#ejc — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ejc, aggregated by home.social.
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Antisemitism and Holocaust memories in Lithuania
VILNIUS – In the forests surrounding the small Lithuanian town of Seduva, hundreds of Jewish men, women, and…
#Lithuania #LT #Europe #Europa #EU #Antisemitism #EJC #InFocus #Jews #Lietuva #lithuania #naujienos
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Antisemitism and Holocaust memories in Lithuania https://www.byteseu.com/1830854/ #antisemitism #EJC #InFocus #jews #Lithuania
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Netherlands: The threat of ambient antisemitism
Amsterdam, on April 11, 1944, while hiding from the Nazis and their Dutch collaborators, Anne Frank wrote in…
#Netherlands #Nederland #NL #Europe #Europa #EU #amsterdam #EJC #EuropeanJews #InFocus #netherlands #Nieuws
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Tickets for the #EJC in #Ptuj are on sale. Limited numbers of the cheaper advanced ones, so dive in. #juggling https://ejc2026.org/tickets/
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Tickets for the #EJC in #Ptuj are on sale. Limited numbers of the cheaper advanced ones, so dive in. #juggling https://ejc2026.org/tickets/
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Tickets for the #EJC in #Ptuj are on sale. Limited numbers of the cheaper advanced ones, so dive in. #juggling https://ejc2026.org/tickets/
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/?p=712905 Spain: The first case of state antisemitism in the EU #Antisemitism #EJC #EU #Europe #EuropeanJews #JewishCommunityInSpain #Spain
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Live #journalism (not to be confused with breaking news journalism) is all about presenting stories and facts to a live audience, usually via a performance that blends reporting with theatrical conventions.
The #EJC just published a #database and a #map that document the movement in Europe:
https://ejc.net/news/mapping-live-journalism-across-europe-stories-you-can-feel
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Live #journalism (not to be confused with breaking news journalism) is all about presenting stories and facts to a live audience, usually via a performance that blends reporting with theatrical conventions.
The #EJC just published a #database and a #map that document the movement in Europe:
https://ejc.net/news/mapping-live-journalism-across-europe-stories-you-can-feel
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Live #journalism (not to be confused with breaking news journalism) is all about presenting stories and facts to a live audience, usually via a performance that blends reporting with theatrical conventions.
The #EJC just published a #database and a #map that document the movement in Europe:
https://ejc.net/news/mapping-live-journalism-across-europe-stories-you-can-feel
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Live #journalism (not to be confused with breaking news journalism) is all about presenting stories and facts to a live audience, usually via a performance that blends reporting with theatrical conventions.
The #EJC just published a #database and a #map that document the movement in Europe:
https://ejc.net/news/mapping-live-journalism-across-europe-stories-you-can-feel
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Live #journalism (not to be confused with breaking news journalism) is all about presenting stories and facts to a live audience, usually via a performance that blends reporting with theatrical conventions.
The #EJC just published a #database and a #map that document the movement in Europe:
https://ejc.net/news/mapping-live-journalism-across-europe-stories-you-can-feel
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One of the lovely things about being chief registration queue wrangler on the first day of an #EJC is finding out the variety of ways people use to get there.
Lots of people combining #CrossBorderRail with cycling (as their bikes are very useful around the site) and some doing their entire trips by bike!
Many people covered over 150km on bikes to get here!
I'd struggle with the weight (and time) constraints a bit to manage an EJC by bike from Ireland.
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One of the lovely things about being chief registration queue wrangler on the first day of an #EJC is finding out the variety of ways people use to get there.
Lots of people combining #CrossBorderRail with cycling (as their bikes are very useful around the site) and some doing their entire trips by bike!
Many people covered over 150km on bikes to get here!
I'd struggle with the weight (and time) constraints a bit to manage an EJC by bike from Ireland.
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One of the lovely things about being chief registration queue wrangler on the first day of an #EJC is finding out the variety of ways people use to get there.
Lots of people combining #CrossBorderRail with cycling (as their bikes are very useful around the site) and some doing their entire trips by bike!
Many people covered over 150km on bikes to get here!
I'd struggle with the weight (and time) constraints a bit to manage an EJC by bike from Ireland.
