The Ipsos consumer confidence index in March 2022 did not show a significant decrease compared to February
The index rose noticeably in Saudi Arabia (+3.2 points), Hungary (+2) and India (+1.4), in general, for many developing countries it is in positive territory compared to February
The level of consumer confidence is decreasing mainly in developed countries: -2.4 points in Israel, -2.2 in Belgium, -1.7 in Japan; USA, Canada, most of Europe — in the red
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FAS initiated an antimonopoly case against Pyaterochka and Magnit due to shortages of sugar. Employees of the service conducted an inspection, during which significant stocks of granulated sugar were found in the warehouses. At the same time, the companies did not simultaneously supply goods to stores, maintaining the rush demand
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Switzerland will freeze the assets of Russians subject to sanctions, but will not confiscate them due to the lack of an appropriate legislative framework, said Erwin Bollinger, a spokesman for the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.
«Today, for the first time, I can give you information about the amount of funds frozen. To date, SECO has been notified of funds and assets totaling approximately 5.75 billion Swiss francs,» said Erwin Hollinger, an official at the Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
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The United States has imposed new sanctions against 328 Russian parliamentarians and dozens of Russian defense enterprises, media reported.
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The United States will impose sanctions on any gold transactions related to the Bank of Russia, the US Treasury Department says
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Uralkali, whose co-owner Dmitry Mazepin has come under EU and UK sanctions, has been unable to make a pre-export finance (PXF) payment through an agent, Credit Agricole, the company said.
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Philip Morris International Inc. is suspending planned investments in the Russian Federation and reducing production operations in this country. This is stated in a company statement. In particular:
1. The release of a number of cigarette products is stopped and their production is reduced;
2. Marketing activities are suspended;
3. Product launches scheduled for 2022 in Russia are cancelled, including Iqos Ilumia;
4. Cancellation of plans to produce more than 20 billion Terea sticks, equivalent to a $150 million investment.
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Japan has expanded sanctions against Russia due to the situation in Ukraine and the ongoing military operation. The list includes another 25 Russians, including the head of VEB. Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov, as well as relatives of Russian officials and businessmen. 81 organizations have been added to the list, including several shipbuilding companies. In addition, Japan imposes a ban on the export of luxury goods to Russia.
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Australia imposed sanctions on 22 Russian journalists and Russian media workers. The report of the Australian Ministry of Internal Affairs indicates that autonomous sanctions are being imposed on a number of Russian citizens, including Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russian TV channel RT, Tigran Keosayan, director and TV presenter, Olga Skabeeva, journalist of the Rossiya-1 TV channel, as well as against employees of the electronic publications «Strategic Culture Fund» and news agencies Inforos and Newsfront.
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The Australian authorities have imposed another package of sanctions against a number of Belarusian citizens, including President Alexander Lukashenko and members of his family.
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The Italian state television RAI will broadcast news in Ukrainian from March 25. The RAI press service added that the news program will be broadcast «for five minutes starting at 15:00 local time.»
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The trading subsidiary of the Russian oil and gas company Lukoil, Switzerland’s Litasco, has reduced the scale of its operations, Reuters reported.
According to the agency’s sources, Litasco, being the sole international trade operator of the Lukoil group, «processed more than 3.6 million barrels of oil per day, and is currently focused on sending crude oil to Lukoil’s European plants and selling refined products.»
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Russia expels an employee of the Montenegrin embassy in Moscow as a response, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
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Gleb Frank, the main owner and chairman of the board of directors of the Russian Fishery Company, is included in the US sanctions list — SDN List, the US Treasury Department OFAC said on Thursday.
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Germany’s RWE AG, Europe’s largest energy company, and gas transmission operator Open Grid Europe GmbH are planning to create the first hydrogen network in Germany to provide the country with more environmentally friendly sources of electricity.
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First Deputy General Director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Anatoly Braverman, fell under US sanctions and is included in the SDN List, which implies a complete blocking of assets, follows from the message of OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control, the department of the US Treasury responsible for sanctions).
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The US Treasury imposed sanctions on 17 Russians due to their participation in the management of Sovcombank, which had previously also been included in the SDN List, follows from the message of OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control, a division of the US Treasury).
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Moscow prosecutors issued warnings to the heads of eight foreign-controlled companies, Lyudmila Nefedova, a representative of the supervisory agency, told Interfax.
