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Before contracting the coronavirus, the Secretary of State did not meet with Biden in person for several days, the State Department said. Blinken has mild symptoms, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has tested positive for the coronavirus, State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a briefing. “Secretary Blinken has tested positive for COVID. The good news is that he was fully vaccinated...

The Malian authorities announced "flagrant violations" of the republic's sovereignty by the French military. Bamako broke the defense agreement with Paris, Mali is terminating its defense deal with France, government spokesman Colonel Abdoulae Maiga, who was prime minister in 2017, announced in a televised address. According to him, the Malian authorities “regret a serious deterioration” in relati...

Polish Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moscow said that Poland is ready to help other EU countries in the rejection of Russian energy.She called for the immediate abandonment of Russian oil Poland is ready to help other EU countries to abandon Russian energy, said the Polish Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskva, arriving at a meeting of EU ministers on energy issues in Brussels...

The German chancellor noted that, despite the economic costs for some EU countries,sanctions policy is necessary in the fight against Russia Olaf Scholz The European Union will stop importing Russian coal in the summer, and by the end of the year will refuse Russian oil. This was stated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an interview with The Indian Express. “We [the EU] will stop deliveries of R...

Photo: Eranga Jayawardena / AP Colombo, Sri Lanka. Members of the Front Socialist Party of Sri Lanka with a portrait of Vladimir Lenin Photo: Ahn Young-joon / AP Seoul, South Korea. Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Photo: Rolex Dela Pena / EPA / TASS Quezon City, Philippines.Russia. Supporters of the Communist Party at the rally Photo: Petros Karadjias / AP Nicosia, Cyprus. Memb...

Watch Drive My Car Director Yusuke is going to stage Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" for a theater festival in Hiroshima. The festival management hires a driver for him - a gloomy and silent Misaki. The widower Yuusuke soon becomes sympathetic to the girl, who also experienced the loss of a loved one. Get behind the wheel of my car is the main festival favorite of the season. The world premiere of the dra...

in a year The net profit of one of the largest vaccine manufacturers in China, Sinovac, grew 78 times in 2021 and reached about $14.5 billion, Bloomberg reports, citing the company's financial report. “Net profit at the end of 2021 amounted to $14.5 billion compared to $185.2 million a year earlier. Net profit increased mainly due to sales growth sales in 2......

JPMorgan Chase JPM $119.87 -2,41% Buy Morgan Stanley MS$80.88 -2,58% Buy Wells Fargo WFC$44.1 -1,41% Buy The Chinese insurance company Ping An insists on the division of HSBC into two companies - Western and Asian. It is reported by the Financial Times. HSBC's largest shareholder claims that an independent Asian business listed in Hong Kong will have higher profitability, lower capital requirement...

According to sources of the publication, this measure "divided the members of the bloc" and now there is an active discussion of the embargo. The newspaper notes The European Union is likely to approve a phased embargo on Russian oil as early as next week . This was reported by The New York Times with reference to unnamed European officials. The interlocutors of the publication noted that this mea...

The French authorities allocated 70,000 Ukrainians a state allowance in the amount of €426 per month ($449). This is reported by the newspaper Le Figaro, citing the French Office for Immigration and Integration. At the same time, the newspaper writes that most often this amount is not enough for refugees to provide for themselves, and it takes several weeks to get it. Military operation in Ukraine...

The EU ban on the supply of casings for sausages and frankfurters may lead to a reduction in the range of these products. Meat processors recognize dependence on imports, Russian producers of sausages and frankfurters may face difficulties due to the EU ban announced in early April on the supply of casings to Russia necessary for the production of these products, market participants told RBC. The ...

Russia became the third largest producer of turkey meat in the world after the United States and Germany and ranked second in Europe, producing 400,000 tons of turkey in all categories of farms in 2021, according to updated data from the consulting agency Agrifood Strategies. Over the past five years, Russian turkey breeders have risen in the ranking from seventh to third place in the world, almos...

Kyiv is negotiating with Western countries about the possibility of obtaining the frozen assets of Russia in order to spend them on the restoration of Ukraine,Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal Denys Shmyhal said Ukraine is in talks with the United States and other Western partners about the possible use of frozen Russian assets to rebuild the country, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in an i...

endedannounced the start of the second phase of the operation. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that negotiations with Ukraine are progressing "slowly" What events happened during the second month of the special operation On April 13, the Finnish government published a report on the changed security situation. It contained theses in favor of the country's entry into NATO. The Prime Ministers of...

In April, about 40% of Russian oil shipments by tankers were marked "destination unknown," the WSJ learned. According to the publication, we can talk about a well-established scheme for circumventing sanctions, Russia has increased oil supplies by tankers to Europe to 1.6 million barrels per day compared to 1.3 million barrels per day in March, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing TankerTracke...

