According to a Levada Center survey (the organization is included in the register of non-profit organizations that act as a foreign agent), Russian consumer sentiment improved slightly in May compared to April: the proportion of Russians who are going to make all their planned purchases on schedule increased somewhere one and a half to two times a month. In the lowest-income group, however, there were still only 7% of them (against 5% in April), but in the highest-income group there were 26% of them against 19% in April
At the same time, the share of Russians who are going to postpone purchases has noticeably decreased: it now ranges from 36% in the high-income group to 42% in the low-income group (against 51-57% a month earlier)
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The UK reduced its imports of Russian gas by 75% compared to the same period last year, and the share of oil imports from Russia has halved, according to the press service of the British government, citing the Minister of Business and Energy of the United Kingdom Kwasi Kwarteng.
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Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works faces a drop in profitability, a decline in production and a lack of profit
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The Central Bank eased the requirements for residents to contribute to the authorized capital of foreign companies. The regulator will no longer require individual permission to pay for shares, deposits and shares in the capital of non-residents if the funds were deposited in rubles or the currency of “friendly” countries
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JSC «Russian Railways» has suspended the loading of certain goods in transit through Belarus to Poland. Restrictions against Poland are in effect from June 23 until canceled, according to the materials of Russian Railways.
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The European Council, which includes the leaders of the EU countries, approved the allocation of additional financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of €9 billion, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said after the EU summit, Polish Radio Lublin reports.
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The flag of Poland has disappeared from the memorial complex in Katyn (Smolensk region). This information was confirmed to RBC by local authorities. The mayor of Smolensk Andrei Borisov, commenting on the situation, said that «there can be no Polish flags on Russian memorials», especially after «the frank anti-Russian statements of Polish politicians.»
“I believe that the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation made the only right decision — to remove the flag of Poland. Katyn is a Russian memorial, it is Russian history,» the head of the city emphasized (quote from the What Smolensk Talks About agency).
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12 EU countries are experiencing interruptions in gas supplies from Russia or have completely stopped receiving it, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
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The combined wealth of the 11 richest billionaires who earned their capital on cryptocurrencies decreased by $61.4 billion in three months.
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In Berlin, the names of the winners of the film award «Lola» — an analogue of «Oscar» in Germany, became known. The winner was Andreas Kleinert’s drama «Dear Thomas» about the life of the outstanding German writer Thomas Brasch.
Albrecht Schuh, who played Thomas, was awarded Best Actor in a Leading Role. «Lola» for the main female role went to Meltem Kaptan, who embodied the image of the heroine in the drama «Rabiya Kurnaz vs. George Bush.» This picture directed by Andreas Dresen was awarded the «Silver Lola». And «Bronze Lola» went to the film «Great Freedom» by the Austrian director Sebastian Meise.
The 81-year-old German cinematographer Jürgen Jurges was awarded the honorary award for outstanding service to German cinema. His track record includes more than a hundred films and work with such eminent directors as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Haneke, Uli Edel.
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British rock band Pink Floyd is selling a catalog of their music, for which the band members are asking for at least $500 million, Bloomberg reports citing sources. The interlocutors of Bloomberg said that the group intends to sell not only the catalog of their songs and records, but also the ability to create products based on the Pink Floyd brand.
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Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Great Britain and the United States have created a new organization for cooperation in the Pacific — Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP, Partners in the Pacific region), according to the White House website. The organization will solve the problems of supporting the priorities of the Pacific region and developing cooperation between its member countries and other states
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China’s satellites, when in contact with a US surveillance satellite, have shown that they are able to avoid being tracked by it and can take retaliatory measures, reports the South China Morning Post (SCMP).
SCMP recalls that China and the United States criticize each other’s activities in outer space. China told the UN last year that two Starlink satellites got so close to China’s Tiangong space station that it had to take an evasive maneuver.
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The launch of the mission of the interplanetary automatic station Psyche («Psyche») to the asteroid of the same name will not take place in 2022 due to the unavailability of the software for its implementation, said on Friday the director of NASA’s planetary science department Lori Gleizes.
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In China, bloggers who do not have the appropriate education have been banned from discussing medical, legal, educational and other topics. Now they will have to provide documents confirming the relevant qualifications. Also, bloggers are no longer allowed to question the «leadership» of the ruling Communist Party.
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Greece has suspended the acceptance of documents for visas from Russians for an indefinite period. The country’s consulates in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novorossiysk stopped working «due to technical reasons,» the Greek Visa Application Center said.
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The Senate of Canada approved amendments to the law on special economic measures, which provide for the possibility of confiscation and use of Russian assets in support of Ukraine.
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The Pakistani embassy in Kabul announced the opening of a medical camp at Khosta airport to help victims of the earthquakes in Afghanistan.
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In the Afghan province of Sari Pul, units of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) have been storming the positions of the rebellious Khazarian commander Mawlawi Mehdi for the third day, Aamaj News reported on Saturday.
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Scientists from MIT: one brewery is able to clean the water of an entire city from heavy metals. Inactive yeast can be an effective and inexpensive way to remove lead from drinking water sources. One gram of this yeast can remove up to 12 milligrams of lead in less than five minutes. The research team calculated that there was enough waste yeast thrown away from one brewery in Boston to clean up the city’s entire water supply. Such a completely sustainable system would not only purify water, but also solve the problem of waste disposal from production.
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China has protested to the United States over a military aircraft flying over the Taiwan Strait. The flight of a P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft over the Taiwan Strait on June 24 jeopardizes peace and stability in the region, Beijing opposes it, said Shi Yi, spokesman for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Area Command, according to Chinese Central Television.
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Amendments to the constitution of Uzbekistan, adopted by the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis in the first reading, imply an increase in the presidential term from five to seven years. The document will be submitted for public discussion until July 5. The last time the presidential term was changed was in 2011, when it was reduced from seven to five years.
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