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  • A shake-up of farmers, preparation for the VNS and an apple orchard in the small homeland. Details of the President's Week
    Alexander Lukashenko during a republican cleanup day Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting on rural development and increasing the efficiency of the agricultural sector Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting on the preparation of the first meeting of the VII All-Belarusian People's Assembly Alexander Lukashenko during a republican cleanup Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting on rural development a...
  • Seoul imposed sanctions against two companies from Russia for cooperation with the DPRK
    The companies and their representatives, according to Seoul, collaborated with the DPRK in violation of UN sanctions. The Kremlin has stated that there is no agreement on military cooperation with Pyongyang. Moscow vetoed a resolution on sanctions experts in MarchSouth Korea has imposed sanctions against two individuals and two legal entities from Russia, who, according to Seoul, cooperate with th...
  • The Russian economy's dependence on exports has reached its lowest level since the 1990s
    At the end of 2023, the share of exports in the structure of the Russian economy statistically turned out to be a record low since the mid-1990s - 23%. Against the backdrop of the sanctions confrontation, domestic demand is becoming more important, experts sayThe share of exports of goods and services in Russian GDP in 2......
  • Wine imports from EU countries fell by almost 40%
    After increasing duties on wine imports from unfriendly countries, supplies of still and sparkling wines from the EU to Russia fell by almost 40% and reached their lowest level in five years. Now importers are increasing imports from Georgia, Chile and South AfricaFrom August 1, 2023 to January 31, 2......
  • Norilsk Nickel reported that foreign banks have refused to work with the company.
    Despite the fact that Norilsk Nickel is not subject to sanctions , some foreign banks are refusing to work with it, said Vice President Anton Berlin . He cited integration into the value chain as Norilsk Nickel's main goal.Some foreign banks refuse to accept and transfer money for Norilsk Nickel products, he said in an interviewREUTERS vice president of the company Anton Berlin. After the article ...
  • Anti-coronavirus restrictions have been extended in St. Petersburg
    Restrictions introduced due to the spread of coronavirus will continue to apply in St. Petersburg until the end of 2024 , according to the resolution posted on the city government website. “Introduce the following changes to the St. Petersburg government decree of March 13, 2020 No. 121 “On measures to counter the spread of a new coronavirus infection in St. Petersburg”: in paragraph 2.1 of the de...
  • Who is Robert Kennedy Jr. and why is Biden afraid of him?
    Independent US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. chose the former wife of Google founder Nicole Shanahan as his number two. Why is Joe Biden so afraid of a representative of a famous political dynasty - in the RBC material Robert Kennedy Jr.On March 26, Robert Kennedy Jr., the nephew of the assassinated US President John F. Kennedy, announced that he had chosen a vice-presidential candidat...
  • The Ministry of Digital Development announced plans to limit the list of IT companies receiving benefits.
    The Ministry of Digital Development plans to impose a revenue threshold for IT companies eligible for corporate income tax benefits. This threshold could increase from 0% to 20% in 2025. The decision will be made after analyzing tax data for 2023.The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media plans to limit the list of IT companies eligible for profit tax breaks to a revenue th...
  • Instagram's "Chinese Answer" Makes Its First Profit
    The Xiaohongshu app has reported its first profit and become the fastest-growing social network in China, where foreign services are blocked. This was made possible by the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. However, there are no clear prospects for an IPO.Chinese video and photo sharing app Xiaohongshu reported a net profit of $5......
  • Israel is the first in the world to allow the sale of artificial beef
    The Israeli Ministry of Health has approved the sale of cultured meat based on beef, department press secretary Shira Solomon said in a telegram channel. “The Alternative Protein Pilot Program [...] is the first time in the world that a product has been approved that includes a cell culture derived from bovine cells rather than chicken cells,” Solomon said. He clarified that permission to sell art...
