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Booking tours to temporarily occupied Crimea for the summer fell by 70% compared to 2022.

Oil and gas revenues of the Russian budget for January-February decreased by 46% compared to the same period in 2022. This is due to a decrease in price quotations for Urals oil and a reduction in the volume of gas exports. Revenues at the beginning of the year decreased by 25%, while expenses increased by 52% compared to the same period in 2022.

The EU has overcome its dependence on gas and oil supplies from Russia, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. According to her, 80% of Russian gas exports were fully compensated by supplies from the USA and Norway. On February 5, the decision of the European Union and the G7 to impose an embargo on the import of petroleum products from Russia came into force. Japan joined the price ceiling for Russian oil products.

The USA added to the list of export restrictions as part of a new package of sanctions against the Russian Federation a ban on the supply of smartphones priced above $300. In general, the list of luxury items was expanded to 276 items. Electronic scales worth more than $100, refrigerators more than $750, and other goods fell under export restrictions. The US State Department announced on February 24 the introduction of sanctions against a number of Russian ministers and governors. The Ministry of Trade tightens export control in relation to industrial sectors and "luxury items". The export restriction, in particular, is introduced against Megafon and the Skolkovo technopark. A 10% duty on aluminum and aluminum products from Russia will be introduced by a separate decree from May 200. The new sanctions of the US Ministry of Trade include enterprises of the Russian defense industry, federal agencies, as well as a number of telecommunications and scientific companies. The United States imposed blocking sanctions against 22 citizens of different countries and 12 foreign companies that help the Russian military industry. The US Treasury Department blacklisted 37 companies of the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China and Belarus in connection with Russian aggression.

On February 24, London added another 92 Russian legal entities and individuals to the "black list". The management of the Rosatom and Rostec state corporations, the Almaz-Antey concern, and four Russian banks (MTS Bank, St. Petersburg Bank, Uralsib, and Zenit Bank) were sanctioned. The mother of Putin's lover Alina Kabaeva, Deputy Prime Minister Novak, son of Dmytro Kozak and CEO of Nord Stream AG also fell under restrictions.

Australia and New Zealand introduced sanctions on the anniversary of the full-scale war in Ukraine. 90 natural persons — including Patriarch Kirill, vice-premiers and ministers — and 40 legal entities, in particular, enterprises of the Military Industry, came under the new sanctions of Australia. New Zealand introduced restrictions against 87 people.

On the anniversary of the full-scale war, the Japanese government decided to tighten sanctions against the Russian Federation. 94 organizations and 48 individuals were included in the extended sanctions lists. Earlier, on January 27, Japan froze the assets of 22 individuals and 3 companies from the Russian Federation. Export restrictions have been introduced in relation to 49 Russian companies.

Canada imposed sanctions against 38 Russians and 16 organizations for "spreading disinformation and propaganda." Boyarsky, Dolyna, Baskov, Bylan, media managers and journalists, MIA "Russia Today" and "Tsargrad" were sanctioned.

Western countries are pressuring the UAE to stop helping Russia circumvent sanctions, in particular, to stop the supply of electronics that can be used for military purposes. The USA, EU and Britain focus on monitoring compliance with sanctions and responsibility for their violation.

AliExpress banned the sale to Russian users of the products of the world's largest producer of consumer drones — the Chinese Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI). Beijing joined the sanctions against Russian aviation. The Chinese side refused to give guarantees that Russian planes would not be delayed at the request of third countries due to sanctions restrictions. In addition, dual-registration aircraft flights are prohibited in China — at the same time in Russia, Bermuda or Ireland.

Kazakhstan closed its trade representation in Russia.

FATF suspended Russia's membership in the organization. The International Federation of Journalists has suspended the membership of the Union of Journalists of Russia (SJR). The Romanian authorities have decided to suspend the work of the Russian Center of Culture and Science in Bucharest. The USA is going to resume work on projects in the Arctic Council without the participation of Russia.

The Netherlands has decided to expel about 10 Russian diplomats from the country, the foreign minister of the kingdom said. The head of the Foreign Ministry explained the decision that Russia is sending intelligence officers to the Netherlands as diplomats. The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared four Russian diplomats working in Vienna as persons non grata, who were suspected of activities incompatible with diplomatic status.

The Supreme Court of Switzerland rejected the appeal of the Russian Football Union (RFS) against the decision of the CAS on the suspension of national teams and clubs from participation in international tournaments.

Belgium has frozen Russian assets for a total of €58 billion, according to a statement from the country's Ministry of Finance. Swiss Credit Suisse froze $19 billion of Russian assets.

Bangladesh has banned Russian ships from entering its ports.

