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EDuring Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s long illness, the LDPR discussed various candidates for his successor as party leader. Leonid Slutsky and Mikhail Degtyarev are among the likely ones

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The search for a successor

The death of the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who was seriously ill with coronavirus and suffered from its consequences, could not have come as a surprise to the party, two sources close to her told RBC, nevertheless, the Liberal Democrats “initially understood” that it would not be easy to find an equivalent replacement for a charismatic and well-known politician throughout the country. “It is simply impossible to replace the irremovable Vladimir Volfovich,” said one of them. Zhirinovsky’s death undermined the morale of the party, admits another source close to the LDPR. He believes that after the death of Zhirinovsky, the LDPR is waiting for “only oblivion”.

The death of Vladimir Zhirinovsky on Wednesday, April 6, was announced by the chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. In his Telegram channel, he said that the leader of the LDPR “passed away after a serious and prolonged illness.” “A man who deeply understood how the world works and foresaw a lot,” Volodin noted.— His personality is so large-scale that it is difficult without himto present the history of the development of the political system of modern Russia. Condolences over Zhirinovsky’s death were expressed by President Vladimir Putin, who called him an “experienced politician, an energetic, open-minded person, a bright speaker and polemicist.” In the LDPR, the death of the party leader was called a “blow for the whole of Russia, for the army of his supporters.”

Two interlocutors close to the presidential administration told RBC that the decision on the candidacy of the next leader of the LDPR will be made, after that it will be clear what to do with the party itself, leave it in its current form, merge with some other or even create something new.

The LDPR, of course, discussed various candidates to replace Zhirinovsky long before his illness, “just in case,” continues the party source of RBC. However, the final decision will be made after consultations with the Kremlin, he clarifies. Now «on the bench of successors»— the deputy appointed acting leader of the LDPR factionLeonid Slutsky, deputies Andrei Lugovoy and Alexey Didenko, the governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Mikhail Degtyarev and Zhirinovsky’s son Igor Lebedev, say the interlocutors of RBC. Earlier, one of the interlocutors of RBC named Alexey Ostrovsky, the Governor of the Smolensk Region (representing the LDPR), as a potential candidate.

RBC sent requests to the listed candidates.

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“After the death of the sole leader, it is unrealistic to replace him with another sole leader,” political scientist Rostislav Turovsky said in a conversation with RBC.Therefore, the real leadership of the party will inevitably be collective. The LDPR will have to “shift from the status of a leadership party to the status of an ideological one, that is, focused on the promotion of a certain political ideology,” he continues. From this point of view, both Slutsky, Lugovoy, and Degtyarev are “approximately equivalent”, since they “have some public experience, they know the internal cuisine,” the expert believes.

The leader of the party, whoever he is, will not become the second Zhirinovsky, political analyst Alexey Makarkin told RBC. Rather, the party will have a “certain analogue of the politburo, whose leader will meet with Vladimir Putin, enter the Duma Council and so on.” But, according to the expert, he will not be the “owner” of the party, like Zhirinovsky.

Party perspectives

The party plans to preserve its electorate as much as possible, RBC sources said. “We think we will succeed, since Zhirinovsky has done a lot to make the party recognizable everywhere, so that the brand works,” said one of them.

The party after Zhirinovsky’s death will become “inertial”, Makarkin is convinced. “There is an opinion that the LDPR will not be able to live without Zhirinovsky, but we have a very conservative party structure,” he noted.It will be difficult for new parties to integrate into it, gain popularity, and the popularity of the LDPR and its support will fade, but slowly. According to the expert, the lastthe great service that Zhirinovsky rendered to the party was that he “conducted it to the State Duma”. “And there are reasons to believe that the LDPR electorate, which has supported the party since the 1990s, “small entrepreneurs who do not like officials and do not want to support communists, “will not leave the LDPR,” says the political scientist.

