the russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, which recently had the world’s largest sailing ship confiscated, publicly positioned itself against the war. “The events in Ukraine are really tragic. We urgently need peace,” Melnichenko said in a statement sent to Reuters. Melnichenko, one of the richest men in Russia, founder of the MDB bank and businessman in the fertilizer sector, has Russian nationality but was born in Belarus and his mother is of Ukrainian origin. The employer warns that there may be a world food crisis if the conflict is not stopped.
“One of the victims of this crisis will be agriculture and food. It has already caused a rise in fertilizer prices that are no longer affordable for farmers and will now lead to even higher food inflation in Europe and likely food shortages in the world’s poorest countries.” , founder of EuroChem, one of Russia’s largest fertilizer producers, and SUEK, Russia’s largest coal producer.
Spain confiscates a yacht in Barcelona
After having retained Andrey Igorevich’s ship in Italy just four days ago, today the ship ‘Valerie’, of the Russian tycoon Sergey Chemezovnumber one of Rostec, the Russian public arms company, has been ‘retained’ in Barcelona,
The mega yacht is moored in the shipyard MB 92 repair and maintenanceor superyachts, located in the Port of Barcelona, and it was ready to go sailing. He is the first to be provisionally retained in Spain since the sanctions on Russia were agreed.
The General Directorate of the Merchant Marine ordered on Monday to retain the Valerie, a yacht of 85 meters in length moored in the Barcelona’s port. This ship, valued at 130 million euros, is linked to Sergei Chemezov, number one at Rostec, the Russian public arms company, through companies in tax havens.
This will not be the first measure against the ships of the Russian oligarchs. In recent weeks, Spain, through the General Directorate of the Merchant Marine, had already requested information from all ports about Russian-flagged or Russian-owned vessels to consider possible sanctions, as the European Union had agreed to sanction those linked to Putin, it seeks to requisition the ‘economic resources’ of those sanctioned.
The provisional withholding has been communicated to the head of the State Tax Administration Agencyto the institutions dedicated to the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism and to the State Security Forces and Bodies so that they can carry out the actions to verify the information on the beneficial ownership of the ship.
If it is verified that it belongs to a person or entity sanctioned by the European Council, it will be immobilized. In this way, the provisions of the Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP and Regulation number 269/2014both dated March 17, 2014, relating to restrictive measures regarding actions that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
Sánchez will increase defense spending
In the interview he conducted yesterday on laSexta, the Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, insisted that what must be avoided now, and by all means, is a third world war and that is why it is necessary to “measure the words and act united in the condemnation, in solidarity and in the forcefulness of the sanctions”. He did not rule out the possibility of a large-scale conflict, in view of the proximity to the border of the EU and NATO. “Moscow’s expansionist urge is there, we are at a defining moment. We have to stop the war and that means stopping Putin’s feet. We don’t know which country is going to be next”, he added.
Sánchez said there would be a increase in defense spending, but without specifying dates. This will be the case until the next project is drawn up. Summer General Budgets for 2023. Defense spending in Spain is now 1.4% of GDP.
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