sea, reports The Times, citing British government sources.
9:24. Bild claims that up to 100 employees of Russian diplomatic missions can be expelled from Germany.
9:20 am. The United States is moving away from a costly new-type cruise missile program and will instead focus on further deploying submarine-launched small-nuclear ballistic missiles, the Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported, citing Pentagon sources.
9:17. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation supported the amendments on criminal liability for the implementation of sanctions on the territory of Russia.
9:09. Britain intends to seek tougher anti-Russian sanctions from Germany during a visit to London by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz scheduled for Friday, reports The Times.
9:07. Slavda, a Far Eastern enterprise, has begun producing highly carbonated drinks and promises that their taste should be the same as that of classic cola. Earlier, the manufacturer of Coca-Cola announced that it was suspending its activities in Russia.
9:04. Turkey can take part in the evacuation of its citizens and citizens of other countries, including Ukrainians, from Mariupol by sea, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said.
9:02. Employees of the administration of US President Joe Biden discussed the possibility of introducing new anti-Russian restrictions in connection with the events in the Ukrainian village of Bucha. The Washington Post reported this on Sunday.
9:01 am. AvtoVAZ is going on a corporate vacation from 4 to 24 April. Previously, the company's unified corporate holiday was scheduled for the period from July 25 to August 14, but was postponed "due to the ongoing crisis in the supply of electronic components and in order to prevent a significant reduction in employees' earnings."