Payments under existing contracts are already suspended.
The EU Commission is suspending all cooperation with Russian organizations in the field of research, science and innovation, and will not conclude new contracts and agreements under the Horizon Europe program. This was announced by EU Commissioner Maria Gabriel.
Payments under existing contracts are already suspended. All current projects under Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020, in which Russian research organizations participate, are being reviewed.
At the same time, Ms. Gabriel instructed to introduce maximum flexibility in the implementation of Erasmus + projects in relation to Ukrainian students and employees of Ukrainian free economic zones.
The European Commissioner says that Ukrainian students will be offered available transfer options for travel abroad, support will be provided according to their needs and security will be guaranteed.
In addition, the leading trade association Digital Europe, which unites more than 36,000 companies, includes 96 corporations and 39 national trade associations from across Europe, insists on the immediate cyber support of Ukraine, which they are ready to provide.
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Earlier it was reported that the world's largest VPN services, such as KeepSolid and ProtonVPN, have stopped cooperating with the aggressor country – the Russian Federation. It is noted that this was done at the request of the Cyberpolice of Ukraine.
In addition, the services KeepSolid, ProtonVPN, Windscribe filter traffic and block Russian propaganda sites.
See topic: US and EU set up working group to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian oil and gas – CNN Group will look for an alternative way to supply energy to the EU. Switzerland has frozen Russian sanctioned assets worth more than $ 6 billion – Reuters And that amount will grow. Russia has stopped paying the military and mercenaries of the Wagner PMC for the war in Ukraine – intelligence Payment of these costs is not provided in the budget. Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, the losses of the Russian army have reached 16,100 people – the General Staff of the APU Data are being clarified, the calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are gradually pushing the Russian army away from Kyiv – British intelligence Ukraine has been repelling racist attacks for the 30th day in a row.
