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A tax moratorium should be introduced and the media should be allowed to advertise beer and prescription drugs, the Union of Journalists insists, pointing outthat these measures will allow "getting through difficult times" for most newsrooms To help the media amid sanctions and reduced advertising revenue, it is necessary to control the rise in communication costs and allow publications to adverti...

The decision to create an autonomous infrastructure for a "smart" home was announced at Sberbank against the background of problems with connecting new "smart" gadgets. They arose because SberDevices will create an infrastructure independent of foreign services for its smart home platform, according to the Sber website. This decision was announced in it amid problems with connecting new devices to...

Country leaders will discuss and agree on potential new restrictions. According to the agency, The leaders of the G7 countries (Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, France, Japan and the United States ) will discuss new sanctions against Russia on Sunday, May 8, writes Bloomberg, citing sources. According to one of them, during the online discussion, politicians will be able to agree and finaliz...

Checking the train derailment incident The Perm Transport Prosecutor's Office has completed checking the train derailment incident. According to the agency, the causes of the transport accident were a break in the rail at the insulating joint, caused by increased dynamic loads on the joint due to its unsatisfactory current maintenance, as well as untimely and poor-quality inspection of the track. ...

Reports of plans to sell up to a third of its fleet in Sovcomflot were called exaggerated. The company noted that they would sell only part of the "age" fleet and those vessels Sovcomflot, one of the world leaders in the field of sea tanker transportation, plans to sell part of the vessels, Anna Dubik, press secretary of Sovcomflot, told RBC. “Age tonnage is offered for sale on the market, as well...

The EU expects to abandon Russian oil within nine months, the introduction of a ban in a shorter period of time will negatively affect world prices, Gentiloni said. According to Bloomberg, The European Union intends to introduce a complete ban on oil from Russia after nine months, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Paolo Gentiloni told the newspaper Il Messagero. “Our proposal is to achiev...

Rosselkhozbank experts studied the sheep breeding market and identified the main trends in its development dynamics. The volume of production of small ruminants in 2021 amounted to 213 thousand tons in carcass weight. This is mainly mutton, the production of goat meat is insignificant. Mutton consumption is roughly equal to production. About 77 kg of meat per capita is consumed annually in the cou...

According to the department,due to sanctions, revenues to the budgets of Russian regions may decrease by 5–8% As a result of Western sanctions, the consolidated revenues of Russian regional budgets may decrease by 5–8% this year. This was reported to Vedomosti in the press service of the Accounts Chamber. According to the auditor Natalya Trunova, sanctions against Russia will affect the stability ...

At the same time, the head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry noted that President Putin achieved “opposite results” with his decisions,making NATO countries “more cohesive” Austria does not plan to pay for gas supplied by Russia in rubles. Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg stated this in an interview with Al Jazeera. “Our position is clear. We are committed to existing agreements [wi...

The main franchisee of KFC and Pizza Hut, AmRest, announced the suspension of activities in Russia in early March.Kommersant learned about an unsuccessful attempt to sell the business to VTB Capital due to Western sanctions The restaurant holding AmRest, founded in Poland, was unable to sell its Russian division, which manages 267 KFC and Pizza Hut establishments, to the VTB Capital investment fun...

the backdrop of sanctions decreased by five times, including drugs and cars, have fallen at times. Import of goods from Russia, on the contrary, increased, U.S. exports of goods to Russia in March 2022 fell nearly fivefold in value to $101.1 million, from $497.5 million in February 2022 and $476.3 million in March last year, according to the Bureau's foreign trade statistics. US census (Census Bur...

Restrictions by Russia and Belarus on the export of grain and sugar may affect the agricultural policy of the EAEU and encourage other countries of the Eurasian "five" to develop their own production and diversify suppliers The changes that are taking place in the world after the start of the military special operation in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed by Western countries against Russia in res...

According to the agency, the sanctions list has not yet been approved and may be agreed, presumablyMay 6 Alina Kabaeva The European Union intends to impose sanctions on the Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics Alina Kabaeva. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing sources and the relevant document at the disposal of the agency. The new package of sanctions may still undergo changes before the app...

According to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban,sanctions against Russian oil would require his country to "majorly modernize alternative infrastructure" Viktor Orban Hungary and the European Union as a whole are not ready to accept the sanctions proposed by the European Commission against Russian energy carriers "in their current format." This was reported by the Financial Times with reference to a d...

