According to the FAO report, 100% of wheat in Eritrea is imported from Russia and Ukraine. Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Armenia import just under 100% of their wheat from Russia
The Seychelles (more than 90% of all wheat there comes from Ukraine), Lebanon (almost half) and Somalia (slightly less than half) depend on Ukraine the most.
And in general, in 26 countries of the world, more than half of the wheat is imported from Russia or Ukraine — among them, in addition to those mentioned, are, for example, Turkey and Finland
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North Macedonia has canceled the visa-free regime with Russia. Now Russians must obtain a visa to enter the country; previously, this required only a passport, an invitation, or confirmation of a paid tour. North Macedonia extended the visa-free regime annually on 16 March.
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The government has allocated almost 40 billion rubles to support the labor market in the regions under the sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation. Of these, 25.5 billion rubles will be used to create temporary jobs in the regions for citizens at risk of dismissal, as well as to organize paid public works for those who have registered with the labor exchange.
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The main owner of the luxury retailer Bosco di Ciliegi, Mikhail Kusnirovich, received Italian citizenship in October 2020. This became known from the disclosure of information controlled by Kusnirovich British Investments Global Ltd. The entrepreneur notified the British authorities about the changes just now.
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The Ministry of Industry and Trade allocated more than 15 billion rubles for testing under the SSJ-New aircraft program in a modification with maximum import substitution. The share of foreign components in the aircraft, according to various estimates, ranges from 20% to 50%.
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Rosenergoatom Concern will spend more than 300 million rubles to develop the NPP EXPERIENCE system based on import-substituting software. This is a process automation system at nuclear power plants.
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Rostelecom uses almost 40 million rubles from the budget for import substitution of software for robotization of business processes
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Russian Post ordered consultations worth 9 million rubles. We are talking about the transition to Russian radio-electronic products
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Tesla Inc raised prices in China and the US for the second time in less than a week, after Elon Musk said the electric car maker was facing significant inflationary pressure on raw materials and logistics. The sharp rise in the cost of raw materials was exacerbated by disruptions in the supply chain.
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In Georgia, it is forbidden to accept Mir cards for payment, the National Bank of the country reported.
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Social pensions in Russia will be indexed by 8.6% from April 1, the increase will affect 4 million people, the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation said.
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The head of the board of the Ukrainian Railway Alexander Kamyshin said that there is no longer a railway connection between Belarus and Ukraine.
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The international oilfield service company Baker Hughes has decided to suspend new investments in its activities in the Russian Federation.
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Belgium has postponed the closure of the nuclear power plant for 10 years. Earlier, the country’s authorities decided to stop the nuclear power plant in 2025, but now the Belgian government has extended the life of the two most modern nuclear reactors by 10 years — until 2035. According to Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, this decision was made against the backdrop of problems in the energy sector and rising energy prices.
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In Serbia, the opening of a high-speed communication between Belgrade and Novi Sad took place. For the first time, a high-speed train passed here, named Soko (Falcon), and the journey between the two Serbian cities took 33 minutes. A high-speed train capable of speeding up to 200 km/h will run daily. In total, Serbia purchased three such trains, each of which can accommodate about 300 passengers.
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NASA rolled out the super-heavy SLS rocket to the launch pad for the first time. The SLS is a promising super-heavy rocket that NASA plans to use for launches beyond Earth orbit. She has two stages and two side accelerators. The initial version that NASA rolled out will be capable of lifting up to 90 tons of cargo, and in the future the carrying capacity will be doubled: first to 105 tons, and then to 130
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In connection with the introduction of new rules for registering real estate for foreigners from «unfriendly» countries, Rosreestr explained that it could not verify the presence of a second citizenship among Russians making transactions, Rosreestr told RBC.
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Bulgaria refused to negotiate with Gazprom. Finance Minister Asen Vasilev said that Sofia plans to buy gas from alternative suppliers — Qatar and Algeria. In addition, it is planned to discuss a new gas contract for the whole of Europe, the minister added.
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Instead of the annual «Yuri Night», the American non-profit Space Foundation will hold a charity party in Colorado Springs called «Celebration of Space»
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The Australian Government will allocate an additional $22 million in emergency humanitarian assistance to the civilian population of Ukraine, as well as $15.5 million in military assistance.
