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Despite sanctions , 25 new Russian companies have connected to the SWIFT system since February 2022, according to BCS's vice president. However, none of the previously disconnected organizations have been able to restore access.Since February 2022, not a single Russian organization disconnected from SWIFT has been able to regain access to the system, while 25 new companies have joined it, said a m...

The leader of the Belarusian dairy industry became the winner in the nomination "Company of the Year - Developer of Software and Hardware Complexes" at the competition "Leaders of the Digital Economy - 2024". Today, Savushkin is not only the largest Belarusian producer of natural dairy products, but also a recognized expert in the field of developing digital solutions for the processing industry: ...

In the face of competition for talent, businesses are forced to supplement wage increases by compensating mortgages, issuing interest-free loans, and paying for vacations for employees' children, the Central Bank noted. But some have switched to a six-day week.Amid a labor shortage, wage indexation doesn't always help attract and retain workers, so Russian employers are actively implementing addit...

Topic news Information hygiene is on the agenda. Many organizations and institutions of various profiles, and industrial enterprises in all corners of the country held unified information days. Authoritative speakers reminded Belarusians how to learn to critically analyze data, what tools and methods will help distinguish truth from fake, and what to do to protect themselves from the unenviable fa...

Mass protests continue in Nigeria, turning into riots. In several places, demonstrators carried Russian flags. The Russian embassy said that Moscow had nothing to do with it. Read more in the RBC article What Nigerians are protesting againstThe protests in Nigeria, which began on August 1, have been going on for more than a week. They are being led by activists from the Take IT Back movement, who ...

At leading universities, enrollment has increased for both free and paid education, and tuition fees are also rising. What are the features of the 2024 admissions campaign? - in the RBC material. Leading universities have increased their enrollment on the budget.This year, Russian universities are ready to accept the largest number of applicants in recent years for study at the expense of the budg...

The US has significantly expanded sanctions against RUSSIA, with new restrictions affecting financial infrastructure, cloud services, information technology, and LNG projects. The Kremlin calls the restrictions illegal.On June 12, the United States expanded sanctions against Russia, introducing more than 3......

The ban included IT consulting services and design services. An exception will be made for companies that are owned or controlled by a US citizen. The United States, as part of the next round of expansion of anti-Russian sanctions, has banned the provision of a number of services to RUSSIA in the field of information technology, the Ministry of Finance reports . According to the decree that the de...

The United States has added about 300 legal entities and individuals from RUSSIA, Belarus, CHINA and other countries to the sanctions lists. The Foreign Ministry promised that “aggressive actions will not go unanswered”The United States has expanded its sanctions lists against Russia, including dozens of individuals and hundreds of legal entities, according to the website of the American Ministry ...

June 6, MINSK . At the initiative of the Global Compact Network in Belarus, an alley of 24 spherical maples appeared in the Minsk Central Botanical Garden. The event, dedicated to World Environment Day, was attended by more than 300 employees of 24 companies of various forms of ownership and fields of activity, as well as about 9......

Alexey Bogdanov April 30, MINSK . Belarusian enterprises are ready to supply MEAT products to Egypt . The Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade Alexey Bogdanov spoke about this during the visit of a government delegation to Egypt, BELTA correspondent reports. A government delegation led by Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko visits Egypt. “The main task during this visit is to intensify those...

Kirill Kuznetsov, a student at the Institute of Economics and Management of the Agro-Industrial Complex, is developing a software module for monitoring sanitary gaps at pig farms and integrating it with an access control and management system under the supervision of Marina Stepantsevich. This project will help improve biosecurity at pig farms, reduce the risk of African swine fever outbreaks, aut...

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...

Rosmorport won several ships from the Dutch Damen under contracts for the construction of seven tugs. In 2022, Damen refused to fulfill orders for RUSSIA, and in 2023 it itself sued the Dutch authoritiesWhat was built for Rosmorport In 2020–2021, FSUE Rosmorport ordered seven Arc4 ice class tugs from the Dutch shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Gorinchem BV. The orders were due to be completed i...

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......

Scholz pointed out that the EU's use of proceeds from Russia's frozen assets for military assistance to Ukraine is a legal step, and a legal framework has already been created for this. RUSSIA warned of symmetrical response to asset divestmentUsing proceeds from Russian assets frozen in Europe to purchase weapons for Ukraine is a legal step, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a press conference...

