Most immigrants ended up in the UAE: 88% of the total population! And in Kuwait and Qatar, more than 70%. Of the countries of the conditional West, Luxembourg is in the lead with 47%, and of the large ones, Australia is in the lead with a 30% share of immigrants. In New Zealand and Switzerland, it is slightly more than 28%
In Russia, immigrants counted 8% of the population — more than in most countries of Eastern Europe
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China reduced steel production in the first quarter by 10.5% compared to the same period last year — up to 243.38 million tons.
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Since the beginning of 2022, coal exports from Russia have decreased by almost 9%, Petr Bobylev, director of the coal industry department of the Ministry of Energy, said at a round table in the State Duma.
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The American Robinhood Markets Inc., the operator of the popular platform for trading on the stock market, has signed an agreement to buy the British crypto company Ziglu Ltd.
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Korney Chukovsky, Joan Rowling and Holly Webb became the most popular children’s writers, said Alexander Voropaev, head of the Encyclopedia Publishing and Digitization Support Department of the Department of State Media Policy of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida promised that his country would increase the volume of loans provided to Ukraine from $100 million to $300 million.
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Russian banks are temporarily not required to disclose interim and annual financial statements, an auditor’s report on them, information on risks taken, risk and capital management, data on capital instruments, follows from the decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, published on the website of the regulator
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The American automaker General Motors (GM) has no plans to resume operations in Russia. Deliveries of cars and spare parts are stopped. Dealers have already received notice to stop deliveries of vehicles. Kommersant’s interlocutors say that GM is also laying off employees of the Russian office.
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The social networking app TikTok no longer appears in the search results of the Russian AppStore.
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Three sailors who served on the USS George Washington aircraft carrier were found dead within a week, NBC News reports, citing the US military.
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The United States authorities have decided to provide support to American nuclear power plants that are under threat of closure due to financial difficulties, the Associated Press reports, citing representatives of the US Department of Energy. The US administration intends to allocate $ 6 billion.
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Eight Russian diplomats may leave Japan as early as Wednesday after Tokyo’s decision to expel them, NHK reports.The plane with eight persons declared persona non grata by the Russian embassy took off from Japan at about 12:15 local time (6:15 Moscow time), ANN reported.
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Italy will not pay for Russian gas in rubles, as required by Moscow, if the European Union considers this a violation of anti-Russian sanctions, Bloomberg reports citing sources.
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Bloomberg: Oneworld alliance has suspended the membership of Russian S7 Airlines.
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The Japanese corporation Toshiba announced that it is suspending the acceptance of new orders and investments in Russia
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Latvia wants to phase out Russian gas by 2023. Minister of Economics Janis Vitenbergs announced the «historic decision to strengthen energy security and independence of Latvia». The corresponding amendments to the law still have to be approved by the Parliament.
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As it became known to Forbes, Krasnoe & Beloe will increase the area of its warehouses by almost a third at the expense of federal networks for the sale of electronics and household appliances, «caught in a difficult situation.» On April 17, it became known that the M.Video-Eldorado group intends to release about 100,000 sq. m. m of warehouses
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The US-based SETI Institute has teamed up with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) for a new joint project, COSMIC SETI, which aims to search for extraterrestrial intelligence 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Scientists are going to monitor using 27 telescopes called the Very Large Antenna Array.
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The TikTok application reappeared in the AppStore for Russian users on the morning of April 20.
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Wimbledon organizers will not allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to participate in the tournament, reports The New York Times. Wimbledon will be the first tennis tournament to limit Russian and Belarusian athletes.
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The French company Danone has stopped importing Evian mineral water and Alpro herbal products to Russia.
“Danone has made the decision to significantly change its business in Russia, refocusing it on basic dairy products, baby and health food, and stopping the import of Evian and Alpro,” the company said in its financial report for the first quarter of this year.
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Lithuanian agro-industrial group Linas Agro Group is selling its business in Russia, business news portal vz.lt (Verslo Zinios) reported on Wednesday.
Linas Agro Group is the largest agricultural and food production group in the Baltic States, uniting 75 companies in 8 countries.
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Car sales in the European Union fell by 20.5% in March compared to the same month in 2021, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said in a statement.
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Anglo-Dutch Shell, in accordance with its previously announced intention to withdraw from joint ventures with Gazprom and Gazprom Neft, is recalling employees seconded there, Interfax was told at the concern.
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US liquefied natural gas deliveries to Asian markets are declining as deliveries to Europe increase, according to the customs statistics of the largest LNG consumers — China and Japan.
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The Tagansky Court of Moscow dismissed the suit of the Ekho Moskvy radio station to invalidate the demands to restrict access to an information resource.
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The Estonian government has approved an additional budget of more than €700 million to cover the cost of strengthening security, accepting Ukrainian refugees and crisis assistance to Estonian residents, Delfi reports.
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The court banned the yacht Amadea from leaving the waters of Fiji after she entered the country’s waters without permission. It will also consider a US warrant to confiscate the vessel due to sanctions against her alleged owner.
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Alikhanov called on Russian billionaires to moor yachts in the Baltic. According to Alikhanov, when someone is «taken away from a yacht for $ 700 million,» his «heart bleeds.» With this money in the Kaliningrad region it is possible to build, break and rebuild all the planned port projects, he said.
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A methane explosion occurred at the Pniuvek coal mine in Silesia on Wednesday night. 42 people worked in the area of the explosion. 12 people were taken to hospitals, most of them with burns, according to the Polsatnews portal. Seven people are currently considered missing. Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki left for the scene of the accident. He promised to organize all necessary assistance.
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The Embassy of Slovakia in Moscow temporarily restricted the submission of documents for a residence permit. According to social media users, the diplomatic department cancels even existing entries and sends letters stating that filing will not be possible in the next 5 months
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A court in London has issued an extradition order to the United States for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to the organization’s Twitter page. The final decision on this issue should be made by British Home Secretary Priti Patel.
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Evraz has decided not to publish its 1Q operating results due to the temporary suspension of its listing on the London Stock Exchange, the company said in a statement.
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The former wife of the nephew of the first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Gulmira Satybaldy, is suspected of embezzling funds for the repair of Universiade 2017 facilities, the press service of the Anti-Corruption Agency said on Wednesday.
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Lada sales in March fell by 56% compared to the same month in 2021, Renault Group said. Sales amounted to almost 16,000 vehicles. The number of group cars sold in Russia decreased by 64%
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Mercedes has unveiled the flagship EQS SUV, the company’s first electric crossover that isn’t based on a petrol model.
The basic version has a range of 660 km, power 355 hp. and 568 Nm of torque, the middle one has 613 km, the same 355 hp, but more torque — 800 Nm.
The top equipment is called EQS 580 4Matic. She has two electric motors with a capacity of 536 hp, a torque of 858 Nm and a power reserve of 613 km.
The car has a panoramic roof, air suspension, rear wheel steering and fast charging up to 200 kW — in 15 minutes you can get 250 km of run.
Sales will begin in the second half of this year. The company did not announce prices.
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