the, the business dw news life from berlin. the european union is where he is fresh sanctions on russia. and the aftermath of the death of brushing dissidence, alexi and a volley, the u decides to put more pressure on the kremlin for its invasion of ukraine. we look at whether previous sanctions are having an effect. also coming up almost 2 years on since russia waged war on ukraine, we take a look at just some of the carnage the kremlin has inflicted on the country the

times. sarah kelly, welcome to the program. the who has a great, a 13th round of sanctions against russia. the move coming as the kremlin war against ukraine nears it's 2nd anniversary and does ukraine lose his ground on the battlefield? its forces recently withdrew the eastern town of div come after months of heavy fighting. this on verified russian footage reports to show soldiers they are replacing the ukrainian flag with their own it also comes amid increasing repression inside russia itself, where dissident alexei nevada. these death last week also played a part in the use move to further punish moscow. lucy, a shelton is our brussels correspondent and gave us more details about the new sanctions on russia. yes, so there is an agreement in principle by the european union states investigators on

the 13th of package of sanctions against russia. and in this package, which has not yet been published. there supposedly nearly $200.00 persons and entities listed. and they are also new measures for seen and to avoid sanction um, circumvention which is making you sanctions and effective. so this is what has been agreed to today. they will still have to sign it off or officially and then it needs to be published in the official journal and only then the sanctions will enter into force. and it is for seen that this will happen by a saturday 24th. the 2nd and the grocery of the russian invasion into ukraine. since february 2022, the eu has banned goods worth over 43000000000 euros that would have been exported to russia. it includes advance technology items such as radar systems, drones, camouflaged, gear, or weapons. and luxury items on 5 brushes the lead. on the input side,

the goods under sanctions are even more valuable. russian commodities worth over 90 . 1000000000 euros are now banned across the block, including coal, iron, gold, and steel, as always washes, most iconic and coveted products vodka. and caviar, here's a look at how it rushes economy is doing under the penalties already in place. the defense industry is currently the most important pillar of the russian economy. thanks to significantly increased government spending, the defense industry accounts for 10 percent of gd pay. all the sectors such as the steel industry, also benefiting off to the slump in 2022. the russian economy is now growing according to data, for most got growth is also a full cost for 2024. it does come as you get this message english. what's that? what's happening with the brush? who is actually what i'm running late,

becoming more like the soviet union in that it has high spending on the military and in some cases heavy industry. and at the same time, the level of consumption is holding for the population people seat. the cycle box industrial production is also doing surprising. the well, for example, in the automotive sector, components are increasingly coming from china, off to the europeans, withdrew from russia, thanks to chinese impulse, the russian economy is being kept afloat. she never takes that tradition is china or is of course not officially participating in the sanctions. so it is not a partner, so to speak of the western states when it comes to sanctions and sometimes feeling good to finance impulse, russia needs exports, income from gas sales. these are full and dramatically times the use extensive input by and seems to have had an effect chopping into a new customers with new pipelines is only a partial substitute. volume simple the,

with the 5 lines on favor. the fact that when you compare them for want to define players come from sport uh to, to the you or confront support to, to china and even the new infrastructure of products. like all else, i'd give you a tool australian day in funds day to. however, oil sales rushes 2nd most important source of export revenue almost as good as before the war and ukraine. this is despite you sanctions. i am just enforcing a price cap of $60.00 us dollars a barrel transportation of oil. um probably are violating that because so they use a we info as many to on the side of it is there is also a shadow trading uh where you know, uh all the is uh, uh, discharged. uh, and the charge the on another bus or the overseas uh more and more oil is ending up

in india. its most important oil supply is no russia. nevertheless, rushes growth is partly financed on credits, including ministry spending. how long can puts in actually afford to do this? this come with the concepts. i can write that for quite a while that will set the browser. i had a very low debt leveled at the beginning of the war. it still has a low debt level even now. actually extend. russia does not look set to run out of money to finance the war and ukraine any time soon. and here are some other stories making headlines. following the death of former russian opposition liter, alexei, nevada. only the united kingdom has imposed sanctions on 6 members of russia's prison authority. the 6 individuals round the arctic penal colony where and of only died on friday. the u. k. has frozen their assets are frozen and impose, they travel that spanish farmers fault with police that a demonstration in madrid,

hundreds of tractors rolled into the capital for fresh protest against what they see as excessive red tape and insufficient a from the state. farmers have been protesting for weeks across many countries in europe in the us has vetoed an era backed resolution and the un security council demanding a ceasefire in the war between israel and moss say instead proposed their own plan calling for a temporary cease fire linked to the release of hostages held by her mom's roland. along with mexico's most active volcano, public at tape petto has erupt it and is viewing large clouds of ash and gas into the sky. people have been asked to avoid a 12 kilometer radius around the crater. it's considered one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes, do it's closest to the densely populated mexico city. it's almost 2 years since russia's full scale invasion of ukraine began just how many civilians have been killed since then is unknown. but it's thought to be in the 10s of

