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To overcome the protracted political crisis, the leading Bulgarian parties have agreed that their representatives will head the governmentaccording to the principle of rotation and in nine months Nikolay Denkov will be replaced by Maria GabrielTandem in BulgarianTandem in BulgarianTandem in BulgarianTandem in BulgarianTandem in Bulgarian Following the results of the fifth parliamentary elections i...

The architecture of the UN Security Council was intended to become a global defense system, but the Russian military operation and the coronavirus pandemic showed that the structure failed in its task,said the head of the organizationAntonio GuterresAntonio GuterresAntonio GuterresAntonio GuterresAntonio GuterresAntonio GuterresAntonio Guterres The UN Security Council and the Bretton Woods system ...

The introduction of the “Sustainable Tourism” program instead of the “covid security” programs does not imply the emergence of new restrictions for tourists, Dmitry Gorin, vice president of the Russian Union of Tourism Industry, told RBC. The introduction of a new tourism safety program after the lifting of restrictions in force during the COVID-19 pandemic was previously announced by the Presiden...

Doctors cited strong anti-vaccination propaganda as one of the main problems that contributed to the increase in the number of measles infections in Russia. These are the poll results Мощная пропаганда со стороны антипрививочников, по мнению трети опрошенных врачей (33,4%), является одной из основных проблем, способствовавших росту числа заражений корью в России. Также значительное влияние на рост...

Vector took measures “to suppress the revealed facts” of violations of the law on corruption, the Rospotrebnadzor reported.Earlier it became known about the dismissal of the CEO of this scientific center MaksyutovRinat Maksyutov The head of the Novosibirsk scientific center "Vector" Rinat Maksyutov was fired due to violations of the law on combating corruption and conflict of interest, according t...

The decision not to renew the grain deal could lead to a dangerous wave of migration from African countries to Europe. This was stated by Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister of Italy Antonio Tajani in an interview with il Messaggero. “This is a scenario that we do not want to consider, it concerns the lives of millions of people below the poverty line. There will be a crisis in Central Africa ...

What to expect from housing prices, why there are “no more” cross-border payments in dollars, and how sanctions divided banks into two groups. Key quotes from the conference “Banks. Transformation. Economy. 2.0" About housing prices Head of the Analytical Center, Managing Director of Dom.RF Mikhail Goldberg “After three years of fairly serious growth in housing prices, we see that in the first qua...

The ACRA rating agency has once again disclosed its assessment of the level of financial stress in Russia. The index, the publication of which was stopped at the peak of the crisis, is now in the low-risk zone. The Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) has restarted the financial stress index, the company said in a statement to RBC. ACRA has been calculating the value of the indicator since 2.......

The American IT company Cisco has written off more than ₽1 billion of MTS debt, presumably for the old supply of equipment. Cisco does not explain such a decision, In mid-February, MTS signed an additional debt relief agreement with one of the structures of the American Cisco Systems Inc. — Cisco Systems Finance International UC. This is stated in the MTS report filed by the US Securities and Exch...

The EU Delegation to Russia told RBC about catastrophic consequences if the grain deal is not extended. The Kremlin called the prospects for an agreement "gloomy", the Foreign Ministry said Brussels will regret if the grain deal is not extended, RBC was told at the EU Delegation to Russia. It was extended on March 17 for 6......

The floating mining and processing complex was to appear at the Novaya Zemlya deposit. However, the Finnish companies that participated in the project stopped cooperation with Rosatom. The first mining company (PGRK, a division of Rosatom holding) will not build a floating version of the mining and processing plant for the silver-containing lead-zinc Pavlovskoye deposit on Novaya Zemlya, Vedomosti...

Russian dating apps are ready to invest in development abroad, including opening offices there. They plan to focus on Russian expats, In 2023, the Mamba dating service plans to invest about $6.5 million in development in the markets of foreign countries, Andrey Bronetsky, CEO of the company, told RBC. We are talking about investments in marketing, clarified in Mamba: in a positive scenario, the am...

The increase in interest rates should not greatly affect the state of Russian banks, according to the Central Bank. It was he who became the catalyst for the fall of banks in the United States: their bond portfolios depreciated, In the event of a sharp increase in interest rates, the bond portfolio of Russian banks will undergo a negative revaluation, but this "will not have a significant impact [...

The international taxi service InDrive, against the backdrop of sanctions, transferred the ownership of a Russian legal entity to a Kazakhstani structure.A new team led by the company's former COO plans to relaunch under the INDELS brand The international taxi service InDrive (before rebranding in 2......

The loss of Alfa-Bank for 2022 amounted to ₽117.1 billion and became the largest for it in history. Incomes on the main items increased, but the freezing of assets and currency revaluation had a one-time effect, Alfa-Bank ended 2022 with a loss: its size under RAS amounted to 117.1 billion rubles, follows from the published statements of the credit institution. The last time the bank showed a nega...

