Russian diplomacy said on Wednesday September 28 that the four Ukrainian regions had been placed under Moscow’s control “A free choice in favor of Russia” by voting for their annexation during “referendums”, reports AFP. Judged after the results of these elections were announced “illegal”, the West has already introduced new sanctions. With large numbers of its citizens fleeing, Russia will no longer issue passports to those mobilized. And a border region in Georgia is restricting vehicle entry. We take stock of the most important information from this 217th day of conflict in Ukraine.
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Situation in Ukraine, 21 days after the beginning of the war. | INFOGRAPHIC WEST FRANCE
New round of sanctions after the annexation referendums
The Kremlin “will pay”. With these words, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented a new series of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday. This eighth package of sanctions expands restrictions on product imports, notably to deprive Moscow of €7 billion in revenue.
We are determined that the Kremlin will pay the price for this further escalation.
— Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
They will also make it possible to introduce new barriers to the export of technological products used in the defense sector. The President of the European Commission also proposes capping the price of Russian oil.
Turkey abandons the Russian payment system Mir
Caught in a vice between Washington and Moscow, Turkey announced on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 that it would renounce Russia’s Mir payment system over fears of American reprisals, which Moscow denounced as a “unprecedented pressure” from the United States. “Payments are in progress but a date has been set” for the suspension of the Mir system, a senior Turkish official told AFP today, on condition of anonymity and without giving a date.
Developed in 2015 in the face of Western sanctions following the annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Mir cards — meaning “world” and “peace” in Russian — allow Russians to make payments and withdraw money in some foreign countries.
Russia will no longer issue passports to the mobilized people
Russia will no longer issue passports to those mobilized by the army, the government information portal said on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at a time when tens of thousands of people have already fled abroad.
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Russian reservists check in at an assembly point during the partial mobilization of troops in Volzhsky, Russia, September 28, 2022. | STRINGER / Portal
The announcement comes as many Russians fear a border closure amid a campaign to mobilize reservists to send new troops to Ukraine.
According to the Frontex agency, 66,000 Russians entered the European Union last week, half of them in Finland.
Also read: REPORTING. In Russia, the mobilization decreed by Putin sparked anger and flight
A Russian region bordering Georgia restricts access to vehicles
Russia’s North Ossetia region, which borders Georgia, where huge queues of Russians fleeing mobilization have formed, announced Wednesday, September 28, that it would restrict access to vehicles on its territory.
According to the official local government channel on Telegram, the leader of this region, Sergey Menyailo, signed a decree “Restriction on entry of passenger cars into the territory of North Ossetia”except for residents and tourists.
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