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The actions of the United States and its allies in Northeast Asia pose a threat to international peace and security in the region, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said at a meeting of the world organization's Security Council. Russia opposes any military activity that poses a threat to the security of the Korean Peninsula and neighboring countries, the diplomat stressed....

The EU authorities are not negotiating with Russia on the exchange of frozen assets, RBC was confirmed in the European Commission. As the FT wrote earlier, they are unlikely to be possible in the near future.The European Commission is not aware of the proposal to exchange frozen assets with Russia, an EC representative said in response to a request from RBC. “We are not aware of such an offer, and...

The Austrian newspaper Kurier called Usmanov "Putin's favorite oligarch" in an article. The court found this phrase unfounded by facts and slanderous Alisher UsmanovA court in Hamburg, Germany, ruled on a lawsuit filed by the founder of the USM holding, Alisher Usmanov, against the Austrian newspaper Kurier because it called him President Vladimir Putin's "favorite oligarch" in an article, EU Toda...

A new variant of the omicron strain of coronavirus infection BA.2.86 has been discovered in Switzerland and South Africa, as well as in Israel, Denmark, the USA and the UK . This was announced in an interview with Reuters by Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on COVID-19 . The sequencing of this variant of the omicron strain was announced on August 18 by the director general of the organizatio...

Siluanov on August 22 announced the preparation of a decree on the exchange of blocked assets for 100 billion rubles. The US stressed that Russian assets in Western countries will remain frozen until payment for "damage caused to Ukraine " Jake SullivanRussian assets in the jurisdictions of the United States, France, Germany, Italy and Britain will remain frozen until Moscow "pays for the damage c...

ERR накануне сообщил, что частично принадлежащая мужу Каи Каллас фирма Stark Logistics до сих пор продолжает вести бизнес с Россией. Премьер сослалась на слова мужа, что в России у компании остался только один клиент Кая Каллас Премьер-министр Эстонии Кая Каллас, неоднократно призывавшая к экономической изоляции России, комментируя расследование о работе принадлежащей ее мужу компании с Россией, з...

Annalena BurbockThe economic sanctions that were imposed by Western countries against Russia because of the conflict in Ukraine did not lead to the expected consequences, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said in an interview with journalist Stefan Lambi. Measures that would be sensitive to Western-style democracies do not work against other regimes, she said. “In fact, economic sanctions w...

Raw materials against this gloomy background have so far “held” better than other assets. After the end of zero tolerance for the coronavirus, energy consumption has increased. Until recently, markets have also supported hopes that Beijing will help the economy to accelerate, as well as seasonal growth in demand. However, in general, these hopes are not yet justified, according to Bloomberg . Acco...

Canada imposed sanctions against 29 legal entities and four individuals, including Severstal, Interros Invest, general director of the Kalashnikov concern Lepin and rector of RANEPA Komissarov. Moscow considers sanctions illegalCanada has added four Russian banks to the sanctions list; the list is published on the website of the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ottawa's sanctions included:Ur...

There are no talks between Russia and the EU on a potential swap of the frozen assets, sources told the FT. On the preparation of a decree on the exchange of blocked assets for 100 billion rubles. Siluanov said the day beforeThe European Union is not negotiating with Russia on the exchange of frozen assets, according to the Financial Times, citing four senior EU officials . One of the interlocutor...

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...

Разморозка активов для последующего обмена в первую очередь затронет бумаги розничных инвесторов, заявил ЦБ. Иностранцы смогут приобрести у российских инвесторов «заблокированные» зарубежные бумаги за счет денег со счетов типа С Механизм обмена заблокированнными активами, над которым работают Минфин и Центробанк, предусматривает в первую очередь разморозку бумаг розничных инвесторов, сообщил РБК п...

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...

China's economic growth has slowed sharply and could turn into protracted stagnation, similar to what Japan has been experiencing since the early 1990s, writes WSJ. Analysts attribute this to debt overload and the destruction of relations with the WestChinese economic growth, which lasted almost 40 years and made the country one of the world's largest economies, has come to an end, write economic ...

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...

Russia has accumulated a large surplus in trade with India since last spring. The head of the Indian business association said that the government is working on the problemRussia and India are discussing the introduction of a mechanism for mutual settlements in rubles, since the trade imbalance between the countries is still large. This was stated by President of the Confederation of Indian Indust...

The Hugo Boss concern announced the suspension of retail sales and online operations in Russia last year, but did not leave the Russian market. According to the newspaper, he decided to sell the assets and focus on wholesale sales.The German concern Hugo Boss is considering selling its assets and liabilities in Russia and focusing on wholesale deliveries to the country. This is stated in its repor...

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...