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One of the lovely things about being chief registration queue wrangler on the first day of an #EJC is finding out the variety of ways people use to get there.
Lots of people combining #CrossBorderRail with cycling (as their bikes are very useful around the site) and some doing their entire trips by bike!
Many people covered over 150km on bikes to get here!
I'd struggle with the weight (and time) constraints a bit to manage an EJC by bike from Ireland.
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One of the lovely things about being chief registration queue wrangler on the first day of an #EJC is finding out the variety of ways people use to get there.
Lots of people combining #CrossBorderRail with cycling (as their bikes are very useful around the site) and some doing their entire trips by bike!
Many people covered over 150km on bikes to get here!
I'd struggle with the weight (and time) constraints a bit to manage an EJC by bike from Ireland.
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Still invoicing €1,000 from your holding BV?
The EU just torched that trick. Your “smart” fee could now trigger audits, salary back-pay, and denied VAT.
Entrepreneurs in the Netherlands, read this before your accountant panics.https://www.xtroverso.com/blog/governance-11/what-the-eu-just-killed-in-your-1000-bv-setup-456
#business #markets #government #tax #fiscality #fiscal #risk #vat #financial #finance #fine #belasting #persecution #Netherlands #entrepreneurship #governance #hollding #bv #news #court #ruling #law #europeancourt #EJC #xtroverso #philosophy
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Still invoicing €1,000 from your holding BV?
The EU just torched that trick. Your “smart” fee could now trigger audits, salary back-pay, and denied VAT.
Entrepreneurs in the Netherlands, read this before your accountant panics.https://www.xtroverso.com/blog/governance-11/what-the-eu-just-killed-in-your-1000-bv-setup-456
#business #markets #government #tax #fiscality #fiscal #risk #vat #financial #finance #fine #belasting #persecution #Netherlands #entrepreneurship #governance #hollding #bv #news #court #ruling #law #europeancourt #EJC #xtroverso #philosophy
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Still invoicing €1,000 from your holding BV?
The EU just torched that trick. Your “smart” fee could now trigger audits, salary back-pay, and denied VAT.
Entrepreneurs in the Netherlands, read this before your accountant panics.https://www.xtroverso.com/blog/governance-11/what-the-eu-just-killed-in-your-1000-bv-setup-456
#business #markets #government #tax #fiscality #fiscal #risk #vat #financial #finance #fine #belasting #persecution #Netherlands #entrepreneurship #governance #hollding #bv #news #court #ruling #law #europeancourt #EJC #xtroverso #philosophy
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Still invoicing €1,000 from your holding BV?
The EU just torched that trick. Your “smart” fee could now trigger audits, salary back-pay, and denied VAT.
Entrepreneurs in the Netherlands, read this before your accountant panics.https://www.xtroverso.com/blog/governance-11/what-the-eu-just-killed-in-your-1000-bv-setup-456
#business #markets #government #tax #fiscality #fiscal #risk #vat #financial #finance #fine #belasting #persecution #Netherlands #entrepreneurship #governance #hollding #bv #news #court #ruling #law #europeancourt #EJC #xtroverso #philosophy
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Still invoicing €1,000 from your holding BV?
The EU just torched that trick. Your “smart” fee could now trigger audits, salary back-pay, and denied VAT.
Entrepreneurs in the Netherlands, read this before your accountant panics.https://www.xtroverso.com/blog/governance-11/what-the-eu-just-killed-in-your-1000-bv-setup-456
#business #markets #government #tax #fiscality #fiscal #risk #vat #financial #finance #fine #belasting #persecution #Netherlands #entrepreneurship #governance #hollding #bv #news #court #ruling #law #europeancourt #EJC #xtroverso #philosophy
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[cont'd] Quoting Ariel Muzicant (European Jewish Congress President): "The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp,"
European Jewish Congress President Ariel Muzicant has strongly condemned Israeli "Diaspora Affairs" Minister Amichai Chikli for inviting far-right European politicians to an anti-#antisemitism conference, calling it "a stab in the back" to Jewish communities.
According to (right-wing) #JerusalemPost report, prominent Jewish leaders including UK Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis have withdrawn from the March 26-27 event over the inclusion of figures like Jordan #Bardella from #France's National Rally and representatives from parties with histories of antisemitism.