How will Zhirinovsky’s funeral be held

In 2013, Zhirinovsky told reporters what kind of funeral he wanted for himself. He said that the farewell to him should take place in the Hall of Columns of the House of Unions (there were traditionally farewells with Soviet and Russian statesmen). Thousands and thousands of people will come from all over the country, no one will be blacklisted, Zhirinovsky predicted. He demanded to bury himself at Novodevichy, “where Boris Yeltsin’s grave is,” at the very least, “at Troekurovsky.

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In part, the wishes will be fulfilled: Zhirinovsky should be buried on Friday, April 8, at the Troyekurovsky cemetery, the farewell will take place in the Hall of Columns. It is expected that the funeral of the leader of the LDPR will be Patriarch Kirill.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky was hospitalized on February 9, he was diagnosed with coronavirus. On March 20, the media reported on the deterioration of the politician’s condition.

32 years of party experience

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who died at the age of 75, was the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR, until 1992) since 1990, that is, since its inception, for many years he headed the party faction in the State Duma. In 1993, he first ran for the State Duma, was a deputy of all its convocations. He ran for president of Russia from the Liberal Democrats in 1991, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.

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AndThe territorial defense forces in Ukraine were allowed to use hunting weapons in December 2021. Now they were allowed to use artillery and missile systems

The Government of Ukraine has allowed the country’s territorial defense forces to use artillery and missiles, and has also officially consolidated the authority to use any small arms and ammunition. The corresponding order was signed by the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal.

The amendments to the government decree on the activities of the territorial Defense Forces of December 29, 2021, published on April 5 by the Government of Ukraine, states that members of the theroborona detachments can use “small arms” firearms, pneumatic barrel weapons for shooting balls or other types of cartridges. Previously, the document provided for the use of hunting weapons.

The government also allowed them to use other types of weapons: artillery weapons, missile systems (complexes), guided (unguided) missiles and their components, complexes (installations) for their launch and components to them, weapons control (fire), remote missile control systems, equipment for transportation and maintenance of rockets, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, mines, grenades.

“This decree comes into force from the date of publication [April 5] and applies from February 24, 2022,” the order of Shmigal notes.

Thus, the authorities documented the practice of using various types of weapons by the defense forces that actually developed after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine.

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The Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine as a new branch of the armed forces were created under the law “On the Foundations of National Resistance”, which President Vladimir Zelensky submitted to the Verkhovna Rada on May 25, 2021. On July 16, the Rada adopted it, and Zelensky himself signed the law on July 29. The provisions of the law came into force on January 1, 2022.

According to the text of the document, the territorial defense forces are entrusted with the organization, preparation and execution of tasks to counter military threats and assist in protecting the population, territories, the environment and property from emergencies. A new branch of the armed forces is formed not only at the expense of professional military, but also at the expense of volunteer formations.

In January, Zelensky appointed General Yuri Galushkin, who commanded the Highly Mobile Airborne Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as commander of the defense forces.

On January 24, after a series of publications in the Western media about a possible “invasion” of Russia into Ukraine, the country’s Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov called on citizens to join the ranks of the defense ministry to help the army in case of danger.

On February 2, Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko applied to join the Kiev territorial defense brigade, his brother, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitali Klitschko, announced this. The Kiev Defense Ministry detained in early March a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the opposition party “Opposition Platform” For Life” Nestor Shufrich for photographing the positions of the armed forces.

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In Washington, Konstantin Malofeev was suspected of trying to illegally receive several million dollars from the territory of the United States

US Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the US authorities have brought charges against Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeev. He is suspected of trying to circumvent Western sanctions.

According to Garland, Malofeev managed to create a scheme that allowed the publications controlled by him to operate in Europe. Also, the American authorities intercepted “millions of dollars” that the businessman was supposed to receive from an unnamed financial institution in the United States.

Malofeev is also suspected of financing Russian citizens who sought the separation of Crimea from Ukraine.

“The US Department of Justice will continue to do everything possible to bring to justice other Russian oligarchs responsible for trying to circumvent sanctions,” Garland said.

