1. Australia: Australian Agency for International Development (AuSAID)
2. Austria: Austria Development Agency (ADA), The Austrian Development Cooperation, Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft
3. Belgium: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development, Belgian Policy Plan for Development Cooperation, Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTCCTB)
4. Brazil: Agência Brasileira de Cooperaçao
5. Canada: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Source: Politico.com

FRONTLINE COUNTRIES

Frontline countries are those shouldering the Ukrainian refugee burden and which face heightened risk of Russian aggression — which explains why NATO has announced it will double the number of battlegroups along its eastern flank.

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Euronews has joined other news outlets with the Russian media authority, pulling the international news channel off-air and blocking its websites in Russia.

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Transparency International has called on the EU institutions to strip lobbyists of accreditation if they continue to act on behalf of Kremlin-linked companies. The aim is to make sure that Putin's Russia no longer has a voice in Brussels and that Russian dirty money can no longer buy EU influence.

Author: Thomas Graham, Distinguished Fellow, Council of Foreign Relations (CFR)

IN FAVOUR

1. Poland: Staunchest supporter of all-out sanctions against Russia
2. Slovakia: Support of an EU ban on all Russian commodities, including oil and natural gas
3. Lithuania: Willing to stop oil and gas imports from Russia
4. Latvia: Calls for a ban on Russian energy imports

OPEN

1. The war between Russia and Ukraine, both food-producing powerhouses, has already sent prices for cereals like wheat soaring and European governments scrambling to stabilize markets.
2. Europe can probably weather the immediate storm. Its farmers are bracing for even higher costs of basic inputs like fertilizers and animal feed, but consumers are unlikely to see empty supermarket shelves. Costs will go up particularly for key goods like sunflower oil but rich Western economies can afford to diversify.