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The cost of war in Ukraine. Online January 3
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21:00 The Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration (USPA) accused Russia of creating a long line of ships in the "grain corridor", delaying the inspection of ships. USPA claims that the average waiting time is a month, for example, the T-Med bulk carrier with wheat on board has been in line since November. According to the Ukrainian agency, a total of 94 ships are awaiting inspection, 25 of which are loaded with agricultural products.
19:30 Mandatory passes have been introduced in the Zaporozhye region for cars to pass through checkpoints, reports Interfax with reference to the regional administration. It is proposed to receive them in the military commandant's offices of Melitopol, Berdyansk, Tokmak and Vasilyevka.
18:30 Putin signed a decree on additional social guarantees for the military and national guardsmen who are in the war zone. The document provides for the distribution of 5 million rubles equally among the families of the victims and the payment of 3 million rubles to the wounded, benefits for receiving pensions and other social guarantees.
18:00 The German authorities are discussing the confiscation of assets of Russians, whose involvement in the conflict in Ukraine has already been proven, writes Bloomberg, citing its own sources. However, there is no single position in the government, the newspaper writes: Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock proposes to confiscate the blocked gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Finance Minister Christian Lindner fears that this will lead the country into a “legal quagmire”, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz demands to coordinate the confiscation with the allies.
17:30 In Makeevka, where the Russian military was killed during the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, “there are no and there were no” units with mobilized from the Saratov region, said Diana Burlachenko, head of the press service of the region's governor. The fact that mobilized from this region died in Makiivka was previously reported by telegram channels without official confirmation.
16:10 Today, during trading on the Comex exchange, the price of gold rose above $1,850 for the first time since June 2022, follows from the data of the exchange. By 15:40 Moscow time, the price had dropped to $1,840.2. In December 2022, the World Gold Council reported that the central banks of countries were buying gold in record volumes, with Russia and China buying the largest volumes, pointed out . Financial Times analysts
15:30 The Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of two HIMARS in Druzhkovka and 130 foreign mercenaries in the areas of Maslyakovka and Kramatorsk in the DPR in its daily summary . Earlier today, the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, told RIA Novosti that there were battles “for every house” in Bakhmut, there was no need to talk about a breakthrough in the Ukrainian defense.
13:45 The SBU of Ukraine has filed charges of violating the country's criminal code, including under articles on infringement of territorial integrity, the commander of the long-range aviation of the Aerospace Forces of the RF Armed Forces, Sergei Kobylash, and the ex-commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Navy, Igor Osipov. The SBU claims that they are responsible for the attacks on Ukraine. Igor Osipov was dismissed from the post of commander on September 14, the reasons for the resignation were not named. His successor was Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov.
11:50 Federal State Unitary Enterprise NAMI will transfer shares of former Nissan assets in Russia to AvtoVAZ to launch the production of Lada cars at a site in St. Petersburg, Denis Manturov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said in an interview with RBC TV. According to him, foreign manufacturers will also participate in the production, but he did not specify which ones.
The transfer of Nissan assets to the balance of "NAMI" became known in October. It was about the plant and research center in St. Petersburg, as well as the sales and marketing department in Moscow. Nissan suspended its work in March and became the third company after Renault and General Motors to completely curtail its activities in Russia.
10:00 The Russian government launches a preferential mortgage program with a rate of no more than 2% per annum for the purchase and construction of housing for the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. The maximum loan amount is up to 6 million rubles, the down payment is at least 10%, follows from the resolution signed by Mikhail Mishustin.
09:00 Tokyo and Moscow do not start discussing a peace treaty because of Japan's "unfriendly position", Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said in an interview with TASS (the full text will be published at 12:00 ) . Russia sees a challenge to the security of the Asia-Pacific region in Japan's policy, and if it does not change, Russia "will be forced to take retaliatory measures to stop the threat," Rudenko said.
The main thing for the night and morning:
- The governor of the Samara region, Dmitry Azarov, announced the deaths of those mobilized from his region as a result of a missile attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a vocational school in Makeyevka. Azarov did not name the number of dead and recommended that relatives of the mobilized apply for information to the military registration and enlistment offices.
- An air defense system went off in Sevastopol, according to preliminary data, two drones were shot down over the sea, said Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev . The last time the air defense system in the city went off was on December 30th.
- Turkey has begun working on a gas hub project proposed by Russia, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez said on TVnet . The project involves the redirection of fuel that went to the European Union through the Nord Stream gas pipeline through Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan previously called Thrace in the northwest of the country a suitable place for construction. At the end of December 2022, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, announced the start of work on the project.
- John Bolton, former national security adviser to former US President Donald Trump, in an article for The Telegraph suggested reconsidering Turkey's membership in NATO if Erdogan remains in this post after the June presidential elections. “Russia’s trade and military partners still have not abandoned it at a difficult moment, unfortunately, including Turkey,” Bolton points out in his column.
- Economists predicted for the UK the strongest recession among the G7 countries and a long economic recovery, writes the Financial Times, citing a hundred experts surveyed. According to their forecasts, the Bank of England will be forced to maintain a high interest rate, and the government to pursue a tight fiscal policy. This will affect the income level of households, which are already facing rising food and energy prices.