Serbia refused Russian fighters in favor of French Rafales. Indonesia refused to buy Russian Su-35 fighters. India actually froze negotiations on the purchase of Ka-226T helicopters, despite the readiness of the Russian Federation to transfer technologies and localize their production at Indian factories. Earlier, New Delhi froze a joint project with the Russian Federation to develop a fifth-generation fighter based on the Su-57.

The total wealth of 23 Russian oligarchs fell by $67 billion in an hour. The biggest loss was suffered by the main owner of Severstal, Alexey Mordashov, who lost $6,7 billion in an hour. In France, a villa belonging to oligarch Viktor Rashnikov was confiscated. The US Attorney General announced the transfer to Ukraine of $5,4 million confiscated from the sponsor of the "Russian Spring" Konstantin Malofeev. For the first time, Washington made a decision to seize the assets of Russians in favor of Kyiv.

The central office of the Bank of Russia plans to lay off up to 1 employees by May. employees, cuts are also waiting for regional subdivisions within the framework of cost optimization. In the fall, the Central Bank intends to conduct a second shortened stage. VTB will sell its subsidiary bank in Angola due to sanctions. The U.S. Treasury Department has begun an investigation into the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International regarding its Russian-related business. Cellist Sergei Roldugin, one of Putin's nominees, transferred millions of dollars to Swiss banks without proper checks. The prosecutor's office charged four bankers with involvement in the transfers.

The USA refused visas to several Russian delegates who were supposed to participate in the session of the UN open-ended working group on security issues in the field of information technologies. This is not the first refusal: in September 2022, several members of the delegation did not receive visas to participate in the UN General Assembly. Western delegations participating in the conference on disarmament in Geneva, as a sign of boycott, left the hall during the broadcast of the speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov. When the broadcast began, the diplomats of "a large number" of the countries represented at the conference left the hall, outside the hall the boycott was greeted with applause. Among those remaining to listen to the minister, AFP named delegations from Yemen, Algeria, Venezuela, Syria and Tunisia.

The disciplinary commission of the Foundation for Gymnastics Ethics (GEF) suspended the president of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics (VFHG) and the head coach of the national team Iryna Viner from international competitions for two years. Chess player Aleksandra Kosteniuk renounced Russian sports citizenship in favor of Swiss citizenship. Participant of two Olympic Games as part of the Russian equestrian team, Vladimir Tuganov changed his sports citizenship to Palestinian. More than 2024 countries advocated not allowing Russia to participate in the 40 Olympics. The United States Boxing Federation (USA Boxing) withdrew from participation in the women's and men's world championships in 2023 due to the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to the tournaments under national flags. The European Olympic Committee announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to participate in the 2023 European Games.

Sales of strong alcohol in the Russian Federation increased by 7,5% last year, to almost 7 liters per person. For comparison: in 2021, the indicator grew by only 1,2%, and in 2020 - by 3,3%. For many Russians, drinking alcohol is "the most simple and affordable way to reduce anxiety," experts explain. Vodka in Russia increased by 12% per hour, wine by 27%. Mass counterfeiting of cheap cognacs began in the Russian Federation.

Russia imported 22,5% less tropical fruits than in 2021. Children's goods grew by 17% in the first two months of 2023. In an hour from February 28, 2022 to February 28, 2023, basic products and goods of daily demand traveled by an average of 11,46%. Prices increased for most of the goods in the "basket" - 29 out of 40, white cabbage traveled the most - by 56%. 67% of Russians are ready to buy expired products, which is explained by their desire to save money. Over the past month, more than 40% of Russians have felt an increase in housing and communal services services. More than a third of Russians noted the rise in meat and poultry prices over the past month.

The share of borrowers with four or more active loans increased from 2022% to 11,6% in 13,8, and the average number of loans per person increased from 1,9 to 2,05. Last July, 5,2 million Russians had more than three loans. Russians have become worse at paying loans, in the Russian Federation the amount of debt overdue by more than 90 days in the segments of consumer loans, auto loans, and credit cards has skyrocketed. Every second mortgagor in Russia spends almost his entire salary on loans.

In Russia, there is a fear of a shortage of refrigerated trailers. Due to the shortage, prices for transportation of products, medicines and other goods that need to be stored in the cold can rise sharply. The State Duma plans to propose to the government to create an industry of mass restoration and use of used auto parts. Auto parts in Russia will increase in price by 20–40% in 2023. Russians are getting rid of cars, as the maintenance and service of cars has become too expensive. In the Russian Federation, due to a shortage of components, electronics service centers are closing, in Moscow - every tenth. In Russia, there was a shortage of casings for the production of sausages and sausages, which before the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions were supplied from seven European plants. Brewers stated that they are highly dependent on imported hops. In the Russian Federation, they ascertained the "total" dependence of sour cream production on imports. The absence of biofactories has made the dairy industry completely dependent on the import of starter cultures.

