Ukraine war: Now Russia is BANNED from the 2022 Emmy awards


All Kremlin-backed submissions to the 2022 Emmy Awards have been disqualified due to Vladimir Putin’s lawless invasion of Ukraine as the West rallies to impose an unprecedented cultural, diplomatic and economic boycott of Russia. 

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), which hosts the annual award show, said it had been ‘appalled’ by the war in the former Soviet republic and could not ‘in good conscience’ do business with those funded by the Russian state.

In a statement, chairman Terry O’Reilly declared: ‘Like countless individuals and organizations worldwide, NATAS has been appalled by Russia’s unprecedented and unprovoked attack on the sovereign territory of Ukraine.

‘As creators who depend on robust freedoms to shed light on stories which elucidate and impact the world around us, our members feel a deep kinship with and concern for the Ukrainian people whose liberties are at risk of being overtaken by these hostile actions.

‘In light of this globally-condemned military campaign and the appropriate economic sanctions subsequently enacted in response, NATAS has determined that we cannot in good conscience do business with any entity associated with or funded by the government of Russia, including RT and RT America.

‘Any entries currently submitted to the 2022 Emmy Award competitions administered by NATAS which fall under this determination have been disqualified. 

‘We join millions of voices around the globe in calling for a peaceful resolution to these hostile actions.’

The decision follows similar action by other major Hollywood production companies and organisations, who have paused the release of films and other business in Russia as the Kremlin faces increasing global isolation over its war in Ukraine.

Putin’s lapdog Sergei Lavrov on Thursday whined about the scale of the sports and cultural sanctions, telling the TASS news agency: ‘We were ready for sanctions but did not expect that they would affect athletes, intellectuals, actors and journalists.’ 

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which hosts the annual award show, said it had been ‘appalled’ by the war in the former Soviet republic and could not ‘in good conscience’ do business with those funded by the Russian state

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which hosts the annual award show, said it had been ‘appalled’ by the war in the former Soviet republic and could not ‘in good conscience’ do business with those funded by the Russian state

Terry O’Reilly

Vladimir Putin

In a statement, chairman Terry O’Reilly declared: ‘Like countless individuals and organizations worldwide, NATAS has been appalled by Russia’s unprecedented and unprovoked attack on the sovereign territory of Ukraine’

All Kremlin-backed submissions to the 2022 Emmy Awards have been disqualified due to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

All Kremlin-backed submissions to the 2022 Emmy Awards have been disqualified due to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Kremlin henchman Sergei Lavrov whines about ‘unexpected’ arts and sports sanctions that have made Russian stars global outcasts – as Nadine Dorries says Vladimir Putin is in a ‘cultural Siberia of his own making’ 

Russia made a rare admission of weakness, as Putin’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov complained about the scale of sports and cultural sanctions against it.

The hangdog diplomat said that while the Kremlin knew it would face political and economic sanctions it had failed to prepare for the scale of social blockade.

It came as Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from the Beijing Winter Paralympics after the International Paralympic Committee reversed its original decision to let them compete under a neutral flag.

Other sports have already taken steps to prevent Russian participation, with similar moves in the arts and music, with boycotts of performing in Russia or allowing Russians to perform in the West.

‘We were ready for sanctions but did not expect that they would affect athletes, intellectuals, actors, and journalists,’ the Tass news agency reported Lavrov as saying.

It came as Nadine Dorries declared cultural war on Putin, vowing to make sports and social sanctions the ‘third front’ of the battle in Ukraine.

Writing in the Telegraph, the Culture Secretary said: ‘Putin is now suffering a sporting and cultural Siberia of his own making.’

Growing numbers of British businesses have moved to stop buying Russian exports to the UK – and stopped trading in Russia – despite Kremlin threats that ‘economic wars often become real ones’.

Jaguar Land Rover, HSBC, BP and Shell are all getting out of Russia and fast fashion giant Asos will no longer sell to Russian customers, following Adidas and Nike’s decision top stop trading there. Mastercard and Visa have even blocked Russian institutions from using its payment systems.

