According to The Economist, Latin America is one of the fastest growing regions in the world. Since 2015, the volume of investment in it has increased 10 times — more than in Asia, Europe or the United States. And the amount of venture capital invested in the Latin American region quadrupled to $20 billion between 2019 and 2021. There are now 27 unicorns (companies valued at $1 billion or more) in the region, while back in 2018 there were only four of them, writes The Economist.
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According to WEO forecasts, in 2022, global GDP as a whole will grow by 3.6%. At the same time, Guyana’s GDP will grow by an amazing 47.2%! Iraq (+9.5%) is in second place in terms of growth, followed by Kuwait (+8.2%), India (+8.2%) and Saudi Arabia (+7.6%)
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The former director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Roman Rubanov, the former technical director of the Navalny Live TV channel Daniel Kholodny and the Arkhangelsk activist Olga Shkolina were included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring.
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The founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, sent Tesla Powerwall solar power plants to hospitals in Ukraine, Mikhail Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation of the Republic, said on Telegram.
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Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan agreed to withdraw forces and equipment from the border to points of deployment, to dismantle engineering structures, the Border Service of Kyrgyzstan reports following the talks.
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The European Union imposes sanctions not only against Russia, but also against Belarus. Belarusian propagandists Grigory Azarenok, Lyudmila Gladkaya, Igor Tur and Andrei Sych, former head of the GUBOPiK Andrei Parshin, general director of Belaruskali Igor Golovaty, sons of Aleksey Oleksin, head of the CEC of the Republic of Belarus Igor Karpenko, Serbian oligarch Bogolyub Karich (Dana), etc. d.
The following enterprises fell under the sanctions: Belaruskali, Belarusian Potash Company, Inter Tobako, Naftan, the Neman tobacco factory, Beltamozhservice and Belkommunmash.
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Arkady Volozh leaves all posts in Yandex and leaves his board of directors. This was reported in the company itself after the inclusion of Volozh in the EU sanctions lists.
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The Estonian government has allowed citizens of Russia and Belarus who entered the country for humanitarian reasons to issue work and business visas or issue temporary residence permits.
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The Italian National Association of Consumers Assoutenti has prepared a study that provides comparative prices for basic goods and services in the country over the past 12 months. Most of all — almost twice — in Italy, air tickets for international flights have risen in price over the year. Flights within the country increased in price by 21.4%. The cost of gas increased by 66.3%, electricity — by 73.5%, vegetable oil is the leader among products, its price has increased by more than 70%. Butter went up in price by 22.6%, flour — by 18.6%.
According to the association, on average, a family of four will spend 2,750 euros more in 2022 than a year earlier. At the same time, the cost of spending on food increased by about 560 euros.
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At a new stage in its development, Russia «attaches great importance to relations with African countries» and intends to develop them, Putin said on Friday while receiving Senegalese President Macky Sall in the Kremlin. According to Putin, Russia’s trade with Africa is growing — by 34%, while Africa’s «role in the international arena» is growing.
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The international hotel chain Marriott has decided to suspend all operations in Russia, according to a statement by the company’s press service.
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The Ministry of Justice of Russia has added to the list of foreign agents. Now it lists businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin as a natural person of a foreign agent, and journalists Oleg Kashin, Alexei Pivovarov, Mikhail Sokolov, artist Yulia Tsvetkova, activist from Crimea Irina Danilovich and political scientist Nikolai Petrov as foreign media agents
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A court in Moscow sentenced ex-deputy head of the Ministry of Education and Science Marina Lukashevich to 6.5 years in prison. She was found guilty of fraud on an especially large scale. The court also fined Lukashevich 800,000 rubles.
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For the first time in the world, specialists from the American company 3DBio Therapeutics transplanted an organ printed on a 3D printer from the patient’s own cells. Doctors made a special ear implant for a 20-year-old girl who was born with a deformity of her right ear
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American software providers refused to serve Severstal 20 minutes after the imposition of US sanctions, said billionaire and main beneficiary of the company Alexei Mordashov. Washington imposed restrictions against him and the steel company the day before, June 2
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The network of certified Lego stores «World of Cubes» suspends the work of some of its sites in Russia due to a lack of goods. The Danish construction kit manufacturer temporarily stopped deliveries of its products to the country in early March.
