Poland will start steering its economy clear of ties to Russia along with other European states, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced at a press conference on Friday. “We present the first part of the anti-Putin shield. We are starting a complete de-Russification of the Polish and European economy,” he declared, explaining that this means,…

The Ukrainian president has signed a law reducing the minimum age of military draft eligibility to 25 years Twenty-five-year-old Ukrainian men are now eligible for the draft; on Tuesday, President Vladimir Zelensky signed a bill into law reducing the minimum age by two years.

Germany may confiscate gift parcels sent from Russia ahead of this year’s festive season, the country’s Federal Customs Service announced in statement on its website this week. According to the statement, gift parcels are regulated by the same sanctions legislation as any imports, as they may contain sanctioned goods such as paper, pulp, precious stones…