(Finance) – “The third round of negotiations is over. There are small positive developments in improving the logistics for humanitarian corridors. “This is what he announced Zelensky’s adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak. “Intense consultations – explained Podolyak – continued on the basic political blockade of the rules, as well as on a ceasefire and on security guarantees”.
At the end of the third round, the Moscow delegation announced to the Tass agency that a fourth round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will soon be held in Belarus. The Russian delegation also announced that it had presented the Ukrainians with a draft agreement document and that the humanitarian corridors will be open from tomorrow. “The Ukrainians have given us assurances, we hope that the humanitarian corridors will be open from tomorrow – said the head of the Russian delegation, the former Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, expressing disappointment on the progress of the negotiations -. Our expectations are not. have been implemented “.
Meanwhile, on the twelfth day of the invasion, the Russian tanks entered the outskirts of Kiev and took up position next to the houses.
In the evening the Supervisory Authority Bank of Italy, Consob, Ivass and Uif they launched a warning about cyber attacks on the Italian financial system after the sanctions decided against Russia. There Bank of Italy, Ivass, Uif and Consob – reads a joint note – recommend “supervised subjects to exercise the utmost attention with reference to the risk of cyber attacks, to intensify monitoring and defense activities in relation to possible malware activities and to adopt all measures to mitigate the risks that become necessary “. The supervised entities must “carefully consider the business continuity plans and ensure the correct functioning and prompt restoration of backups; in this context, the importance of ensuring the separation of the backup environment from that of exercise, evaluating the possibility of providing offline backup solutions (ie that are not physically or logically connected to the network) of the essential systems and data. Finally, the supervised subjects are invited to pay constant attention to the updates provided by the Computer Security Incident Response Team “.
Bank of Italy, Consob, Ivass and Uif also drew the attention of the supervised entities to the full compliance with the restrictive measures decided by the European Union in response to the situation in Ukraine. “It is recalled – highlights the note – that the measures, adopted by the European Union through regulations and decisions, are binding in their entirety and are directly and immediately applicable in each of the Member States. The supervised entities are therefore required to comply with them, putting in place the necessary controls and devices, constantly monitoring the updating of the measures in question “. For the purposes of fulfilling the obligations of communication of the freezing measures applied to the designated subjects, the indications provided by the UIF with the Press Release of 4 March 2022 will also be taken into consideration.