https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/massive-intelligence-gathering-effort-underway-over-europe/ (https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/massive-intelligence-gathering-effort-underway-over-europe/)
https://yle.fi/news/3-12278160 (https://yle.fi/news/3-12278160)
Russian freight company denies breaking Finnish aviation rules
AirBridgeCargo did not give a reason for Saturday's unusual flight route.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/russia-economy-shudders-amid-ukraine-war-fears (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/russia-economy-shudders-amid-ukraine-war-fears)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/russia-economy-shudders-amid-ukraine-war-fears (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/russia-economy-shudders-amid-ukraine-war-fears)
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ben-wallace-putins-bogus-nato-fears-disguise-ukraine-ambitions/ (https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ben-wallace-putins-bogus-nato-fears-disguise-ukraine-ambitions/)
Karin Strohecker
Here are some way financial sanctions may target Russia:
SWITCHING OFF SWIFT
One of the harshest measures would be to disconnect the Russian financial system from the global SWIFT messaging system widely used in international financial transactions.
SWIFT, used by more than 11,000 financial institutions in over 200 countries, is a Belgium-based cooperative governed by a 25-member board, including Eddie Astanin, chairman of Russia's Central Counterparty Clearing Centre (NCC).
There is a precedent: In March 2012, SWIFT disconnected Iranian banks as international sanctions tightened against Tehran over its nuclear programme - a move that saw the country lose half its oil export revenues and 30% of foreign trade, according to think tank Carnegie Moscow Center.
Iran's economy is smaller and not as linked-up internationally as the Russian economy, whose interconnectedness with the West has worked as a shield. The United States and Germany would stand to lose the most, as their banks are the most frequent SWIFT users with Russian banks, according to Maria Shagina at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
BOND MARKET BLOW
Access to Russian bonds has become increasingly restricted and curbs could be tightened further, with a ban on secondary market participation floated as one option.
In April 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden banned U.S. investors buying new Russian rouble bonds - OFZs as they are known - over accusations of election meddling.
FIRMS & FINANCIALS
The United States and the European Union already have sanctions on Russia's energy, financial and defence sectors.
The White House has previously floated curbs on Russia's biggest banks and measures targeting Moscow's ability to convert roubles into dollars and other currencies. Washington could also target the state-backed Russian Direct Investment Fund.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/how-financial-western-sanctions-might-target-russia-2022-01-19/ (https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/how-financial-western-sanctions-might-target-russia-2022-01-19/)
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/590482-russian-threats-against-ukraine-could-push-finland-and (https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/590482-russian-threats-against-ukraine-could-push-finland-and)
https://unherd.com/thepost/if-russia-invades-ukraine-germany-must-pay-the-price/ (https://unherd.com/thepost/if-russia-invades-ukraine-germany-must-pay-the-price/)
https://www.intellinews.com/us-warns-belarus-to-keep-its-commitment-to-neutrality-232258/ (https://www.intellinews.com/us-warns-belarus-to-keep-its-commitment-to-neutrality-232258/)
https://www.promoteukraine.org/eu-us-nato-osce-coordinate-stance-on-russias-actions-near-ukraines-border/ (https://www.promoteukraine.org/eu-us-nato-osce-coordinate-stance-on-russias-actions-near-ukraines-border/)
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2016/12/21/russian-artillery-strikes-against-ukraine/ (https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2016/12/21/russian-artillery-strikes-against-ukraine/)
full report https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0YB7vVr_sJjUnZPR1NqbE95MzA (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0YB7vVr_sJjUnZPR1NqbE95MzA)
https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-sen-tom-cotton-accuses-germany-of-abandoning-ukraine-amid-russia-threat-2022-1 (https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-sen-tom-cotton-accuses-germany-of-abandoning-ukraine-amid-russia-threat-2022-1)
