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In 2023, the Maag, Ecru and Dub stores opened by the former subsidiary of Spanish Inditex in place of Zara and Bershka began to restore sales - revenue almost doubled. But the company ended the year with a loss amid rising expensesLast year, JSC Novaya Moda (former JSC Zara CIS), which is developing Maag, Dub, Ecru, Vilet stores in place of the Spanish Inditex Group brands in Russia, began to rest...

Specialists from the Svoe Fermerstvo platform of the Russian Agricultural Bank will create a digital service that will help users prepare a package of documents to receive grant state support. The project is being implemented in partnership with the consulting agency OOO Sistema Consulting, a finalist of the joint accelerator of the Russian Agricultural Bank and the Skolkovo Foundation. The servic...

The head of state often emphasizes that the well-being of ordinary people, workers, is an absolute priority, and rural residents in particular. Creating favorable conditions for their lives, providing jobs, increasing wages, developing infrastructure, including retail facilities - all these issues are interconnected and are under the constant control of the President. Worthy of the best - It is no...

The companies and their representatives, according to Seoul, collaborated with the DPRK in violation of UN sanctions. The Kremlin has stated that there is no agreement on military cooperation with Pyongyang. Moscow vetoed a resolution on sanctions experts in MarchSouth Korea has imposed sanctions against two individuals and two legal entities from Russia, who, according to Seoul, cooperate with th...

At the end of 2023, the share of exports in the structure of the Russian economy statistically turned out to be a record low since the mid-1990s - 23%. Against the backdrop of the sanctions confrontation, domestic demand is becoming more important, experts sayThe share of exports of goods and services in Russian GDP in 2......

Deputy Director of Appetit LLC Galina Kuznetsova said that in 2023 the company received a gold medal at the international WorldFood exhibition for the Poleznaya sausage. Appetit purchases raw materials for processing only from local producers under strict control. Quality is equally strictly controlled at all stages of production. Chief technologist of Appetit LLC Nikolay Shevchenko demonstrated t...

After increasing duties on wine imports from unfriendly countries, supplies of still and sparkling wines from the EU to Russia fell by almost 40% and reached their lowest level in five years. Now importers are increasing imports from Georgia, Chile and South AfricaFrom August 1, 2023 to January 31, 2......

Despite the fact that Norilsk Nickel is not subject to sanctions , some foreign banks are refusing to work with it, said Vice President Anton Berlin . He cited integration into the value chain as Norilsk Nickel's main goal.Some foreign banks refuse to accept and transfer money for Norilsk Nickel products, he said in an interviewREUTERS vice president of the company Anton Berlin. After the article ...

The day before, the EU “closed the sky” for the Turkish Southwind Airlines for the airline’s “connections” with Russia. ATOR wrote that because of this, Russian tourists were stuck in Egypt. They managed to take off at 8 am, they are already approaching Moscow Sharm el-Sheikh International AirportRussian tourists in Sharm el-Sheikh, whose flight could not take off the day before due to European sa...

Restrictions introduced due to the spread of coronavirus will continue to apply in St. Petersburg until the end of 2024 , according to the resolution posted on the city government website. “Introduce the following changes to the St. Petersburg government decree of March 13, 2020 No. 121 “On measures to counter the spread of a new coronavirus infection in St. Petersburg”: in paragraph 2.1 of the de...

Independent US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. chose the former wife of Google founder Nicole Shanahan as his number two. Why is Joe Biden so afraid of a representative of a famous political dynasty - in the RBC material Robert Kennedy Jr.On March 26, Robert Kennedy Jr., the nephew of the assassinated US President John F. Kennedy, announced that he had chosen a vice-presidential candidat...

The Ministry of Digital Development plans to impose a revenue threshold for IT companies eligible for corporate income tax benefits. This threshold could increase from 0% to 20% in 2025. The decision will be made after analyzing tax data for 2023.The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media plans to limit the list of IT companies eligible for profit tax breaks to a revenue th...

Department Head Evgeniya Bulkina conducted a working visit to the Tomsk District. The expert visited two farms: Alexander Danchev, a recipient of an Agritourism grant, and the farm of Artem and Natalia Semenov, who plan to develop rural tourism. Alexander Danchev's farm has been successfully operating under an Agrostartup grant since 2......

March 25, Minsk . The capabilities of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange in the field of cross-border exchange trading were presented at the interregional forum “Import and Export: Opportunities, Tools, Practices” and the interregional specialized transport and logistics forum of the Black Earth Region, which were held in the Voronezh industrial park “Perspective”. BELTA was informed abou...

Rosmorport won several ships from the Dutch Damen under contracts for the construction of seven tugs. In 2022, Damen refused to fulfill orders for Russia, and in 2023 it itself sued the Dutch authoritiesWhat was built for Rosmorport In 2020–2021, FSUE Rosmorport ordered seven Arc4 ice class tugs from the Dutch shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Gorinchem BV. The orders were due to be completed i...

