According to a Levada Center survey (the organization is included in the register of non-profit organizations that act as a foreign agent), compared to March 2022, the number of Russians who believe that “we are now going through the most difficult times” has increased (from 16% to 28 %) and the number of those who expect the worst in the future has decreased (from 54% to 48%), while 18% of optimists said that they are already behind.
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More than $700 million investment company Vy Capital, which is controlled by Russian entrepreneur Alexander Tamasu, will allocate Musk to take over Twitter. The amount of money that the company is willing to provide puts it in third place in terms of volume among all.
Vy Capital: supported The Boring Company, invested in SpaceX and Neuralink.
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Nike has decided to leave the Russian market. As stated in the message on the brand’s website, the nike. com and the mobile app will no longer be available in Russia, and Nike stores that have temporarily opened recently have closed «and will not open again.»
Previously, the company refused to extend the franchise agreement with Inventive Retail Group, which was engaged in the distribution of Nike products in the Russian Federation.
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German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habek admitted that gas in Germany is becoming a scarce commodity. In this regard, the government of the country raised the emergency plan for gas to the second, penultimate level against the backdrop of a reduction in fuel supplies from Russia. The German authorities believe that this will allow the country to fill underground gas storage facilities (UGS).
Germany embarked on a three-stage gas plan amid a cut in supplies from Russia in March. As part of the first phase, the government monitored the daily flow of gas and the filling of the UGS.
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Ukrainian Foreign Ministry: Russians will be able to apply for Ukrainian visas through VFS Global centers in eight cities of the Russian Federation. However, the presence of a visa does not guarantee entry to Ukraine, the final decision is up to the border guards, the department noted.
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The Hermitage introduced a one-year moratorium on exhibitions in Europe and the USA. The museum clarified that all exhibits returned from European exhibitions.
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Cisco has decided to gradually cease its activities in Russia and Belarus, reports Reuters.
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Microsoft continues to reduce business in Russia until there is nothing left of it, said corporation president Brad Smith. According to him, the corporation intends to provide support to Russian employees.
In March, Microsoft announced that it was leaving the Russian market and suspending sales of goods and services in the Russian Federation.
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Czech PPF Group may completely withdraw from Russian assets before November 2023, follows from the group’s report
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OZON started selling goods imported through parallel imports, the company said
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The traffic of rail and road cargo to the Kaliningrad region from other regions of the Russian Federation and back has decreased due to the sanctions restrictions of Lithuania by about 30%, which accounts for rail transit, the press service of the government of the region reported.
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The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) canceled the zero import duty on washing machines and LCD and plasma TVs, returning the rate to 10% of the customs value.
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The official representative of the French Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday the demand of the Russian authorities that one of the diplomats of the French embassy in Moscow leave Russia.
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From July 1, Air Arabia will operate two flights daily between Moscow and Sharjah instead of one, this will make connecting for flights to third countries more convenient, said Oksana Severina, sales manager of the air carrier.
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The European Road Safety Council (ETSC) has recommended Estonia to review the speed limit on highways and in built-up areas, Postimees reports.
The Republic is asked to reduce the speed on country roads to 80 km/h (now the speed limit is 90 km/h), and in the city to 30 km/h (now it is allowed to drive no faster than 50 km/h)
In its letter to the Estonian authorities, ETSC notes that a 1% reduction in the average speed in the European Union will help save 2,100 lives per year. In addition, it significantly reduces emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. By July 13, the council is awaiting a response from the government of the republic on how it will act in accordance with the recommendations.
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German scientists have said that there is a large «heated pool» in the northeast Pacific Ocean — an abnormally warm zone that appeared as a result of human activity, and not natural climatic changes. It provokes local sea heat waves. Because of this, animals die in the ocean and droughts occur on the coast.
Over the past 20 years, 31 marine heat waves have been recorded in this region alone — in the period from 1982 to 1999 there were only nine. More than 100 million fish and half a million birds have died in the United States as a result. The number of sea lions, humpback whales and other animals has fallen
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In the warehouses of the largest silver miner in Russia, Polymetal, unsold bars have accumulated. The company said that it currently lacks reliable export channels and domestic sales opportunities, and access to former markets was closed by sanctions.
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Italian TikTok blogger Xabi Leim has reached 142.6 million followers, making him the most followed content creator on the platform. The previous leader, Charlie Damelio, is almost 375,500 followers behind him.
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The Indian Register of Shipping issued certification documents for more than 80 tankers of the Dubai-registered subsidiary of the Russian state company Sovcomflot, which fell under sanctions. If in 2021 the share of Russian grades of oil in the total volume of oil imports to India did not exceed 1%, then in May 2022 it reached 16.5%
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The US Supreme Court has clarified the possibility of carrying weapons outside the home, reports NBC News.