Malofeev came under Western sanctions in 2014. Ukraine, the EU, the USA and Canada considered that the fund headed by him provided support to the militia of the republics of Donbass. In 2015, Malofeev founded the conservative TV channel “Tsargrad”. RBC sent him a request.

In 2018, commenting on the restrictions imposed against him, Malofeev said that they did not affect him much. “Of course, the sanctions have had a certain negative impact on the business environment, mainly limiting opportunities for the implementation of joint projects with foreign partners. But since my current business projects are concentrated on the territory of Russia, in general, I cannot say that the sanctions have had a significant negative effect,” he said.

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WSJ and Reuters reported that the European Commission plans to impose a ban on the import of coal and rubber from Russia, the export of semiconductors to the country, technologies for the production of LNG. So far, it has not been possible to agree on restrictions

EU diplomats could not agree on new sanctions against Russia, which were previously proposed by the European Commission, Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the negotiations.

The agency clarifies that the diplomats want to resolve technical issues, including whether the discussed ban on coal supplies will affect existing contracts.

On the eve of April 5, The Wall Street Journal newspaper, citing sources, reported that the European Commission is considering banning coal imports from Russia, closing borders for Russian cargo carriers and new measures against “oligarchs” and their family members.

A Reuters source indicated that the import restriction would affect not only coal, but also rubber, as well as a number of other goods worth 9 billion euros per year. In addition, the EU, according to the agency, plans to ban the export to Russia of semiconductors and high-tech equipment, technologies for the production of liquefied natural gas for €10 billion per year. The restriction on entry into the EU for trucks will not affect the transportation of energy, food and medicines, the source told Reuters.

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In addition, the agency writes, the new sanctions provide for a ban on transactions with VTB and three other Russian banks previously disconnected from SWIFT (in March, Russia, Otkritie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Sovcombank and VEB.RF were also disconnected from the system).

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On April 6, Washington and London imposed new restrictions on Moscow. The US sanctions affected, in particular, Sberbank and Alfa-Bank: the assets of these banks will be frozen, American citizens and companies will be banned from doing business with them. The Credit Bank of Moscow has fallen under British sanctions, and the United Kingdom has tightened restrictions on Sberbank.

The new personal sanctions of the UK affected, for example, the president of ALROSA Sergey Ivanov and the chairman of the Board of NOVATEK Leonid Mikhelson.

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ZWestern countries have expelled almost four hundred Russian diplomats and closed a number of Russian consulates general. Such steps will complicate the work of Russian embassies and increase the burden on the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, experts are convinced

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How many Russian diplomats were expelled from Europe

On Wednesday, Greece (expelling 12 people), Norway (expelling three), Luxembourg (one diplomat) joined the number of countries that announced the expulsion of Russian diplomats. Mass expulsions of foreign ministry employees from EU and allied countries began at the end of March and by the beginning of April set an anti-record – the total number of expellees is approaching 400. This is the highest number since 2000 (no earlier data are available), it has already surpassed the expulsion that followed the attempted poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018.

Poland was the first to announce the expulsion of 45 employees of Russian diplomatic missions from the country on March 23. A week later, the Netherlands declared 17 people persona non grata, Belgium announced the expulsion of 21 Russian diplomats, Ireland- four. The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, on the air of the Russia 1 TV channel, called the current situation an attempt to bleed the country’s diplomatic missions and pointed to the political component of this step. Later, Zakharova’s comment appeared on the Foreign Ministry’s website, which said that Moscow would take retaliatory measures.

The second wave of expulsions began on April 4 with reports from the German newspaper Bild that Germany was preparing to expel about 100 Russian diplomats. Later, Der Spiegel magazine clarified the figures: it was about 40 diplomats. The country’s Foreign Minister Annalena Berbok confirmed the expulsion on the same day, but did not name a specific number of people.

