— 🇪🇺/🇷🇺 NEW: The European Union has adopted a 15th sanctions package against Russia, adding 52 vessels from the shadow fleet attempting to bypass Western restrictions on oil, arms, and grain
This brings the total to 79 listed vessels. The new package also includes sanctions on 84 individuals and entities, including seven from China.
— 🇪🇺/🇷🇺 NEW: The European Union has adopted a 15th sanctions package against Russia, adding 52 vessels from the shadow fleet attempting to bypass Western restrictions on oil, arms, and grain
This brings the total to 79 listed vessels. The new package also includes sanctions on 84 individuals and entities, including seven from China.
"Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety. Overall, extreme levels of fear in the market seems to have morphed into something more resembling concern. For example, the Cboe Volatility Index fell from its 2022 peak of 36, which it hit Monday, to around 30 on Friday, a sign of easing tensions. Meanwhile, while the price of WTI crude oil slipped from Sunday’s multiyear high $130 of barrel to $109 a pop. Markets have been expecting heavy restrictions on Russian oil, some of which the U.S. has already imposed, and that would reduce the global supply and bring about even more burdensome inflation. A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. And while money initially moved into stocks in the morning, capital moved out of safe-haven assets. The price of the 10-year Treasury note fell Friday, sending its yield up to 2% from a March closing low of 1.73%. Telegram boasts 500 million users, who share information individually and in groups in relative security. But Telegram's use as a one-way broadcast channel — which followers can join but not reply to — means content from inauthentic accounts can easily reach large, captive and eager audiences.
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