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Larisa Shabunya Deputy Head of the Main Department for Foreign Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food In the face of external challenges, food security remains a priority for the country. Moreover, Belarus traditionally supplies significant volumes of agricultural products abroad. Larisa Shabunya, Deputy Head of the Main Department for Foreign Economic Affairs of the Ministry of ...

In Europe, a climate and resource crisis has come, and the “period of abundance” has ended,French President Macron said In France and Europe as a whole, the “period of abundance and carelessness” has ended, French leader Emmanuel Macron said at the opening of the Council of Ministers meeting. He urged the French to rally to resolve crises. “I think what we are going through right now is a kind of ...

VTB this year will record a loss that will exceed the loss of 2009, said the head of the bank Andrey Kostin. Then the negative result amounted to almost ₽60 billion. According to the results of the first half of 2022, VTB recorded a significant loss. By the end of the year, it will exceed the losses incurred in the whole of 2......

To adapt to the current situation, Russia needs to remove regulatory barriers and create a comfortable environment for business, Rotenberg believes. In his opinion, The Russian economy can adapt to the current crisis, for this it is necessary to remove the regulatory barriers that stand in the way of business. This was stated to RBC by businessman Arkady Rotenberg at the Eastern Economic Forum (EE...

The ban on entry into the European Union through its territory for Russians with Schengen visas from the Baltic countries was agreed the day before. Exceptions will apply to truck drivers, diplomats and those Poland will join the ban on the entry of Russians, which was introduced by the Baltic countries. This is with reference to the statement of the Polish government reports Reuters. On September...

The "toxic" dollar and euro should be exchanged primarily for rubles and "invest in yourself," said Maxim Oreshkin, aide to the president. At the same time, a country can be attractive for investment even with a considerable budget deficit, “The dollar and the euro should be exchanged for rubles and not for other currencies,” said Russian presidential aide Maxim Oreshkin during a discussion at the...

The co-founder of Alfa Group and the LetterOne holding offered to transfer $1 billion to the Ukrainian Alfa-Bank, counting on the lifting of British sanctions, writes WSJ. The businessman himself denies Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman, co-founder of Alfa Group and LetterOne holding, offered to transfer $1 billion to Ukrainian Alfa Bank, The Wall Street Journal writes. According to the publicat...

UN agencies will need $48.7 billion in humanitarian aid this year, but in more than seven months the organization has raised less than a third of that amount.Experts have linked the shortage of funds with the conflict in Ukraine The UN is facing a record shortage of funding for humanitarian aid to countries around the world, partly due to the focus of wealthy donor countries on aid to Ukraine. The...

August 20, Minsk. Belarus and our President are not in danger of starvation. Nikolai Radoman, chairman of the board of the Snov agricultural complex, shared this opinion with a BelTA correspondent.“The development and support of agriculture in Belarus has been going on for more than a dozen years. We did not stop in place, we moved, increased production, expanded. A very correct decision was made ...

For attentive investors, the state of the residential real estate market is one of the key indicators of the "health" of the economy, since many industries are associated with it, and the demand for real estate reflects the well-being of the consumer.Consider the trends in this market Almost everyone knows that the financial crisis of 2......

The Portuguese Federation of Pig Breeders' Associations (FPAS) said the drought and rising production costs could be an "opportunity" to invest in efficient water use and runoff management. The "Roadmap for Environmental and Social Sustainability in Pig Production" is a project that FPAS is implementing in partnership with the University of Tras os Montes and Alto Douro, the University of Évora an...

Following the Western world, economic problems have also appeared in Asia. In China, the world's second largest economy, key indicators deteriorated in July. And although the reasons for the slowdown in the country are different than in the United Statesor Europeanalysts expect further decline July data from China showed growing problems in the world's second economy. Most of the key indicators we...

EU countries, which are concerned about the growing cooperation between Ankara and Moscow, began to contact the Turkish authorities on this issue. They are worried that Turkey can help Russia bypass the imposed sanctions Some EU countries have begun to turn to Ankara with inquiries regarding the growing trade turnover between Russia and Turkey, writes The Financial Times. European officials are ir...

Leading regions of Russia have increased their income in the first half of 2022, despite the sanctions, calculated in the NKR. Revenue growth was 27% compared to the same period in 2021. According to ACRA, the total surplus of the regions is now ₽1, The top 10 Russian regions — leaders in terms of the absolute level of budget revenues — managed to significantly increase revenues in the first half ...

Sber intends to "formally withdraw" from non-core assets and focus on the banking sector, Kommersant's sources said. They cited international sanctions as the reason..Sberbank denies this information Russian telecommunications and IT companies are showing interest in acquiring Sberbank's subsidiary SberDevices (develops TV set-top boxes, smart speakers, TVs, socket bulbs), while Sber plans to focu...

