Kathleen Van Brempt: “Russian diamonds have no place in Antwerp”
Image: Kathleen Van Brempt – from her Twitter feed It is incomprehensible that trade in diamonds from Russia is not part of
Ukraine does not want Belarus as chairman of diamond watchdog
Ukraine wants to prevent Belarus from becoming the chairman of the international diamond watchdog, the Kimberley Process (KP). Ukrainians believe Russia has
“Russia must pay price for escalation with new sanctions”
The European Commission wants to ban an additional 7 billion euros worth of Russian imports. Diamonds would not be among them.
Import ban on Russian diamonds may be back on the table
Josep Borrell (High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) hopes the 27 member states will decide on
Russia Fights Efforts to Declare It an Exporter of ‘Blood Diamonds’
Image: courtesy of Alrosa As a major diamond producer, Russia earns billions of dollars that other nations say help finance war. The
Russian blood diamond not on agenda at Kimberley Process meeting
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there have been increasing calls to curb the trade in Russian diamonds.
Gujarat’s diamond industry hit hard by Russia-Ukraine war
The Russia-Ukraine war has adversely affected the livelihood of lakhs of workers of the diamond industry in Gujarat, especially in rural parts
Antwerp diamond trade dries up: ‘There is no plane bringing Russian stones’
In Antwerp, the supply of diamonds from Russia is stagnating. And what does come is rejected by some customers. “The war in
Are the Russian diamond sanctions working?
There’s been a lot of talk about how current sanctions language allows for Russian diamonds “substantially transformed” (i.e., cut and polished) elsewhere
Sanctions regarding Russian diamonds “murky”
The current sanctions on Russian diamonds have created a “murky situation” for the industry, Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC) president and CEO Tiffany