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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...

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...

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...

Prior to the start of the COVID pandemic , Xi Jinping made an average of 14 foreign trips a year. In 2022, after a break, he visited five countries and spent 13 days abroad. In the first half of 2023, the figure fell to two days Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin In 2023, Chinese leader Xi Jinping spent only two days outside his country, according to Bloomberg , which analyzed government records of his...

Make no mistake: the innovativeness of lab-grown meat, or cultured meat as the industry has come to call it, is not a great new generation business success story. Investors say otherwise, and while they can be justifiably proud that the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave American startups Good Meat last week and Upside Foods' approval to commercialize their products, market penet...

Once approved, the United States will become the second country after Singapore to allow the sale of so-called cultured meat, derived from lab-grown livestock cell samples. These companies were the first to complete the multi - stage cultured meat approval process in the US . The US Food and Drug Administration has already determined that meat is safe to eat. “It's a dream come true,” Uma Valeti, ...

On May 22, the Bulgarian PP-DB and GERB-SDS coalitions agreed to form a ruling bloc and alternately replace their representatives as prime minister.After the wiretap of the working meetings of the PP-DB, the negotiations were frozenFormer Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kirill Petkov The coalition of the parties "Continue Changes" and "Democratic Bulgaria" (PP-DB) suspended negotiations on the formatio...

The decision not to renew the grain deal could lead to a dangerous wave of migration from African countries to Europe. This was stated by Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister of Italy Antonio Tajani in an interview with il Messaggero. “This is a scenario that we do not want to consider, it concerns the lives of millions of people below the poverty line. There will be a crisis in Central Africa ...

What to expect from housing prices, why there are “no more” cross-border payments in dollars, and how sanctions divided banks into two groups. Key quotes from the conference “Banks. Transformation. Economy. 2.0" About housing prices Head of the Analytical Center, Managing Director of Dom.RF Mikhail Goldberg “After three years of fairly serious growth in housing prices, we see that in the first qua...

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...

Demand for beef began to fall back in 2022, and consumption may continue to fall in 2023. First of all, this applies to those countries where beef dishes are eaten most often - Argentina, USAand UK In 2022, the demand for beef in the world fell sharply, and even as inflation declines in 2023, consumption of this type of meat is also predicted to fall, writes Bloomberg. According to the agency, it ...

Cefuroxime has disappeared from pharmacies, and only some pharmacies have another drug for children - cefixime. The market says In Russia, the children's broad-spectrum antibiotic cefuroxime, which is included in the list of vital drugs, has disappeared from pharmacies, Vedomosti reports after analyzing the assortment of pharmacies. The data of the Megapteka aggregator showed that Zinnat granules ...

In 72.5% of cases, citizens used the drugs incorrectly: either they did not do it according to the doctor's prescription, or they interrupted the course ahead of time,found out in the Central Research Institute of Health Organization and Informatization Half of the Russians (49.1%) who have taken antibiotics over the past 12 months have been self-medicating, the Central Research Institute of Organ...

Those with COVID will not need to do a second test for discharge if the treatment lasted seven or more days, Rospotrebnadzor said.The rule comes into force on February 6 Rospotrebnadzor allowed the discharge of those who had recovered from COVID-19 without a negative test for coronavirus if the patient's treatment lasted a week or longer, the agency said in a decree. “The discharge of patients for...

The organization that provides the work of centers for conducting internationally recognized exams in English, said,that continue to work in Russia The IELTS International Language Examination Center will continue to work in Russia and conduct all scheduled exams. This was reported on the website of the center. “In connection with the news that appeared in the media about the closure of IELTS in R...

Russia does not depend on the supply of foreign test systems for detecting coronavirus and other diseases, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said, RIA Novosti reports. “The domestic industry is developing very actively, and, in fact, we are independent of the arrival of foreign test systems on the territory of the Russian Federation for the diagnosis of COVID-19 and a number of other diseases,” Mur...

- 19 Rospotrebnadzor has canceled the standard for conducting at least 300 weekly tests for COVID-19 per 100 thousand of the population, follows from the decision of the chief sanitary doctor Anna Popova, which is posted on the legal information portal. Amendments were made to the resolution "On additional measures to reduce the risks of the spread of COVID-19 during the seasonal rise in the incid...