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/biden-putin-russia-ukraine-minor-incursion.html (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/biden-putin-russia-ukraine-minor-incursion.html)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/01/19/ukraine-reax-biden-presser-lead-chance-vpx.cnn (https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/01/19/ukraine-reax-biden-presser-lead-chance-vpx.cnn)
https://medium.com/dfrlab/russian-military-equipment-spotted-in-belarus-as-tensions-heighten-with-ukraine-e80475954175 (https://medium.com/dfrlab/russian-military-equipment-spotted-in-belarus-as-tensions-heighten-with-ukraine-e80475954175)
https://cepa.org/west-must-prepare-for-russian-hybrid-warfare/ (https://cepa.org/west-must-prepare-for-russian-hybrid-warfare/)
https://www.ridl.io/en/we-are-being-dragged-into-a-war/ (https://www.ridl.io/en/we-are-being-dragged-into-a-war/)
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/19/us-allies-ukraine-weapons-russia-invasion-527375 (https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/19/us-allies-ukraine-weapons-russia-invasion-527375)
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/third-day-of-british-weapon-flights-to-ukraine/ (https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/third-day-of-british-weapon-flights-to-ukraine/)
https://www.ft.com/content/0db12864-a154-4607-a0e8-c9722e956424 (https://www.ft.com/content/0db12864-a154-4607-a0e8-c9722e956424)
Biden predicts Russia will ?move in? on Ukraine
US president admits ?differences? with allies over Kremlin sanctions as Macron calls for new EU plan
https://www.rand.org/blog/2022/01/speaking-aloud-what-nato-has-left-unsaid-could-help.html (https://www.rand.org/blog/2022/01/speaking-aloud-what-nato-has-left-unsaid-could-help.html)
https://kyivindependent.com/national/biden-predicts-russia-will-move-in-ukraine-while-zelensky-downplays-invasion-threat/ (https://kyivindependent.com/national/biden-predicts-russia-will-move-in-ukraine-while-zelensky-downplays-invasion-threat/)
https://english.nv.ua/business/russian-gas-transit-through-ukraine-falls-to-a-four-year-low-no-added-transit-booked-for-february-50209884.html (https://english.nv.ua/business/russian-gas-transit-through-ukraine-falls-to-a-four-year-low-no-added-transit-booked-for-february-50209884.html)
Canadian foreign minister notes that supply of weapons to Ukraine is on the table. | btw on 15 January 2015 EU-NATO & USA separate allowed LEND LEASE weapons to Ukraine, without political (Ribbentrop Germany & France) interference !
https://www.reddit.com/r/russiawarinukraine/comments/4chmz5/how_ukraine_can_get_the_eu_defensive_weapons/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/russiawarinukraine/comments/4chmz5/how_ukraine_can_get_the_eu_defensive_weapons/) from 5 years ago
https://english.nv.ua/nation/canadian-foreign-minister-notes-that-supply-of-weapons-to-ukraine-is-on-the-table-50209755.html (https://english.nv.ua/nation/canadian-foreign-minister-notes-that-supply-of-weapons-to-ukraine-is-on-the-table-50209755.html)
https://english.nv.ua/nation/eu-top-diplomat-borrell-fears-russia-will-claim-annexation-of-occupied-ukrainian-territories-50209601.html (https://english.nv.ua/nation/eu-top-diplomat-borrell-fears-russia-will-claim-annexation-of-occupied-ukrainian-territories-50209601.html)
if so, then Minsk & Normandy of appeasers France & Ribbentrop Germany will be invalid and like West Germany back then, Ukraine can enter NATO cause it has no "occupied" areas anymore (same applies to Moldova & Georgia).
btw Ukraine should also abolish 2003 Sea of Azov agreement with Russia, which russia never abided
then most of Sea of Azov (and Black Sea around Crimea) is Ukrainian
https://www.reddit.com/r/russiawarinukraine/comments/mwpn1f/russia_effectively_seizes_control_of_sea_of_azov/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/russiawarinukraine/comments/mwpn1f/russia_effectively_seizes_control_of_sea_of_azov/)
https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/20-january-ukrainian-bayraktar-tb2-over-southern-ukraine (https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/20-january-ukrainian-bayraktar-tb2-over-southern-ukraine)
https://www.businessinsider.com/alexei-navalny-says-the-us-is-falling-into-putins-trap-on-ukraine-2022-1?international=true&r=US&IR=T (https://www.businessinsider.com/alexei-navalny-says-the-us-is-falling-into-putins-trap-on-ukraine-2022-1?international=true&r=US&IR=T)
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3388248-un-must-use-its-mandate-to-avoid-worstcase-scenario-for-kyiv-ukraines-delegation.html (https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3388248-un-must-use-its-mandate-to-avoid-worstcase-scenario-for-kyiv-ukraines-delegation.html)
#removevetorightsunsc who don't bring the world to PEACE but to PIECES.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/opinion/putin-ukraine.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/opinion/putin-ukraine.html)
Putin to Ukraine: ?Marry Me or I?ll Kill You?