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Australian companies are prohibited from supplying alumina, aluminum ores and bauxite to Russia. This is stated on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country.
The purpose of the sanctions, according to the Australian Foreign Ministry, is to limit the ability to produce aluminum, which is one of the key elements of Russian exports. It is claimed that 20% of Russia’s needs for alumina are met by supplies from Australia.
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FIFA allocates $1 million and medicines to help Ukraine
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The international oilfield services company Baker Hughes has decided to suspend new investments in its activities in the Russian Federation.
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About 30% of businesses have completely or temporarily suspended work in Ukraine, said Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko, citing data on the payment of taxes on personal income and unified social contributions. According to him, now the main channel for covering the needs of the state budget is internal and external borrowing, since tax and customs revenues have significantly decreased. Ukraine is servicing its debt in full.
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Refugees from Ukraine who are hosted by Australia will receive a three-year visa that allows them to obtain state health insurance and work permits, Foreign Minister Maris Payne said. She noted that since February 24, almost 4.5 thousand Ukrainians have received Australian humanitarian visas and more than 600 of them have already entered the country.
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Numismatic auction Kuenker, the largest in Europe, suspends all trading operations with individuals and legal entities from Russia and Belarus
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In Russia, the websites of «Mediazona. Central Asia» and Agentura.ru, a project of secret service researchers Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, were blocked.
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North Korea fired four multiple rocket launchers into the Yellow Sea within an hour, the South Korean military said. This is the eleventh such incident since the beginning of the year.
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The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) estimates that banks hold between 150 and 200 billion Swiss francs ($213 billion) of Russian clients’ money in offshore accounts.
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Scientists from Brunel University calculated that 150 different types of chemicals get into drinks from plastic bottles. 18 of which break through ceilings of safe norms. The problem is that bottles made from recycled plastic turned out to be many times more harmful than ordinary ones. Now scientists are asking for cleaner recycling methods
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The Central Bank of the Bahamas has found assets worth $3 billion in the country, which are connected with the Russians. $420 million are on deposits, $2.5 billion are «in custody or trusts,» Reuters reports. It is not specified how much of these assets belong to the Russians included in the sanctions lists.
The Bahamas financial regulator on March 13 ordered a ban on doing business with parties under U.S. and allied sanctions.
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In Slovakia, the deployment of the Patriot air defense system begins. According to the country’s Ministry of Defense, the system will be deployed at the Sliac air base in the central part of Slovakia. Patriot is not a replacement for the Soviet-made S-300 system, which is in service with Slovakia, we are talking about another element of the defense of the country’s airspace.
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All four major foreign oilfield services companies announced the termination of investments in the Russian Federation. Weatherford International, Halliburton, Schlumberger and Baker Hughes.
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In 2021, only 399,000 Italians were born, fewer than at any time in the past 150 years, according to the National Institute of Statistics. 709 thousand people died, with 8% of them due to covid.
For two years now, as the country’s population is below the mark of 60 million, immigration has not helped either. In 2021, almost 290 thousand people came to Italy. At the same time, in many regions, primarily in the south, there is an outflow of the population. The only province where the number of inhabitants has grown is Bolzano or South Tyrol, the area with the highest GDP per capita in the country.
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The Taliban banned the Afghan tricolor flag, replacing it with the flag of their movement (terrorist organization, banned in Russia)
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France froze the assets of the Central Bank of Russia for €22 billion and the accounts of private individuals from Russia for €150 billion. Such data were given by French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire. In addition, according to him, real estate worth half a billion euros was frozen. It belonged to about 30 Russians who fell under the sanctions.
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The head of the German Finance Ministry agreed with Qatar on a «long-term energy partnership», including the supply of LNG, the Welt channel reported.
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Japanese scientists from the Riken Institute created a robot face with a clear facial expression and conducted an experiment to see if people could recognize an emotion. Nicola can express joy, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust. This happens with the help of 29 pneumatic actuators, and another 6 actuators control the movements of the head and eyeball.
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Two years after the start of the military confrontation in Ladakh, Beijing has asked New Delhi to revive bilateral dialogue and pave the way for the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) summit in China later this year.
Beijing has offered to pay Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi a visit to India as early as this month. This will be followed by a return visit by Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar.
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