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https://www.europesays.com/people/70520/ Rutte Seeks NATO GDP Pledge to Boost Ukraine Aid Plan #France #GDPPledge #Kiev #MarkRutte #NATOUkraineAid #Politico #RussiaNATOConflict #SergeyLavrov #UK #UkraineSupport

Germany shifts security priorities, adopts integrated security to mobilize society | Ukraine news

A senior German security official says Russia’s war reshaped Berlin’s priorities. New integrated security plans involve whole society…
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https://www.europesays.com/germany/11368/

#340: Russia is Not Winning This War. Ukraine Still Needs Our Support

https://youtu.be/H8e20hplR90

What we are seeing now between Russia and Ukraine is that while Russia still keeps pounding Ukraine and creating all kinds of pain and suffering, Ukraine actually has strategic wins. It actually hits relevant infrastructure. It hits where it hurts. It hits Russia’s capacity to wage war, and it has also been hitting the Russian economy.

This shows that Russia is not winning this war. But that doesn’t mean that this is now something that will just happen on its own. Ukraine is still suffering. Russia is still not defeated. It just can’t win. It will try to double down on the damage towards Ukraine, because even though I think Russian authorities know they’re not winning, they want to make sure that Ukraine is as destroyed as possible, that Ukraine is suffering as much as possible, because that will inhibit Ukrainian success postwar in its rebuilding.

What this means is we need to stay committed to defeating the aggressor, to defeating Russia. Russia needs to experience a defeat that tells them that their approach has been wrong. It needs to experience a defeat in order to start thinking constructively about their future — because Ukraine is just the first step, or one of the first steps. I mean, Georgia, Transnistria, and previously Syria and Mali and other countries are just part of the imperial game played here. If Russia does not learn that this is not the strategy, it’ll continue.

So Ukraine needs continuing, further support. And I am hopeful that Putin’s regime will collapse. It can happen that quickly, but it can also take years. Be optimistic, but cautiously optimistic. It may happen sooner than we think. It all depends on our continuous support and the conviction of Ukraine’s supporters to just staying the course, because Russia must be defeated — also so that Russia can become something else, something better, also for the sake of the Russian people, who deserve better. But first, Ukraine needs to win.

Ceterum censeo Ucrainam esse defendam. Слава Україні!

[This was originally posted to YouTube as a video. This post is a slightly abbreviated transcript, preserving the oral style of the video.]

#340: Russia is Not Winning This War. Ukraine Still Needs Our Support

https://youtu.be/H8e20hplR90

What we are seeing now between Russia and Ukraine is that while Russia still keeps pounding Ukraine and creating all kinds of pain and suffering, Ukraine actually has strategic wins. It actually hits relevant infrastructure. It hits where it hurts. It hits Russia’s capacity to wage war, and it has also been hitting the Russian economy.

This shows that Russia is not winning this war. But that doesn’t mean that this is now something that will just happen on its own. Ukraine is still suffering. Russia is still not defeated. It just can’t win. It will try to double down on the damage towards Ukraine, because even though I think Russian authorities know they’re not winning, they want to make sure that Ukraine is as destroyed as possible, that Ukraine is suffering as much as possible, because that will inhibit Ukrainian success postwar in its rebuilding.

What this means is we need to stay committed to defeating the aggressor, to defeating Russia. Russia needs to experience a defeat that tells them that their approach has been wrong. It needs to experience a defeat in order to start thinking constructively about their future — because Ukraine is just the first step, or one of the first steps. I mean, Georgia, Transnistria, and previously Syria and Mali and other countries are just part of the imperial game played here. If Russia does not learn that this is not the strategy, it’ll continue.

So Ukraine needs continuing, further support. And I am hopeful that Putin’s regime will collapse. It can happen that quickly, but it can also take years. Be optimistic, but cautiously optimistic. It may happen sooner than we think. It all depends on our continuous support and the conviction of Ukraine’s supporters to just staying the course, because Russia must be defeated — also so that Russia can become something else, something better, also for the sake of the Russian people, who deserve better. But first, Ukraine needs to win.

Ceterum censeo Ucrainam esse defendam. Слава Україні!

[This was originally posted to YouTube as a video. This post is a slightly abbreviated transcript, preserving the oral style of the video.]

#340: Russia is Not Winning This War. Ukraine Still Needs Our Support

https://youtu.be/H8e20hplR90

What we are seeing now between Russia and Ukraine is that while Russia still keeps pounding Ukraine and creating all kinds of pain and suffering, Ukraine actually has strategic wins. It actually hits relevant infrastructure. It hits where it hurts. It hits Russia’s capacity to wage war, and it has also been hitting the Russian economy.