"The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp," Muzicant wrote, warning that far-right movements often oppose values essential for Jewish survival in Europe.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-846447
According to (center-right) #Ynet, Muzicant stated that the four largest Jewish organizations in the world – #AJC, #EJC, #WJC, and #CER (the World, European, American Jewish organizations, and the Conference of European Rabbis) – will also boycott the conference.
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[cont'd] Quoting Ariel Muzicant (European Jewish Congress President): "The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp,"
European Jewish Congress President Ariel Muzicant has strongly condemned Israeli "Diaspora Affairs" Minister Amichai Chikli for inviting far-right European politicians to an anti-#antisemitism conference, calling it "a stab in the back" to Jewish communities.
According to (right-wing) #JerusalemPost report, prominent Jewish leaders including UK Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis have withdrawn from the March 26-27 event over the inclusion of figures like Jordan #Bardella from #France's National Rally and representatives from parties with histories of antisemitism.
"The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp," Muzicant wrote, warning that far-right movements often oppose values essential for Jewish survival in Europe.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-846447
According to (center-right) #Ynet, Muzicant stated that the four largest Jewish organizations in the world – #AJC, #EJC, #WJC, and #CER (the World, European, American Jewish organizations, and the Conference of European Rabbis) – will also boycott the conference.
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[cont'd] Quoting Ariel Muzicant (European Jewish Congress President): "The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp,"
European Jewish Congress President Ariel Muzicant has strongly condemned Israeli "Diaspora Affairs" Minister Amichai Chikli for inviting far-right European politicians to an anti-#antisemitism conference, calling it "a stab in the back" to Jewish communities.
According to (right-wing) #JerusalemPost report, prominent Jewish leaders including UK Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis have withdrawn from the March 26-27 event over the inclusion of figures like Jordan #Bardella from #France's National Rally and representatives from parties with histories of antisemitism.
"The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp," Muzicant wrote, warning that far-right movements often oppose values essential for Jewish survival in Europe.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-846447
According to (center-right) #Ynet, Muzicant stated that the four largest Jewish organizations in the world – #AJC, #EJC, #WJC, and #CER (the World, European, American Jewish organizations, and the Conference of European Rabbis) – will also boycott the conference.
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[cont'd] Quoting Ariel Muzicant (European Jewish Congress President): "The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp,"
European Jewish Congress President Ariel Muzicant has strongly condemned Israeli "Diaspora Affairs" Minister Amichai Chikli for inviting far-right European politicians to an anti-#antisemitism conference, calling it "a stab in the back" to Jewish communities.
According to (right-wing) #JerusalemPost report, prominent Jewish leaders including UK Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis have withdrawn from the March 26-27 event over the inclusion of figures like Jordan #Bardella from #France's National Rally and representatives from parties with histories of antisemitism.
"The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp," Muzicant wrote, warning that far-right movements often oppose values essential for Jewish survival in Europe.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-846447
According to (center-right) #Ynet, Muzicant stated that the four largest Jewish organizations in the world – #AJC, #EJC, #WJC, and #CER (the World, European, American Jewish organizations, and the Conference of European Rabbis) – will also boycott the conference.
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[cont'd] Quoting Ariel Muzicant (European Jewish Congress President): "The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp,"
European Jewish Congress President Ariel Muzicant has strongly condemned Israeli "Diaspora Affairs" Minister Amichai Chikli for inviting far-right European politicians to an anti-#antisemitism conference, calling it "a stab in the back" to Jewish communities.
According to (right-wing) #JerusalemPost report, prominent Jewish leaders including UK Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis have withdrawn from the March 26-27 event over the inclusion of figures like Jordan #Bardella from #France's National Rally and representatives from parties with histories of antisemitism.
"The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp," Muzicant wrote, warning that far-right movements often oppose values essential for Jewish survival in Europe.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-846447
According to (center-right) #Ynet, Muzicant stated that the four largest Jewish organizations in the world – #AJC, #EJC, #WJC, and #CER (the World, European, American Jewish organizations, and the Conference of European Rabbis) – will also boycott the conference.