Cryptocurrencies under sanctions are ineffective for Russia due to the limited market and the use of payment tracking mechanisms on exchanges, according to Moody's.Russian business asked to allow crypto assets for foreign trade Cryptocurrencies will not be able to help Russia fight Western sanctions that restrict international financial transactions, according to the authors of a Moody's report re...

The publication claims that one of the world leaders in the maritime transportation of energy carriers sells tankers,to repay existing Western loans The Russian company Sovcomflot, which is one of the world leaders in the field of sea tanker transportation, plans to sell up to a third of its fleet in order to repay loans in Western banks under sanctions. This was reported by the British edition of...

The chancellor noted that only Ukraine can enter into negotiations with Russia on a peace agreement. The State Department previously allowed Sanctions against Russia can only be lifted after agreement with Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with Stern magazine. “We can and are going to lift our sanctions only in agreement with Ukraine. I think many in the Kremlin have not ...

Russian oilcompensates for the loss of the European market, while others suggestthat the losses will be more serious If the European Union bans the import of Russian oil, Moscow will have to redirect exports to the Asian market, writes the Financial Times, citing analysts. According to Craig Kennedy, Associate Specialist at the Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Davis of Harvard University, ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced the decision after meeting with the British prime minister in London, without naming those affected by the sanctions .individuals.Their assets in Japan will be frozen Japan will expand sanctions against Russia, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said after meeting with British counterpart Boris Johnson in London, Reuters reports. According to Kishida, the list will...

Bank of England building The Bank of England raised the base interest rate from 0.75 to 1% per annum, to a maximum in 13 years, according to the website of the regulator. This is the fourth consecutive rate increase since December 2021. The decision to raise it was made against the backdrop of rising inflation. In March, it rose in the UK by 7% compared to March last year, which is about 1 p.p. ab...

This year, a memorial procession in Alma-Ata will be held under the name "Let's bow to the heroes."Participants of the action were asked not to politicize the holiday and not to use this “holy day” for PR The procession of the "Immortal Regiment" in Alma-Ata will be held under a new name - "Batyrlarga Tagzym" ("Let's Bow to the Heroes"). This was announced at a briefing in the regional communicati...

Eva-Maria Liimets After the adoption of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, the European Union should start preparing the seventh package, said Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets, local ERR TV channel reports. “Now the European Union has demonstrated exceptional unity in adopting new sanctions. And now, when we are accepting the sixth sanctions package, it is very important tha...

Fumio Kishida Responsibility for the state of relations between Russia and Japan lies entirely with Moscow, and against this background, the decision to impose sanctions against Tokyo is “absolutely unacceptable,” said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. His words are quoted by NHK. “It was Russia that resorted to military means and caused this whole situation. And although the responsibility f...

On the morning of May 5, protests resumed in Yerevan, the participants of which demand the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, News.am reports. According to the news portal, the protesters blocked traffic in the Davitashen administrative district, as well as at the intersection of Kochar and Vagharshyan streets in the Arabkir administrative district and several roads in Nor Nor...

fuel priceswith sanctions imposed against Russian energy carriers, the Russian embassy said.The diplomatic mission urged the United States to redirect forces to solve their own problems International sanctions against Russia are counterproductive, with U.S. officials acknowledging that restrictive energy measures would lead to instability in the energy market and higher fuel prices, the Russian em...

Japan will not join the ban on the import of Russian oil, the government warned. Previously, oil was carried to Tokyofrom Russia together with liquefied gas to resources,for which it is difficult to find another supplier Japan will not ban the supply of Russian oil due to limited resources, but Tokyo supports the measures being introduced, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Koichi Ha...

More than 200 more civilians may be in the underground premises of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol, an unnamed representative of the headquarters of the operation to liberate the enterprise told RIA Novosti. “In the underground premises of the enterprise, the Azov Nazis (recognized as extremist in Russia and banned. -) can forcibly keep more than 2......

The Ministry of Finance proposed to exclude the wage fund from the formula used to distribute the income tax of companies with branches by region. The measure can benefit regions where production is located, The Ministry of Finance is preparing changes to the system of distribution of income tax by regions for companies with separate subdivisions (branches). This was reported to RBC in the press s...

US President Joe Biden will respect all travel and meetings of the Pope, including in the case of negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said during a briefing. The broadcast was on YouTube. “I did not discuss this issue with him, but I believe that he will respect the decision of the Pope to make any trips and events of his choice,” Psaki said (quote...

One of the journalists asked the White House press secretary about the possibility of imposing sanctions against Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'. She answered, No one can escape US sanctions, said White House press secretary Jen Psaki. One of the journalists asked her if it was possible that Washington would put Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' on the sanctions list. Earlier , the A...