According to a survey by the Levada Center (an organization recognized in Russia as a foreign agent), in March 2022, 72% of Russians spoke of a bad attitude towards the United States and 67% towards the European Union.
A positive attitude towards China has reached a historical maximum: 83% have a positive attitude towards this country, only 8% have a negative attitude.
The attitude of Russians towards Belarus traditionally remains mostly positive: 87% are good, only 6% are bad
Attitudes towards Ukraine have been deteriorating over the past few months. Today, 30% of respondents have a “good” attitude towards Ukraine, 57% “badly”.
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Software developer EPAM Systems moved its employees from Belarus and Russia to Uzbekistan. Two local entrepreneurs told Forbes about this and was confirmed by one of the EPAM employees who moved to Uzbekistan, as well as one of the Russian investors who is there. According to the latter, we are talking about several hundred people.
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The list of the richest people in the United States according to Forbes in 2021 included a record number of immigrant billionaires. More than 90 members of the list were born in other countries but made their fortune in the US. Among them are Elon Musk, Sergey Brin and Rupert Murdoch.
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Zelensky submitted a questionnaire for Ukraine to obtain the status of a candidate for joining the European Union. According to the Ukrainian president, Ukrainians are united by the goal of «feeling on an equal footing, part of Europe, part of the European Union.» The desire to join the EU has been enshrined in the Ukrainian constitution since 2019
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Energoatom refuses Russian uranium for nuclear power plants. It is planned to increase the purchase of resources from the international company Urenco.
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The export of unprocessed wood from the Russian Federation in the first quarter of 2022 decreased by 54% against the backdrop of a ban on the export of «round timber» of valuable species and amounted to 1.4 million cubic meters.
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The Russian «daughter» of the Finnish dairy concern Valio — Valio LLC — in 2021 increased its net profit by 29.3%, revenue — by 8.8%.
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Yandex has removed links to the websites of Meduza, Mediazona, Present Time, Kholod, Pskov Gubernia, The Village, Taygi.info, and other opposition media from search results.
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Andrey Zakharov, a journalist for the BBC Russian Service, who was included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of media outlets as «foreign agents», said that Tinkoff Bank blocked his account without explaining the reasons.
The support service told the journalist that he was limited to remote banking. The bank clarified that the decision is not subject to revision
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The multichannel media «Belarus of the Brain» was recognized as an extremist formation, the human rights center «Vesna» reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.
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Crypto exchange Bitstamp requires its clients to provide legal information such as citizenship, place of birth and tax residency. The exchange also requested information on annual income, equity and annual deposit valuation.
For clients who provided all the documents, Bitstamp promised a reward of $25. According to social media posts, Bitstamp has disabled all crypto and fiat withdrawals for customers in Europe who have not updated their account information.
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Russian Railways will resume passenger traffic with Kazakhstan and Mongolia. From April 20, trains will start running from Kazakhstan’s Atyrau to Astrakhan, from April 29 — from the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar to Irkutsk
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Yandex and Mail services. ru removed the official sites Instagram and Facebook (part of the Meta group, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation) from search results due to their inclusion in the register of banned sites by Roskomnadzor.
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Italy grows about 50% of European rice, which is considered one of the best in the world: 3.7 thousand farms and enterprises harvest 1.5 million tons of rice per year on 227 thousand hectares.
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Gasteranthus extinctu, a wild flower believed to have disappeared for 40 years, has been discovered in Ecuador.
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The international consulting company McKinsey & Company announced the termination of customer service in Russia.
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A new package of Japanese sanctions against Russia has entered, including a ban on the import of 38 types of goods. Their total value when imported to Japan was $118 million. In fact, this is the first ban on the import of goods from Russia.
The list includes beer, vodka, engine parts for ships, aircraft, cars and motorcycles, veneer, pine wood, wood chips, etc.
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to skip some meetings of the meeting of G20 finance ministers and heads of central banks, where Russian officials will be present, Reuters reports, citing sources in the US Treasury Department. Psaki confirmed the boycott by the Ministry of Finance of G20 events with the participation of Russia
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China faces consequences from the United States if it provides military or economic support to Russia, State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a briefing broadcast on YouTebe.
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The administration of US President Joe Biden introduces a ban on testing anti-satellite weapons. This was announced by Vice President Kamala Harris during a visit to the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the White House press service reports. Harris called on other nations to make similar commitments to make this «the international norm for responsible behavior in outer space.»
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16 diplomatic missions have resumed work in Kyiv, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reports.
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The Novosibirsk Arbitration Court began the procedure for self-bankruptcy of Liotech-Innovations LLC, a structure of Rosnano, follows from the data of the filing cabinet of arbitration cases. From the file of the case it follows that the amount of claims is 432 million rubles.
100% in the authorized capital of Liotech-Innovations belongs to a subsidiary of Rusnano JSC, LLC Liteko (in March 2022, it also began bankruptcy proceedings, external management was introduced).
The main creditor of the former Liotech is Rusnano. The total debt of the plant to creditors exceeded 7.7 billion rubles. The Liotech plant was established in April 2010 as a joint venture between Rosnano and the Chinese Thunder Sky for the production of lithium-ion batteries based on the developments of the Chinese company.
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221,303 people — so many migrants were caught on the southern border of the United States in March, this is a record, according to the Bureau of the Department of Homeland Security for Customs and Border Protection. Similar figures were in July and August 2020 — 213.5 thousand and 209.8 thousand, respectively. According to the above statistics, most often single adults came across in March.