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Sanctions do not work (episode 6,874,464)
"Russian fertiliser baron Kantor delisted in EU sanctions deal"
(I am quoting in full because paywall.)
Fertiliser baron Moshe Kantor and three other Russians are to be taken off the EU’s blacklist in a last-minute deal with Hungary.
The other three are: Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov, an oligarch’s sister called Gulbahor Ismailova, and Russian businessman Vladimir Rashevsky Three recently deceased people (a Russian politician and two military officers - Nikolai Ryzhkov, Andrei Ermishko, and Aleksei Bolshakov) are also to be taken out, in a routine clean-up exercise.
The 11th-hour compromise means all 1,872 other individuals will remain under an asset-freeze and visa-ban until 15 September, when the next six-month rollover falls due.
The Kremlin-friendly Hungary, backed by Slovakia, had also pushed to delist Russian moguls Pyotr Aven, Musa Bazhaev, Mikhail Fridman, Dmitry Mazepin, and Alisher Usmanov (Ismailova’s brother), under a threat to veto the whole EU list if it did not get its way.
Luxembourg had, likewise, sought to get Fridman delisted, the FT reported, after he sued the Duchy for billions over his asset-freeze, because one of his holding companies is based there.
The EU has frozen some €24.9bn of private Russian assets under the blacklist.
Kantor was the biggest fish out of the four to be let off the hook.
The 71-year-old was previously the head of the European Jewish Congress, a Brussels-based lobby group, which had often pleaded for him to be let back into the EU.
He also has British and Israeli citizenship, reportedly lives in Tel Aviv, and is said by US magazine Forbes to be worth €8bn.
"He has close ties to [Russian] president Vladimir Putin. This connection with the Russian president has helped him to maintain his considerable wealth. He has openly declared his support to and friendship for president Putin on numerous occasions, and enjoys good relations with the Kremlin," his EU-sanctions notice had earlier said.
Hungarian pressure aside, Rashevsky’s delisting was agreed due to an EU consensus that the legal case against him was "weak", an EU diplomat said, given some 110 legal challenges by Russians against EU sanctions at the EU courts in Luxembourg. The 51-year-old used to be CEO of fertiliser firm Eurochem, which the EU had accused of supplying ammonia to Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine, but he left his post when he was first blacklisted in 2022.
"Legal solidity [of the sanctions regime] is of utmost importance. We cannot allow ourselves to be weak and lose cases," a second EU diplomat said.
The EU rollover comes amid US pressure on Russia to join a ceasefire pact agreed between Washington and Kyiv.
The EU has also frozen €210bn of Russian central bank assets, embargoed some €140bn a year worth of Russian trade, and blacklisted over 500 Russian companies and other entities in 16 rounds of sanctions since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Meanwhile, Ukraine and Hungary will also top the agenda when EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on 17 March.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has proposed new military aid to Ukraine based on a percentage of member states’ gross national income, to make sure everyone paid their fair share.
The scheme is to be joined on a voluntary basis to bypass Hungary’s veto powers.
The Netherlands and Lithuania have advocated a benchmark of at least €40bn in total EU contributions, while earlier discussions had focused on figures from €30bn to €20bn.
https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/ar6db36d4a
#EuropeanJewishCongress #sanctions #LoomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #Ukraine #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #foreignPolicy #EuropeIsrael #oligarchs #EJC #israelLobby #Hungary #agriculture #diplomacy
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Sanctions do not work (episode 6,874,464)
"Russian fertiliser baron Kantor delisted in EU sanctions deal"
(I am quoting in full because paywall.)
Fertiliser baron Moshe Kantor and three other Russians are to be taken off the EU’s blacklist in a last-minute deal with Hungary.
The other three are: Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov, an oligarch’s sister called Gulbahor Ismailova, and Russian businessman Vladimir Rashevsky Three recently deceased people (a Russian politician and two military officers - Nikolai Ryzhkov, Andrei Ermishko, and Aleksei Bolshakov) are also to be taken out, in a routine clean-up exercise.
The 11th-hour compromise means all 1,872 other individuals will remain under an asset-freeze and visa-ban until 15 September, when the next six-month rollover falls due.
