Swedish airline Braathens Regional Airlines said it had made the first flight of a commercial aircraft powered entirely by sustainable jet fuel.
The carrier carried out a test flight from Malmö to Bromma using an ATR aircraft in cooperation with PAF fuel manufacturer Neste Oyj.
Cleaner fuels are seen as the most realistic way to decarbonise aviation.
ATR and Braathens are working to certify an aircraft powered by 100% SAF eco-fuel by 2025.
When used in its purest form, Neste SAF eco-fuel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 80% compared to aviation kerosene, writes Bloomberg.
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Lukoil’s board of directors canceled its May 16 decision to convene a repeat annual shareholders’ meeting on June 23, which was planned if the June 21 shareholders’ meeting does not take place, the company said.
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The authorities of the Chelyabinsk region, together with the enterprises of the region, have compiled a list of equipment and components for import substitution from about 13 thousand items. This was announced by the Minister of Industry of the Chelyabinsk region Pavel Ryzhiy on Wednesday at a meeting of the industry committee of the regional parliament.
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American Interactive Brokers from the end of July will no longer accept deposits in Russian rubles. Experts believe that this is due to the increase in such transfers. There is no talk of stopping work with the Russians yet
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A scandal with the Chinese company Shein flares up on the Web. On the tags, buyers from all over the world find requests for help. TikTok and Twitter users post photos of clothing tags. Representatives of the company assured that they comply with a strict code prohibiting suppliers from using child labor.
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Lithuania will expand the list of trade restrictions on transit between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of Russia with the expansion of sanctions of the European Union, said the President of the Republic Gitanas Nausėda, reports Reuters.
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The Thai authorities have extradited Russian citizen Dmitry Ukrainsky to the United States, who is accused of embezzling funds from American citizens with subsequent legalization in Thailand, TASS reports citing Ivan Melnikov, deputy chairman of the Russian branch of the International Committee for the Protection of Human Rights.
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President Vladimir Putin signed a decree establishing a new temporary procedure for payments on foreign currency debt (Eurobonds). According to the document, Russia will be able to pay foreign currency debt in rubles.
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The mobile operator Tele2 refused to almost double the price of unlimited tariffs after the intervention of the Ministry of Digital Development, according to the department’s Telegram channel.
The day before, June 21, Tele2 subscribers said on social networks that they had received a newsletter, according to which the company increased the cost of its unlimited tariffs from 450 to 700 rubles. After that, the Ministry of Digital Development and the FAS announced that they would check the validity of a sharp increase in tariffs.
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The hegemony of individual states and the confrontation of military blocs lead to wars and conflicts, said Chinese President Xi Jinping
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The hotels of the Finnish Sokos chain in St. Petersburg will come under the control of two local investors, owners of the Awara IT company
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Mashaal al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of Kuwait, has dissolved the National Assembly (parliament) to hold early elections, Al Arabia TV channel reported.
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After the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions, the Italian financial guard froze property associated with Russia. We are talking about real estate, vehicles, aircraft, yachts, land and company assets.
Measures were taken against 14 people included in the EU sanctions lists. The freezing of assets occurred as a result of an audit of more than 1.1 thousand Russian legal entities and individuals.
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The Moscow City Court left the rector of the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergei Zuev in jail. He is accused of involvement in the theft of 21 million rubles from the budget.
Zuev is seriously ill and moves only with a cane. The prosecutor considered that he could put pressure on the witnesses.
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The Oktyabrsky court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced the former vice-rector of the Rostov Institute for the Protection of Entrepreneurs (RIPP) Sergey Zaitsev in a fraud case, the press service of the FSB department for the Rostov region reports. The court found Zaitsev guilty under part 3 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and sentenced him to one year and eight months in a penal colony.
It is noted that Zaitsev provided certificates of study for each student, containing deliberately false information about the fourth year of study at the Faculty of Law of the RIPP and the study of disciplines that are not included in the curriculum of the specified university.
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Due to the policy of foreign credit organizations, Uralsib Bank can no longer make payments to Russian partner banks in dollars and euros, and Uralsib and its clients’ own payments in these currencies are carried out as usual.
