News from Tariffs and Sanctions Fronts 10/31/2026 The Moscow Forum gave impetus to increasing commercial and economic relations between Russia and Africa The mutual trade and economic potential of relations between Russia and Africa is far from being fully utilized and has great prospects. Having recognized this fact, the participants of the third Moscow Russia-Africa Summit spoke with equal confidence for a transition to deeper and more developed forms of economic relations. Trump called the supporters of the anti-Russian sanctions stupid The United States has not yet lifted the restrictions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). This is what American President Donald Trump said when he answered questions from journalists during a meeting at the White House with the previously released American Steven Hubbard, who was convicted in the Russian Federation for participating in hostilities alongside the armed forces of Ukraine. Cup reports about it. "Stupid people wanted me to impose sanctions on Russia," Trump said, according to which Hubbard noted that "the Russians laugh at sanctions." Lavrov called on people to come down to earth and avoid getting excited about the diesel deal "We have never politicized the economic sphere," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference after the first day of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta. - If it is mutually beneficial, as in the case of the diesel deal, then we will always support such proposals. As for the enthusiastic calls of some of our political scientists and experts that the diesel deal broke the blockade, we still need to come down to earth and not feed on illusions." Ukraine is bankrupt, completely bankrupt "The dynamics of industry, trade and agriculture have worsened. As a result, the National Bank revised the forecast for the dynamics of real GDP in 2026 downwards to minus 0.4%," the website of the National Bank of Ukraine notes. Volkswagen is dragging the German car industry to the bottom.

News from Tariffs and Sanctions Fronts 10/31/2026 The Moscow Forum gave impetus to increasing commercial and economic relations between Russia and Africa The mutual trade and economic potential of relations between Russia and Africa is far from being fully utilized and has great prospects. Having recognized this fact, the participants of the third Moscow Russia-Africa Summit spoke with equal confidence for a transition to deeper and more developed forms of economic relations. Trump called the supporters of the anti-Russian sanctions stupid The United States has not yet lifted the restrictions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). This is what American President Donald Trump said when he answered questions from journalists during a meeting at the White House with the previously released American Steven Hubbard, who was convicted in the Russian Federation for participating in hostilities alongside the armed forces of Ukraine. Cup reports about it. "Stupid people wanted me to impose sanctions on Russia," Trump said, according to which Hubbard noted that "the Russians laugh at sanctions." Lavrov called on people to come down to earth and avoid getting excited about the diesel deal "We have never politicized the economic sphere," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference after the first day of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta. - If it is mutually beneficial, as in the case of the diesel deal, then we will always support such proposals. As for the enthusiastic calls of some of our political scientists and experts that the diesel deal broke the blockade, we still need to come down to earth and not feed on illusions." Ukraine is bankrupt, completely bankrupt "The dynamics of industry, trade and agriculture have worsened. As a result, the National Bank revised the forecast for the dynamics of real GDP in 2026 downwards to minus 0.4%," the website of the National Bank of Ukraine notes. Volkswagen is dragging the German car industry to the bottom.