«The Supreme Court, having taken into account the significance of the second amendment to the US constitution, ruled on Thursday that it is possible to carry weapons outside the home,» according to NBC News.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the first time in 2008 that the amendment guarantees the right to own a gun, albeit with a restriction on keeping guns at home for self-defense.
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The US Senate approved the gun control bill. On Thursday, following a vote in the Senate, lawmakers by a majority removed the objections of Republicans who tried to block the draft amendments.
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On June 23, the Central Bank published the results of the study «Attitude of the population of the Russian Federation to various means of payment» based on the results of 2021.
About a third of Russians prefer cash for everyday payments. Five years ago, two-thirds of respondents preferred to pay in cash. 70% of respondents have banknotes worth more than 500 rubles in their wallets.
The average amount of a one-time purchase paid for in cash in 2021 was 975 rubles. (117 rubles more than a year earlier).
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The US administration on Thursday announced the allocation of additional assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $450 million, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing at the White House.
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Russia and the DPRK plan to resume railway communication interrupted due to the pandemic through the Khasan (Primorsky Territory) — Tumangan (DPRK) border crossing, the press service of the Ministry for the Development of the Far East reported.
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The Il-76 plane crashed near Ryazan, the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. An Il-76 military transport aircraft was flying from Orenburg to Belgorod, landing in Ryazan for refueling. The crash happened shortly after takeoff.
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The Czech court decided that the extradition of Alexander Franchetti, whom Kyiv accuses of “occupying Crimea”, is unacceptable during the Russian military operation, since his rights in Ukraine may be violated
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Ukraine and Moldova received the status of a candidate for joining the European Union, said the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, reports Reuters.
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The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the ministry said in a statement.
In the lawsuit, Ukraine accuses the Russian authorities of violating the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. It is about Art. 2 (right to life), Art. 3 (prohibition of torture), art. 5 (right to liberty and security of person), Art. 8 (right to respect for private and family life), Art. 9 and 10 (freedom of thought, conscience, religion and expression), Art. 11 (freedom of assembly and association) and Art. 1 protocol 1 (property protection).
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After a hard day at work, people speak faster and louder. These conclusions were made by German scientists in the course of a study involving 111 people aged 19-59 years. Volunteers during the week assessed how difficult the working day was, and recorded their evening conversations on a dictaphone. Analysis of audio recordings showed that tired people after stressful situations in the evening begin to pronounce words faster.
This is because stress activates the sympathetic nervous system. Because of this, bronchodilation occurs — the airways open and the person begins to breathe more often. This increases the speed of speech and the volume of the voice.
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Less than a quarter of Russian bank customers — 23% — are confident in their ability to service current loans, Kommersant writes about this, citing Kept (former KPMG) survey data.
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The Union of Juice, Water and Beverage Producers (Soyuznapitki) has asked the government to increase the maximum volume of beverage packaging for young children from 0.2 liters to 0.5 liters, Kommersant reported, citing sources. This is due to the lack of food packaging.
For children under three years old, juice is bottled in 0.2-liter packages, and 80% of this package was imported, a Kommersant source on the market explained. The maximum size of containers is prescribed in the technical regulations of the Customs Union. According to him, this requirement is not related to safety — only recommendations for servings.
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Startup Revolut has entered a new market — it launches a service of gradual payment for purchases in shares. The first country where the service will be launched will be Ireland, but then the company plans to expand to other states.
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Yandex Food has launched a tool with which users can delete data about their orders. In March, information about user purchases was leaked to the network, after which the service was fined at the suit of Roskomnadzor
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The Belarusian Automobile Association (BAA), which unites the auto dealers of the republic, proposes to get rid of the dominance in the republican market of cars produced or imported from the Russian Federation.
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The penultimate prisoner of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) was released from the Guantanamo Bay US prison, spokesman for the movement Zabiullah Mujahid said on Friday.
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Russia and China will continue to increase the share of settlements in national currencies, but a complete rejection of the dollar is impossible, Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov said on Friday.
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The Foreign Ministry is terminating cooperation with the Finnish non-governmental organization Finland-Russia Society due to its «anti-Russian stance,» the ministry said in a statement.
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In the Czech Republic, they released an application through which you can get the official consent of a partner for sex. According to iDnes, in the application, users can agree or disagree on various types of sex and designate a contact person for risky situations. The program has a defense mechanism against consent to forced sex. All information is encrypted, it can only be received by law enforcement agencies. XPass is now available for iOS smartphones. An Android version will also be coming soon.
