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Despite all the talk about import substitution, Russian manufacturing is still reeling from the currency crisis. And keeping food prices down amid the ruble's depreciation is no easy task. The euro broke the 100 mark back in July. And virtually all equipment at domestic plants is foreign-made, said Sergei Yushin, head of the executive committee of the National Meat Association: "There's practicall...

Almost $7 billion worth of Iran's frozen assets in South Korea have been unlocked, Iranian Central Bank Governor Mohammad Reza Farzin said on Twitter. Iranian won assets were frozen in South Korean banks in the late 1990s. “Over the years, due to the depreciation of the won against the dollar, almost $1 billion of them have experienced a decrease in parity value,” Farzin said. The unlocked funds w...

After suffering a coronavirus, people may change the color of their legs, experts interviewed by RBC said. Scientists from the British University of Leeds published a study in the Lancet, which talks about the consequences of a long COVID-19 - various medium and long-term consequences due to the coronavirus. The article deals with a 3......

The yacht, believed to be connected with Usmanov, was "frozen" in Hamburg last spring. The businessman considers searches on it a violation of the right to inviolability of the home. Also in Germany there were raids on the villas where Usmanov could live Yacht "Dilbar"The founder of the USM holding, Alisher Usmanov (his fortune, according to Forbes , is $ 14.4 billion), filed a lawsuit with the Ge...

The United States failed to bring down the Russian economy, said Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov. The message was published in the telegram channel of the embassy. Antonov called the sanctions against the founders of Alfa Group and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) an attempt by the US authorities to "smooth the growing criticism here about the failure o...

Among those faced with blocking is the NTechLab company, which recently fell under EU sanctions , a source told RBC. The interlocutor in Google at the same time claims that there have been no changes in access to services in Russia recently Google has begun blocking corporate Workspace services, including mail, cloud storage and others, by Russian companies that are under US sanctions , Kommersant...

In the second quarter, Alfa-Bank's non-credit loss expenses nearly quadrupled. The organization explained this, in particular, by reserving blocked assetsThe largest private player in the Russian market, Alfa-Bank, faced a reduction in net profit in the second quarter of 2023, follows from its RAS financials. According to the results of the first half of the year, the financial result of the credi...

China's economic growth in the second quarter slowed to 0.8% after 2.2% in the first, but in annual terms, the figure rose. In July, China recorded deflation for the first time in a yearChina is a "ticking time bomb" due to its economic problems, said US President Joe Biden , noting that Beijing is in trouble due to weak growth. “They have some problems. It's not good because when bad people get i...

A group of 23 tourists from the Chinese city of Xi'an arrived in Moscow under an agreement on a group visa-free exchange, according to a statement on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development. “I am sure that as early as next week, Russian groups will also be able to travel to China as part of the group visa-free mechanism. We received confirmation from the Chinese side that they are rea...

The Canadian authorities have expanded sanctions against Belarus and added nine individuals and seven legal entities to the sanctions list. This was reported on the website of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The sanctions list includes: Chairman of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (Belteleradiocompany) Ivan Eismont; Oleg Karazey, Head of the Prev...

In Russia, the rise in meat prices is due to a seasonal factor, and their decline is expected at the end of August, said Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev. “Given the increase in production, I think that in the near future we will see a decrease in prices. I think that this will happen in late August - early September, and prices will stabilize," he said. The Ministry of Agriculture did not...

Сообщения о несоблюдении Киргизией санкций против России — это попытки оказания давления на Бишкек, заявил Жапаров, комментируя письмо на свое имя от сенатора США. Он подчеркнул, что Киргизия сохраняет нейтралитет Садыр Жапаров Заявления о несоблюдении Киргизией санкций против России являются попытками оказания давления на Бишкек, заявил президент республики Садыр Жапаров, комментируя агентству «К...

С января по май этого года столичные предприятия изготовили мясной продукции на 26,9 процента больше, чем за аналогичный период 2022-го. Об этом сообщил заместитель Мэра Москвы по вопросам экономической политики и имущественно-земельных отношений Владимир Ефимов. «Объем переработки и консервирования мяса и мясной продукции на московских предприятиях в мае 2......

The UAE pursues an independent foreign policy; in Abu Dhabi, they made it clear that they would not let themselves be persuaded to either side in the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, did not break off relations with Russia and did not refuse military ties with China, writes NYT Views of DubaiThe United Arab Emirates was ahead of other countries in the Middle East in pursuing a more independent fo...

Former counterintelligence officer Charles McGonigal has previously pleaded not guilty to circumventing sanctions and working for Oleg Deripaska, but may soon "wish to change his statement," the court said. Businessman considers sanctions illegal Charles McGonigalThe former head of counterintelligence of the New York office of the FBI, Charles McGonigal, is ready to plead guilty in connection with...