Russians looking to forget the crisis at the cinema will also be disappointed, as Hollywood studios Warner Bros, Sony and Disney pulled their big releases.

The BBC has told Russian-state TV to stop showing their version of Strictly Come Dancing – known as Tantsy So Zvyozdami – and told another Russian TV channel to drop The Green Planet fronted by Sir David Attenborough, which is also currently being shown there.

Apple has paused all product sales in Russia, but the app store remains open. Google said it has blocked mobile apps connected to RT and Sputnik from its Play store, in line with an earlier move to remove Russian state publishers from its news-related features including on YouTube.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have joined rock giants Green Day, Louis Tomlinson, Franz Ferdinand, Yungblud and Royal Blood in cancelling gigs in Moscow and St Petersburg and England’s football teams will refuse to play Russia along with a host of other European countries.

Back in the UK, Russian ballet stars from the Bolshoi due to tour in 2022 have been cancelled and Russian composers and musicians are having their bookings axed while the war rages on.

JD Wetherspoon also took a stand by banning the only Russian beer on sale at its 80-plus pubs, while bars banned Russian vodka suck as and restaurants shunned caviar with some bringing back the Chicken Kyiv to raise cash for Ukrainian refugees.

In America, ten states have banned the sale of Russian vodka, companies including Apple and Harley-Davidson have halted sales in Russia, and Hollywood film studios have suspended the Russian release of major movies such as The Batman.

Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from the Beijing Winter Paralympics after the International Paralympic Committee reversed its original decision to let them compete under a neutral flag. Other sports have already taken steps to prevent Russian participation.  

Boris Johnson’s business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said: ‘There is now a strong moral imperative on British companies to isolate Russia. This invasion must be a strategic failure for Putin.’

He added: ‘Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine must be a wake-up call for British businesses with commercial interests in Putin’s Russia.’

But Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev responded angrily saying ‘in human history, economic wars quite often turned into real ones’.

Britain’s gung-ho culture secretary Nadine Dorries declared a cultural war on Russia, vowing to make sports and social sanctions the ‘third front’ of the battle in Ukraine.

Writing in the Telegraph, the minister thundered: ‘Putin is now suffering a sporting and cultural Siberia of his own making. These are not mere gestures. Culture and sport matter – to Putin, to his cronies and to the Russian people.’

Dorries said she was using the ‘full might of the UK’s soft power’ to make Putin an ‘international pariah’.

She hosted sports ministers from the US, Australia, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Latvia, Italy, Finland, Czech Republic, Norway and Canada on Thursday, to mobilise more support to isolate Russia from the global sporting arena.

The Russian goods, stars, media and investments banned in the US and the US stars, businesses and films boycotting Russia

The Russian goods, stars, media and investments banned in the US and the US stars, businesses and films boycotting Russia  

The Culture Secretary said that already the Champions League and Formula One Grand Prix had moved from Russia, and Fifa, Uefa, World Rugby, the International Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee had banned Russia and Russian teams from competitions.

‘This sporting exile will be causing the Russian leader real pain,’ Dorries wrote.

Commenting on the sporting and cultural boycott, William Muck, a political science professor at North Central College in Illinois, said: ‘To begin with, they’re symbolic. But then you see the sheer number of them.

‘They might seem trivial on their own, but the totality of them suggests that the system has swung with this.

‘I didn’t think it was possible that the world could be this unified in a globalised system – that you could get everyone on the same page.’ 

Putin’s lapdog Sergei Lavrov on Thursday whined about the scale of the sports and cultural sanctions

Putin’s lapdog Sergei Lavrov on Thursday whined about the scale of the sports and cultural sanctions 

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Food and drink 

Wetherspoons has scrapped selling Russian beer with immediate effect after the invasion of Ukraine.

The budget pub chain has confirmed the 5.4 per cent Baltika Lager – which is brewed in St Petersburg, the birthplace of Vladimir Putin – has been axed for his 870 pubs.