Later, the French Foreign Ministry announced about joining the “demarche of European countries”. The ministry reported on the expulsion of Russian diplomats due to the fact that they “engaged in activities contrary to the security interests of France”. The France Press agency clarified that we are talking about 35 diplomats. On April 5, the Danish Foreign Ministry announced that 15 Russian “intelligence agents” should leave the country within 14 days. “This is a historic step that we are taking here from the Danish side. But we also do thistogether with a large number of European countries, because we want to protect our security,” said the country’s foreign minister, Eppe Kufud. Almost simultaneously, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio announced the decision to expel 30 Russian diplomats in the interests of national security. Sweden has decided to expel three embassy employees, arguing that they do not work in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

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Commenting on the decisions of European countries, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow regrets them and that such actions will not remain unanswered. “The narrowing of opportunities for diplomatic communication, diplomatic work in such difficult conditions, in such unprecedented difficult and crisis conditions is a short-sighted step, which, firstly, will further complicate our communication, which is necessary for the search for a settlement. And, secondly, it will inevitably lead to retaliatory steps,” he said.

After Peskov’s words, the expulsions of Russian diplomats continued. Spain declared 25 Russian diplomats persona non grata, Slovenia – 33, Portugal and Romania – 10 people each. There were 19 people from the permanent Mission of Russia to the EU in Belgium.

Where the consulates General were closed

Lithuania became the first country to lower the level of diplomatic relations with Russia. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that the country is expelling the Russian ambassador and closing the Consulate General in Klaipeda. The Lithuanian ambassador to Moscow, according to Landsbergis, will also return soon. At the same time, a week earlier, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister said that the issue of closing the Consulate General of Russia in Klaipeda is “complicated” because the country participates in a trilateral agreement with the EU and Russia and provides transit to Kaliningrad.

“Part of the transit is carried out through consular offices both in Kaliningrad and on the mainland of Russia.”..”If we start closing consular offices, there is a high probability that the answer will threaten us with non-compliance with the contract,” Landsbergis said.

The governor of the Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov said in his Telegram channel that so far there are no restrictions on transit due to the closure of the Consulate General in Klaipeda. He added that the decision to close transit can only be made at the EU level. “Closing transit for the Baltic States will be extremely painful, logistics generates 20% (depending on the country) of the size of GDP.The transport complex of these countries is focused on the Russian market or transit cargo that goes through the territory of our country. I hope that international obligations to ensure transit to/from the Kaliningrad Region and economic factors for our own economies will be taken into account when making decisions. But, of course, we are ready for all options,” the governor wrote.

Latvia and Estonia have also decided to close some of the Russian institutions on their territory. Latvia announced the closure of two consulates general (in Daugavpils and Liepaja) and the expulsion of 13 Russian diplomats, Estonia expelled 14 employees of the Russian Embassy in Tallinn and closed the Consulate General in Narva and the office of the embassy in Tartu. At the same time, Tallinn stressed that they do not intend to expel the Russian ambassador from the country yet.

How expulsions will affect the work of embassies and the Russian Foreign Ministry

The staffing of Russian embassies abroad is not disclosed (this is a worldwide practice). Russia has not yet announced retaliatory measures, but usually in such cases adhered to the principle of reciprocity. Nevertheless, it is still difficult to assess how possible retaliatory measures will affect, among other things, the process of issuing visas to Russians (some EU countries, for example France, have resumed issuing tourist visas since April 1).

The reduction in the number of Russian diplomats in EU countries and the restriction of their activities will affect the quality of the information they collect and the breadth of contacts that diplomats maintain at the level of their admission, the Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) believes Andrey Kortunov. “There is nothing good here, and there is no logic in it either, because the morethe strained relations, the more intense the political dialogue should be. This is not a service that is rendered to the other party, and not a bonus that is provided for good behavior. This is a foreign policy tool that should be used especially in crisis situations, when the price of error or misunderstanding in the absence of information and contacts increases dramatically,” he told RBC.

