Russian telecom operators are asking to increase their compensation for the cost of introducing domestic equipment in the implementation of end-to-end projects from the current 50% to 80%, said Boris Glazkov, vice president for strategic initiatives at Rostelecom.
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The State Duma Commission on countering the interference of foreign states in the affairs of Russia has developed a bill according to which the Prosecutor General’s Office will be able to take mirror measures after the ban on Russian media abroad
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia summoned the Russian Ambassador to this country, Timur Eyvazov, and informed him of the decision to reduce the number of diplomatic, administrative and technical staff of the Russian Embassy in Ljubljana, the ministry said in a statement posted on the website of the Slovenian government.
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The Moscow Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) filed a petition with the Presnensky Court of Moscow to replace Pussy Riot participant Maria Alyokhina with a real-life restriction of freedom in the so-called «sanitary case».
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Romania declares 10 Russian diplomats persona non grata
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The Yandex.Investments financial management service, which is developing in partnership with VTB, will be closed in April, follows from a message from the service support service.
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One of the largest Lithuanian food production groups Viciunu grupe will cease business in Russia within three to four months, the company said.
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Portugal is expelling ten Russian diplomats, the Russian ambassador to Portugal has been informed of this decision by the country’s government, the RTP television and radio corporation reported on Tuesday.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded that the American Twitter platform restore access to the publication on the official account of the department in English, where the theses of the statement of the Russian Defense Ministry regarding the events in the Ukrainian city of Bucha were posted.
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The US, UK and Australia, all members of the AUKUS partnership, have pledged to start cooperation on hypersonic and counter-hypersonic weapons, the three countries said in a joint statement released on Tuesday.
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The Danish renewable energy equipment manufacturer Vestas, which owns production facilities in Russia, plans to leave the country, local TV2 reported, citing the company’s statement during the annual meeting of shareholders.
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Since the beginning of the year, Russian fishermen have caught 824 thousand tons of pollock, which is 4.3% more than a year earlier, according to the Federal Agency for Fishery.
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The authorities of New Zealand have introduced a 35% tariff on all imports from Russia, and have also expanded existing restrictions on exports.
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The largest American producer of processors Intel will stop activity in Russia.
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State Department approves $95 million sale of Patriot SAM equipment to Taiwan
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The Federal Tax Service instructed the territorial authorities to deal with the identification of currency speculators together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, RBC found out. They will stop buying and selling currency “from hand”. Such transactions are not subject to anti-sanction relaxation of foreign exchange controls.
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The Russian «daughter» of OTP Group decided not to pay remuneration to shareholders. Transferring money to the parent structure in Hungary is technically difficult, and the bank itself may need funds to cover possible losses
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Reuters, citing the US Treasury, reported that the US tax service has suspended the exchange of tax information with Russia. The EU has also reported this earlier.
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Russian law enforcement agencies have begun checking companies on suspicion of financing extremist activities. The reason for the check was that the companies bought advertising from Sobchak and withdrew funds abroad.
The list of inspected enterprises is impressive. Various design, furniture and wallpaper companies, restaurants, brands and stores of clothing, footwear and cosmetics, hotels and travel agencies, medical services
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Turkey returned the staff of the embassy in Ukraine to Kyiv after a temporary evacuation — Haber Turk TV channel
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The United States, along with the G7 and the European Union, will impose additional sanctions against Russia on April 6. Measures will include a ban on all new investment in Russia — White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
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The Ministry of Justice of Russia has created a register of individuals — foreign agents. This is the fourth register of the Ministry of Justice for foreign agents, it can include any individual «regardless of his citizenship or in the absence of such.»
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The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed at the legislative level to oblige the use of Russian equipment as a priority, if it is available and available on the market, for cryptocurrency mining in Russia. This, as reported by RIA Novosti, was stated by the head of the ministry Denis Manturov, responding to a package of proposals from State Duma deputy Anton Gorelkin on the regulation of cryptocurrency.
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The website of the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch has been blocked in Belarus.
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Russian steel producers and traders have agreed to limit the maximum markup on the sale of rolled metal products to 12%. Last year this figure reached 20%.
