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U.S. President Joe Biden has tested positive for coronavirus again and is coughing again, although he is doing well overall. This follows from a statement by the head of state's attending physician, Kevin O'Connor, published by the White House press service. “The president is still doing well, although his weak cough has returned a bit. He has no fever and remains in good spirits. Body temperature...

Peskov called the possible cessation of the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians "very bad" and assured that in this case Russia would react. At the same time, he pointed out Stopping the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians cannot be ruled out, but if such measures of an “emotional nature” are approved, Russia will accept “variations” in response, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian pr...

Rapeseed oil. July 25, Minsk. Agricultural products accounted for 95% of the exchange trade between Belarus and Switzerland. Alexander Osmolovsky, Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange, said this during a meeting with the Honorary Consul of Belarus in Switzerland Hermann Beyeler, BelTA learned from the press service of the BUCE. In the first half of 2......

The EU Council approved a new package of sanctions against Russia - the “sixth and a half”, as it mainly included measures to clarify the sanctions and bring them in line with the American and British ones.RBC brings the most important of it Whom did the EU put on the sanctions list? 48 individuals and nine legal entities (companies and organizations) have been added to the EU sanctions list for R...

The Swiss authorities have identified 18 cases of violation of sanctions imposed against Russia because of the military operation in Ukraine. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the Federal Office for Customs and Border Protection. The department did not provide details. The country, despite its neutral status, decided to join the restrictive measures that the European Union introduced a...

Russia's largest silver producer Polymetal has warned of an increase in the number of silver bars in its warehouses.The company cannot supply them to the main market - Europe - due to Western sanctions Polymetal, Russia's largest silver producer and second largest gold producer, has warned of an increase in the number of silver bars in stock. This is stated in the press release of the company rece...

Restrictions on gold may appear in the draft of the next package of anti-Russian sanctions, but it is not known whether they will involve a ban on imports or exports.Against the background of the discussion of sanctions, Switzerland bought 3 tons of gold from Russia The European Union may include restrictions on gold in the seventh package of anti-Russian sanctions, Reuters reports, citing sources...

Earlier, Switzerland joined the sixth EU sanctions package. It provides, inter alia, restrictions against the National Settlement Depository, The Moscow Exchange has been suspending trading in Swiss francs since June 14, according to a message on the exchange's website. The suspension of operations is due to "difficulties in making settlements in the Swiss franc", which is associated with the sanc...

Dmitry Peskov Russia and its friendly countries are looking for new ways to interact against the background of the imposition of sanctions and the emergence of other risks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with TASS. “The situation is not easy, it can rather be described as difficult in terms of this unprecedented economic war. But there is no evil without good. This situation ...

In addition to approving a partial oil embargo and cutting off several banks from SWIFT, the Swiss authorities included “over 100 individuals and organizations” of Russia and Belarus on the sanctions list. Switzerland supported the sixth package of anti-Russian sanctions of the European Union, including a partial embargo on Russian oil supplies , according to the website of the Federal Council (go...

Minister Guy Parmelin said it was difficult to assess the effectiveness of the sanctions, but noted thatthat their main goal - ending the conflict in Ukraine - has not yet been achieved The sanctions imposed by Western countries against Russia because of the special operation in Ukraine have not yet reached their goal, Guy Parmelin, head of the Swiss Ministry of Economy, Education and Science, rec...

The Board of Directors of Sulzer, a major manufacturer of equipment for the oil and energy industry,expressed regret at leaving and announced the sale of Russian assets The Swiss concern Sulzer, one of the world's leading manufacturers of pumps for the oil and gas and energy industries, announced its withdrawal from Russia and the sale of assets in the country. This is stated in a statement on the...

According to the newspaper, the Swiss authorities decided to lift sanctionsfrom EuroChem after Andrey Melnichenko left the directors of the company The Swiss government lifted sanctions on the Russian company Eurochem after Andrey Melnichenko ceased to be its beneficiary and left the board of directors. This was reported by the Tages Anzeiger newspaper, citing a letter from the deputy head of the ...

Last year brought record revenues to luxury goods manufacturers in Russia. It will not be possible to repeat this success in the near future: In 2021, local dealers of global luxury brands grew their revenue at a double-digit pace, posting the highest sales in five years. This follows from the RAS reporting of legal entities of eight international companies that are in the top 3......

