The celebration is “inappropriate” amid efforts to preserve national cultural heritage, the Yakutian Education Ministry has said Russia’s largest region of Yakutia has said that Halloween festivities should not take place in schools, with the education ministry arguing that the holiday could interfere with the goal of preserving the national heritage and traditions.

Brussels could restrict imports by Germany and Poland, which have been exempted from sanctions The EU has proposed a halt to Russian oil flows to Germany and Poland via the Druzhba pipeline as part of its next round of sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

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