All bottles of the Russian flagship beer – which cost £2.99 – will be returned to distributor Carlsberg.

Wetherspoons said: ‘In light of the situation in Ukraine we just felt that we could not stock it anymore.

‘As of today all those beers won’t be available in any Wetherspoons pub and either have been or are in the process of being returned to the Carlsberg distributor.

‘We are not implying in any way that anyone involved with the brewery is directly involved with what’s going on but we thought in light of the current situation our pubs don’t want to be serving Russian beers.’ 

While many businesses are now raising money for Ukraine. James Chiavarini, owner of Il Portico restaurant in London, has updated his menu to raise money to support Ukraine. 

He tweeted: ‘From today chicken Kyiv will be back in the menu at Portico for the first time in over 40 years. With every order we will donate £5 to the Red Cross in Ukraine. Please help by RTing to spread the love. #chickenkyivnotkiev’.

Wetherspoons has announced it will stop selling Baltika Lager, which is brewed in St Petersburg

Wetherspoons has announced it will stop selling Baltika Lager, which is brewed in St Petersburg 

Chefs and restaurateurs are also offering to sponsor visas for suitable Ukrainians.

A host of UK bars including one owned by a former Dragon’s Den entrepreneur have stopped the sale of Russian vodka due to the continuing war.

Nightcap Group and Arc Inspirations are among bars that removed vodka and other Russian booze from their venues in a move of solidarity with people in Ukraine.

Former dragon Sarah Willingham, founder of Nightcap, described the move as a ‘little thing’ the business could do in response to the conflict. 

Nightcap runs 27 bars across its London Cocktail Club, Barrio Bars and Adventure Bar Group businesses in London. 

Ms Willingham said: ‘The devastation in Ukraine is heartbreaking, and I cannot start to comprehend what it must be like for the people of Ukraine.

‘It’s hard to sit here in our warm safe homes and do nothing.

‘We have donated money, but from a business point of view we (the senior team and the staff) wanted to do something, anything, to show our support and so therefore we have removed all Russian vodka and alcohol from our bars across the whole of the Nightcap estate.

‘It’s a little thing but the more little things we do, the bigger the impact will be.’

Meanwhile, Leeds-based bar owner Arc Inspirations also confirmed it would stop serving Russian vodka.

The bar business said on Twitter: ‘To show our support to the people of Ukraine we will no longer be pouring any Russian vodka in any of our bars £standwithukraine.’

Elsewhere, the founder of Bundobust, which runs hospitality venues in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds, also called on the sector to find alternatives for Russian products.

Marko Husak said on Twitter: ‘I’ve had quite a few messages from my colleagues in the restaurant, bar and beer industries asking if there is anything that they can do to help, so I’ve suggested that they can help by stop stocking Russian products.’

Restaurants are also said to have heeded calls for a caviar boycott, shunning it for alternatives.

Fashion and sportswear

Online fashion retailer Asos has stopped shipping goods to Russia.

The company has ensured that its Russian shoppers are currently unable to process any orders on its website. 

A spokesman said: ‘It is neither practical nor right to continue to trade in Russia, and [Asos] has, therefore, today suspended our operations there.’ 

German sportswear company Adidas has suspended its partnership with the Russian Football Union with immediate effect.

Nike has made merchandise purchases on its website and app unavailable in Russia as it cannot guarantee delivery of goods to customers in the country.

Sport and culture  

All of England’s male or female teams will refuse to play Russia in football matches at any level in the ‘foreseeable future’ as a result of the onslaught in Ukraine.

In a bombshell statement. the Football Association condemned the ‘atrocities’ being committed in Ukraine by president Vladimir Putin.

It read: ‘Out of solidarity with the Ukraine and to wholeheartedly condemn the atrocities being committed by the Russian leadership, the FA can confirm that we won’t play against Russia in any international fixtures for the foreseeable future.