This shows that Russia is not winning this war. But that doesn’t mean that this is now something that will just happen on its own. Ukraine is still suffering. Russia is still not defeated. It just can’t win. It will try to double down on the damage towards Ukraine, because even though I think Russian authorities know they’re not winning, they want to make sure that Ukraine is as destroyed as possible, that Ukraine is suffering as much as possible, because that will inhibit Ukrainian success postwar in its rebuilding.

What this means is we need to stay committed to defeating the aggressor, to defeating Russia. Russia needs to experience a defeat that tells them that their approach has been wrong. It needs to experience a defeat in order to start thinking constructively about their future — because Ukraine is just the first step, or one of the first steps. I mean, Georgia, Transnistria, and previously Syria and Mali and other countries are just part of the imperial game played here. If Russia does not learn that this is not the strategy, it’ll continue.

So Ukraine needs continuing, further support. And I am hopeful that Putin’s regime will collapse. It can happen that quickly, but it can also take years. Be optimistic, but cautiously optimistic. It may happen sooner than we think. It all depends on our continuous support and the conviction of Ukraine’s supporters to just staying the course, because Russia must be defeated — also so that Russia can become something else, something better, also for the sake of the Russian people, who deserve better. But first, Ukraine needs to win.

Ceterum censeo Ucrainam esse defendam. Слава Україні!

[This was originally posted to YouTube as a video. This post is a slightly abbreviated transcript, preserving the oral style of the video.]

France finance minister says Hormuz must open, G7 ready to mitigate war fallout

Washington: French Finance Minister Roland Lescure told reporters Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz needs to reopen “but…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #economicfallout #energyprices #G7leaders #Iranconflict #MiddleEastpeace #oiltransit #RolandLescure #StraitofHormuz #Ukrainesupport
https://www.europesays.com/france/6772/

NATO confirmed that all U.S. weapons for Ukraine, financed by allied nations via a dedicated NATO program, have been fully delivered or are in transit. #NATO #UkraineSupport

The Croatian Air Force has donated two An-32B transport aircraft, serial numbers 707 and 727, to Ukraine. This transfer underscores ongoing military support between Croatia and Ukraine. #MilitaryAid #UkraineSupport

New Video: Sean Penn Receives His Own Oscar from Ukraine, & Shows Continued Solidarity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8xmwcdqx_0 #UpdateExtra #UkraineWar #SeanPenn #FrontlineHeroes #UkraineSupport #Geopolitics

#UkraineWar #PutinIsaWarCriminal #Ukrainekrieg #UkraineRussiaWar #ukrainesupport

#EU turns up the heat: If you won't seize russia's cash, open your wallets

Reluctant governments must act - either make russia pay for #Ukraine war or foot the bill yourselves.

Joint debt plans emerge as frozen asset deals stall.

#UkraineSupport #EUPolitics

https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-assets-ukraine-loan-eurobonds

Friends, a little more of the workflow: I am creating a new necklace in the colors of invincibility!💙💛
Each bead is a part of support and a contribution to our victory. Thank you for ordering handmade from Ukraine! This is very valuable!🫂❤️
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Eine Uniform kann man ausziehen - ein Trauma muss bewältigt werden

Tausende ukrainische #Veteran:innen kehren mit unsichtbaren Wunden aus dem Krieg zurück: Posttraumatische Belastungsstörungen (PTSD), Angststörungen und andere psychische #Traumata bestimmen ihren #Alltag. Diese Belastungen erschweren nicht nur die Rückkehr ins zivile Leben, sondern auch ihre soziale und berufliche #Reintegration.

Hilfe ist nötig!

Um ihnen wirksam zu helfen, braucht es moderne, evidenzbasierte #Therapieverfahren. Gemeinsam mit der Ukrainischen PTSD Assoziation und der Assoziation für Neurorehabilitation und Traumatherapie möchte die Hilfsorganisation Bamberg:UA ein hochmodernes Neurofeedback-System (inklusive Eye-Tracking und Biofeedback) beschaffen und in ukrainische Rehabilitationszentren bringen.

👉 Mit diesem System können:
#Diagnostik und #Therapie von #PTSD und #Angststörung/en entscheidend verbessert werden,
individuelle Behandlungspläne erstellt werden, die die Genesung nachhaltig fördern,
und eine wissenschaftliche Begleitstudie durchgeführt werden, um die Wirkung langfristig zu sichern.

Für die Veteran:innen bedeutet das: einen sicheren Schritt zurück ins Leben, weniger Symptome, mehr #Stabilität und die Chance auf echte #Heilung.

Jetzt aktiv werden und spenden!

Damit das System beschafft, überführt und in der #Ukraine eingesetzt werden kann, möchte Volt die Initiative von Bamberg:UA mit dieser #Spendenkampagne unterstützen - Hilf mit, unsichtbare Wunden zu heilen!