Apple has suspended warranty service for MacBooks and iPads in Russia. The German tire manufacturer Continental announced its withdrawal from the Russian market. French Michelin found a buyer for the plant in the Moscow region. Japan's Yanmar Holdings, which sells engines and construction equipment, will stop its activities on the Russian market from April. In one hour, 60,6% of companies from Japan partially or completely suspended their work in Russia. Heineken plans to leave the Russian Federation in the first half of 2023 — the manufacturer's portfolio includes about 300 brands. 18 Swiss companies and organizations out of 53 completely left Russia after the entry of troops into Ukraine, another 14 suspended their activities. The Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt has started the liquidation of a Russian legal entity. Japanese Uniqlo is completely leaving Russia. Danish Carlsberg is selling its Russian business. British luxury brand Paul Smith left the Russian Federation. The world's largest paper producer, International Paper, has sold its business in Russia. The French manufacturer of electrical equipment Legrand is leaving the Russian Federation. The British coffee chain Costa Coffee stopped working in Russia.

In March 2023, Disney films and series will disappear from Russian video services. In March 2022, Disney, like other Hollywood majors Sony Pictures, UPI, and Paramount, stopped releasing its new movies in the Russian box office.

Due to the sanctions in February in all regions of the Russian Federation, the speed of the mobile Internet decreased noticeably, to 18,3 Mbit/s (-7%). The only exception was Moscow, where access accelerated to 34,7 Mbit/s (+32%). The total value of 30 Runet leaders per hour decreased by $14 billion, or about a quarter. The main contribution to these losses was made by "Yandex", which fell in price 1,7 times: last year the company cost $17,4 billion, and this year - $10,2 billion.

The flow of foreign tourists to the Russian Federation fell 25 times. According to the FSB Border Service, 2022 people visited Russia in 200. foreign tourists — in 2019, there were 5,1 million of them.

The number of commercial satellite launches in Russia fell 300 times. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the Russian Federation has launched only 46 satellites, of which only one is commercial. For comparison, in 2021, Russia launched 339 satellites for 18 countries.

Within three days after the announcement of the cessation of supplies of "Viagra" in Russia, the demand for the drug increased by 50%. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation reported on February 15 that the American company Vitaris is suspending deliveries. In 2022, the amount of the cheapest medicines in pharmacies decreased. 2402 names of cheap drugs were presented in the pharmacy, which is 41% less than a year earlier, and half as many as in 2020. The reduction in the presence of imported drugs, the refusal to release unprofitable drugs and the decrease in demand had a negative impact on the pharmacy assortment. In 2022, the offer in the profile retail decreased by almost 10%, or about 2 thousand. positions In 2022, the Ministry of Health issued 18,5% fewer permits for conducting clinical trials of drugs than in 2021. Out of 740 studies, 71% were applied to Russian companies. After the start of the full-scale war, foreign drug manufacturers, including GSK, Novartis, Roche and Pfizer, refused clinical trials in the Russian Federation.

Russia is dying out at a rate of 1,5 thousand person per day According to the results of 2022, the natural decrease in the population of the Russian Federation, that is, the excess of the number of deaths over the number of births, amounted to 599,6. But the State Duma declared that the rapid reduction in the number of elderly Russians in 2022 will not lead to an increase in pensions.

Pregnant Russian women began to be refused entry to Argentina. The authorities believe that women come there for the sake of maternity tourism — traveling to the country with the aim of giving citizenship to the child. It is easier for foreign parents of a child born in Argentina to get a passport of this country (it allows you to make short-term trips to 171 countries without visas, including EU countries, Great Britain and Japan).

The State Duma will hold parliamentary hearings on the study and creative application of Stalin's experience, said Yury Afonin, deputy of the State Duma and member of the CPRF faction. According to the parliamentarian, in the current "difficult conditions", which Afonin described as a tough confrontation with the collective West, Russia could apply the experience of the head of the Soviet state. Afonyn noted that the program of the State Duma includes not only parliamentary hearings, but also round tables with the participation of experts.

The incidence of syphilis has skyrocketed in Russia. According to the results of October 2022 (the latest available period of official statistics), the number of detected cases of syphilis exceeded the figure for the same month last year by 38%, and compared to October 2020, it jumped by 129%.

Putin ordered the resettlement of Russians from emergency housing into low-rise wooden barracks.

Vera Perovskaya