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At the SCO summit, the usual threats were discussed - "color revolutions", terrorism, unilateral sanctions . However, the discussion turned to the creation of economic institutions. Now the situation is ripe for their appearance, experts are sure Broadcast of the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Beijing, China ) SCO went online again On Tuesday, Ju...

Kyiv imposed sanctions against a Georgian airline and effectively expelled the Georgian ambassador. While Georgia is trying to avoid confrontation, Ukraine is exacerbating it, says expert Mikheil Saakashvili (on screen).Why Kyiv sent the Georgian ambassador to Tbilisi On July 4, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the instructions of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, summoned the Georgian A...

The EU insists that the Russian , as a co-founder of Alfa Group, "has close ties to the Russian political regime." The businessman's defense denied accusations of facilitating military operations in Ukraine and benefiting from them Mikhail Fridman The life of Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman, who fell under European sanctions , "was destroyed," his lawyer at the European Court of General Jurisd...

China has informed the EU Foreign Service that it is no longer possible to carry out the visit of the head of European diplomacy Borrell on July 10, Reuters reports . The EU said the need to find alternative dates Josep Borrell China has postponed a planned visit by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Reuters reported, citing a written statement by EU foreign policy spokeswoman Nabila Massrali....

The Minister of Health reported an increase in life expectancy in Russia to 73.4 years, which exceeded the pre-pandemic level. RBC figured out what the minister had in mind and what are the further forecasts “Life expectancy has now exceeded the pre-pandemic period of 73.4 years,” Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on June 29 at a meeting in the State Duma. In 2......

Pang Gongsheng became party secretary at the People's Bank of China , who may later head it. He collaborated with Cambridge and Harvard Universities, and also trained at Standard Chartered Pan Gongshen The People's Bank of China (PBOC, the country's central bank) has undergone a personnel reshuffle, according to the regulator. Pang Gongsheng, a former deputy director of the bank, has been appointe...

Swedbank office in Riga A division of the Swedish bank Swedbank in Riga will pay $ 3.43 million in connection with the violation of US sanctions, according to the website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department . The report says that the management has entered into a settlement agreement with Swedbank AS (a subsidiary of Swedish Swedbank, based in Stockholm). “...

Foreign states and legal entities paid Russia in 2022 24.4% of the plan on debts. The volume of payments amounted to ₽34 billion against the plan of ₽138 billion. Violation of the payment infrastructure makes it difficult to service debts, experts say The amounts of repayments in terms of the principal debt on state financial and export loans provided by Russia to foreign countries and legal entit...

The Cypriot authorities adhere to a “zero tolerance” policy towards citizens of the country and companies that help circumvent anti-Russian sanctions . This was stated by the President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides at a press conference following his 100 days in office, Associated Press reports. The current administration's mission is to protect Cyprus' status as a "reliable business and f...

Russian businessmen should finance the reconstruction of Ukraine, says British Foreign Secretary Cleverley. Moscow has previously been skeptical about such initiatives James Cleverley British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley believes that Russian businessmen should finance the restoration of Ukraine. He expressed this opinion at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken....

The Russian economy grew by 5.6% in 2021, but decreased by 2.1% in 2022. Nabiullina said that economic activity is already close to the level of the end of 2021 Elvira Nabiullina The Russian economy is close to returning to the level of economic activity of the end of 2021, Elvira Nabiullina, head of the Bank of Russia, said at the congress of financial education volunteers. “Now our economy...

Permission to sell duty free goods to passengers flying from Russia to the EAEU countries and savings on uniforms helped some airport stores increase revenue in 2022. But against the backdrop of the growth of Pulkovo, Sheremetyevo suffered The revenue of the largest operator of duty-free shops (duty free), which is part of the international group Dufry, showed an increase at Vnukovo Airport in 2.....

Permission to sell duty free goods to passengers flying from Russia to the EAEU countries and savings on uniforms helped some airport stores increase revenue in 2022. But against the backdrop of the growth of Pulkovo, Sheremetyevo suffered The revenue of the largest operator of duty-free shops (duty free), which is part of the international group Dufry, showed an increase at Vnukovo Airport in 2.....

Russian banks faced a ban on making transfers, in particular in yuan, to Europe and the United States through the Chinese Bank of China . The share of such shipments is small, but private investors and businesses could use them , experts say The Chinese Bank of China has limited the conduct of foreign currency transfers from Russia to the banks of the European Union, the USA, Great Britain and Swi...

Rospotrebnadzor estimated the economic damage to Russia from COVID in 2022 at almost 1.6 trillion rubles, in 2021 - at almost 1 trillion rubles, which is 1.4 times more than the total damage from other infectious diseases The Russian economy has lost far less than Germany and Australia on a per capita basis during the coronavirus pandemic. This was announced to RIA Novosti by the head of Rospotreb...