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Sunday, July 13, 2025

Germany-funded long-range weapons to arrive in Ukraine by late July — Impeccable results: New Skynex video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian drones with German gun — Ukraine destroys Russian drone unit after Kherson infant killed, child should never have been a target — “Cut off the head”: Ukrainian intelligence accuses Putin’s favorite brigade of another war crime … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/sunday-july-13-2025/

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Germany-funded long-range weapons to arrive in Ukraine by late July — Impeccable results: New Skynex video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian drones with German gun — Ukraine destroys Russian drone unit after Kherson infant killed, child should never have been a target — “Cut off the head”: Ukrainian intelligence accuses Putin’s favorite brigade of another war crime … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/sunday-july-13-2025/

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Germany-funded long-range weapons to arrive in Ukraine by late July — Impeccable results: New Skynex video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian drones with German gun — Ukraine destroys Russian drone unit after Kherson infant killed, child should never have been a target — “Cut off the head”: Ukrainian intelligence accuses Putin’s favorite brigade of another war crime … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/sunday-july-13-2025/

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Germany-funded long-range weapons to arrive in Ukraine by late July — Impeccable results: New Skynex video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian drones with German gun — Ukraine destroys Russian drone unit after Kherson infant killed, child should never have been a target — “Cut off the head”: Ukrainian intelligence accuses Putin’s favorite brigade of another war crime … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/sunday-july-13-2025/

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Germany-funded long-range weapons to arrive in Ukraine by late July — Impeccable results: New Skynex video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian drones with German gun — Ukraine destroys Russian drone unit after Kherson infant killed, child should never have been a target — “Cut off the head”: Ukrainian intelligence accuses Putin’s favorite brigade of another war crime … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/sunday-july-13-2025/

What it feels like to be a smaller and weaker power confronted with larger.

Evarist Bartolo, Malta's former Minister of European and Foreign Affairs, urges a shift toward a model where states “listen before they speak,” and where foreign policy is shaped by mutual respect, not bloc loyalty: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/the-eus-pretence-of-equality

#diplomacy #change #changeManagement #narratives #loomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #Bundestag #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #VonDerLeyen #UvDL #EuropeanCommission #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #StandForUkraine #policy #Germany #Merz #FriedrichMerz #CDU #Malta

Anna-Lena #baerbock 💚
Sie weiß was wichtig ist
#UkraineSupport

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Cognitive dissonance

Until February 2025, Europe had been a willing tool of US foreign policy. Realizing it just now, the rulers cannot change their belief in standing for good versus evil. So they choose to change their narrative from one of enlightenment to one of rearmament.

"In spite of all the grand-standing and posturing, Europe has been reduced to a geopolitical appendage of the United States, following Washington’s lead in prolonging the conflict while shouldering the costs. While the EU sees itself as a global moral authority, it has been sidelined in actual negotiations. Instead, peace talks are being brokered by the U.S. and China, with Europe playing no decisive role. Even within the European Parliament, there exists a near-religious belief in a narrative that contradicts basic military and economic realities."

(Read or watch) https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/the-eus-decision-to-die-on-the-hill

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Rearmament is an opportunity for capital to obtain reductions in welfare and public services, at the cost of lower profitability.

Chatham House: “Politicians will have to brace themselves to reclaim money through cuts to sickness benefits, pensions and healthcare.”

Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves, who has been steadily cutting spending on child credits, winter payments for the aged and disability benefits, announced that the remit of the Labour government’s new National Wealth Fund would be changed to let it invest in defence.

More military spending spurs growth but can damage the ‘health’ of the capitalist accumulation process: https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/from-welfare-to-warfare-military-keynesianism/

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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

@eu @ukraine @israel 🧵

#EuropeanJewishCongress #sanctions #LoomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #Ukraine #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #foreignPolicy #EuropeIsrael #oligarchs #EJC #israelLobby #Hungary #agriculture #diplomacy

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

@eu @ukraine @israel 🧵

#EuropeanJewishCongress #sanctions #LoomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #Ukraine #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #foreignPolicy #EuropeIsrael #oligarchs #EJC #israelLobby #Hungary #agriculture #diplomacy

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

@eu @ukraine @israel 🧵

#EuropeanJewishCongress #sanctions #LoomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #Ukraine #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #foreignPolicy #EuropeIsrael #oligarchs #EJC #israelLobby #Hungary #agriculture #diplomacy

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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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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"Italy and Spain support issuing common EU debt — which is effectively free money — for defense."

EU member states not wanting to have any outsider saying what you should do include Poland, Finland.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-leaders-fear-european-commission-power-grab-defense-donald-trumps-exit/

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