The Kremlin-friendly Hungary, backed by Slovakia, had also pushed to delist Russian moguls Pyotr Aven, Musa Bazhaev, Mikhail Fridman, Dmitry Mazepin, and Alisher Usmanov (Ismailova’s brother), under a threat to veto the whole EU list if it did not get its way.
Luxembourg had, likewise, sought to get Fridman delisted, the FT reported, after he sued the Duchy for billions over his asset-freeze, because one of his holding companies is based there.
The EU has frozen some €24.9bn of private Russian assets under the blacklist.
Kantor was the biggest fish out of the four to be let off the hook.
The 71-year-old was previously the head of the European Jewish Congress, a Brussels-based lobby group, which had often pleaded for him to be let back into the EU.
He also has British and Israeli citizenship, reportedly lives in Tel Aviv, and is said by US magazine Forbes to be worth €8bn.
"He has close ties to [Russian] president Vladimir Putin. This connection with the Russian president has helped him to maintain his considerable wealth. He has openly declared his support to and friendship for president Putin on numerous occasions, and enjoys good relations with the Kremlin," his EU-sanctions notice had earlier said.
Hungarian pressure aside, Rashevsky’s delisting was agreed due to an EU consensus that the legal case against him was "weak", an EU diplomat said, given some 110 legal challenges by Russians against EU sanctions at the EU courts in Luxembourg. The 51-year-old used to be CEO of fertiliser firm Eurochem, which the EU had accused of supplying ammonia to Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine, but he left his post when he was first blacklisted in 2022.
"Legal solidity [of the sanctions regime] is of utmost importance. We cannot allow ourselves to be weak and lose cases," a second EU diplomat said.
The EU rollover comes amid US pressure on Russia to join a ceasefire pact agreed between Washington and Kyiv.
The EU has also frozen €210bn of Russian central bank assets, embargoed some €140bn a year worth of Russian trade, and blacklisted over 500 Russian companies and other entities in 16 rounds of sanctions since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Meanwhile, Ukraine and Hungary will also top the agenda when EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on 17 March.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has proposed new military aid to Ukraine based on a percentage of member states’ gross national income, to make sure everyone paid their fair share.
The scheme is to be joined on a voluntary basis to bypass Hungary’s veto powers.
The Netherlands and Lithuania have advocated a benchmark of at least €40bn in total EU contributions, while earlier discussions had focused on figures from €30bn to €20bn.
https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/ar6db36d4a
#EuropeanJewishCongress #sanctions #LoomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #Ukraine #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #foreignPolicy #EuropeIsrael #oligarchs #EJC #israelLobby #Hungary #agriculture #diplomacy
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Sanctions do not work (episode 6,874,464)
"Russian fertiliser baron Kantor delisted in EU sanctions deal"
(I am quoting in full because paywall.)
Fertiliser baron Moshe Kantor and three other Russians are to be taken off the EU’s blacklist in a last-minute deal with Hungary.
The other three are: Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov, an oligarch’s sister called Gulbahor Ismailova, and Russian businessman Vladimir Rashevsky Three recently deceased people (a Russian politician and two military officers - Nikolai Ryzhkov, Andrei Ermishko, and Aleksei Bolshakov) are also to be taken out, in a routine clean-up exercise.
The 11th-hour compromise means all 1,872 other individuals will remain under an asset-freeze and visa-ban until 15 September, when the next six-month rollover falls due.
The Kremlin-friendly Hungary, backed by Slovakia, had also pushed to delist Russian moguls Pyotr Aven, Musa Bazhaev, Mikhail Fridman, Dmitry Mazepin, and Alisher Usmanov (Ismailova’s brother), under a threat to veto the whole EU list if it did not get its way.
Luxembourg had, likewise, sought to get Fridman delisted, the FT reported, after he sued the Duchy for billions over his asset-freeze, because one of his holding companies is based there.
The EU has frozen some €24.9bn of private Russian assets under the blacklist.
Kantor was the biggest fish out of the four to be let off the hook.
The 71-year-old was previously the head of the European Jewish Congress, a Brussels-based lobby group, which had often pleaded for him to be let back into the EU.
He also has British and Israeli citizenship, reportedly lives in Tel Aviv, and is said by US magazine Forbes to be worth €8bn.
