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The report also says that in February 2023, consumer prices rose by 0.46% (in January - by 0.84%). Monthly price growth slowed to 0.26% from 0.43% in January. “A significant contribution to the decline was made by the normalization of the supply of greenhouse vegetables, which significantly reduced the growth rate of prices for fruits and vegetables,” analysts of the Central Bank noted. Annual inf...

Czech consumers have had to fork out 85% more to add an egg to the country's traditional Kulajda soup, while in Hungary prices have risen 80% since January 2022, the bloc's statistics agency said. German and Austrian egg lovers were luckier, with annual inflation rates of 18% and 19% respectively last year. As prices continue to rise, headline inflation in the 27-member bloc reached the highest le...

In January 2023, in relation to the level of a year ago, an increase in food prices of more than 25% is observed in 9 products, more than 10% in 71 products. It should be noted that inflation in the country for the year (if we compare February 2022 and February 2023), according to the inflation calculator on the level-inflation.rf website, amounted to 11.76%. Rising prices above the inflation rate...

President Vladimir PutinOn March 16, he took part in the congress of the RSPP. This is his first meeting with big business since February 2022. RBC collected the main statements On Thursday, March 16, a regular congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) was held with the participation of President Vladimir Putin. Prior to this, the head of state met with business on F...

Since the beginning of the year, consumer prices have risen by 1.32%. In March 2022, prices increased by 7.61%, since the beginning of the year they have increased by 9.95%. Foodstuffs For the period from March 7 to March 13, 2023, prices increased: for chicken eggs - by 1.0%, frozen fish, wheat flour and millet - by ......

Photo Unsplash March 16, Minsk. Annual inflation in Poland hit a record high since 1996 in February, amounting to 18.4%, radio RMF24 reports, citing data from the Central Statistical Office of the Republic. According to statistics, during the year food and non-alcoholic beverages rose by 24%, transport costs increased by 23.7%, and the cost of energy increased by 22.7%. It is noted that the "recor...

Annual inflation, according to Rosstat, slowed to 10.99% in February (analysts also expected a slowdown to 11.0%) from 11.77% at the end of January and 11.94% at the end of December. The core consumer price index, which excludes changes in prices for individual goods that are influenced by factors that are of an administrative and seasonal nature, in February 2......

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...

Under the new sanctions of Ukraine fell 120 individuals and 287 legal entities. Among the latter - "Sportloto", President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on sanctions against Russian betting companies and lotteries. The relevant document is posted on the website of the head of state. Restrictions were imposed on the operator of all-Russian state lotteries Sportloto LLC, First Interna...

In general, in 2022, 15.3 million Russians, or 10.5% of the population, had incomes below the poverty line. This is the lowest number of poor people since the early 1990s. In 2022, 15.3 million Russians, or 10.5% of the population, were below the poverty line in Russia, Rosstat reported. This is 0.7 million people, or ......

March 10, Minsk. The number of shoplifting in Poland has increased by more than 30% over the year, Rzeczpospolita reports, citing data from the Republic's Main Police Department. Thus, in 2022, the number of thefts in Polish stores increased by 31.1% year-on-year to more than 32.7 thousand cases.It is noted that a large number of thefts are associated with basic food products. Also, products such ...

In January 2023, in relation to the level of a year ago, an increase in food prices of more than 25% is observed in 9 products, more than 10% in 80 products. It should be noted that inflation in the country for the year (if we compare January 2022 and January 2023), according to the inflation calculator on the level-inflation.rf website, amounted to 12.86%. Price growth above the inflation rate is...

A year after the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian economy is in better shape than predicted in the first months of hostilities and sanctions. In 2023, the economy may return to growth, The economic growth Russian GDP fell by 2.1% in 2022, which is incomparable with the pessimistic expectations of last spring. Household spending fell by 1.8% at constant prices, while investmen...

A year after the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian economy is in better shape than predicted in the first months of hostilities and sanctions. In 2023, the economy may return to growth, The economic growth Russian GDP fell by 2.1% in 2022, which is incomparable with the pessimistic expectations of last spring. Household spending fell by 1.8% at constant prices, while investmen...