According to Kortunov, the expulsion of diplomats is a relatively easy way for the authorities to demonstrate to the public that they are reacting to some unfriendly actions of the other side. “Unfortunately, I think this tactic will continue. We must understand that despite the importance of embassies now inIn many cases, a significant part of bilateral relations is conducted directly from the central offices of diplomatic departments. Embassies play their role, but since after the pandemic everyone has become more alert to work online, the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can partially take over some functions of embassies,” he added.

Kortunov expects that in connection with the expulsion of several hundred Russian diplomats, the Russian Foreign Ministry will make certain decisions on the reorganization of its work. “It is possible that the staff of the relevant departments will be expanded, that is, people who used to work in embassies will be assigned to specialized geographicaldepartments responsible for the countries in which they were previously located. Perhaps there will be a distribution between countries, that is, the number of our diplomats in countries that are not on the list of “unfriendly” will increase, the expert predicts. At the same time, he is confident that the load on the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will grow.

Retired Ambassador (former Ambassador to Slovakia and Algeria) Alexander Aksenenok agrees with this. He recalled that the current expulsions related to the events in Ukraine were preceded by others. In particular, over the past few years, EU countries have periodically declared several people persona non grata, Aksenenok noted. “This will be an element, if not unemployment, then temporary unemployment for diplomats. It is not so easy to arrange such a large number in the central office,” he told RBC.

The expert did not rule out that the expelled Russian diplomats would be transferred to work in diplomatic missions in other countries. “This is a common practice. Regional specialization has been widespread in Russia since Soviet times. There is no regional specialization as such in the USA. Usually there is a 3 + 3 system: three years of work overseas in one country, and then transfer to another region. In thisIn a sense, they have more versatility,” he explained, noting that Russian practice can be reformatted in the current conditions. “There is no other choice. If this is a young diplomat, then you will have to wait for some time. These are big personnel problems for the ministry,” concluded Aksenyonok.

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In LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky died in Moscow at the age of 75 after a long illness. He headed the oldest party in the modern history of Russia for more than 30 years. What he remembered — in the RBC video

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PThe grove will be held in the Hall of Columns, the cemetery was chosen because relatives of the politician are buried there, a source told TASS. Earlier, Deputy Leonid Slutsky said that Patriarch Kirill would personally perform Zhirinovsky’s funeral

The ex-head of the LDPR faction in the State Duma, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, will be buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in the west of Moscow, TASS and RIA Novosti report, citing their own sources.

“Farewell to Vladimir Zhirinovsky is planned in the Hall of Columns. The funeral will be held at the Troyekurovsky cemetery, where Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s relatives are buried,” the source told TASS.Later, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin confirmed during the plenary session that the farewell to Zhirinovsky will take place in the Hall of Columns of the House of Unions on April 8.

RBC has contacted the LDPR press service for comment.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky died on April 6 at the age of 75 after a long illness. In early February, he was admitted to the Central Clinical Hospital with omicron, a variant of the coronavirus. The source of RBC claimed that the politician was connected to a ventilator and that he was in critical condition.

After the death of the head of the faction, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin interrupted the plenary session of the lower house of parliament to announce this. Deputies honored his memory with a minute of silence. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and other politicians expressed their condolences over Zhirinovsky’s death.

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The President of Russia expressed condolences to the family and friends of Vladimir Zhirinovsky in connection with the death of the leader of the LDPR

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Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences over the death of LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky at the age of 76, according to the Kremlin website.

“I was deeply saddened to learn about the death of Vladimir Wolfovich Zhirinovsky. Vladimir Zhirinovsky was an experienced politician, an energetic, open-minded person, a bright speaker and polemicist,” the telegram says.

According to the head of state, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party has done a lot for the development of Russian parliamentarism, domestic legislation and has always sought to contribute to the solution of the most important national tasks.

Putin stressed that Zhirinovsky took a patriotic position in all discussions and defended the interests of Russia.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin also asked to convey his deep condolences to Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s family, friends and colleagues.

