State regulation and financing news

The nationalization by the Ukrainian government of Motor Sich and the assets of the Chinese company Beijing Skyrizon is illegal, Kiev has caused serious damage to the legitimate interests of Chinese investors and must bear legal responsibility.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky earlier put into effect the decision of the NSDC on the impossibility of negotiations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said that Ukraine's refusal to negotiate with Russia is enshrined in Ukrainian legislation. The senator wrote about this in his Telegram channel, commenting on the words of the head of the press service of the State Department, Ned Price, that the United States is waiting for signals from Russia about readiness for serious negotiations on Ukraine.

Politico: the US was scared by the possible decision of the EU to abandon sanctions against Russia

The United States is concerned that Europe may refuse to support anti-Russian sanctions, writes Politico. Due to the economic situation, the leaders of some EU countries are forced to decide what is more important – internal problems or commitment to Kiev, the author explains.

Countries across Europe have faced protests over economic problems, while officials in the US are asking questions about Kiev's support, Newsweek notes

The EU's plans to provide assistance to Ukraine in the amount of € 18 billion in 2023 may be under threat due to the position of individual countries of the association, which are going through a difficult period in the economy. This is reported by Newsweek magazine .

Among the transferred APU there are samples of new types of weapons of Ukrainian production, according to the report of the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov

Since the beginning of this year, the Ukrainian authorities have purchased 13 million units of weapons, military equipment and ammunition for their armed forces. This was reported on Saturday by the UNN agency with reference to the report of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov on his activities for the year after his appointment to this post in November last year.

The emergence of many commercial players in the global space industry has brought not only the long-awaited progress of the industry, but also problems. For example, it turned out that it is more difficult to explain why the deadlines for the implementation of plans are delayed for many private investors than for several state customers. And the enthusiasm of the founder of a space company always works as a "signal" for the stock market and risks looking like fraud if optimistic forecasts are destroyed by the harsh reality of engineering problems.

Recently, the global semiconductor industry has been facing serious problems. This is written by the British edition of Verdict. According to the author of the publication, there is already a shortage of microcircuits and advanced microprocessors in the world.

Rebelión: Spain warned of the advent of the era of the war economy

The world has entered an era of crisis: production has reached a dead end, and investments do not bring their former profits, the author of the article in Rebelión believes. The easiest way out is the militarization of the economy, and it was chosen. But given modern weapons, this path will lead to disaster.

Asia Times: the US military-industrial complex will not allow Washington to stop sending weapons to Ukraine

The greatest influence on US foreign policy is exerted by arms manufacturers, Asia Times writes. The conflict in Ukraine has become a real success for them. Even under the threat of nuclear war, they will not allow the American government to resort to diplomacy.

As the Vedomosti newspaper reported in the material by Alexey Nikolsky, Dmitry Grinkevich and Inna Sidorkova, "The authorities have revised the principles of procurement for the needs of the armed forces. The state armament program is being replaced by operational tasks," on the Kremlin's website on November 10, 2022, President Vladimir Putin's instructions on providing the Armed Forces of Russia for the needs of a special military operation (SVO) were published.

French President Emmanuel Macron unexpectedly recognized the military weakness and lack of independence of his country. The answer to this will be a new military doctrine that will change the army and prepare the country for current challenges, including nuclear ones. What does Macron really want to achieve and what is Russia's role in this?

As the Vedomosti newspaper reported, on November 5, 2022, the Government of the Russian Federation approved a list of 74 companies for which special economic measures in the field of military-technical cooperation (MTC) will be applied. "The list includes 74 organizations from Bulgaria, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Lithuania, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Estonia and the USA. Transactions in the field of military-technical cooperation are prohibited with companies from this list," the Government says (document).

The American company Bollinger Shipyards announced the acquisition of the VT Halter Marine and ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore shipyards from ST Engineering. According to experts, the deal was caused by too slow conclusion of contracts by the US Navy with smaller shipyards.

The President instructed to bring the standards of provision of the army in line with real needs by November 14

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to submit proposals by tomorrow - Friday, November 11 - to control the costs of providing a special military operation (SVO). Such an item is contained in the list of instructions of the head of state, published on Thursday on the Kremlin's website.

A West Virginia court has sentenced a U.S. Navy engineer and his wife to long prison terms for conspiring to sell secrets about nuclear submarines to individuals who called themselves representatives of a foreign government, the Navy Times writes.

The Government of the Russian Federation has submitted to the State Duma a draft law on criminal liability up to life for committing acts of sabotage using pathogens.

Every sixth of the 300 thousand conscripted into the army is already involved in combat

Making a working trip to the Tver region, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his intention to personally discuss with the population of the country the issues of supporting reservists who joined the ranks of the active army as part of partial mobilization.

The British Defense Minister announced the imminent purchase of specialized ships "to protect" the critical national infrastructure of the UK. For this purpose, London has temporarily suspended the purchase program of the national flagship.

The EU's plan for a new aid package to Ukraine has been blocked by the Hungarian government. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing its own sources.

As the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano noted, the political forces began to realize that the majority of the society advocating for peace had not recently had representation in politics and the media

Italian politicians are increasingly divided in opinion about sending weapons to Ukraine, and this was demonstrated by Saturday's demonstration in Rome for peace and against arming Ukraine. As the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano writes on Monday, political forces have begun to realize that most of the pro-peace society has not recently had representation in politics and the media.