XPass is a free mobile app created by Pro Fem, an organization that helps victims of domestic and sexual violence. Human rights activists hope that the novelty will help reduce the number of criminal cases related to sexual crimes. According to human rights activists, every tenth resident of the Czech Republic was subjected to sexual violence.
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Geologists have developed a new model in which solid rock in the mantle (between crust and core) is saturated with chemically dissociated water, which can turn into a water-rich molten slurry. If this happens, the liquid seeps back to the earth’s crust. The researchers called it «mantle rain.»
They found that at a depth of about 410 kilometers under the Earth’s surface is a layer that can contain a lot of water. To detect «mantle rain,» the researchers studied what happens when a slab of rock and water sinks deeper into the mantle. It turned out that as they descend, an increase in temperature and pressure leads to the melting of rocks and the release of water — «reverse rain»
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The Chinese Communist Party has banned streamers from showing money in the frame. New restrictions also apply to deepfake, the technology cannot be used to create images with leaders of parties or states. Streamers should not deliberately “hype” sensitive issues or attract public attention.
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In May, Metrium analysts continued to record a decrease in the activity of homebuyers in the capital based on data from the Moscow Rosreestr. Demand for secondary housing fell most noticeably – by 45%, and the number of equity participation agreements decreased by 31% compared to May 2021. Mortgage transactions also fell by 40%.
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Employees of the Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came with a check to the Yeltsin Center, news agency sources said. According to them, they are checking information about the distribution of «extremist literature.» The press service of the Yeltsin Center claims to know nothing about the checks
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From July 1, Sberbank will introduce a commission for transfers to cards of other banks, credit and microfinance organizations through their websites and applications. The commission will be 1.25%. It will be at least 30 rubles, maximum — 150 rubles. Transfers up to 100,000 rubles per month to other banks through the fast payment system will remain free
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The Basmanny Court of Moscow seized the property of blogger and journalist Veronika Belotserkovskaya
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Chinese scientists have come up with an alternative to the natural origin of life — without eggs and sperm. Cells that differentiate into all types but cannot form extra-embryonic organs are called pluripotent. That is, in nature, any organism can grow only from totipotent stem cells, and Chinese scientists were able to artificially create life from pluripotent ones. In this they were helped by a chemical cocktail, the formula of which they had been looking for for 20 years.
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From July 4, Tinkoff will charge a commission for storing dollars, euros and pounds on brokerage accounts in excess of 10,000 USD. e. Commission will be 1% per month, will be charged daily
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About 2,000 migrants stormed the fence on the border between Morocco and Spain. They managed to break down the door at the border checkpoint and enter Melilla, a territory belonging to Spain in northern Africa. The migrants were armed with sticks and hooks, which they used against law enforcement officers.
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Russian government departments and state-owned companies are urgently transferring work computers from the Windows operating system to Linux Astra. On public procurement websites, you can find hundreds of contracts for a total of billions of rubles from the structures of Gazprom, the government of the Rostov region and Crimea, hospitals and clinics in different regions, structures of the Federal Treasury, the Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosatom and other departments.
Astra Linux is an operating system based on the Debian distribution, which has been developed by Rusbitech since 2008.
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A new earthquake occurred on Friday morning in the Afghan province of Paktika, Aamaj News reported.
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Scientists from the Natural Gas Research Institute of the State Concern Turkmengaz have developed a way to control gas emissions in the Darvaza crater (popularly called the «Gates of Hell»), which has been burning for several decades, the Turkmen news agency Orient reports.
According to the director of the Research Institute Bayrammyrat Pirniyazov at the international scientific conference «Environmental aspects of hydrocarbon production» held in Ashgabat, it is proposed to drill an appraisal well at the Chaldzhulba field, on the territory of which there is a burning crater. Due to the forced extraction of gas from the largest reservoir, it is planned to reduce its uncontrolled flow into the crater. After reducing the intensity of gas inflow, it will be possible to isolate the surface of the crater.
Due to such a decision, uncontrolled gas emissions into the atmosphere will be completely eliminated, scientists of the institute believe.
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Japanese automakers Toyota Motor and Suzuki Motor will produce hybrid sport utility vehicles (SUVs) for the Indian market.
According to a press release from the two companies, they will start joint production of the Suzuki-designed hybrid vehicle at Toyota’s Kirloskar Motor Pvt. plant from August. The companies then intend to expand deliveries to other countries of the world, including countries in Africa.
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The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) will provide Poland with a €450 million loan to help cope with the influx of Ukrainian refugees, according to the bank’s website.
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The Privolzhsky court of Kazan sentenced employees of correctional colony No. 18 to three years of suspended imprisonment for beating a prisoner.
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U.S. existing home sales fell to a two-year low in May 2022 as median prices topped the $400,000 mark for the first time in history, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
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