‘This includes any potential match at any level of senior age group or para football.’ Poland, Sweden and Czech Republic had earlier all also refused to play their World Cup play-offs with Russia in protest.

This season’s Champions League final has been moved from St Petersburg to the Stade de France in Paris, with several English clubs still in with a chance of getting there on May 28.

Lewis Hamilton won’t be forced to race in Russia’s  Formula 1 Grand Prix in Sochi in September was axed after F1’s bosses called it ‘impossible’ to hold the event in ‘the current circumstances’.  

But British athletes will be facing the Russians at the Paralympics in China this month.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decided on Wednesday to allow athletes from those countries to compete despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is being aided and abetted by Belarus.

Russian and Belarusian athletes must compete as neutrals under the Paralympics flag and any medals won will not count towards the table, the IPC said.

The British Paralympic Association said the IPC’s decision did not go far enough.

‘We are disappointed by the International Paralympic Committee’s decision today,’ a statement read.

‘We, like many participating Paralympic nations, already stated that given the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, we cannot see how the participation of Russia or Belarus in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games is compatible with the objectives of the Paralympic movement.

‘We’ll be consulting further and reflecting on the implications for ParalympicsGB before making further comment.’

Green Day will no longer be performing in Russia amid the country's invasion of Ukraine. The band posted the update to their Instagram page on Sunday, announcing the cancellation of their May 29 show at Spartak Stadium in Moscow, Russia

Green Day will no longer be performing in Russia amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The band posted the update to their Instagram page on Sunday, announcing the cancellation of their May 29 show at Spartak Stadium in Moscow, Russia

London’s Royal Opera House is cancelling a season of performances by Moscow’s famed Bolshoi Ballet amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

‘A summer season of the Bolshoi Ballet at the Royal Opera House had been in the final stages of planning,’ it said in a statement.

‘Unfortunately, under the current circumstances, the season cannot now go ahead,’ the opera house said, becoming the latest Western institution to cancel its collaboration with Russia.

In Germany, acclaimed Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been told to speak out against President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or risk losing his job as chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic.

Even the Eurovision Song Contest has said that no Russians will be permitted to take part in this year’s contest following the invasion of Ukraine.

A theatre in Buckinghamshire has cancelled upcoming performances by the Russian State Ballet company, adding that it is ‘shocked and appalled’ by the escalating conflict.

The Wycombe Swan theatre said it would ‘stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine’ following the invasion of their country.

TV, film and music 

Also taking heed of UK and US advice not to travel to Russia, pop stars and rock bands including Louis Tomlinson, Franz Ferdinand, and Yungblud have cancelled concert dates. 

Brighton-formed rock duo Royal Blood has announced that they will no longer be performing at a festival in Moscow, Russia, due to the ongoing conflict.  

The BBC has told Russian-state TV to stop showing their version of Strictly Come Dancing, as the corporation decided to stop licensing its shows to the country as a result of the Ukraine invasion.

It is understood that the corporation has asked Russia 1 to stop broadcasting the Russian version of Strictly – known as Tantsy So Zvyozdami – even though the latest series is currently on air.

But it is not yet clear whether the channel will agree to the request and if so whether the BBC would be forced to give the broadcaster its money back.

The broadcaster is understood to have also told another Russian TV channel to drop The Green Planet fronted by Sir David Attenborough, which is also currently being shown there.

Former media minister John Whittingdale told the Mail: ‘One of the best ways of delivering the message to the Russian people that their Government is behaving in an utterly unacceptable way is through this.

‘Because their state media is censored but if they suddenly find that they can’t watch Strictly… then that will help get the message across and I think the BBC recognised that.’

Other BBC shows that air in Russia include Doctor Who, which is broadcast on a streaming service there.

Media regulator Ofcom has started 15 investigations into the ‘due impartiality’ of state-backed Russian broadcaster RT.