The EU added 33 Russians to its sanctions list, whom it considered involved in Navalny’s death. The list includes the HEAD of penal colony No. 3 and his deputies, heads of departments of the Ministry of Justice, judges, etc. RUSSIA assesses Western sanctions as illegalThe European Union imposed sanctions against two organizations and 33 Russians in connection with the death of Alexei Navalny . The...

The Turkish Grand Prix was part of the Formula 1 calendar from 2005 to 2011 and temporarily returned in 2020 and 2021 due to the CORONAVIRUS pandemic.Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said the country's authorities hope to return Formula 1 racing to Istanbul in 2026, NTV reports. A tender for the management of the Istanbul race track will be held in April. "We set a very impor...

The West continues to purchase titanium from RUSSIA, despite promises to sever economic ties with Moscow, WP reports. According to the newspaper, in 2022 alone, VSMPO-Avisma exported 15,000 tons of titanium worth $370 million.Since February 2022, Western companies have purchased "hundreds of millions of dollars" worth of Russian titanium, despite sanctions against Moscow, The Washington Post (WP) ...

Patients in Moscow hospitals can now view the results of their tests, diagnostics and information about treatment in general online , right during treatment . Thus, not only the traditional discharge summary after hospitalization became available to them - now the treatment process can be monitored over time. This data is stored in an electronic medical record (EMR), to which Muscovites have had a...

Western sanctions against RUSSIA will always remain as long as the country pursues an “independent course,” said Maria Zakharova . The EU is now preparing the 14th package of anti-Russian sanctions Maria ZakharovaWestern sanctions against Russia will always remain as long as the country pursues an “independent course,” but the search for ways to minimize their consequences will continue. The offic...

Moscow's Khoroshevsky District COURT sentenced Alexey Zmanovsky, accused of murdering scientist Andrey Botikov, one of the creators of the Sputnik V vaccine, to 14 years in a maximum security penal colony. The press service of Moscow's courts of general jurisdiction reported this on their TELEGRAM channel. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 1......

Enforcement of the embargo on diamonds from RUSSIA is underway in a test mode, and an electronic certification system for the stones will be launched in a few months, the European Commission told RIA Novosti. As of January 1, 2024 , a ban on direct imports of Russian diamonds has been in effect in the European Union , and indirect supplies from Russia have also been banned since March. In Septembe...

AirBridgeCargo, once Russia's largest cargo airline, returned a Boeing 747 to its Chinese lessor after a two-year layover at Sheremetyevo. The carrier has completely stopped flights in 2022 AirBridgeCargo Boeing 747 aircraftThe cargo airline AirBridgeCargo (owned by the founder of the Volga-Dnepr airline group, Alexey Isaikin) returned the first Boeing 747 to its Chinese owner, the lessor BOCA (Ba...

The Ministry of Justice has declared the Lev Kopelev Forum, which has awarded the Kopelev Prize for Peace and Human Rights since 2001, undesirable. The forum is named after the Soviet writer and dissident who spent the last years of his life in Germany.The Ministry of Justice has added the German Lev Kopelev Forum to the list of foreign and international non-governmental organizations whose activi...

«Газпром» приостановил поставки газа PGNiG на фоне отказа польского правительства платить в рублях. Варшава, в свою очередь, решила национализировать СП «Газпрома» и PGNiG. Теперь «Газпром» подал иск о банкротстве PGNiG Инспекция № 36 Федеральной налоговой службы по Москве подала в арбитражный суд столицы заявление о признании банкротом АО «Польская нефтяная и газовая промышленность» (PGNiG). Карт...

Pharmacies have run out of the antiviral drug favipiravir, which the Ministry of HEALTH used for treatmentCOVID-19 during the height of the pandemic. The drug was deemed ineffective abroad, and demand for it has recently declined.The antiviral drug with the international nonproprietary name (INN) favipiravir is not available in Russian pharmacies. Specifically, as of March 13, the corresponding me...

The fact that the Yamagata influenza B virus is almost nonexistent doesn't necessarily mean it's completely gone, virologists believe. This could be due to measures taken against the CORONAVIRUS, but this strain is generally less contagious than type A.The fact that the B/Yamagata influenza virus strain is virtually nonexistent may be a consequence of anti-coronavirus measures, but it is possible ...

These countries will still have their say, the minister stated. Besides RUSSIA, Iran, Syria, North Korea , Venezuela , Myanmar, and Cuba are also under Western sanctions.Sergey Lavrov Countries affected by Western sanctions are creating a "serious alliance of like-minded partners" and will yet have their say, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced at a meeting of the A.M. Gorchakov Found...