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Russia does not depend on the supply of foreign test systems for detecting coronavirus and other diseases, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said, RIA Novosti reports. “The domestic industry is developing very actively, and, in fact, we are independent of the arrival of foreign test systems on the territory of the Russian Federation for the diagnosis of COVID-19 and a number of other diseases,” Mur...

- 19 Rospotrebnadzor has canceled the standard for conducting at least 300 weekly tests for COVID-19 per 100 thousand of the population, follows from the decision of the chief sanitary doctor Anna Popova, which is posted on the legal information portal. Amendments were made to the resolution "On additional measures to reduce the risks of the spread of COVID-19 during the seasonal rise in the incid...

The sanctions policy of the European Commission during the crisis period is causing a “culture shock”, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, mfor.hu reports. “There is a culture shock associated with the Germans. I grew up thinking that the Germans are a very calculating people. And now we see what they are doing, because the German president [Ursula von der Leyen] is in the European Commission,” Orba...

The EU could introduce a new package of sanctions against Russia as early as February 24, sources told Reuters. According to them, Poland and Lithuania insisted on the inclusion of the Russian nuclear sector in it, Poland and Lithuania intend to seek from the EU the expansion of anti-Russian sanctions, including by including Russia's nuclear sector in the tenth package. This was reported to Reuter...

The vast majority (97%) of the Hungarians who participated in the national consultation opposed EU sanctions against Russia that harm Europeans. Sanctions policy needs to be revised, Almost all Hungarians (97%) who participated in the national consultation spoke out against EU sanctions against Russia, said the representative of the Hungarian government, Alexandra Sentkiraji. The broadcast was con...

Georgieva has repeatedly spoken about the risk of a global recession in 2023. Now, she said, if Chinawill continue to ease anti-COVID restrictions, and the conflict in Ukraine “will not get worse”,recession can be avoided Global economic growth will start to recover at the end of 2023, and the world is likely to avoid a global recession. This was stated by the director of the International Monetar...

Dozens of hybrids of the omicron-strain of coronavirus are circulating in Russia, which are not similar to this variant, the director of the Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after V.I. N. F. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg. “The diversity that is now present and surrounds us is already dozens of different strains that cause a similar disease with a coronavirus infection. The types of the...

A new version of the coronavirus called "kraken" is actively spreading in the United States, in a few weeks its share increased there from 4 to 40%. The new mutation has every chance of becoming dominant in Europe as well, A new subtype of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus called “kraken” (XBB.1.5) has every chance to displace the “omicron” that is now dominant in Europe, Politico reports. Now this substitut...

A new variant of the coronavirus called "kraken" has not been found in Russia. This was stated in Rospotrebnadzor, reports TASS. “As of January 6, 2023, the omicron sub-variant XBB.1.5 Kraken has not been identified in the Russian Federation,” the ministry said in a statement. The press service noted that, according to the World Health Organization, there are no signs that the new sub-variant of t...

,and Turkey is the main transit hub Sanctions by so-called unfriendly states against Russia, counter-sanctions by Moscow and the voluntary suspension or reduction of trade by Western companies with Russia have led to a fundamental restructuring of domestic foreign trade in 2022, and this process is ongoing. Russia started the year with about 55% of exports and imports of goods and services tied to...

Before the 20th Congress of the CCP, Xi Jinping sought to eliminate any threats to his authority, but after his re-election, he was "inundated" with signals that his zero-COVID policy was becoming a source of instability.writes WSJ China does not provide complete information on the number of hospitalizations and deaths from coronavirus, said Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Org...

Former Prime Minister of Belgium (1999-2008), MEP Guy Verhofstadt considered EU sanctions against Russia ineffective. “Nine packages of sanctions, and the effect is less than zero,” he wrote on Twitter, attaching to the post a table of trade indicators between Russia and EU countries published by Politico. According to Verhofstadt, the sanctions only benefited Russia, as trade with almost all Euro...

Former Prime Minister of Belgium (1999-2008), Member of the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt considered EU sanctions against Russia ineffective. “Nine packages of sanctions, and the effect is less than zero,” he wrote on Twitter, attaching to the post a table of trade indicators between Russia and EU countries published by Politico. According to Verhofstadt, the sanctions only benefited Russia,...

In Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other cities in Chinacrematoria are overcrowded, relatives of patients who died from coronavirus are forced to stand in long lines, the agency found out.Authorities deny large-scale spread of infection A sharp increase in the number of cases of coronavirus in China has led to overcrowding of crematoria across the country, Bloomberg writes based on a survey of eye...

European Commissioner Stella Kyriakides has offered assistance to China, including free COVID vaccines to fight the outbreak. The FT writes that there is an excess supply of these drugs in the EU. The European Union has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to China to help contain the outbreak after the lifting of most measures to combat the pandemic, according to the Financial Times (FT), citing repres...