The move, which increases the likelihood of RT losing its UK licence, relates to 15 editions of its hourly news show aired on Sunday. The EU has banned the channel, formerly known as Russia Today, but Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned a similar move in the UK was likely to lead to the BBC being banned in Russia. She added: ‘We want the Russian population to hear the truth about what Putin is doing.’

Russians looking to forget the crisis at the cinema will also be disappointed, as Warner Bros pulled ‘The Batman’, Sony ‘Morbius’ and Disney its children’s animation ‘Turning Red’.

Netflix, still a relative minnow in Russia, also confirmed it had ‘no plans’ to add pro-Kremlin channels to its platform, despite potentially being under a legal requirement to do so. 

Tech 

Google today revealed it was blocking any mobile apps linked to Sputnik News or RT from its Play Store. 

YouTube yesterday followed suit, having also previously tried to limit the ability for the Russian channels to make money from adverts that appeared on its videos.

The Google-owned platform said that ‘due to the ongoing war in Ukraine’ it said it would fully block the channels with immediate effect.

A statement from Google Europe said: ‘It’ll take time for our systems to fully ramp up. Our teams continue to monitor the situation around the clock to take swift action.’

Facebook has also blocked Russian state TV channels in a bid to combat Kremlin propaganda being broadcast about the invasion of Ukraine. 

A shop assistant shows off new Apple iPhone 13 smartphones on display at an Apple store in Moscow

A shop assistant shows off new Apple iPhone 13 smartphones on display at an Apple store in Moscow

Netflix yesterday also announced that it would refuse to air Russian state TV channels in the country – despite a requirement by Russian law to do so starting this week.

Media platforms with more than 100,000 subscribers in the country had to distribute terrestrial Russian news and entertainment channels from March 1.

On Monday, Facebook’s head of security policy announced it has blocked access to both RT and Sputnik on its platform having previously also limited those channels’ ability to make advertising revenue.

Last week, Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of security policy, announced it would prohibit Russian state media from ‘running ads or monetising on our platform anywhere in the world’ and would add content warning labels.

In response, Putin ordered a ‘partial’ block on Facebook – with Kremlin officials claiming it was a response to the tech giant’s ‘censorship’ of its state media.

On Monday however Sir Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said the firm had been asked by governments to take further action against Russian state-backed media.

He tweeted: ‘Given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time.’

The change means the pages of the organisations are not visible on Facebook or Instagram in the EU, but for now, they remain visible in the UK. 

Netflix meanwhile said it had ‘no plans’ to carry 20 free-to-air channels in Russia – some of which are reportedly aligned with Russian authorities.

The streaming giant localised its services in Russia just over a year ago and in December 2021 was added to an audio-visual services register by Russian regulator Roskomnadzor, after reaching over 100,000 subscribers.

A spokesman for the streaming platform said: ‘Given the current situation, we have no plans to add these channels to our service.’

The streaming giant’s operations in Russia are still small and there are no offices or employees in the territory.

Netflix currently continues to offer its service to Russian members while monitoring the situation in Ukraine closely.

Apple has paused all product sales in Russia.

Alphabet’s Google said it has blocked mobile apps connected to Russian broadcasters RT and Sputnik from its Play store, in line with an earlier move to remove Russian state publishers from its news-related features.

Microsoft said it would remove state-owned RT’s mobile apps from the Windows App store and ban advertisements on Russian state-sponsored media.

Laptop maker Dell Technologies said it had suspended product sales in Ukraine and Russia while Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux paused all operations in Russia.

Car makers 

British luxury carmakers Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin has paused vehicle shipments to Russia immediately.

Vehicle manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has suspended sales to Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.

The firm announced that it made the decision due to the ‘wellbeing’ of its workforce and those ‘within our extended network’.

Sanctions imposed on Russia have heavily restricted the ability of companies to sell goods there.

JLR, based in Whitley, Coventry, produces Jaguar cars and Land Rover and Range Rover sport utility vehicles.

The company said: ‘Jaguar Land Rover’s first priority is the wellbeing of our entire workforce and their families, as well as those within our extended network.