"He has close ties to [Russian] president Vladimir Putin. This connection with the Russian president has helped him to maintain his considerable wealth. He has openly declared his support to and friendship for president Putin on numerous occasions, and enjoys good relations with the Kremlin," his EU-sanctions notice had earlier said.
Hungarian pressure aside, Rashevsky’s delisting was agreed due to an EU consensus that the legal case against him was "weak", an EU diplomat said, given some 110 legal challenges by Russians against EU sanctions at the EU courts in Luxembourg. The 51-year-old used to be CEO of fertiliser firm Eurochem, which the EU had accused of supplying ammonia to Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine, but he left his post when he was first blacklisted in 2022.
"Legal solidity [of the sanctions regime] is of utmost importance. We cannot allow ourselves to be weak and lose cases," a second EU diplomat said.
The EU rollover comes amid US pressure on Russia to join a ceasefire pact agreed between Washington and Kyiv.
The EU has also frozen €210bn of Russian central bank assets, embargoed some €140bn a year worth of Russian trade, and blacklisted over 500 Russian companies and other entities in 16 rounds of sanctions since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Meanwhile, Ukraine and Hungary will also top the agenda when EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on 17 March.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has proposed new military aid to Ukraine based on a percentage of member states’ gross national income, to make sure everyone paid their fair share.
The scheme is to be joined on a voluntary basis to bypass Hungary’s veto powers.
The Netherlands and Lithuania have advocated a benchmark of at least €40bn in total EU contributions, while earlier discussions had focused on figures from €30bn to €20bn.
https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/ar6db36d4a
#EuropeanJewishCongress #sanctions #LoomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #Ukraine #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #foreignPolicy #EuropeIsrael #oligarchs #EJC #israelLobby #Hungary #agriculture #diplomacy
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Sanctions do not work (episode 6,874,464)
"Russian fertiliser baron Kantor delisted in EU sanctions deal"
(I am quoting in full because paywall.)
Fertiliser baron Moshe Kantor and three other Russians are to be taken off the EU’s blacklist in a last-minute deal with Hungary.
The other three are: Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov, an oligarch’s sister called Gulbahor Ismailova, and Russian businessman Vladimir Rashevsky Three recently deceased people (a Russian politician and two military officers - Nikolai Ryzhkov, Andrei Ermishko, and Aleksei Bolshakov) are also to be taken out, in a routine clean-up exercise.
The 11th-hour compromise means all 1,872 other individuals will remain under an asset-freeze and visa-ban until 15 September, when the next six-month rollover falls due.
The Kremlin-friendly Hungary, backed by Slovakia, had also pushed to delist Russian moguls Pyotr Aven, Musa Bazhaev, Mikhail Fridman, Dmitry Mazepin, and Alisher Usmanov (Ismailova’s brother), under a threat to veto the whole EU list if it did not get its way.
Luxembourg had, likewise, sought to get Fridman delisted, the FT reported, after he sued the Duchy for billions over his asset-freeze, because one of his holding companies is based there.
The EU has frozen some €24.9bn of private Russian assets under the blacklist.
Kantor was the biggest fish out of the four to be let off the hook.
The 71-year-old was previously the head of the European Jewish Congress, a Brussels-based lobby group, which had often pleaded for him to be let back into the EU.
He also has British and Israeli citizenship, reportedly lives in Tel Aviv, and is said by US magazine Forbes to be worth €8bn.
"He has close ties to [Russian] president Vladimir Putin. This connection with the Russian president has helped him to maintain his considerable wealth. He has openly declared his support to and friendship for president Putin on numerous occasions, and enjoys good relations with the Kremlin," his EU-sanctions notice had earlier said.
Hungarian pressure aside, Rashevsky’s delisting was agreed due to an EU consensus that the legal case against him was "weak", an EU diplomat said, given some 110 legal challenges by Russians against EU sanctions at the EU courts in Luxembourg. The 51-year-old used to be CEO of fertiliser firm Eurochem, which the EU had accused of supplying ammonia to Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine, but he left his post when he was first blacklisted in 2022.
"Legal solidity [of the sanctions regime] is of utmost importance. We cannot allow ourselves to be weak and lose cases," a second EU diplomat said.