«In order to comply with tax laws, labor rights of workers and prevent their violations, the Moscow prosecutor’s office issued warnings to the heads of eight companies that are under foreign control and have suspended their activities,» Nefedova said.
According to an Interfax source, these are LLC Nike, LLC Yam! Restaurants International Russia CIA, LLC Mango Russia, JSC Sephora Rus, LLC Imperial Tobacco Sales and Marketing, LLC Coca -cola HBC Eurasia».
Also, according to her, warnings were issued to representatives of 12 companies engaged in the production and sale of socially significant food products, including sugar and bakery products, about the inadmissibility of price increases.
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Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo confirmed that another 1 billion euros will be allocated to the Ministry of Defense to increase the combat capability and training of troops.
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The former editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Venediktov, was thrown a pig’s head under the door of his apartment, pasted a sticker with the coat of arms of Ukraine and an anti-Semitic inscription.
They decided to intimidate me and my family? Me, whom Dudayev’s militants took to be shot? Venediktov wrote in his Telegram channel.
Alexey Venediktov intends to apply to law enforcement agencies after an anti-Semitic stunt by an unknown person at the door of his apartment.
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The United States is finalizing an agreement to supply up to 15 billion cubic meters of gas in the form of liquefied natural gas to the EU countries in 2022, writes the Financial Times, citing informed sources.
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Deutsche Telekom, a German telecommunications company, has announced that it will wind down its software development business in Russia and, as a result, stop working in the country.
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The United States is allocating $1 billion in humanitarian aid to Ukraine and is ready to accept up to 100,000 refugees from this country, US President Joe Biden announced on Thursday
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Deutsche Telekom, a German telecommunications company, has announced that it will wind down its software development business in Russia and, as a result, stop working in the country.
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The United States is allocating $1 billion in humanitarian aid to Ukraine and is ready to accept up to 100,000 refugees from this country, US President Joe Biden announced on Thursday
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Nord Stream 2 AG, one of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline operating companies, located in Switzerland, plans to file an application for initiating bankruptcy proceedings in the near future, the German newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung reported on Thursday.
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The United States has accused five entities and individuals from Russia, North Korea and China of violating the ban on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to Iran, North Korea and Syria (INKSNA) and imposed sanctions against them, according to the US State Department website.
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US biopharmaceutical company Gilead is suspending all non-essential drug business in Russia. This is stated in a statement on the company’s website.
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Inflation in the US has driven mortgage rates up to a three-year high, Freddie Mac, the largest US profile agency, said. Now the average mortgage rate for 30 years is 4.42%
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The Austrian Parliament banned the broadcasting of Russia Today on the territory of the republic
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The Swedish-Danish PostNord has decided not to accept or send mail from and to Russia
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Azerbaijani troops went on the offensive in Karabakh. It is reported that Azerbaijani troops occupied the village of Farukh (Parukh), and in the neighboring village of Pirlyar (Khramort), Armenians are gathering for defense.
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The United States, together with the EU and the G7, announced new sanctions, they concern more than 600 individuals and legal entities: 328 State Duma deputies, the head of Sberbank, 17 members of the board of Sovcombank, as well as 48 companies of the military-industrial complex. In addition, the US Department of the Treasury clarified that any transactions with gold are prohibited if they are associated with the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
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Researchers have discovered a fast and controlled way to transform stem cells into cells that match an eight-celled embryo. Cells at this early stage of development can be described as «totipotent», meaning that they can create all types of early embryonic cells, which in turn create tissues and organs. Thus, they can be used in transplantation, and at the same time the person will be a donor to himself.
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Medinsky proposed to oblige Russian children to pray in schools, so that it would be «like in the USA.» Also among his proposals today are the rejection of copyright and the screening of foreign films in Russia and the translation of Besogon into all world languages.
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Moscow Region scientists gathered to make white paper from cow parsnip.
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Bulgaria has canceled the issuance of «golden passports» to foreigners. Amendments to the Citizenship Law were unanimously adopted by the country’s parliament. The amendments will also affect the 100 naturalization applications already filed: the cases will be closed, and 100 million euros will be returned to the applicants.
All cases of obtaining citizenship by investment should be checked by the National Security Agency, the deputies also decided. The reason was an anonymous complaint recently received by one of the parties that citizenship and residence permits were illegally issued to 120 Russians and Chinese. The next step will be the abolition of the issuance of investment visas for residence in the country, the initiators of the amendments promise.
