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Alexander Kulyabin In Novosibirsk, the former director of the Krasny Torch Drama Theater was detained, the regional prosecutor's office said. The detainee is suspected of embezzlement on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 160 of the Criminal Code). The maximum penalty is ten years in prison. The suspect's home was searched. The issue of choosing a preventive measure against him is being ...

The largest shareholder of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, spoke in an interview with RBC about the impact of Western sanctions on the company's business and on him personally,and also appreciated the idea to confiscate assets from foreigners and departed RussiansVladimir PotaninVladimir PotaninVladimir PotaninVladimir PotaninVladimir PotaninVladimir PotaninVladimir Potanin About work and life u...

The businessman spoke about the pressure due to the “propaganda machine of unfriendly countries” and praised the government for stimulating investmentVladimir Potanin The Russian economy has proven "surprisingly resilient" to sanctions, and much has changed, businessman Vladimir Potanin said in an interview with RBC television. “You can divide it, let's say so, into the productio...

At the end of 2022, Russia was unable to seize the leadership in the volume of crude oil supplies to China from Saudi Arabia. Although its annual shipments grew by 8%, In 2022, China imported 86.25 million tons of crude oil from Russia with a total customs value of about $58.4 billion (an increase of 8.3% in terms of physical volume by 2......

After the start of the Russian special operation, Western countries blocked over $ 300 billion of Russian reserves. US Department of Justice Task Force Leaderon the identification and arrest of Russian assets announced their quick transfer to Ukraine The US authorities intend to begin transferring part of the confiscated assets of Russia in favor of Ukraine in the near future, said Andrew Adams, h...

Ron Stanley Mark Russia has barred 31 New Zealand citizens from entering the country, including former Defense Minister Ron Stanley Mark, Ukraine's Honorary Consul in Auckland Oleksandr Kirichuk, and Maori Development Minister William Gunnin Ormsby. The list is published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. It also included employees of the New Zealand media: Dominion Post, New Zealand ...

An EU spokesman told the agency that EU member states will need to support the bloc's 2021-2027 budget once it is revised. Bloomberg notes, The European Union will have to ask member states to make new contributions to the bloc's budget due to the energy and financial crisis, as well as the consequences of the conflict in Ukraine, writes Bloomberg. “We need to replenish the EU budget in some sense...

withdrew from the Council of Europe in March last year, explaining this by "abuses" on the part of the EU and NATO states.Putin submitted to the Duma a draft on the termination of international treaties of the Council of Europe with respect to Russia President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma a draft law “On the termination of international treaties of the Council of Europe with re...

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam accepted the resignation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Most likely, its reason is the involvement of the former president in large-scale corruption scandals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nguyen Xuan PhucNguyen Xuan PhucNguyen Xuan Phuc Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned, the online publication VN Express reported on January 1...

The US Treasury has extended the release of medical and agricultural products from anti-Russian sanctions. The Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a corresponding new 6°C General License. According to it, “transactions related to Russia related to the production, sale, transportation or provision of agricultural goods, agricultural equipment, medicine, medical equipment...

Russia has successfully overcome all the risks it faced last year, President Vladimir Putin said in his closing remarks at a meeting on economic issues broadcast by the Rossiya 24 TV channel. “2022 was a very difficult year for us, and we managed to get through those risks that arose largely unexpectedly,” Putin said. He added that the Russian authorities “roughly understand” what risks there will...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation The Foreign Ministry, in response to the ninth package of EU restrictions on Russia, banned the entry of a number of officials, deputies and major military commercial structures of the EU. This is stated in the telegram channel of the department. The ban includes members of the leadership of the law enforcement agencies of the EU countries invo...

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg stressed that Western countries should maintain a dialogue with Russia, thinking about tomorrow The West needs to maintain a "sense of proportion" regarding sanctions against Russia, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said at a conference in Paris, reports Kronen Zeitung. “We must not cross the line, for example, by introducing a...

next 10 yearsand Europe. Demid Golikov, director of the ARB Pro company, The share of China in world GDP, according to the IMF, has grown from 4 to 18% from 1990 to 2022 and will continue to grow until it reaches about 25% (purchasing power parity). The share of the United States over the same 30 years has decreased from 2......

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 Foreign Ministry did not disclose the full list of 36 British subjects who are banned from entering Russia: Maria Zakharova said that "in London they understand who they are talking about." However, Moscow is ready to transfer this data, Russia has included British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley and Chief of Staff Patrick Sanders on the "stop list", Foreign Office spokeswoman Maria Zakharov...

,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...

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...

The Russian economy adapted to the sanctions better than the authorities and experts expected at the beginning of the crisis. Large-scale restrictions do not pass painlessly, but the economic collapse did not happen. RBC figured out A year ago, the Russian economy for the next three years predicted growth in GDP and investment, as well as exports and imports. At the end of February 2......

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,...

Anatoly Isachenko. January 2, Mogilev. Summing up the results of 2022, Anatoly Isachenko, Chairman of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee, noted that it has become difficult for the region's economy, but at the same time it has given everyone new opportunities. The governor told a BelTA correspondent about this. 2......

Due to the increase in the incidence of coronavirus in China, 14 countries have already decided to require tests from people arriving from China or have introduced other control measures, writes Reuters.US requires negative COVID-19 tests for all arrivals from China from January 5, Hong Kong or Macau, made no more than two days before departure. The measure applies to all passengers over the age o...

Klitschko noted that before the start of the Russian special operation, he insisted on strengthening civil defense, but the government argued that "everything will be fine." Also, according to him, The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said that before the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, he “drummed” for civil defense and called for preparations, but the “central government” did ...

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...

Klitschko noted that before the start of the Russian special operation, he insisted on strengthening civil defense, but the government argued that "everything will be fine." Also, according to him, The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said that before the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, he “drummed” for civil defense and called for preparations, but the “central government” did ...

plans to resume cross-border travel, Xi Jinping said in a conversation with Putin.Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed hope for the resumption of large-scale exchanges between the peoples of the two countries.Xi Jinping (on screen) andXi Jinping (on screen) andXi Jinping (on screen) andVladimir Putin China is ready to resume cross-border travel with Russia and other countries, Chinese l...

Russia is ready to start working on resuming passenger traffic with China when it receives an appeal from Chinese partners, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a comment. On the eve of the Chinese authorities issued a notice on the easing of restrictive measures introduced during the pandemic. Persons entering China do not need to go into quarantine from January 8 if they ...

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...

China's hospitals and funeral homes have faced heavy workloads since the authorities lifted tough anti-coronavirus restrictions, Reuters reported, citing local sources. Staff at a major hospital in southwest China's city of Chengdu, Sichuan province, said they were "extremely busy" caring for COVID-19 patients . The ambulance driver, who declined to be named, said he was the busiest in 3......

The very need for import substitution reduces the standard of living in the country, even if it is effective, a study by economists from the Bank of Russia showed. But the worse import substitution goes, Even with full and effective import substitution in a country that needs to replace foreign goods, living standards are declining due to the need to divert labor to import substitution and maintai...