In the coming year, the three largest world economies: USA , Chinaand the EU will slow down, and this will happen at the same time. The coming year will be harder than the last. For much of the global economy, the new year 2023 will be tough, as the main engines of global growth - the US, Europe and China - will face slower growth and weakening economic activity. This opinion was expressed by the ...

introduced a ban on the purchase of gas by Gazprom from a joint venture with the German Wintershall Dea and the Austrian OMVin response to the restrictive measures of Western countries The government has set limits on gas prices above which Gazprom is prohibited from buying gas from joint ventures with Germany's Wintershall Dea and Austria's OMV. The corresponding decision was published on the por...

2023and Erdogan's victory in the presidential election.Last year, only 5 forecasts from the FT did not come true In 2023, the EU countries can expect rolling blackouts, the conflict in Ukraine will continue, and Joe Biden will again run for president of the United States , according to the annual forecast from the authors of the Financial Times (FT). The newspaper recalls that of the predictions f...

France and Britain began to demand a test for COVID from arriving from Chinain China and fears of a new outbreak of infection Airline passengers arriving in France, Spain and the UK from China will be required to test negative for COVID-19, Bloomberg reported, citing a statement from European regulators. According to the agency, the EU countries are afraid of the decision of the Chinese authoritie...

In their annual forecast, the authors of the FT suggested the continuation of the conflict in Ukraine, the energy crisis in Europe, the recovery of the Chinese economyand Erdogan's victory in the presidential election.Last year, only 5 forecasts from the FT did not come true In 2023, the EU countries can expect rolling blackouts, the conflict in Ukraine will continue, and Joe Biden will again run ...

first time in nine years, China's foreign minister has been replaced. The new minister is considered a close aide to Xi Jinping and a supporter of hawkish politics, but before his appointment he called for the peaceful coexistence of the United States.and ChinaQin GangQin GangQin Gang Qin Gang, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, has become China 's new foreign minister , Chinese televisi...

The combination of meat, mushrooms, mayonnaise, as well as sweet drinks and alcohol, traditional for the New Year's table, puts a lot of stress on the digestive system, nutritionists interviewed by RBC warned. Especially careful should be people with chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, atherosclerosis and diabetes. “Salads often include meat, such as chicken or beef, mushrooms, and egg...

Russian billionaires have lost another $46.6 billion in the ten months since the end of February, and the world's 500 richest people as a whole have lost almost $1.4 trillion in a year. Forbes wrote, Russian billionaires have lost more than $93 billion since the end of February, half of the amount ($46.6 billion) they lost on February 24, the rest ($47 billion) in the following months, writes Bloo...

The purchase of SMP Bank, which specializes in corporate lending, by the defense Promsvyazbank may be announced before the end of the year,RBC sources say Promsvyazbank (PSB), a backbone for the Russian defense sector, has agreed to buy SMP Bank, whose main shareholders are Arkady and Boris Rotenberg. RBC was told about this by an interlocutor close to one of the parties to the transaction. The in...

events and the new reality of this year were commented on by many. Check if you remember well who called the dollar a drug and who compared the sanctionsWho said it: Musk or Lukashenka? Guess who owns the phrases This was said in mid-February by the late head of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Makei, noting that the country's authorities would not allow her to be treated "without respect....

EuroChem founder Melnichenko flew to South Africa to convince local politicians to lobby for the lifting of sanctions that prevent the export of fertilizers from Russia, Bloomberg learned.Melnichenko under sanctions since MarchAndrey MelnichenkoAndrey MelnichenkoAndrey MelnichenkoAndrey MelnichenkoAndrey Melnichenko Russian businessman and founder of EuroChem Andrey Melnichenko (Forbes estimates h...

In Russia, for the second week in a row, there has been a decrease in the incidence of COVID-19 . This was stated by the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel. “We have been declining for the second week, this week minus 7.3% compared to the previous one, so we are going down,” Popova said. At the same time, she urged not to relax and not to think that "...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the Russians with traditional New Year greetings, no changes in the format are planned, press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing, RIA Novosti reports. “No, no changes are planned,” Peskov answered the question of whether it is planned to change the “interior” of the address, which is traditionally recorded against the backd...

The ban on oil supplies to countries using the price ceiling will be effective from February 1, 2023, the date for oil products will be determined by the government.Authorities should develop a mechanism to monitor such shipments The official portal of legal information has published a decree by President Vladimir Putin on retaliatory measures to the ceiling mechanism for Russian oil prices introd...

Andrey Belousov Now withdrawing money from Russia is the riskiest way to invest, business agrees with this. This was stated by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel. “I meet quite a lot with big business, now there is a complete understanding that there is nowhere to withdraw money and it is very dangerous. The most risky type of investment that exists ...