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Xiaomi Mi TV EA70 TVs suddenly began to drop screens. The company acknowledged the defect and stated that a small batch of works from February 14 to March 20 of this year is affected by the problem. All victims in China are promised free repairs and a two-year warranty extension. In Russia, Xiaomi Mi TV EA70 is not officially sold, but it can be found at «gray» sellers.
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Finland disconnected from the Russian power line. Finland made the decision to disconnect the Russian line after the cessation of electricity supplies from Russia
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The Royal Flight airline, which operated charter flights for tour operators Coral Travel and Sunmar, will cut more than a hundred pilots due to problems in the aviation industry, Maxim Kurashvili, head of the carrier’s corporate communications department, told RBC.
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The Barnaul Cartridge Plant, which is part of the holding company Barnaul Machine Tool Plant, is laying off 400 employees, which is almost 20% of all employees. This was reported by the press service of the government of the Altai Territory.
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Kazakh oil and gas company CNPC-Aktobemunaigaz has changed the name of the brand of oil exported through Russian seaports to Kazakhstan Export Blend Crude Oil (KEBCO) to «separate» it from Russian-produced oil, the company told Reuters.
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Two European businessmen will buy the British telecommunications group Truphone from businessman Roman Abramovich and his partners for one pound, the Financial Times writes, citing sources.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry has put 41 Canadian citizens on the «stop list». As noted on the agency’s website, the list includes persons “leading organizations that support nationalists in Ukraine” and military officials. They are banned from entering the territory of the Russian Federation on an indefinite basis.
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VTB shareholders have decided not to pay dividends for 2021.
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Gazprom Neft shareholders were invited at the annual meeting to approve the payment of remuneration for 2021 to members of the board of directors in the amount of 0.005% of EBITDA under IFRS, according to materials for voting at the AGM.
At the end of 2021, this figure amounted to 986.127 billion rubles. Thus, members of the board of directors of Gazprom Neft who do not hold positions in the executive bodies can be paid 49.3 million rubles each.
The chairman of the board of directors (the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller) may also receive an additional remuneration of 115% of the base. Thus, the total amount of payments to Miller can be 106 million rubles.
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Aeroflot has closed the sale of tickets for flights from Moscow to Colombo (Sri Lanka), follows from the data of the company’s booking system.
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The National Settlement Depository (NSD), through which the absolute majority of Russian securities are moved, came under EU sanctions.
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The flight restriction regime at 11 Russian airports has been extended until June 12, the Federal Air Transport Agency said. The measures affected airports in Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol and Elista.
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Twitter Inc. has passed a US antitrust review, which removes a hurdle for Elon Musk to acquire it in a proposed $44 billion deal. The approval was mostly pending, but the deal still needs to be approved by Twitter shareholders and pass other regulatory reviews.
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Problems with parts supply chains forced Boeing to suspend production of the 737 MAX narrow-body aircraft for ten days in May, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.
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German magazine Spiegel reported that Telegram passed user data to law enforcement officers in Germany, although the company denies this. According to sources of the publication, we are talking about suspects in terrorism and child abuse.
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China has unveiled the composition of the new crew of the National Space Station. Taikonauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, Cai Jiuzhe will go to China’s Tiangong National Orbital Station as part of the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft mission, said Lin Xiqiang, deputy head of China’s Manned Space Flight Program Office.
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Amazon tracks and records every minute of workers’ «off time» using RF scanners, which warehouse employees use to track customer packages. If an employee has accumulated from 30 to 59 minutes of «non-working» time for the first time in a year, he is first issued a written warning. If an employee has accumulated from 60 to 120 minutes a day, or after a warning, an employee has accumulated another 30 to 59 minutes, he can be fired
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