“Everyone who knew Vladimir Wolfovich Zhirinovsky appreciated him as a multifaceted personality, respected him for his integrity, determination and determination, for personal decency and goodwill. This is how he will remain in our memory, in our hearts,” he stressed.

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Vladimir Zhirinovsky died on April 6 at the age of 76 after a long illness.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin interrupted the plenary session to announce the death of Zhirinovsky. Deputies honored his memory with a minute of silence.

In early February, Zhirinovsky was hospitalized in the Central Clinical Hospital with an omicron variant of the coronavirus. A source of RBC said that the 75-year-old politician was connected to a ventilator and that he was in critical condition.

The LDPR denied all reports about the critical condition of the politician, and on February 21 said that he was on the mend. However, at the end of March, Volodin reported that the politician’s condition was assessed as severe. Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov on March 25 also spoke about the serious condition of the leader of the LDPR.

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Since January, the countries have already managed to expel more than 300 Russian diplomats. This is the maximum since 2000, RBC calculated, analyzing how Russia and other countries have exchanged expulsions over the past 20 years

Since 2000, more than 700 employees of Russian diplomatic missions in different countries have faced the requirement to go home. Moscow sent almost 1,1 thousand people in response. Since the beginning of 2022, foreign countries have announced the expulsion of more than 370 Russian diplomatic staff of various ranks. This is the maximum since 2000. In just over three months, countries have expelled more Russian diplomats than in total over the past 17 years: from 2004 to 2021, 364 people.

Statements about the most massive expulsions since the beginning of the year occurred during the military operation in Ukraine. The next round began on April 4-5.

A new wave of expulsions

In terms of the number of expelled Russian diplomats, the United States has been leading since 2000 – a total of 223 people. Poland rose sharply to second place in 2022: on March 23, Polish special services demanded the expulsion of 45 Russian diplomats suspected of espionage from the country. Before that, for all the time since 2000, Poland had eight expelled diplomats on its account.

Then there are Germany, France and Italy. On April 4, the German Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of 40 Russian diplomats, the Italian Foreign Ministry- 30 diplomats, the French Foreign Ministry announced a decision to expel “many” Russian diplomats from the country, but did not specify their number. According to BFM, we are talking about 30 employees. For all the time before that, since 2000, Germany has expelled 10 people, France and Italy – four people each.

Slovenia is expelling Russian diplomats for the first time since 2000. On April 5, the country’s Foreign Ministry announced that it would expel 33 people. Following these countries, Spain rose sharply in the list. The country’s Foreign Ministry announced its decision to expel about 25 Russian diplomats on April 5. The Foreign Minister also said that the number of diplomats is still being specified.

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Estonia also entered the top ten leading countries in 2022. On April 5, the Estonian Foreign Ministry announced that it was expelling 14 employees of the Russian consulate, closing the consulate in Narva and the office in Tartu. From 2000 to 2021, Estonia expelled 10 people.

Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium have also announced mass expulsions. The Netherlands demanded the expulsion of 17 Russian diplomats, which is twice as much as in total over the past 20 years (8 people in 2000-2021). Belgium only once expelled a Russian diplomat in 2018 because of the Skripals’ case. On March 23, 2022, the country’s Foreign Ministry announced that it was expelling 21 diplomats. Denmark expelled Russian diplomats twice from 2000 to 2021. On April 5, the Danish Foreign Minister announced the decision to expel 15 Russian diplomats, explaining this by the desire to ensure the security of the country.

Other countries have also announced expulsions. Lithuania and Latvia lowered the level of diplomatic relations with Russia on April 4. Lithuania’s decision implies the recall of the ambassador from Russia, the order for the Russian ambassador to leave Lithuania, as well as the closure of the Russian Consulate General. On April 5, the Latvian Foreign Ministry decided to close the Russian Consulates General in Daugavpils and Liepaja and expel 13 diplomats.