thousands. in the early months of the war, the russian air force bombed a theatre in the port city of mara. you pump. your brain says 300 people, including many children, died there. but russia claims that the theater was blown off by the ukrainian also for a shipment without providing any evidence. the following month, more than 60 people were killed in the eastern city of premier tours, when missile struck a railway station. russian authorities, again put the blame on ukraine as dw is next and are now reports for the car key. these 2 incidents are just the beginning of a bloody and a lengthy conflict with no end in sight. do you remember this is been viral after a russian attack on a residential area and hard case. the survivors of staring at what remained of their home the russians said they had had a weapons factory. they said the couple were paid actors. honest us here off try to

include and her daughter, marina say that's ridiculous. the tell us they left their apartment minutes before the impact. it's on stuff and the video with her husband followed the man she didn't want to join us for the interview over the summer. when i said is video, now, of course it's not a plan video, it's about supporting each other. so when we realized everything we had was lying there on file, it's actually a very sad moment. but let's hope we can achieve victory before the russians can make more missiles and destroy our homes and lives their apartment was on the side of the building that was directly hit. all that's left is the core to 10 of their neighbors died including an 8 year old girl named savell apartment. it's got it here here and here it was the top one and the

fest to be hit. many things were thrown out. the family is still shaking. it's causing to settle. well, every time a siren goes off my legs shake because it's scary because you don't know what's going to happen. but the number, the question of safety in the country that has being bombed is a very uncomfortable question. in my opinion, there's no place where you can hide me. i'll go home. you said that the worst, columbus across town, another site of recent russian destruction. the hockey's palace hotel managed to keep running through most of the war. it was at hub for foreign journalists. we've often stayed here ourselves. director all hostile ankle takes us inside a missile hit on the day before new year's eve in looking at the damage. it's difficult to believe no one died here, not even the person working out the gym to the one that's a total of 12 years. we've been in hockey's and it's been a place for all significant celebrations, children's birthdays, weddings,

business meetings. and we go used to the fact that there was always a lot of peaceful people here who considered this place to be a landmark for social events and for goods. peaceful intentions stuck on the seat, would be the little needed. 15 guests were staying at the hotel at the time, the people wanting to celebrate the new year, and still many of the new kind of guests. so what was on the list that would journalists from all over the well issue? i think we had become a hub for those people who needed to show you the whole well, what was happening and wants to be for sure. sure. the, the variety, the russians claim the hotel was used as a hall by military personnel, but never provided proof. we never saw soldiers here during our stays. you all know most of what you like, han explain their actions. i think it's absurd, stud, destroying, civilian buildings, civilian facilities,

hospitals. i believe that this is unacceptable. i can damage the filter. she shows us a video from the beginning of the more international journalist here in the lobby and the local pianist waiting to invite this musician to visit us again. he's become a close friend of ours. that will definitely be music here again, is painful and life. good will try out for the evil the. the plan is to repair the hotel and reopened as soon as possible. many wars begin and are justified with lice. the russian to attack a new crane is no difference. marina anastasio of that change goes home, never existed according to the russian narrative. it says none of this is real.

i wore it only twice. the women know better than that, but all that is left. now. our memories and maria of diva is an analyst who studied russian this information. we asked her about her biggest concerns regarding russia's ability to spread this information. in russia specific lataria gives a different audiences. ukraine and score exhausted up to 2 years old. they were, they tried to heat your grading and you need to and they tried to crack ukrainian society, but that type of decent information when they claim about the military targets. so when they started to view a lot house says that when they killed city land sent out that this was military, they said this is a most swift on the population insides. russia to, for the legitimize aggression. and to get more people into the army. because put in

need some more. uh, and he wants to continue. and russia is in its full scale offensive in many directions, small around the car keeps improve bounced in the style. so few brain in the east. and they need more man in to let the russian army and they need support for their actions. and this is why propaganda and his information is so threatening because this threatened is not only your brain and your brain and secure. does this threaten the use secure to in europe because later an extra roll is this has already happened in the russian propaganda. a general so will tell russian that they will have to continue and go for their go to the baltic states, go to portland, and they have over at the extreme of the states. and this open right now. and some of the french propaganda channels. russian states generals, but then it will go for the we have seen how it's happened in ukraine. it starts from a little sim, somewhere in the french channel,

but then it gets into the large scale russian states, media and ministry of defense reports. and with that now you are up to date here on the w news. thank you so much for joining us. up next dw documentary on the inhabited, built island and bangladesh that miraculously appears and disappears during the monsoon season. the my name is the polls bag. save, wow, thank you so much for joining in. welcome to don't hold bad. a lot of people do that. it's all about saying it aloud. next, would it be nosy, bad? it gets everyone to king's healthy award winning called called the called back the.