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New Zealand has imposed sanctions on major Russian banks and financial institutions, Foreign Minister Nanaiya Mahuta said. Sanctions included the Central Bank of Russia and the National Welfare Fund.
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Demand for goods for the garden, vegetable garden and summer cottages increased in March and the first half of April 2022 on average three times compared to the same period last year, surveyed retailers told TASS.
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In March, Russia issued bilateral state loans in the amount of 81.6 billion rubles, which is close to the monthly high in nominal terms. Borrowers not disclosed
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Japan has decided to send Ukraine unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as masks and clothing for chemical protection at the request of Kyiv, the country’s defense ministry said.
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In Kazakhstan, several people were detained on suspicion of high treason. All detainees were taken into custody. Because of the «secret» stamp, the details of the case were not disclosed. At the end of March, Kazakhstan reported the arrest of a foreign intelligence agent who was planning an assassination attempt on the president.
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The Stellantis auto concern, formed a year ago as a result of the merger of the Italian-American Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the French PSA Group, announced the suspension of production of Peugeot, Opel and Citroen cars in Kaluga. More than 2000 people work at the enterprise. Earlier, the assembly of its crossovers at this plant was stopped by the Japanese Mitsubishi
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The business has warned of a reduction in the production of orange juice — it complains about difficulties with the supply of raw materials from the US and the European Union. Retailers confirm that suppliers have already begun to withdraw orange juice from the range
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UBS bank sends out letters to Russian clients informing them that it is no longer managing their money.
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Retailer «Children’s World» suspends the investment program, said the CEO of the company Maria Davydova
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X5 Retail Group suspended its retail store development and renovation programs in March to review capital investment for 2022, the company said.
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The media reported the detention of two Russian oil tankers off the Greek island of Euboea due to EU sanctions
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The Russian Embassy in Athens is in contact with the Greek authorities in connection with information about the detention of a Russian oil tanker in Greek waters, the Russian diplomatic mission reported.
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Gazprom did not choose the capacities of the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline during the session of booking gas transmission capacities for May, according to auction data on the GSA Platform booking platform. 89 million cubic meters were offered at the auction. meters per day — all these capacities were not booked.
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The new cabinet of ministers of Pakistan, headed by the elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, was sworn in, Turkish TV channel TRT reported on Tuesday.
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The ambassadors of Russia and Belarus were asked not to come to the ceremony at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria on May 15, Willy Merniy, chairman of the Mauthausen Austrian Committee, told Der Standard newspaper.
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German manufacturer of cosmetics and household chemicals Henkel decided to exit the business in Russia
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The Italian energy company Enel froze a project to create a wind farm with a capacity of 71 MW in the Chistopolsky district of Tatarstan due to sanctions, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic Albert Karimov said at the Tatarstan Energy Forum in Kazan.
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Finland on Tuesday stopped movement through the Parikkala-Syvaoru border crossing, through which timber was transported, and froze all plans for its development.
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Barilla’s website says the company has decided to «suspend all new investment and promotional activities and not profit from its presence in Russia until further notice.»
Barilla, founded in 1877, is one of the largest pasta manufacturers in the world. It also produces sauces, breads and crackers. In Russia, she owns factories in Solnechnogorsk (Moscow region) and Ufa.
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Kyrgyzstan opposed the creation on its territory of the Russian biological laboratory BSL3 (the third level of security), the press service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday.
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Russia, in response, declared 15 employees of the Dutch diplomatic mission in Russia persona non grata, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
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The IrAero airline has canceled the first flights to Seoul (South Korea) scheduled for April 20 and 21 from Irkutsk and Vladivostok, the carrier’s press service told Interfax.
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From April 16 to April 22, Russian Railways limited shipments to China through the Grodekovo-export station of the Far Eastern Railway, according to the company’s materials.
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Azimuth Airlines was unable to return advance payments for Airbus A220-300 aircraft ordered from the American lessor Air Lease Corporation.
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British media report that the UK tax office is withdrawing the status of the Moscow Exchange as a recognized stock exchange.
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Denmark will increase its own gas production in the North Sea to get rid of dependence on Russian energy carriers.
«We are convinced that it is better to produce gas in the North Sea than to buy it from Vladimir Putin,» Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.
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Spain has already arrested 29 villas and several expensive yachts that belong to Russians who fell under sanctions. According to Spanish media, among the owners of this property are the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, the general director of Rostec Sergey Chemezov and the general director of Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheev.
It was especially difficult for the Spanish authorities in cases where real estate and yachts were recorded in nominees, relatives or companies located outside of Spain.
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The German IT concern SAP will stop supporting and servicing software for Russian companies under licenses already in force in the Russian Federation. SAP is one of the world leaders in software development for enterprises.
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US President Joe Biden has told former US President Barack Obama that he plans to run in the 2024 presidential election, The Hill reported, citing its sources.
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Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 21H2 has moved to general availability status. Support for version 1909 and 20H2 will end soon.
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Japanese food maker Kirin has teamed up with researchers at Meiji University to develop chopsticks that add a salty taste to food. At the end of one of the sticks there is a metal contact that transmits an electric current directly into the food: a wave of the desired shape affects the ions in sodium chloride, which is responsible for the salty taste. In addition, the current also affects monosodium glutamate ions, which is responsible for enhancing the taste.
Tests on volunteers have shown that such electrical stimulation enhances the salty taste by almost 1.5 times. Thus, you can reduce the amount of salt by 30% and not feel any difference. The researchers assure that the current from the sticks does not affect the human body in any way, because it is too weak.
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