At the SPIEF 2023 plenary session, Vladimir Putin summed up the economic results of the year, assessed the Ukrainian counteroffensive and mentioned the “ugly neo-colonial system.” The main statements are in the material of RBC Vladimir Putin On the results of the year for the economy and the oil needle “The second quarter of last year was the most difficult for our economy, for domestic business, ...

According to the head of VEB.RF, Igor Shuvalov, now there are “all prerequisites and opportunities for the development of the Russian economy” Igor Shuvalov (foreground) Crisis phenomena for Russia are a thing of the past, now the country is in new realities, and it is from this position that development strategies should be approached. This opinion was expressed by VEB.RF Chairman Igor Shuvalov a...

Илья Шестаков В России необходимо развивать специализированные рыбные порты, заявил глава Росрыболовства Илья Шестаков на ПМЭФ. Глава ведомства назвал проблемой то, что в некоторых портах, например во Владивостоке, одновременно переваливают и рыбу, и уголь. «Ну как-то не очень совместимо. Нам тоже надо подумать: либо уголь, либо рыбу. Мы за рыбу. Уголь надо выводить из Владивостока», — сказа.........

ЕС в рамках 11-го пакета санкций против России собирался ввести ограничения против восьми работающих в Китае компаний за поставку Москве подсанкционных товаров. После обсуждений с Пекином из списка убрали пять предприятий Евросоюз собирался внести в черный список восемь компаний, работающих в материковом Китае и Гонконге, за передачу России товаров, которые могут быть использованы в военных целях,...

American companies are not engaged in uranium enrichment, Russia is one of the main exporters of this product to the United States . Potential export halt leaves US nuclear power plants vulnerable, new supply chain takes years to build Despite the desire of the United States to sever economic ties with Russia due to hostilities in Ukraine , Washington continues to buy enriched uranium from Moscow,...

STLC ordered the construction of four ferries for the Norwegians at the Turkish shipyard Tersan Shipyard in 2019. After the EU sanctions , the Norwegians refused to pay for the delivered vessels, but the London court sided with the GTLK, Dietrich explained Ferry Havila Castor The State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK) has recovered compensation of €22......

The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) may consider blacklisting Russia. Moscow has warned dozens of its partners about the negative consequences of such a decision, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz writes at a FATF meeting. Russia has warned dozens of countries, including Saudi Arabia, India, Turkey, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates, of the negative consequences for trade rela...

Владимир Путин и Мануэль Марреро Россия сделает все, чтобы помочь Кубе преодолеть «незаконные санкции», заявил президент Владимир Путин на встрече с кубинским премьером Мануэлем Марреро в Москве. Сообщение опубликовано на сайте Кремля. «Мы знаем, что незаконные санкции, в которых живет Куба, продолжаются десятилетиями. Тем не менее кубинский народ справляется с этим. Мы со своей стороны будем дела...

The new tax was a pandemic-era idea when the country's budget was in deficit. Geneva authorities fear that he will force the richest residents to leave, already providing most of the tax revenues to the city budget Views of Geneva In Geneva, on June 18, a vote will be held, which will decide the issue of taxes for the 1% of the richest residents of the city, Bloomberg reports . Residents of the ci...

The international Internet registrar is ready to resume issuing new IP addresses to Russian companies that have fallen under sanctions . But this will not apply to everyone, and the problem with paying for the resource will remain unresolved. On Monday, June 12, the international Internet registrar RIPE NCC resumed service for its Russian participants, who fell under sanctions restrictions, but at...

Abramchenko said that the governmentis considering the possibility of introducing quotas for the import of foreign seeds to Russia. According to her, while the country still has difficulties with seeds of potatoes, sugar beets, The issue of introducing quotas for the import of foreign seeds to Russia is being worked out in the government, a decision on it can be made soon, Deputy Prime Minister Vi...

Henley & Partners predicted that 15 thousand dollar millionaires would leave Russia by the end of 2022, but this number turned out to be almost half that. China has become the leader in the outflow of wealthy citizens China and Russia at the end of 2022 topped the list of countries that left the most dollar millionaires, according to a report by the British consulting company Henley & Partners, cr...

American Mondelez suspends investmentto Russia, but did not stop its activities in the country. After the company was included in the Ukrainian list of "war sponsors", Several dozen Scandinavian companies refused to work with the American confectionery manufacturer Mondelez International (the company owns such brands as Oreo, Mars Alpen Gold, Milka, Toblerone, Barny, Halls, Tuc and others) because...

Under sanctionsIn Kyiv, retired judges of the Constitutional Court fell, including Konstantin Aranovsky, Mikhail Kleandrov and Vladimir Yaroslavtsev. Restrictive measures have also been introduced against judges from Moscow, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree imposing sanctions against Russian judges, including Valery Zorkin, Chairman of the Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia...

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