A huge number of prescriptions, instructions and sanctions have led to the fact that US banks refuse to service preventively, without risk analysis. US Treasuryintends to carry out explanatory work with banksUnited States Department of the TreasuryUnited States Department of the TreasuryUnited States Department of the TreasuryUnited States Department of the TreasuryUnited States Department of the ...

The combination of meat, mushrooms, mayonnaise, as well as sweet drinks and alcohol, traditional for the New Year's table, puts a lot of stress on the digestive system, nutritionists interviewed by RBC warned. Especially careful should be people with chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, atherosclerosis and diabetes. “Salads often include meat, such as chicken or beef, mushrooms, and egg...

Acute shortage of antibiotics, in particular amoxicillin, is observed in 80% of 35 countries, the WHO said. They believe that countries did not expect a sharp increase in respiratory diseases in the first year after the easing of measures against COVID-19 A surge in respiratory illness following the lifting of restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a shortage of antibiotics, includin...

In pharmacies, the demand for the rare antibiotic Fluimucil-Antibiotic IT has increased significantly. There are fewer and fewer pharmacies where you can buy it, and the cost is growing. "Fluimucin-Antibiotic IT" - a drug based on thiamphenicol - is used in the treatment of respiratory tract infections, laryngotracheitis, bronchitis and pneumonia. RBC called the largest pharmacies, the presence of...

tech companiesclosing offices, which in recent years have become a real symbol of abundance. Firms put on the market sublease about 2.8 million square meters. m of space, In 2022, many US tech companies have announced layoffs. Now IT firms have begun to get rid of empty office space without employees. CBRE, an international real estate consultancy, estimates that technology companies have sublease...

Ivan Zasursky, head of the department of new media and communication theory at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, left his post and left the country, noting that he was worried about the climate situation. He announced the sale of his company. Head of the Department of New Media and Communication Theory of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, member of the Presi...

Twitter blocked Trump and his associates in January 2021 amid calls for peaceful protests and the storming of the Capitol. The ex-president said that he had lost his freedom of speech.Donald Trump The eternal blocking of former US President Donald Trump on Twitter was a mistake, said the founder of Space X and Tesla, Elon Musk, who should become the owner of the social network before the end of 2....

The HRC asked to provide Skolichenko with a special therapeutic diet. The girl's lawyers reported that she had an autoimmune disease - gluten intolerance. The head of the Human Rights Council, Valery Fadeev, asked the Federal Penitentiary Service to provide arrested artist Alexandra Skolichenko with gluten-free meals, according to the HRC website. According to Fadeev, he received appeals stating t...

Sasha Skolichenko Artist Sasha Skochilenko, who was arrested for replacing price tags with anti-war stickers at a store in St. Petersburg , will be able to receive a gluten-free package. Interfax was informed about this in the administration of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. “We will accept transfers with gluten-free products. They are not proh...

Investors and IT professionals are returning to Silicon Valley, but a lot has changed in the past two years. New players have appeared in the venture capital industry, everyone is used to new ways of communication. It feels like there's an alumni reunion going on in Silicon Valley right now. The U.S. is lifting COVID-19 restrictions , and IT pros who haven't seen each other in ages are cheering ea...

Chevron CVX $159.43 -0,59% Buy BRENT BRENT$107.91 +4,46% Shell SHEL $51,12+0,24% Buy Chevron management near San Francisco evacuated about 500 union workers from the refinery site hours before the expiration of the contract and the start of a large-scale strike. It is reported by Reuters. "The union's demands have gone beyond what the company considers reasonable and beyond the national standard n...

How the global labor market will be affected by the pandemic, the development of digital technologies, the aging of the population, responsible investment, the growth in the well-being of citizens of developed countries,what professions will demand increase - Pavel Svistunov and Ivan Mitrofanov (NARC) reflect The disappearance of old and the emergence of new professions is an objective process tha...

In anticipation of the new investment season, many are looking for ideas to rebalance their portfolios. Vadim Merkulov (Freedom Finance) is considering a selection of securities - shares of issuers, Strong outlook for 2022 . Management expects to earn $ 9.4-10.8 billion in net profit this year, hoping that demand will remain stable, and supply chain problems will no longer put a significant pressu...