‘The current global context also presents us with trading challenges so we are pausing the delivery of vehicles into the Russian market and continually monitoring the situation on behalf of our global customer base.’

Vehicle manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has suspended sales to Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. Pictured is a luxury showroom in Moscow

Vehicle manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has suspended sales to Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. Pictured is a luxury showroom in Moscow 

Meanwhile, BMW said its Mini plant in Oxford would see production stood down for five days from March 7 to 11 ‘as a result of the ongoing parts supply situation, now including the conflict in Ukraine’.

The company said: ‘We are monitoring the situation very closely and are in constant communication with our associates and suppliers.’

A BMW spokesperson added: ‘No associate will have to go unpaid as a result of the stand down and we are in discussions with the union about how this will be managed.’

The plant also suspended production last week due to the global shortage of semiconductor chips.

Outside Britain Daimler Truck said it would freeze its business activities in Russia with immediate effect, including its cooperation with Russian truck maker Kamaz.

Its pre-spinoff parent company, Mercedes-Benz Group , is looking into legal options to divest its 15% stake in Kamaz as quickly as possible.

Sweden’s Volvo Cars said it would suspend car shipments to the Russian market until further notice.

Truck maker AB Volvo, which is a separate group from Volvo Cars, is halting production and sales in Russia.

General Motors said it would suspend all vehicle exports to Russia until further notice.

Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors said it may suspend production and sale of its cars in Russia as sanctions could trigger supply chain disruptions.

French carmaker Renault will suspend some operations at its car assembly plants in Russia next week due to logistics bottlenecks.

Harley-Davidson Inc said it had suspended its business and shipments of its bikes to Russia.

Ford Motor Co informed joint venture partner Sollers it is immediately suspending operations in Russia until further notice. 

Germany’s BMW has halted the export of cars to Russia and said it would stop production there.

Honda Motor said it has suspended its automobile and motorcycle exports to Russia.

Japan’s Mazda will suspend exports of auto parts to its Russian plant, Nikkei reported on Tuesday.

Finnish tyre maker Nokian Tyres is shifting production of some of its key product lines from Russia to Finland and the United States. 

Banks and financial services

Global bank HSBC, which is headquartered in London, is beginning to wind down relations with a host of Russian banks including the second-largest, VTB. 

The United States, Britain, Europe and Canada announced new sanctions on Russia on Saturday – including blocking certain lenders’ access to the SWIFT international payment system – following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The advisory notice from HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks, tells staff how they should apply the new global sanctions on Russia.

Headed ‘action required’ and dated Feb 27, it highlights the fact that the UK Office of Financial Sanctions had authorised ‘the wind down of certain transactions involving VTB Bank and certain UK subsidiaries’. HSBC declined to comment.   

The UK’s biggest private pension scheme, the Universities Superannuation Scheme, which has £450m in investments linked to Russia. 

Nordic lender Nordea said it had suspended trading in investment funds heavily exposed to Russia.

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) is looking into leaving Russia, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. A spokesperson said RBI had no plans to quit Russia.

Dubai’s Mashreqbank has stopped lending to Russian banks and is reviewing its exposure to the country, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Energy    

BP is abandoning its 19.75% stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft, worth around $15billion.

While Shell said it would exit all its Russian operations, including the flagship Sakhalin 2 LNG plant in which it holds a 27.5% stake, and which is 50% owned and operated by Gazprom. This is said to be worth up to $5billion.

Russia last night banned foreign firms from pulling cash out of Russian businesses and projects.

But both  told MailOnline yesterday that they would still divest as planned, despite the sanction.

Centrica, owner of Britain’s largest energy suppler British Gas, said it would exit its gas supply agreements with Russian counterparts, principally Gazprom. 

France’s TotalEnergies said it would no longer provide capital for new projects in Russia. 

Norwegian energy group Equinor will start the process of divesting from its joint ventures in Russia.