The European Union also announced the expulsion of Russian diplomats. On April 5, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrel, announced the expulsion of “a certain number” of diplomats from the permanent mission of Russia to the EU. According to Bloomberg, we are talking about 19 employees whose activities “contradict their diplomatic status”.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced retaliatory measures, but so far it is known about the expulsion of 15 diplomats: one from the United States and Montenegro, three from Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia, and four people from Lithuania. On March 23, the department also handed the US Embassy a note with a list of expelled American employees, but their number was not called. The move was a response to Washington’s expulsion of 12 employees of the permanent mission to the UN.

5 large-scale diplomatic expulsions

In March 2001 The US has expelled 50 Russian diplomats “for activities incompatible with the diplomatic status”. The American authorities suspected some embassy employees of having ties with Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who worked for Soviet and Russian intelligence services for many years. Moscow responded to this expulsion in a mirror way.

At the beginning of December 2013 The American authorities have accused employees of the Russian embassy of fraud with health insurance. It was alleged that they illegally received insurance compensation totaling $1.5 million. A total of 49 Russians went home. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov admitted the guilt of some diplomats. There was no return expulsion.

In December 2016 The United States decided to expel 35 Russian diplomats from the country. In Washington, they were suspected of having ties with intelligence. Moscow responded a few months later, proposing to reduce the number of diplomatic and technical staff at the US embassy and consulates by 755 people at once.

In March 2018 22 countries have decided to expel Russian diplomats in solidarity with the UK in connection with the Skripal case. The UK has expelled 23 people, the USA- 60, EU countries- 33. They were also joined by Canada, Albania, Macedonia, Norway and Ukraine. Russia responded by expelling 130 diplomats.

In April 2021 About 30 people were expelled from Europe after Moscow was accused of involvement in the explosions at weapons depots in the Czech Republic. In addition, the United States announced the expulsion of ten Russian diplomats as part of a new package of sanctions. Russia did the same, demanding the departure home, including the press secretary of the American embassy in Moscow. Subscribe to RuTube RBC Live broadcasts, videos and recordings of broadcasts on our RuTube channel

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Vyacheslav Volodin

US sanctions against Russia have not worked, they hit the Americans themselves and lead to the fact that confidence in the dollar is falling. This was written by the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin in his Telegram channel.

“Washington’s plan failed. “Infernal” sanctions did not work. They hoped to collapse the economy, paralyze the banking system of Russia. It didn’t work out,” Volodin said.

He recalled that the US Treasury banned Russia from paying the national debt from frozen dollar reserves. Volodin said that the country has the money to fulfill its obligations in full, even under sanctions.

Meanwhile, restrictions from the United States undermine confidence in the dollar, the speaker noted. “Anyone who keeps money in dollars today can no longer be sure that the US will not steal his money,” he said and predicted the end of the currency monopoly in the world.

At the end of March, the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Gita Gopinath, spoke about the threat of a weakening of the dollar. She noted that sanctions against Russia and the Central Bank in particular may lead to the emergence of small currency blocks when some countries reconsider the use of currency in trade payments.

The United States has imposed unprecedented sanctions against Russia against the background of the military operation in Ukraine. VTB banks, Otkritie FC Bank (owned by the Bank of Russia), Novikombank, Sovcombank and Sberbank fell under the restrictions. The United States has imposed sectoral sanctions against Credit Bank of Moscow, Alfa-Bank, Sovcomflot, Russian Railways, ALROSA, Gazprom, Rostelecom and RusHydro. They also banned the export of high technologies.

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On March 8, the country banned the import of Russian energy carriers, which caused fuel prices to increase sharply. Later, the US leadership announced that it would ask the countries with the largest oil reserves to release reserves.

Later, the country imposed sanctions against 21 Russian companies, including electronics manufacturers. The list also includes 13 individuals. On the eve of The Wall Street Journal reported that on April 6, the United States will impose additional sanctions against Sberbank and Alfa-Bank. The White House pointed to future sanctions against members of the Russian government, financial institutions and state-owned enterprises, and a ban on investments.

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