The UK will no longer be able to import silver and high-quality products, including caviar.The British government expressed hope for "economic pain" due to the measures taken and the reduction in funding for the "war machine" The UK authorities will expand the list of goods prohibited for import from Russia, it will include silver, wood products and high-quality products, including caviar. This wa...

This is a preliminary estimate that includes only losses from destroyed infrastructure and buildings, the World Bank president said. Zelensky estimated damage at $550 billion, Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal allowed GDP to fall by 50% The damage suffered by Ukraine as a result of the Russian military operation, from damage to infrastructure and buildings, has reached $6......

The sanctions imposed against Russia were designed to minimize damage to the global economy. This is stated in a joint statement of the G7 countries (Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, France, Japan and the USA ), following a meeting of the heads of financial departments and central banks of the association. “We have designed our sanctions to be targeted in order to minimize harm to third coun...

Ankara said that it cannot become one until it understands what guarantees Kyiv wants to receive. Zelensky previously demanded a clause Turkey does not yet agree with Ukraine's demand to provide it with security guarantees on the model of Article 5 of the NATO treaty, said Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. First, you need to specify Kyiv's request, he explained in an interview with CNN Turk. “The...

French presidential candidate, chairman of the National Association Marine Le Pen called Russia's military actions in Ukraine unacceptable and supported sanctionsregarding the country during a televised debate with Emmanuel Macron.* Marine Le Pen Russia's military actions as part of a special operation in Ukraine are unacceptable, said French presidential candidate, chairman of the "National Assoc...

According to Macron, his country does not need Russian gas, but the EU is dependent on it. Earlier, the president said he could appoint a minister for energy planning, Europe depends on gas from Russia, but France does not need it, French President Emmanuel Macron said on France 5 TV channel. “We are working hard to buy it elsewhere. France does not need it,” said Macron (quoted from Le Pari.........

The EU, as part of the fifth round of sanctions, lifted an exception to the arms embargo relating to old contracts, Reuters learned. According to him, The European Union has finally closed the possibility of exporting weapons to Russia for its member states, citing diplomats and EU officials, Reuters reported. The European Union imposed an arms embargo in 2......

European Commission presented a preliminary legal analysis of the decree of President Vladimir Putin on payments for gas in rubles. They considered it a violation of EU restrictive measures against Russia The European Commission warned the EU countries that paying for gas in rubles, as required by Russia , would be a violation of sanctions, Bloomberg reports, citing a source familiar with the find...

On April 12, 1961, the first man, Yuri Gagarin, flew into space, on this date Cosmonautics Day is celebrated. Less than a month after the flight into space, 27-year-old Gagarin went on a tour abroad. He made his first trip outside the USSR to Czechoslovakia. For several years, residents and top officials of about 3......

Instead of producing our own dry whey, we have to simplify the import of someone else's. The EAEU countries have reached an agreement on a package of measures necessary to stabilize the collective economy of the Eurasian Economic Union, Vedomosti reports. The states agreed on a phased transition to settlements in national currencies, and also approved the zeroing of duties on 458 items. The total ...

According to the presidential envoy, all the logistics of returning the Morozov collection to Russia have already been worked out,however, problems may arise with the return of private exhibits due to EU sanctions Paintings from the collection of patrons Mikhail and Ivan Morozov may return from Paris for the May holidays. Mikhail Shvydkoi, Special Representative of the Russian President for Intern...

Finland The Hermitage paintings, which were detained by the Finnish customs service, returned to Russia, the museum's press service reported on Telegram. “Exhibits of the State Hermitage that participated in the exhibition “Grand Tour. A Dream of Italy from Venice to Pompeii”, organized by the Hermitage’s permanent partner, the Italian Galleries in Milan. Among them are the works of Antonio Canova...

In Europe, not only monetary assets were blocked, but also real estate and vehicles.Peskov called such actions of Western countries a "robbery" The countries of the European Union have frozen Russian assets in the amount of €29.5 billion, these are not only accounts, but also various property, according to a press release from the European Commission. “More than half of Member States have re.........

In 2021, Russian exports of agricultural products to Algeria increased by 2.3 times to $337 million. The physical volume of deliveries reached 535 thousand tons, which is 2.4 times more than in 2020. Thanks to such dynamics, last year the Republic entered the top 20 buyers of Russian food products. The basis of Russian agricultural exports to Algeria is fat and oil and grain products. Thus, in Jan...

Poland and the Baltic countries are in favor of increased pressure from NATO members on Russia, but France, Germany and Turkey oppose this, sources told the NYT.Earlier, the Prime Minister of Poland criticized Macron for the dialogue with Putin NATO countries are divided on their future policy towards Russia amid the conflict in Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic countries are calling for increased pr...