Искусственный интеллект

Europe is at risk of worsening drought, and both ordinary farmers and energy producers may face water shortages in the coming years, as water is also needed to cool nuclear power plants, writes FTMore and more European regions are facing drought and water scarcity, leading to reduced crop yields. The problem is exacerbated by abnormally hot temperatures, increased wildfires and bad policies, write...

Western countries' desire to maintain global hegemony has led to a severe crisis in Ukraine , Russian President Vladimir Putin stated while speaking via video link at a BRICS meeting. "First, with the help of Western countries, an unconstitutional coup d'état was carried out in this country, and then a war was unleashed against those people who did not agree with this coup d'état," he noted. The R...

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...

WHO Chief Scientist announced his intention to organize a mission to China to determine the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but only if the Chinese authorities are ready to share all the informationIt is more likely that COVID-19 is of natural origin than that it was created in a laboratory, World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Jeremy Farrar said in an interview with The Financial Times...

BMW and Audi, following Mercedes-Benz, disconnected Russian dealers from software, Izvestia found out. Maintenance history and item updates are no longer available to owners of vehicles of these brandsThe German automakers BMW and Audi, following Mercedes-Benz, have disconnected Russian dealers from software, Izvestia writes. Maintenance history and item updates are no longer available to owners o...

The fact that the FAS decided to check the validity of the prices of large market participants, RBC sources reported a week ago. The department said that two poultry producers were issued ordersThe Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) sent inquiries to the three largest poultry meat producers to verify the validity of their wholesale selling prices, as well as to animal feed manufacturers and repres...

About 1.4 million people became infected with coronavirus infection in the world between July 17 and August 13, and more than 2.3 thousand died. The number of infections increased by 63% compared to the previous 28 days, and the number of deaths decreased by 56%. This follows from data from the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the WHO fact sheet, the world recorded 1,422,538 cases of ...

The sanctions forced banks to defend their interests on outstanding loans and frozen assets in courts. Their main strategy is to seize the assets of foreigners in Russia. Why there are few such cases and what these courts give - in the material of RBCRussian banks in courts demanded that foreign banks and their structures return at least $ 35 million, follows from the data of the filing cabinet of...

The United States added companies from Russia, Kazakhstan and Slovakia to the sanctions list for links with the DPRK, which, according to Washington, are associated with a Slovak citizen who tried to mediate in the arms trade between Russia and the DPRK US Department of the Treasury buildingThe United States has added four legal entities and one person to the sanctions list associated with the DPR...

Switzerland has joined the 11th package of EU sanctions against Russia, follows from a statement released by the country's government. “The Federal Council has decided to impose additional sanctions against Russia. This links Switzerland with the EU , which has taken these latest measures as part of its 11th sanctions package,” the government said in a press release. On June 23, the European Union...

Boris Obnosov, his daughter and son-in-law, who, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, own several real estate properties and luxury cars in the country, fell under Czech sanctions . Boris ObnosovThe Czech Republic imposed sanctions against the general director of the Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation (KTRV) Boris Obnosov and members of his family - daughter Olga Zorikova and son-in-law...

США приступили к подготовке к новой пандемии и изучают новые мутации вирусов, заявил начальник войск радиационной, химической и биологической защиты ВС России генерал-лейтенант Игорь Кириллов. «Не исключаем применение Соединенными Штатами так называемых оборонительных технологий в наступательных целях, а также в целях глобального управления путем создания кризисных ситуаций биологического характер...

Индии нужно сделать еще многое, чтобы стать сверхдержавой, страна к этому стремится, заявил глава МИДа страны Джайшанкар. Премьер страны Нарендра Моди обещал, что экономика страны будет в числе ведущих в ближайшие пять лет Перед Индией все еще стоит множество вызовов, хотя многое было сделано за последние десять лет, сказал на встрече с журналистами в Нью-Дели 16 августа министр иностранных дел Су...

MegaFon reduced its stake in the Start video service to 45%. The operator, which entered this business in 2020, announced plans to invest 5 billion rubles in the company. The transaction took place against the background of the inclusion of MegaFon in the sanctions listMegaFon has reduced its stake in the Russian online movie theater Start from 5......

Boris Titov A 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 ...

Численность бездомных в США за год выросла на рекордные 11%, пишет WSJ. Опрошенные газетой эксперты связывают это с ростом стоимости жилья и прекращения «пандемийных субсидий» со стороны властей Количество бездомных в США за последний год выросло на рекордные 11%, в настоящее время к ним относятся 577 тыс. человек (около ......

Since the beginning of the conflict, the United States has provided Ukraine with $130 billion in military and financial assistance, presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. said . He also accused the authorities of sponsoring protests in Kiev in 2014. US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.US spending on aid to Ukraine has already amounted to $13......

«Волга-Днепр» уведомила канадские власти о необходимости вернуть «захваченный» самолет Ан-124, основываясь на соглашении между странами 34-летней давности. Но возникшая ситуация этим документом не предусмотрена, отметил эксперт Российская грузовая авиакомпания «Волга-Днепр» направила властям Канады официальное уведомление, в котором предложила урегулировать спор вокруг ареста самолета Ан-124-1.......

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...

In Russia, the EG.5 Eris variant of the coronavirus has not yet become widespread, but there are risks of complication of the epidemiological situation, Rospotrebnadzor reported.A new variant of the EG.5 'Eris' omicron coronavirus strain is rapidly spreading around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The EG.5 strain was registered on February 17th. Since then, “there has bee...

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...