Russia was expelled from the Council of the Baltic Sea States, Belarus was removed

Russia gets what it deserves for deployed war against Ukraine

Because of Putin, the Russian Federation is no longer needed anywhere, and Lukashenka is leading Belarus in the footsteps of the Russian president / Photo: collage: “Today”

Russian Federation expelled from the Council of the Baltic Sea States. Belarus – removed.

This is stated on the website of the Norwegian government, which has been chairing the Rada since July 2021.

Russia

“It is very unfortunate that Russia has created a situation where we, the other 11 members, no longer consider it possible to maintain cooperation with Russia within the framework of the CBSS. Russia is one of the co-founders of the Council and has played an active role so far,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt .

The suspension of the participation of the Russian Federation will remain in force until “until cooperation can be resumed on the basis of respect for the fundamental principles of international law.”

Belarus

Belarus, which has the status of an observer in the CBSS, was suspended from participation in the activities of the organization. This is due to the fact that the country is helping Russia to conduct aggression against Ukraine.

What countries are included in CBSS?

The CBSS includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the EU. Ukraine has an observer status.

US sanctions

United States of America impose restrictions against 19 Russian oligarchs, 47 members of their families and persons closely associated with them.

This list, in particular, included: businessman and billionaire Arkady Rotenberg, CEO of the Rostec corporation Sergey Chemezov, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, chairman of the board and president of Transneft Nikolai Tokarev, entrepreneur Alisher Usmanov, chairman of the state development corporation VEB. RF” Igor Shuvalov and press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

In addition, sanctions are being imposed against a number of aircraft manufacturing enterprises of the Russian Federation, including the Irkutsk aircraft plant and the Aviastar plant.

Source: Segodnya

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