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The US Treasury has announced additional sanctions in response to Russia’s "fraudulent" referenda and subsequent annexations of the occupied regions of Ukraine, with the SDN list now including the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) Governor Elvira Nabiullina, the ex-Minister of Energy Alexandr Novak and hundreds of other Russian officials.
Losses to the world economy from the war in Ukraine are estimated at $2.8T. According to the WSJ, after Putin announced mobilisation and preparations for "referendums" in the occupied territories of Ukraine, the West began to fear that the war will drag on for many months, or even years. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) forecast, the world economy should grow by 3% this year and by 2.2% in 2023. Before the war, it was expected to grow by 4.5% this year and 3.2% in 2023. Thus, the war in Ukraine will cost the world an amount equivalent to the French economy’s volume of production for these two years. The OECD expects the EU economy to grow by just 0.3% in 2023, compared with expectations for 1.6% growth in the June forecast. The OECD also cut its forecast for US economic growth in 2023 to 0.5% from 1.2%.
Novaya Gazeta: Russian government plans to mobilize 1mn people against Ukraine. The seventh paragraph of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree on mobilisation, intended for internal use, states that up to onemn people can be drafted into the army, Russian media Novaya Gazeta reported on Sept. 22, citing unnamed sources in the Kremlin. "They changed the figure several times and eventually settled on amn," the source said.
Meduza: Russia plans to mobilise 1.2mn conscripts for war against Ukraine. Meduza, a Russian media outlet, cited a government source. In Moscow, the authorities seek to mobilise up to 16,000 people, according to a source close to Moscow's City Hall. On Sept. 21, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the army planned to mobilise 300,000 conscripts for the war against Ukraine.
Meduza: Russia to ban men of conscription age from leaving country on Sept. 28. According to independent Russian media outlet Meduza, the ban will come into effect after the end of sham referenda in the four occupied regions of Ukraine.
Mobilisation sparks protests in Russia's Dagestan. Protests were held in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan in the North Caucasus, and other locations. Demonstrators in the village of Endirey blocked a federal highway. The demonstrations were triggered by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's Sept. 21 decision to announce the mobilisation of conscripts for the war against Ukraine. More than 1,300 people have already been detained for participating
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