The EU rollover comes amid US pressure on Russia to join a ceasefire pact agreed between Washington and Kyiv.
The EU has also frozen €210bn of Russian central bank assets, embargoed some €140bn a year worth of Russian trade, and blacklisted over 500 Russian companies and other entities in 16 rounds of sanctions since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Meanwhile, Ukraine and Hungary will also top the agenda when EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on 17 March.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has proposed new military aid to Ukraine based on a percentage of member states’ gross national income, to make sure everyone paid their fair share.
The scheme is to be joined on a voluntary basis to bypass Hungary’s veto powers.
The Netherlands and Lithuania have advocated a benchmark of at least €40bn in total EU contributions, while earlier discussions had focused on figures from €30bn to €20bn.
https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/ar6db36d4a
#EuropeanJewishCongress #sanctions #LoomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #Ukraine #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #foreignPolicy #EuropeIsrael #oligarchs #EJC #israelLobby #Hungary #agriculture #diplomacy
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Sanctions do not work (episode 6,874,464)
"Russian fertiliser baron Kantor delisted in EU sanctions deal"
(I am quoting in full because paywall.)
Fertiliser baron Moshe Kantor and three other Russians are to be taken off the EU’s blacklist in a last-minute deal with Hungary.
The other three are: Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov, an oligarch’s sister called Gulbahor Ismailova, and Russian businessman Vladimir Rashevsky Three recently deceased people (a Russian politician and two military officers - Nikolai Ryzhkov, Andrei Ermishko, and Aleksei Bolshakov) are also to be taken out, in a routine clean-up exercise.
The 11th-hour compromise means all 1,872 other individuals will remain under an asset-freeze and visa-ban until 15 September, when the next six-month rollover falls due.
The Kremlin-friendly Hungary, backed by Slovakia, had also pushed to delist Russian moguls Pyotr Aven, Musa Bazhaev, Mikhail Fridman, Dmitry Mazepin, and Alisher Usmanov (Ismailova’s brother), under a threat to veto the whole EU list if it did not get its way.
Luxembourg had, likewise, sought to get Fridman delisted, the FT reported, after he sued the Duchy for billions over his asset-freeze, because one of his holding companies is based there.
The EU has frozen some €24.9bn of private Russian assets under the blacklist.
Kantor was the biggest fish out of the four to be let off the hook.
The 71-year-old was previously the head of the European Jewish Congress, a Brussels-based lobby group, which had often pleaded for him to be let back into the EU.
He also has British and Israeli citizenship, reportedly lives in Tel Aviv, and is said by US magazine Forbes to be worth €8bn.
"He has close ties to [Russian] president Vladimir Putin. This connection with the Russian president has helped him to maintain his considerable wealth. He has openly declared his support to and friendship for president Putin on numerous occasions, and enjoys good relations with the Kremlin," his EU-sanctions notice had earlier said.
Hungarian pressure aside, Rashevsky’s delisting was agreed due to an EU consensus that the legal case against him was "weak", an EU diplomat said, given some 110 legal challenges by Russians against EU sanctions at the EU courts in Luxembourg. The 51-year-old used to be CEO of fertiliser firm Eurochem, which the EU had accused of supplying ammonia to Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine, but he left his post when he was first blacklisted in 2022.
"Legal solidity [of the sanctions regime] is of utmost importance. We cannot allow ourselves to be weak and lose cases," a second EU diplomat said.
The EU rollover comes amid US pressure on Russia to join a ceasefire pact agreed between Washington and Kyiv.
The EU has also frozen €210bn of Russian central bank assets, embargoed some €140bn a year worth of Russian trade, and blacklisted over 500 Russian companies and other entities in 16 rounds of sanctions since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Meanwhile, Ukraine and Hungary will also top the agenda when EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on 17 March.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has proposed new military aid to Ukraine based on a percentage of member states’ gross national income, to make sure everyone paid their fair share.
The scheme is to be joined on a voluntary basis to bypass Hungary’s veto powers.
The Netherlands and Lithuania have advocated a benchmark of at least €40bn in total EU contributions, while earlier discussions had focused on figures from €30bn to €20bn.
https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/ar6db36d4a
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