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The Danish company Maersk, which specializes in maritime cargo transportation and maintenance of port terminals, has decided to stop accepting new orders for sea and land transport to and from Russia.
The corresponding decision was made after the start of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine and the ensuing EU sanctions, TASS reports.
At the same time, Maersk clarifies that such measures do not apply to the transportation of food, medicines and humanitarian goods.
It also became known that the Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) from March 1 introduces a temporary suspension of orders for the transportation of containers to / from Russia in the Baltic, Black Sea and the Far East, Interfax notes.
At the same time, MSC will continue to accept and verify orders for the delivery of essential goods such as food, medical equipment and humanitarian supplies.
Recall, on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”
In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.
In particular, Russian banks fell under the sanctions, including Sberbank, VTB, Novikombank, FC Otkritie and Sovcombank, and for a number of state-owned companies it was difficult to attract foreign capital.
Later, the EU countries and the United States agreed to disconnect Russian banks that fell under sanctions from the international system of interbank transactions and information exchange SWIFT. In addition, it was decided to freeze the assets of the Bank of Russia, which will create difficulties for its use of international reserves. EU countries also pledged to take steps to limit the sale of citizenship — the so-called “golden passports” that allow wealthy Russians connected to the Russian government to become citizens of EU states and access their financial systems.
You can follow the chronicle of events around Ukraine on March 1 here.
Source: Rosbalt
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