Loyalty of Russian consumers to big Western brands began to fade amid announcements about leaving the Russian market, the head of retailer X5 Group believes.Buyers adapt to new assortment and local suppliers In 2022, the largest Russian retailer X5 Group (which manages the Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Chizhik retail chains), as well as other retailers, was forced to update its assortment amid the ...

Former Chinese Ambassadorin the EU called statements about "boundless friendship" between Moscow and Beijing a rhetorical device. Peskov responded by sayingVladimir Putin Bilateral contacts between the leaders of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, as well as the documents they signed, reflect the real level of relations between the two countries, and they should be guided by. This wa...

In January, the incidence of hepatitis, syphilis, HIV and other infectious diseases increased in Russia, follows from Rosstat data. Among the possible causes, experts call COVID, In Russia, in January 2023, the incidence of infectious diseases increased sharply, including socially significant diseases - HIV, tuberculosis and syphilis. This writes "Medvestnik" with reference to the data of Rosstat ...

In the first half of 2022, the share of users of banking applications decreased by only 0.2%. Banks were able to keep the audience despite the sanctions, but "drew themselves into a trap" thanks to good services, Sanctions by Western countries against Russian banks have not led to a sharp decrease in the availability of mobile banking for customers. Analysts of the consulting company Yakov and Par...

Rosbank, which changed ownership and fell under sanctionsin 2022, reported financial results for the first time since the crisis began. He managed not to lose The net profit of Rosbank under IFRS in 2022 amounted to 4.9 billion rubles, having decreased by 75% compared to the result of 2021 (19.6 billion rubles), follows from the message of the credit institution received by RBC. The group's net in...

The discussion was focused on the fact that billionaire Buffett can invest in the US regional banking sector,clarifies BloombergWarren Buffett Employees of the administration of US President Joe Biden held consultations with the founder of the financial holding Berkshire Hathaway, billionaire Warren Buffett regarding the banking crisis in the United States. It is reported by Reuters, citing a sour...

against 11 Russian banks, including Uralsib, Bank Saint Petersburg and MTS Bank.Now their apps are gone from Google Play Applications of several Russian banks that fell under sanctions have been removed from the Google Play app store. The applications of the banks St. Petersburg, Levoberezhny, Primorye and Uralsib became unavailable for download, the RBC correspondent was convinced. The TASS agenc...

After the collapse of the American SVB, Signature Bank and Silvergate Capital, Credit Suisse shares collapsed by a record 30.8%.Swiss regulators expressed readiness to provide the bank with liquidity if necessary Switzerland's central bank will provide the country's second-largest bank, Credit Suisse, with liquidity if needed, Reuters reports, citing a statement by financial regulator FINMA and th...

The Biden administration must find a buyer for the bankrupt SVB bank. The Treasury and the White House must also remove any regulatory hurdles to the immediate acquisition of the bank. США грозит кризис банковской системы, если администрации Джо Байдена не удастся спасти Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), пишет издание Axios. «Президенту Байдену угрожает катастрофический банковский кризис, если правительс...

announced a major package of sanctions against Russia on the anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine.New measures focus on preventing circumvention of existing restrictions and strengthening export controls On Friday, February 24, the United States and Great Britain announced new sanctions against Russia, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the start of a military special opera...

In 2022, meat consumption per capita hit a record - 79 kg per person. The record was provided, in particular, by cheaper pork - on average, a Russian ate more of it in a year, Meat consumption in Russia in 2022 increased by 2.3% compared to 2021 and reached a record high for at least the last ten years - 79 kg per person per year. This follows from the presentation of the National Union of Pig Bre...

Europe has learned to live without energy supplies from Russia, and underestimating such readiness for adaptation has become a serious miscalculation in Moscow. As a result, she "already lost the energy war," Russia has already lost the energy war with the European Union, as the Europeans quickly learned to do without Russian energy supplies. This was stated in an interview with the Financial Time...

The share of unfriendly countries in Russian exports of goods fell to 35% last year, while the share of friendly countries increased from 42 to 65%, according to the Ministry of Economic Development. One fifth of deliveries came to China Экспорт товаров из России по итогам января—ноября 2022 года достиг $538 млрд, что на 23,4% превысило экспортный объем в денежном выражении за одиннадцать месяцев ...

The COVID epidemic in Russia is intensifying, Rospotrebnadzor warned.Omicron strain genovariants still remain predominant in the country In Russia, the coronavirus epidemic is intensifying, the press service of Rospotrebnadzor reports. “The COVID-19 epidemiological process continues to be activated . In the fifth week of 2......

The European Union, which has imposed an embargo on the import of petroleum products from Russia and a price ceiling on them, has provided for two exceptions. The restrictions do not apply to products made from Russian oil abroad, The embargo on the supply of petroleum products from Russia and its price ceiling for third countries ($1......