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Finam’s clients cannot withdraw currency for technical reasons, Dmitry Panterovsky, deputy general director for the company’s brokerage business, explained to Interfax.
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Roskomnadzor (RKN) has drawn up an administrative protocol against Google LLC under the article on the repeated failure to remove information prohibited in the Russian Federation due to materials on YouTube, according to which the company faces a fine in the amount of 5% to 10% of its annual revenue in Russia, the agency said. .
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London’s refusal to issue visas to members of the Russian delegation to participate in the July session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is due to their being on the British sanctions list, the British Embassy in Moscow said on Wednesday.
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News aggregator Google News has reopened in Spain after almost eight years. The return of the service was due to changes in Spanish copyright law, according to Google in a blog post.
In 2014, a law was passed in the country, according to which the media, whose publications got into Google News, had to charge a fee from the aggregator. In this regard, the company decided not to use the service in the country.
Spanish media can now make their own decisions about how their content can be discovered and how to monetize it.
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The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced the start of mobilization exercises in the Gomel region — on the border with Ukraine. They will last until July 1st. The ministry noted that such exercises are held in the country every year: for example, in 2021, the military registration and enlistment offices of the Mogilev region participated in the training camp.
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Director Alexander Sokurov was not released from Russia to Finland, citing the order of Mikhail Mishustin. It is supposedly about anti-covid restrictions.
In December 2021, at a meeting of the HRC, Sokurov entered into a debate about the structure of Russia. He later stated that he regretted the dispute and spoke about threats «from the Chechen sector.»
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Microsoft is testing a new tool called «Privacy Audit» that will allow Windows 11 users to see which apps have accessed devices like the microphone, camera, and so on. + You can see which apps have (or had) access to screenshots, messages, location data and more. When it will appear in the stable assembly of Windows 11 is still unknown.
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According to TechCrunch, the Twitter platform will soon launch a new Notes feature that allows you to write long tweets — over the limit of 280 characters currently in place on the social network. Previously, this required users to create a series of posts, splitting large text into multiple posts.
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Американский холдинг PPG Industries, Inc., в состав которого входит финский производитель лакокрасочной продукции Tikkurila, уходит из России из-за ситуации на Украине, сообщает пресс-служба Tikkurila.
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Тяжелая ракета-носитель Ariane-5 Европейского космического агентства (ESA) стартовала на орбиту с малазийским и индийским спутниками связи, сообщила французская компания-оператор Arianespace.
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Администрация США готовит программу нормализации отношений между Израилем и Саудовской Аравией в преддверии визита на Ближний Восток американского президента Джо Байдена, сообщает Axios со ссылкой на ряд источников.
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Тепличный комплекс «Гринхаус», который принадлежит Аркадию Абрамовичу, выкупит «ТТР Холдинг» — учредитель управляющей компании «РОСТ». Сделку согласовала ФАС
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Гражданам России и Белоруссии не будут выдавать визы в Чехию и вид на жительство до конца марта 2023 года. Правительство поддержало предложение чешского МИДа, сообщает České noviny. Исключение сделают для поездок с гуманитарной целью.
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У аграриев возникли сложности с обслуживанием и ремонтом сельхозтехники из-за нехватки запчастей, следует из опроса, проведенного «Ъ» среди участников рынка. Речь идет о технике иностранных производителей, объем которой в парке составляет в среднем 30–40%.
Источник «Ъ» в крупном агрохолдинге говорит, что запчасти на импортную технику найти крайне сложно. «У ряда поставщиков есть в наличии какие-то простые детали, но их нужно искать, а цены выше докризисных на 50–100%»,— рассказывает собеседник «Ъ».
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Статистика производства стали в РФ за первые пять месяцев 2022 года свидетельствует о падение выплавки на 2,3%, причем это общемировой тренд — производство сократили все крупнейшие игроки, кроме Индии.