Ministry of Finance buildingUSA The US has imposed sanctions on three Liberian government officials under the Magnitsky Act, including President George Weah's chief of staff. The US authorities believe that officials included in the sanctions list are involved in corruption schemes. Nathaniel McGill, the chief of staff of the incumbent President George Taulon Manne Oppong Usman Weah, the country's...

The number of detected cases of coronavirus infection over the past week increased by almost 50% to 1.2 thousand, Alexander Shcherbatov, head of the territorial department of Rospotrebnadzor, announced this at an operational meeting in the regional government. “In a week, 1,199 cases were established, which is almost 5......

The money was directed to the "Cooperation" program650 Yamal families will move to the Tyumen region in 2022. In 2022, under the Cooperation program, 3 billion rubles will be allocated for subsidies for pensioners moving to the Tyumen region, the Information Center of the regional government reported. More than 65......

According to the head of the Skolkovo Foundation, Igor Drozdov, the current situation is “motivating”, and the foundation, “in essence”, has synchronized with the tasksset by the Russian governmentHead of the Skolkovo Foundation Igor DrozdovHead of the Skolkovo Foundation Igor DrozdovHead of the Skolkovo Foundation Igor DrozdovHead of the Skolkovo Foundation Igor DrozdovHead of the Skolkovo Founda...

Earlier, the German authorities adopted requirements according to which underground gas storage facilities must be filled up to 75% by September 1,up to 85% by October 1 and up to 95% by November 1 Underground gas storage facilities (UGS) in Germany are 75% full as of mid-August, Klaus Müller, head of the Federal Network Agency (BNA), said on Twitter. The German authorities have previously adopted...

According to Golovchenko, despite the sanctions pressure, Belarus’ exports to “unfriendly countries” amounted to a “considerable” $3.5 billion in six months,and the West is already receiving signals of readiness to work with Minsk Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said that signals from the West about their readiness to cooperate with the Belarusian side, and expressed the opinion that W...

RBC Tatarstan sums up the informational results of the week,recalling the most significant events in the life of the republic Mask Mode On August 13, President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that, despite the decision made in June to suspend COVID restrictions, it is recommended to introduce a mask regime in labor collectives, organizations and institutions of all forms of ownership. Accordi...

The North Korean authorities have canceled the mandatory wearing of masks in public places after declaring a "victory" over the coronavirus, Newsis reports, citing the DPRK Central News Agency (KCNA). “Due to the fact that all regions of the country have been transformed into a safe quarantine zone, and the level of nationwide quarantine has been lowered, the obligation to wear masks in all areas,...

A significant increase in the incidence of COVID is predicted in the Perm Territory. Evgeny Smirnov, head of the epidemiological surveillance department of the Rospotrebnadzor Administration for the Perm Territory, said this in an interview with RBC Perm. The representative of the department said that an increase in the incidence was noted throughout Russia. The Perm Territory is no exception. Sin...

The Ministry of Economy reported that in June, GDP fell by 4.9% compared to the same period last year.In general, the Russian economy shrank by 4% in the second quarter According to preliminary estimates from Rosstat, Russia's gross domestic product for the second quarter of 2022 decreased by 4% compared to the same period last year. “The index of the physical volume of gross domestic product in t...

Niinistö spoke of growing concern about a possible escalation in Ukraine and noted that it was “impossible to imagine”what would be the new beginning of relations between the West and RussiaSauli NiinistöSauli NiinistöSauli NiinistöSauli NiinistöSauli NiinistöSauli NiinistöSauli Niinistö The energy crisis and the consequences of the economic downturn against the backdrop of the situation in Ukrain...

Alternative options for the development of the Russian economy will be the path of accelerated adaptation or the crisis under the influence of the global recession, by analogy with the events of 2008, the Central Bank believes.The last scenario assumes a decline in GDP for three years The Central Bank presented two alternative options for the development of the Russian economy, depending on extern...

Ghana's public debt reached 84% of GDP. At the same time, its inhabitants remain the richest in West Africa, and the country is considered one of the most developed in the region and regularly attracts creditors. The Economist explains, Enu, a market shopper in Accra, the capital of Ghana, peers disappointedly into a small bag of crabs. “Before, having bought crabs for two cedis (the national curr...

It will be possible to buy vouchers for trips around Russia in the autumn under the tourist cashback program starting from August 25, Prime Minister Mishustin announced. For tours to the Far East, it will be possible to return up to 40 thousand rubles. The autumn stage of selling tourist packages with cashback starts on August 25 and will cover trips from October 1 to December 25. This was announc...

In July 2022, non-oil and gas budget revenues collapsed by 29%, which was a record for at least 11 years, follows from the data of the Ministry of Finance.Experts attributed this to the problems of metallurgists and the general slowdown in business activity due to sanctions. Non-oil and gas revenues of the federal budget in July decreased by 29% in annual terms, to 99......