In part, the increase was due to the accelerated rise in the cost of fruits and vegetables. However, even without taking into account the main volatile components, the increase in prices (seasonally adjusted) was higher than in October-December 2022. The core consumer price index also increased over the month (seasonally adjusted to ......

In Munich, Western leaders unsuccessfully tried to convince the "global south" of the threat posed by Russia, writes FT. The newspaper notes Western leaders used the meeting of world elites in Munich to prove that the conflict in Ukraine poses a threat to the entire world community, and not just to Europe, writes the Financial Times (FT). Nevertheless, the countries of the "global south", which th...

The first groups of Chinese tourists in Russia are expected by the summer, but the mass tourist flow will reach pre-pandemic levels in two to three years at best. Why the return of tourists from Chinaimportant for the economy and what are the problems with it Russia and China have resumed an agreement on visa-free group tourist trips, suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic , follows from the respo...

by accusing Russia of crimes against humanitytrying to justify their own actions to foment the conflict in Ukraine, primarily the militarization of the country,said Ambassador AntonovRussian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov США пытаются оправдать свои действия по разжиганию кризиса на Украине, прежде всего милитаризацию киевского режима, за счет обвинений России в преступлениях прот...

The US will continue to work to weaken the Russian economy and take action to curb opportunities to circumvent sanctions. This will be announced in a speech on Tuesday by US Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyomo (the official's speech is at the disposal of CNN). “We still have work to do, and we will continue to step up efforts until Russia stops its baseless and illegal invasion,” Adeyomo said, noting...

Central and Southeast Asia are leading the rise in direct and indirect energy costs for private consumers, a study published in Nature Energy found.Latin Americans hit the hardest by the crisis The global energy crisis, which began amid the conflict in Ukraine, has raised the cost of living around the world, potentially pushing between 74 million and 141 million people into extreme poverty, accord...

Didier Reinders The European Commission (EC) has frozen Russian assets in Europe in the amount of €21.5 billion, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said, Interfax Ukraine reports. “We had the opportunity to freeze €21.5 billion of assets of Russian oligarchs and organizations included in the sanctions list,” Reynders said. He noted that the European Commission will continue to work ...

Alan Esteves Sanctions against Russia and export restrictions imposed because of the military operation in Ukraine will not take effect immediately, but over time, said Alan Esteves, deputy secretary of commerce for industry and security. “This is not a guillotine,” he explained (quoted by Reuters). Export controls are phasing out supplies that Russia could use "to rebuild its war machine," the of...

Ingka Group began searching for a buyer for more than 2 million sq. m. m of real estate in Russia, including Mega shopping centers and IKEA store areas. The Swedish Ingka Group, which owns the IKEA chain of furniture and household goods stores and Mega shopping centers, has begun looking for buyers for its real estate in Russia. This was told to RBC by a source in the retail market, two sources in...

The EU considered the possibility of imposing sanctionsagainst individual employees of Rosatom, and not the entire state corporation, in order to circumvent a possible veto by Hungary,but abandoned this idea The European Commission will not include restrictions on the country's nuclear industry and its participants in the new package of sanctions against Russia, Politico reports citing three diplo...

Imports of Russian oil to EU countries have already decreased by 90%, EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said on her Twitter (the social network was blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office). “Thanks to our collective efforts and in solidarity with Ukraine, the European Union stopped importing coal from Russia, eliminated imports of Russian oil by 9......

Victoria Nuland The United States and its G7 partners (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Great Britain) will present a “new large package of sanctions” on the anniversary of the start of a special military operation in Ukraine, the restrictions will affect the supply of technology and high-tech equipment. This was stated by US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland during a telephone brief...

The list may also include flush cisterns, LEDs,bricks and tires The EU, as part of the tenth package of anti-Russian sanctions, may ban the export to Russia of “bidets, toilet bowls, flush cisterns and similar sanitary products,” EUobserver reports, citing draft documents. The main goal of the trade embargo is to stop the sale of high-tech goods that can be used in Russian weapons syst...

suspends investigation into the origin of coronaviruscooperate with the organization's experts The World Health Organization (WHO) has postponed the second phase of its investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus due to difficulties in conducting research in China, according to the journal Nature. The first stage was held in January 2......

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...

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