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Российские подразделения иностранных брендов (Inditex, H&M и Mango) начали распродавать запасы товаров, которые остались на складах после закрытия магазинов в России. По данным источников Shopper’s, закрывшиеся сети ведут переговоры с российскими аутлетами, в том числе Familia и Off-price
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Склады Samsung забиты 50 млн. нераспроданных смартфонов. Спрос на них упал настолько, что в мае 2022 г. компания вдвое сократила объем выпуска новых гаджетов. Большая часть невостребованных мобильников приходится на серию Galaxy A. Сократилось на 30-70% и количество заказов на компоненты для их производства. Тем не менее, Samsung пока удерживает мировое лидерство по продажам смартфонов.
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Производители газированных напитков столкнулись с нехваткой углекислого газа, из-за чего, опасаются они, могут возникнуть перебои с поставками, рассказал «Коммерсанту» источник в рознице. Наличие проблемы подтвердил также собеседник газеты в крупном производителе
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Large retailers began to import electronics to Russia under a new scheme — through parallel imports. Svyaznoy was the first to do this, importing Samsung smartphones and watches, the latest iPhone models, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo game consoles. Devices will be 10-20% more expensive than similar devices imported with the consent of the copyright holder or manufacturer
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Svyaznoy confirmed the import of iPhones and game consoles through parallel imports. We are talking, in particular, about Apple and Samsung smartphones and PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo game consoles, Kommersant writes. According to the publication, the devices are intended for countries from the EAEU. Devices will be under warranty.
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Sberbank and the Kazakh holding Baiterek are discussing the sale of a Russian bank’s subsidiary in Kazakhstan. This will not require obtaining a new banking license — the bank will only change its shareholder
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In Greece, there have been cases of discrimination against Russians and aggression against them, so the country is not safe for the stay of Russian citizens, Yuri Pilipson, director of the Fourth European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with TASS.
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Vienna is once again voted the most livable city in the world. For the third time, the capital of Austria took first place in the annual ranking of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) — the analytical division of The Economist magazine. On the second and third places are the capital of Denmark Copenhagen and Swiss Zurich.
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Great Britain banned the import of pounds and euros into Russia, and also banned the provision of financial and brokerage services. Among other things, the new package of British sanctions against the Russian Federation includes an embargo on the supply to Russia of jet fuel, goods and technologies related to work at sea, oil and its processing, chemical and biological weapons, as well as critical industrial technologies.
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The European Parliament adopted a resolution in support of granting Ukraine and Moldova the status of EU candidates
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Lukashenka is on an informal visit to Russia, on June 23 and 24 he will meet with Putin in Zavidovo — Peskov.
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The court rejected the complaint of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium against the decision to recover 5.3 billion rubles. damages for an oil spill at a terminal near Novorossiysk in August 2021.
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Germany has activated the second phase of its three-phase emergency action plan to supply gas, authorities say the country is facing a «gas crisis,» The Associated Press reported on Thursday, citing Economy Minister Robert Habeck.
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US Congressmen introduced a bill on the training of Ukrainian pilots. It will allow the United States to begin training Ukrainian pilots and crew members on F-15, F-16 and other aircraft.
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In the microfinance market in recent months, the share of urgent payday loans has increased, it exceeds even the beginning of the pandemic, follows from a study of the Webbankir online financial platform, which Kommersant has reviewed. If in May 2020 this category accounted for 6% of applications, then in May 2022 — over 10%.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the Caspian Summit in Ashgabat on June 29 in person, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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In Turkmenistan, officers of the Road Police Supervision Service (PDNS) stop cars driven by women, confiscate their driver’s licenses under various pretexts, and take the cars to impound yards.
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The production capacities of the world leader in the production of plywood, the Sveza company, are 60-80% underutilized, said Anatoly Frishman, general director of the company.
Earlier, Alexey Mordashov, whose group of companies includes Sveza
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The Parliament of Moldova at a meeting on Thursday extended the state of emergency by 45 days
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Switzerland ends the visa-free regime for citizens of Vanuatu. The restriction applies only to those who have received citizenship since May 2015. That is, everyone who has taken advantage of the Citizenship by Investment program.
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