  • The owner of Pyaterochka explained cases of delay in chicken deliveries due to frost
    Chicken deliveries to some Russian regions were delayed due to bad weather, X5 Group reported. Earlier, residents of Yekaterinburg, Samara, and Chelyabinsk complained about the lack of chicken in the Pyaterochka and Perekrestok stores.In the first days of the New Year, in some regions of Russia there were delays in the supply of chilled poultry, including due to heavy snowfalls or frosts. RBC was ...
  • The Japanese will stop producing the popular antibiotic vilprafen in Russia
    The pharmaceutical company Astellas has decided to withdraw the antibiotic vilprafen from the Russian market. The Ministry of Health proposes to replace it with azithromycin, but patients may be resistant to the latter due to its use during the pandemicAn international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, Astellas, has decided to withdraw the antibiotics vilprafen and vilprafen solutab (...
  • In Ukraine, due to the ineffectiveness of antibiotics, infections have skyrocketed
    In Ukraine, the number of cases of infection with infectious diseases resistant to antibiotics has increased. The British newspaper The Telegraph writes about this with reference to a study by the Center for Public Health of Ukraine (MoPH). Experts analyzed data obtained from three regional hospitals in Ukraine. According to the study, 14% of 353 patients became ill while in a medical facility. Ab...
  • Miley secretly swore in the new government of Argentina
    Милей впервые в истории Аргентины принял присягу министров без присутствия прессы, сообщает La Nacion. Также он отменил указ прошлого президента и назначил свою сестру главой президентского секретариата Президент Аргентины Хавьер Милей, чья инаугурация прошла 10 декабря, «тайно» принял присягу у нового правительства, а также назначил свою сестру главой президентского секретариата, передает La Naci...
  • “Crisis regime” and “anti-Semitism” became words of the year in Germany
    The choice of words of the year in the German Language Society was explained by the ongoing crises around the world, as well as a new wave of anti-Semitism in Germany, which is happening “under the influence of Islamists”The word Krisenmodus (“crisis mode” or “crisis state”) has become the word of 2......
  • Arestovich called the “conditional Maidan” a solution to the contradictions in Ukraine
    Alexey ArestovichThe contradictions that have accumulated in Ukraine both during the hostilities and before the Russian military operation can be resolved with a “conditional Maidan,” said former adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich (listed in Russia as terrorists and extremists). “The amount of contradictions that have accumulated during the war and before it can on...
  • FT reports Scholz's legacy 'torn to shreds' due to €60bn hole
    Due to the withdrawal of €60 billion from the German budget, the German government’s spending plans for this and next years were “torn to shreds,” writes the FT, and Scholz’s system for combating the crisis “collapsed like a house of cards” Olaf ScholzThe system for combating economic crises, built by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, was “torn to shreds” due to the withdrawal of €6......
  • Путин после роста цен на курицу поручил увеличить ее продажу на рынке
    Президент России Владимир Путин поручил правительству увеличить объемы продажи мяса птицы на внутреннем рынке на фоне роста цен на этот тип продукции. Это следует из списка поручений главы государства по итогам совещания с членами правительства, которое проходило 25 октября. «Правительству России представить предложения по предоставлению дополнительных мер государственной поддержки, на......
  • Experts have ruled out a connection between the conflict in Ukraine and the persistence of infections
    The FT reported on a sick Ukrainian soldier with resistance to almost all antibiotics. Experts interviewed by RBC are confident that the increase in the incidence of such infections has nothing to do with the conflict, and advised against self-medicationAccording to WHO, the number of patients with antibiotic-resistant infections, which respond poorly or not at all to conventional antimicrobial dr...
  • FT experts linked the emergence of new infections with the conflict in Ukraine
    The number of antibiotic-resistant infections has been on the rise in Europe since at least 2014. In recent months, when wounded Ukrainians began to be evacuated to European countries, such cases have become more frequent.In European countries, against the backdrop of military operations in Ukraine , the number of infections resistant to antibiotics is growing, the Financial Times reports, citing ...