Medical products based on artificial intelligence (AI) will appear in all regions of Russia by the end of the year, and now, by the middle of the year, medical products using AI have been contracted for 500 million rubles. This was announced in mid-July during the plenary session of the State Duma by Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko . Artificial Intelligence is a federal project that ha...

How the program works, which at one time contributed to the rapid entry into the market of the world's first vaccine against COVID-19 , and what opportunities it gives market participants - in the material of RBCMoscow has created a large-scale ecosystem for conducting clinical drug trials. Its development will speed up the introduction of innovative drugs to the Russian market and provide them to...

After the collapse in 2022, the export of Russian pipeline gas this year may decrease further - by 1.5 times, to 80 billion cubic meters. m, predicts "Yakov and Partners". Sales may not reach pre-crisis levels even by 2030Against the backdrop of international sanctions and Gazprom's demands for Europeans to switch to payments in rubles in 2......

Prior to the start of the COVID pandemic , Xi Jinping made an average of 14 foreign trips a year. In 2022, after a break, he visited five countries and spent 13 days abroad. In the first half of 2023, the figure fell to two days Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin In 2023, Chinese leader Xi Jinping spent only two days outside his country, according to Bloomberg , which analyzed government records of his...

The law also regulates the list of organizations that are subject to the regime of restrictions in the form of special economic measures, and also expands the powers of the Central Bank against non-credit financial organizations that violate this law . Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the blocking of funds and property of legal entities controlled by foreign organizations and forei...

Armen BenyanThe head of the Ministry of Health of the Samara region, Armen Benyan, denied the information about his detention, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the regional government. The minister said he was at work. “Yesterday, August 3, I was summoned to the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs for questioning about a statement received by law enforcement agencie...

Он отметил, что в 2022 году во всех сельскохозяйственных предприятиях страны выпустили 6,5 млн тонн птицы, что почти на 5% больше, чем годом ранее. В текущем году также сохраняется положительная динамика, по данным Минсельхоза. «Себестоимость мяса птицы растет из-за удорожания компонентов кормовых добавок, например, соевого шрота, а также оборудования и расходников. В итоге производители вынуждены...

African leaders noted the progress made in their meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on issues related to children's rights in the war zone and prisoner exchanges between Russia and Ukraine. This is stated in a joint statement following the summit between Russia and representatives of the African Peace Initiative, which was published on the Kremlin website. According to African heads of ...

Russia has emerged from the crisis, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said at the Territory of Meanings forum. His words are quoted by the telegram channel “New Media Workshop”. “We have come out of the crisis, and we have prospects for a fairly rapid development by today's standards. It's unique. This is yet to be studied by you, how it happened and where such forces ca...

Niger became the fourth of the Sahel Five countries where the military seized power. How the region turned out to be the main zone of instability in Africa and what it threatens, RBC figured out Niamey, NigerHow West Africa became a region of upheaval Niger has become the fourth country in the Sahel region to face an attempted coup since 2......

The agency downgraded the country's long-term foreign and local currency issuer ratings by two notches - from B3 to Caa2 - with the possibility of further deteriorationThe international rating agency Moody's has downgraded the long-term issuer ratings of the government of Niger in foreign and national currency by two steps - from B3 to Caa2 - with the possibility of further deterioration, the agen...

Безвизововый режим для туристических групп между Россией и Китаем запустился с 1 августа, сообщило МЭР. Но полноценно механизм заработает не раньше сентября, а запуск безвиза в августе больше выгоден Китаю, считают эксперты Безвизовый режим для групповых туристических поездок между Россией и Китаем возобновил работу с 1 августа, сообщили в пресс-службе Минэкономразвития. Поехать в соседнюю страну ...

Aeroflot received RUB 81.68 billion in the first half of 2023. loss against 80.7 billion rubles. net income a year earlier. The company explained this with paper write-offs due to the new accounting standard for aircraft leases. Aeroflot airline received RUB 81.68 billion in the first half of 2023. net loss. A year earlier, the company had 8......

Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar's military authorities have pardoned prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's 78-year-old ex-secretary of state, on five of 19 counts and reduced her sentence by six years, General Zhou Tong, spokesman for the state administrative council, told Eleven Media Group. The term of ousted Myanmar President Win Myint was also reduced by four years. These steps were part of an amn...

According to EMISS Rosstat, in June, the average retail price of chilled and frozen broiler carcasses reached 193.48 rubles per kilogram (+6.8% per month), breaking the previous historical record in April 2022 (190.85 rubles per kilogram). Chicken is still getting more expensive: on the 29th week (July 17–23), 2......