Denmark’s Orsted has stopped sourcing Russian coal and biomass for its power plants but will continue to buy up to two billion cubic metres of natural gas from Gazprom per year under a long-term contract.

Orsted also said it was not entering into new contracts with companies or using suppliers from Russia.

BP is abandoning its 19.75% stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft, worth around $15billion. Pictured: A BP garage in the UK

BP is abandoning its 19.75% stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft, worth around $15billion. Pictured: A BP garage in the UK 

Exxon Mobil will exit Russia oil and gas operations that it has valued at more than $4 billion and halt new investment as a result of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Italian energy group Eni planned to sell its stake in the Blue Stream pipeline carrying Russian gas to Turkey that it co-owns with Russia’s Gazprom.

Austrian energy group OMV has scrapped plans to take a stake in a Gazprom gas field project and is reviewing its role in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. 

German turbine maker Siemens Energy said it has suspended all of its new business in Russia.

Tourism and travel

British Airways quickly axed direct flights to and from Moscow while services to Asia and the Far East, which typically fly in Russian airspace, were re-routed after the Kremlin banned planes from passing over Putin’s country.

Virgin Atlantic, the other main carrier affected, was also forced to re-route flights. The main routes affected were between London and Manchester to New Delhi, Singapore, Lahore and Islamabad.

Planes on these routes can spend as much as three hours flying in Russian airspace.  They will now make longer journeys via northern Turkey and Azerbaijan, ensuring they also avoid flying over Ukraine and Moldova after both closed their airspace.

It means passengers face flights of up to 90 minutes longer and fares being costlier due to more aviation fuel being burnt.

In terms of holidays in the region, Staffordshire-based Riviera Travel cancelled all tours to Russia ‘for the foreseeable future’ while Viking and P&O Cruises have suspended or changed routes. 

The British Government also banned Aeroflot landing in Britain and private jets of rich Russians are also outlawed.

The world’s biggest aircraft leasing company AerCap Holdings , headquartered in Dublin, will cease leasing activity with Russian airlines.

U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing said it was suspending parts, maintenance and technical support for Russian airlines.

Airbus said it has stopped sending spare parts to Russia and supporting Russian airlines, but was analysing whether its Moscow engineering centre could keep providing services to local customers under Western sanctions.

Lufthansa’s Technik unit, which provides maintenance, has stopped its services for Russian customers.

Industry

Swedish engineering group Sandvik is suspending its operations in Russia, while peer Atlas Copco halted all deliveries to the country.

Finnish engineering group Metso Outotec has temporarily ceased its deliveries to Russia.

Norsk Hydro said it will not enter into new contracts linked to Russian producers until further notice. It is also evaluating options for existing commitments, including a potential freeze of commercial relations with Russian counterparts.

Siemens has suspended all new business and international deliveries to Russia but will continue local service and maintenance activites in compliance with the sanctions, a company spokesperson confirmed.

Logistics 

U.S.-based United Parcel Service Inc and FedEx Corp , two of the world’s largest logistics companies, have said they are halting delivery services to Russia and Ukraine.

Container shipping company Ocean Network Express on Monday suspended bookings to and from Russia.

Shipping group Maersk will temporarily halt all container shipping to and from Russia in response to Western sanctions on Moscow.

Deutsche Post, announced it had stopped DHL deliveries to Russia.

German shipping company Hapag Lloyd said it had issued a temporary suspension on bookings for Russia and halted sailings for Ukraine.

Shipping company MSC has stopped cargo bookings to and from Russian but will still accept and screen food and humanitarian cargoes.

Swiss logistics company Kuehne und Nagel has indefinitely suspended all import shipments into Russia with immediate effect. This excludes medical, healthcare and humanitarian supplies.

Oil tanker company Frontline is unlikely to transport Russian crude oil, the company’s chief executive told Norway’s E24 business news website.

Telecoms

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson is suspending its deliveries to Russia as it assesses the potential impact of sanctions on its business there.

Nokia will stop deliveries to Russia to comply with sanctions.

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