A French TV channel showed Ukraine without Crimea
https://qirim.news/en/novosti-en/a-french-tv-channel-showed-ukraine-without-crimea/ (https://qirim.news/en/novosti-en/a-french-tv-channel-showed-ukraine-without-crimea/)
https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/would-russia-invade-swedens-gotland-again (https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/would-russia-invade-swedens-gotland-again)
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/wary-of-war-in-ukraine-defense-planners-watch-russia-s-amphibs (https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/wary-of-war-in-ukraine-defense-planners-watch-russia-s-amphibs)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/19-01-2022-minsk-sports-journo-alyaksandr-ivulin-sentenced-to-2-years-of-imprisonment/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/19-01-2022-minsk-sports-journo-alyaksandr-ivulin-sentenced-to-2-years-of-imprisonment/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-literary-figure-sevyaryn-kvyatkouski-detained-upon-arrival-in-belarus/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-literary-figure-sevyaryn-kvyatkouski-detained-upon-arrival-in-belarus/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-activists-of-belarusian-social-democratic-party-and-mahiliou-human-rights-center-searched/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-activists-of-belarusian-social-democratic-party-and-mahiliou-human-rights-center-searched/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-political-prisoner-volha-klaskouskaya-on-trial-in-brest-for-insulting-policeman/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-political-prisoner-volha-klaskouskaya-on-trial-in-brest-for-insulting-policeman/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-us-russian-military-redeployed-to-belarus-could-be-involved-in-attack-on-ukraine/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-us-russian-military-redeployed-to-belarus-could-be-involved-in-attack-on-ukraine/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-lithuanian-railway-warns-belaruskali-about-transit-termination/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-lithuanian-railway-warns-belaruskali-about-transit-termination/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-a1-office-searched/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/20-01-2022-a1-office-searched/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/19-01-2022-kyiv-court-announces-pre-trial-measure-of-restraint-for-petro-poroshenko/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/19-01-2022-kyiv-court-announces-pre-trial-measure-of-restraint-for-petro-poroshenko/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/19-01-2022-human-rights-activist-ales-kaputski-rearrested-he-may-spend-45-days-behind-bars/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/19-01-2022-human-rights-activist-ales-kaputski-rearrested-he-may-spend-45-days-behind-bars/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/19-01-2022-minsk-bathing-in-ice-cold-water-on-epiphany/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/19-01-2022-minsk-bathing-in-ice-cold-water-on-epiphany/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/19-01-2022-csto-operation-in-kazakhstan-reportedly-completed/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/19-01-2022-csto-operation-in-kazakhstan-reportedly-completed/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/18-01-2022-coworking-for-belarusian-journalists-opens-in-poland-s-bialystok/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/18-01-2022-coworking-for-belarusian-journalists-opens-in-poland-s-bialystok/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/18-01-2022-elderly-activist-alena-hnauk-faces-pressure-behind-bars/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/18-01-2022-elderly-activist-alena-hnauk-faces-pressure-behind-bars/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/18-01-2022-nyt-russia-taking-its-diplomats-families-out-of-ukraine/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/18-01-2022-nyt-russia-taking-its-diplomats-families-out-of-ukraine/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/18-01-2022-icao-releases-fact-finding-report-on-forced-landing-of-ryanair-plane-in-belarus/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/18-01-2022-icao-releases-fact-finding-report-on-forced-landing-of-ryanair-plane-in-belarus/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-political-prisoner-mark-vasilkou-sentenced-to-restriction-of-liberty/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-political-prisoner-mark-vasilkou-sentenced-to-restriction-of-liberty/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-allied-resolve-drills-russian-troops-start-to-arrive-in-belarus/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-allied-resolve-drills-russian-troops-start-to-arrive-in-belarus/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-football-fans-case-look-alike-two-youngsters-get-jail-terms-in-mazyr/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-football-fans-case-look-alike-two-youngsters-get-jail-terms-in-mazyr/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-authorities-liquidate-ngo-zvyano-fault-it-for-discrediting-and-extremism/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-authorities-liquidate-ngo-zvyano-fault-it-for-discrediting-and-extremism/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-maladzechna-human-rights-activist-ales-kaputski-not-released-after-30-days-of-arrest/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-maladzechna-human-rights-activist-ales-kaputski-not-released-after-30-days-of-arrest/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-son-of-businessman-detained-on-his-way-to-father-s-funeral/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-son-of-businessman-detained-on-his-way-to-father-s-funeral/)
https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-pavel-latushka-says-kyiv-too-cautious-with-lukashenka/ (https://belsat.eu/en/news/17-01-2022-pavel-latushka-says-kyiv-too-cautious-with-lukashenka/)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/ukraine-crisis-what-russia-is-demanding-and-how-the-west-has-responded-101642639499413.html (https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/ukraine-crisis-what-russia-is-demanding-and-how-the-west-has-responded-101642639499413.html)
https://electroverse.net/warming-arctic-drove-earth-into-the-little-ice-age/ (https://electroverse.net/warming-arctic-drove-earth-into-the-little-ice-age/)
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http://krantvannederland.nl/discuss/list/2022/21012022 (http://krantvannederland.nl/discuss/list/2022/21012022)