  • Titov compared the increase in the rate with the effect of a double dose of antibiotic
    Boris TitovA sharp increase in the key rate by the Central Bank is similar to a doctor's decision to prescribe antibiotics to a patient , but side effects are inevitable, business ombudsman Boris Titov said. “The Central Bank raised the key rate more than expected. Now 12%. Trying to crush the disease , the doctor hastily injected a double dose of an antibiotic, but any antibiotic has side effects...
  • The Ministry of Justice will check the business association of Europe for "foreign agency"
    The Association of European Businesses has been operating in Russia for almost 30 years and represents the interests of international companies in the country.The Ministry of Justice was asked to check it due to criticism by firms of the country's policies and membership fees from abroad. The Ministry of Justice is checking the Association of European Businesses (AEB) for compliance with the chara...
  • Europe has imposed an embargo on Russian oil products. What does it mean
    On February 5, an embargo on the supply of Russian oil products to the key market, the European Union, which accounted for more than 40% of sales, came into force. RBC figured out On Sunday, February 5, an embargo on the supply of Russian oil products (gasoline, diesel, kerosene, naphtha and fuel oil) to the European Union, which accounted for 42% of the total export of these raw materials from Ru...
  • How a 'Second Moon' Over Montana Derailed US Secretary of State's Visit to China US
    Secretary of Statepostponed a visit to China after the discovery of a Chinese balloon in US airspace. Washington made the decision, fearing accusations of softness, but Beijing will perceive it as cowardice, How a balloon disrupted Blinken and Xi talks in Beijing At the end of the week, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was expected in China, during the visit scheduled for February 5-6, he was...
  • For the first time, the United States will transfer confiscated Russian assets to the needs of Ukraine
    Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the transfer of assets confiscated from Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeev for the needs of Kyiv, we are talking about $ 5,4 millionBusinessman Konstantin MalofeevBusinessman Konstantin MalofeevBusinessman Konstantin Malofeev US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the transfer of the confiscated assets of a Russian businessman to the needs of ...
  • Vucic announced a forced decision to condemn the Russian military operation at the UN
    Serbia was forced to vote for a resolution condemning Russia's military operation in Ukraine at the UN General Assembly in order to remain on the international stage. This was stated by President Aleksandar Vučić at a special open meeting of parliament dedicated to the negotiation process between Belgrade and Pristina, the Serbian portal Politika reports. At the same time, he called on the opposit...
  • The Kremlin responded to Vucic's words about possible sanctions against Russia
    Alexander Vucic Russia highly appreciates Serbia's stance on sanctions and hopes that bilateral relations will develop "ascendingly," presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing, RBC correspondent reports. So he responded to a request to comment on the statement of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who admitted that Belgrade would still impose sanctions against Moscow, because it was...
  • Bloomberg learned about US pressure on Turkey and the UAE due to trade with Russia
    are concerned that Turkish exporters are supplying tens of millions of dollars worth of goods to Russia, which it can use in the military-industrial complex.Washington is also unhappy with the strengthening of financial ties between Moscow and Abu DhabiUS Treasury Building Washington has warned the Turkish and UAE authorities that their maintenance of economic and financial ties with Russia interf...
  • Boris Shcherbakov was hospitalized due to heart problems against the background of SARS
    Boris Shcherbakov Actor Boris Shcherbakov was taken to the Botkin hospital due to heart problems against the background of SARS. This was reported to RBC by his son Vasily Shcherbakov. “Yesterday, he [Boris] first ended up in intensive care for cardiology. He did all the tests - no coronavirus. Today he called and said in a rather cheerful voice that he was transferred to a hospital, his condition...
  • Economist поставил Россию между Венесуэлой и Гвинеей в индексе демократии
    The Economist puts Russia between Venezuela and Guinea in the 2022 Democracy Index Russiadropped 22 positions in The Economist's global democracy rankings. In countries that the compilers of the rating classified as authoritarian, Russia ranked 146th out of 167 in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU - analytical division of The Economist) global democracy index, calculated at the end of 2.........