The Xiaohongshu app has reported its first profit and become the fastest-growing social network in China, where foreign services are blocked. This was made possible by the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. However, there are no clear prospects for an IPO.Chinese video and photo sharing app Xiaohongshu reported a net profit of $5......

Ivan PolandovThe board of directors of the construction company PIK voted to terminate the powers of CEO Ivan Polandov in connection with the imposition of US sanctions . He will leave his post early. This is stated in the company's message on the corporate information disclosure portal. The clause on the termination of Polandov’s powers was supported unanimously, six people voted for it. The deci...

Scholz pointed out that the EU's use of proceeds from Russia's frozen assets for military assistance to Ukraine is a legal step, and a legal framework has already been created for this. Russia warned of symmetrical response to asset divestmentUsing proceeds from Russian assets frozen in Europe to purchase weapons for Ukraine is a legal step, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a press conference...

The EU added 33 Russians to its sanctions list, whom it considered involved in Navalny’s death. The list includes the head of penal colony No. 3 and his deputies, heads of departments of the Ministry of Justice, judges, etc. Russia assesses Western sanctions as illegalThe European Union imposed sanctions against two organizations and 33 Russians in connection with the death of Alexei Navalny . The...

The Turkish Grand Prix was part of the Formula 1 calendar from 2005 to 2011 and temporarily returned in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said the country's authorities hope to return Formula 1 racing to Istanbul in 2026, NTV reports. A tender for the management of the Istanbul race track will be held in April. "We set a very impor...

The West continues to purchase titanium from Russia, despite promises to sever economic ties with Moscow, WP reports. According to the newspaper, in 2022 alone, VSMPO-Avisma exported 15,000 tons of titanium worth $370 million.Since February 2022, Western companies have purchased "hundreds of millions of dollars" worth of Russian titanium, despite sanctions against Moscow, The Washington Post (WP) ...

Over three years, the republic intends to increase egg production by 22%, and poultry meat production by a third. In 2023, Bashkiria received less than 350 million commercial eggs . The cause was an outbreak of bird flu at the largest poultry farming enterprise in the republic, the Bashkirskaya poultry farm. This is stated in the draft program “Development of egg and meat (broiler) poultry farming...

Patients in Moscow hospitals can now view the results of their tests, diagnostics and information about treatment in general online , right during treatment . Thus, not only the traditional discharge summary after hospitalization became available to them - now the treatment process can be monitored over time. This data is stored in an electronic medical record (EMR), to which Muscovites have had a...

It was planned to close access to cloud services for Russian companies from March 20, but now Microsoft is planning to do this at the end of the month, Softline reported. The restrictions will not affect individuals, says an RTVI sourceThe American company Microsoft is discussing the issue of postponing the suspension of cloud services for Russian companies to the end of the month, Andrey Blagoraz...

Most banks in Armenia will stop servicing and accepting Mir cards, VTB Armenia reported. The VTB subsidiary itself will be an exception and will continue to work with Russian cards. Card operator Mir came under US sanctions in February Cards of the Russian payment system "Mir" will stop working in ATMs and POS terminals of most banks in Armenia from March 3......

Borrell expressed hope that the EU foreign ministers will agree on the use of income from the frozen assets of the Central Bank to help Kiev. Moscow warned of a response to any actions with the assets of Josep BorrellThe head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, expressed hope that on March 18, EU foreign ministers will reach an agreement on using profits from Russian assets frozen abroad to assi...

Russia again faces the question of preserving its achieved agricultural potential. It is known that the successful and sustainable functioning of the agro-industrial complex is determined, first of all, by state support for the industry, the basis of which was created in 2003. However, 2024 could be the year of change. Professor of the Department of General Agriculture and Agroecology, Faculty of ...

Western sanctions against Russia will always remain as long as the country pursues an “independent course,” said Maria Zakharova . The EU is now preparing the 14th package of anti-Russian sanctions Maria ZakharovaWestern sanctions against Russia will always remain as long as the country pursues an “independent course,” but the search for ways to minimize their consequences will continue. The offic...

Topic news Spring this year is actively pushing farmers to work in the field. It is especially important not to miss the moment for those farms whose lands, due to their characteristics, quickly lose moisture with the onset of positive temperatures. For example, for oats, which is an early spring crop, moist soil is a guarantee of future productivity. It is for this reason that the Berezinsky regi...

Moscow's Khoroshevsky District Court sentenced Alexey Zmanovsky, accused of murdering scientist Andrey Botikov, one of the creators of the Sputnik V vaccine, to 14 years in a maximum security penal colony. The press service of Moscow's courts of general jurisdiction reported this on their Telegram channel. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 1......