Loss of imports could reduce Russia's GDP by 4–18%, and exports by 1–25%, depending on the scenario, the Institute of the Bank of Finland estimated. Russiacan mitigate the effect of sanctions,but it will take time and alternative markets Heli Simola, Senior Economist at the Bank of Finland's Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT, an institute specializing in the analysis of the Russian econ...

The spread of the "fever of unknown origin" has become the biggest shock for the DPRK since the founding of the country, said Kim Jong-un. Since the end of April, more than 500 thousand new cases of infection have been detected in the DPRK, The "fever of unknown origin" has become the biggest shock North Korea has faced since the founding of the country, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said at a m...

Since the beginning of 2022, the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Vladimir, Kostroma and Ivanovo regions has controlled and inspected 1,037 tons of livestock products when loading and unloading products controlled by veterinary supervision. 282 batches of dairy products in the amount of 613.8 tons were sent for export from controlled territories; 42 batches of finished meat products with a t...

Before contracting the coronavirus, the Secretary of State did not meet with Biden in person for several days, the State Department said. Blinken has mild symptoms, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has tested positive for the coronavirus, State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a briefing. “Secretary Blinken has tested positive for COVID. The good news is that he was fully vaccinated...

The German chancellor noted that, despite the economic costs for some EU countries,sanctions policy is necessary in the fight against Russia Olaf Scholz The European Union will stop importing Russian coal in the summer, and by the end of the year will refuse Russian oil. This was stated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an interview with The Indian Express. “We [the EU] will stop deliveries of R...

Despite the sanctions, Russians can still open accounts in foreign banks, although this is not easy. We tell Account abroad: what are the risks In early March, Visa and Mastercard announced they were suspending operations in Russia. As a result, cards issued in the country stopped working abroad. However, some Russians also have foreign accounts. According to the Federal Tax Service (FTS), at the ...

in a year The net profit of one of the largest vaccine manufacturers in China, Sinovac, grew 78 times in 2021 and reached about $14.5 billion, Bloomberg reports, citing the company's financial report. “Net profit at the end of 2021 amounted to $14.5 billion compared to $185.2 million a year earlier. Net profit increased mainly due to sales growth sales in 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...

Kyiv is negotiating with Western countries about the possibility of obtaining the frozen assets of Russia in order to spend them on the restoration of Ukraine,Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal Denys Shmyhal said Ukraine is in talks with the United States and other Western partners about the possible use of frozen Russian assets to rebuild the country, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in an i...

A number of businessmen who were born and raised in Russia amid US sanctions, Britain and the EU asked Forbes not to call them Russian billionaires. Among them are Pavel Durov, Yuri Milner, Businessmen "connected with Russia" asked the American Forbes not to call them Russian billionaires, the magazine writes. Such appeals have been received for several years, but in the past few months their numb...

The airline also suspended flights to and from Ukraine,and flights to and from Chisinau have been moved to Iasi International Airport in Romania Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has suspended air links with Russia, according to the carrier's website. For operational reasons, all Wizz Air flights to/from Russia are temporarily suspended until further notice. In addition, due to the closure of ai...

In a memo, the Swiss Foreign Ministry calls the actions of the Russian authorities "an arbitrary repressive measure in response to sanctions,"writes NZZ am Sonntag FSB officers came with searches to the Russian office of the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer Audemars Piguet and confiscated goods worth several million francs, the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper reported, citing a memo from the Swiss Foreign...

Dmitry Kuleba (second from left) and Joe Biden (second from right) During the talks between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense of Ukraine and their American counterparts, the parties discussed new sanctions against Russia. US President Joe Biden also attended the meeting. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba spoke about this on his Facebook page (a social network owned by the banned ...

Switzerland will not join the European Union and suspend the broadcast of RT and Sputnik. The decision is published on the website of the Federal Council. Berne believes that although the Russian authorities use these media for propaganda, it is more effective to refute "harmful statements" with facts, rather than prevent them from spreading. “We salute countries where there is still room for medi...

Russian assets, including bank accounts, real estate and art objects, are frozen but not confiscated,Swiss authorities said Switzerland, which joined the EU sanctions, blocked the assets of Russians for 5.75 billion Swiss francs (about $6.17 billion), Erwin Bollinger, a spokesman for the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), said, Reuters reports. SECO oversees sanctions compliance....