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Dutch scientists have discovered microplastics in human blood for the first time. They analyzed blood samples from 22 anonymous donors, all of whom were healthy adults. Plastic particles were found in 17 samples. A study by specialists from the Free University of Amsterdam published in the journal Environment International
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Japanese startup H2L has developed a device that allows you to feel physical pain in virtual reality. The device captures the contraction of human muscles, and the body is made in the form of a bracelet that creates electrical stimulation of the muscles of the hands. The wearer of such a bracelet feels the presence and weight of objects. And due to electrical stimulation, he will be able to feel: touching other objects, catching a ball or hitting a bird’s beak
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Director of sports equipment manufacturer «Hasttings» Dmitry Voronchikhin told «Gazeta.Ru» that the transfer of the entire process of production of simulators to Russia is now unfeasible due to the lack of material and technical base for the production of metal components and electronic control boards. Voronchikhin added that the cost of sports equipment in Russia increased by 60%.
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The Allegro train between Helsinki and St. Petersburg will stop operating on Saturday, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reports. The train remains the only operating regular rail transport between Russia and the EU, there is no air service.
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Stanford engineers have developed a display made of elastic polymers that can be stretched and bent. At the same time, the device has a maximum brightness at least twice as high as that of a mobile phone.
This is achieved thanks to SuperYellow nanostructures, similar to a fishing net — such a structure does not interfere with the flow of electricity, which is the key to creating a bright and flexible display. It can emit yellow, red, green and blue light
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Kazakhstan is postponing the signing of a contract with Sberbank of Russia on digital transformation, and is considering alternative options. This was reported to Interfax by the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry.
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The Japanese government plans to ban the export of luxury cars to Russia next week, Kyodo reported, citing a government source.
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The European Organization for the Exploitation of Satellites (EUMETSAT) began to delay the transmission of data from weather satellites to Russian partners, said the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation Alexander Kozlov.
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JSC «Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill» (APPM) announced that it began to produce unbleached hardwood and softwood pulp, as well as unbleached paper
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British energy company BP Plc plans to invest £1 billion ($1.32 billion) over ten years to build new electric vehicle charging stations in the United Kingdom.
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Chinese traders have delivered two test batches of alumina to Rusal, Bloomberg reports, citing traders familiar with the matter.
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Agro-industrial holding Miratorg, one of the leading producers of meat and feed in the Russian Federation, has launched the production of specialized veterinary food for cats and dogs, its press service told Interfax.
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One of the largest gold miners in Russia, Petropavlovsk, will not be able to sell gold due to the fact that its creditor Gazprombank fell under British sanctions. These restrictions also prevent a company from repaying loans to a bank.
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Finnish scientists have developed a self-learning prosthetic arm that adapts to the environment. People who have had an upper limb amputated can control a robotic prosthesis by contracting the remaining muscles. The prosthesis picks up the electrical signals produced by the muscle and interprets them using machine learning algorithms.
However, such connections are often very sensitive to external factors — transmission, for example, may be interfered with by the resulting sweat. To solve this problem, scientists have proposed various algorithms that can better adapt to changing circumstances. At the same time, the algorithms are launched automatically, which makes the prosthesis self-learning.
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The EU will buy liquefied natural gas from the US. Already in 2022, it is planned to supply 15 billion cubic meters, and from next year the volume will increase to 50 billion, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. The agreement was adopted during negotiations with US President Joe Biden, who said that it would increase the energy security of the EU countries.
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Swiss plumbing and pipe manufacturer Geberit AG on Friday announced the immediate suspension of all business operations in Russia.
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Emerging Markets Horizon Corp., a specialized mergers and acquisitions company (SPAC), has announced a series of changes to its ownership and management structure amid the imposition of blocking sanctions on VTB.
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The Russian stock market ended trading on Friday with a rollback, the Moscow Exchange index fell below 2485 points
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Roskomnadzor (RKN) has blocked the site of the online publication Delfi in Latvian on the territory of the Russian Federation by a court decision in Kaliningrad.
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The Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant (ChEMK) is revising its environmental program due to the refusal to cooperate with foreign designers and equipment suppliers, Pavel Khodorovsky, general director of the enterprise, said through the press service.
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Phosphate fertilizer plant Lifosa (part of EuroChem), whose activities were limited due to EU sanctions, continues to operate at minimum capacity and plans to stop production by April 10.
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