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Air India has stopped selling tickets for flights between Moscow and Delhi. The timing of the resumption of flights is still unknown, the Russian embassy said. Passengers offered to travel to Russia on alternative routes
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American Align Technology has suspended the supply of Invisalign aligners to Russia — transparent caps that are used for bite correction as an alternative to braces.
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Canada has expanded the sanctions lists. They included the oligarchs Vladimir Potanin, Viktor Vekselberg, Kirill Shamalov, Leonid Mikhelson and Dmitry Pumpyansky and Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Igor Kostyukov.
As well as Belarusian businessmen Alexander Shakutin, Vladimir Peftiev, Anatoly Ternavsky, Pavel Topuzidis, Yevgeny Baskin, Valentin Baiko and Deputy Minister of Defense of Belarus Andrei Burdyko, Sergei Simonenko and Andrei Zhuk.
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The Federal Air Transport Agency extended until April 13 the ban on flights to the airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol and Elista
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, together with the Prosecutor General’s Office, are working on the possibility of law enforcement agencies accessing the databases of banks and telecom operators, said Deputy Interior Minister of the Russian Federation — Head of the Investigation Department Sergei Lebedev.
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A survey of citizens of Uzbekistan working in Russia showed that 60% of them do not intend to return home yet, Deputy Head of the Agency for External Labor Migration under the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations Azizbek Yunusov said at a press conference.
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A record number of foreigners received Russian citizenship in 2021, FinExpertiza reports, citing data from the migration statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The top 5 recipients of Russian citizenship included residents of:
- Ukraine (mainly DPR and LPR) — 51.1% or 376 thousand people;
- Tajikistan — 14.1% or 103.7 thousand people;
- Kazakhstan — 6.8% or 49.9 thousand people;
- Armenia — 6.4% or 46.9 thousand people;
- Uzbekistan — 4.3% or 31.9 thousand people.
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The authorities of the Netherlands blocked 14 yachts belonging to the Russians in the ports. 12 of them are under construction. The Foreign Ministry spoke about this in a report to parliament on the actions of the country’s government within the framework of sanctions against Russia.
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Greece expels 12 Russian diplomats
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The revenue of the Russian Spotify LLC, owned by the music streaming service Spotify AB, amounted to 983.3 million rubles in 2021, according to the company’s financial report.
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The British company Hyve Group Plc (formerly ITE Group), which organizes exhibitions and conferences, has announced that it is selling its business in Russia to Rise Expo Ltd. and leaves the Russian market
The amount of the transaction will depend on the profit of the business and could be up to 72 million pounds ($94.1 million), the report said. It will be paid in annual installments until 2032. If the deal is paid in full by the end of September 2027, the amount could be reduced to £60m.
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Agroholding Step (owned by AFK Sistema) completed 2021 with revenue of 57.2 billion rubles, which is 74.1% more than a year earlier.
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The Ministry of Justice of Latvia has decided to freeze the assets of the «House of Moscow» in Riga, the head of the department, Janis Bordans, told the Seimas commission on inquiries.
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In Russia, in March, sales of AvtoVAZ fell by 63.6% year-on-year and amounted to 12,289 Lada cars, data from the Association of European Businesses (AEB) showed.
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Sales of the Russian automaker Sollers Auto in March 2022 decreased year-on-year by 26%, to 3.08 thousand units, follows from the data of the Association of European Businesses (AEB).
Last month, 2,206 UAZs (-19% YoY) and 874 Ford Transit light commercial trucks (-38%) were sold in Russia. The market share of the Sollers Auto group in March amounted to 5.6% (+2.8 p.p.)
Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant continued to work in March. The production of LCV Ford Transit at the facilities of the Sollers Ford JV in Yelabuga was sent to idle in early March.
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German automaker Volkswagen AG plans to phase out dozens of internal combustion engine models by the end of this decade and focus on higher-margin luxury cars, chief financial officer Arno Antlitz told the Financial Times.
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The State Duma at a meeting on Wednesday adopted in the third, final reading a law providing for fines for citizens of up to five thousand rubles or arrest for up to 15 days, as well as fines of up to one hundred thousand rubles for legal entities for publicly identifying the USSR with Nazi Germany.
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In Kabul, an explosion occurred at the Pulihishti mosque during prayer, Aamaj News reported.
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Depositors of «Renaissance Credit» began to complain about delays in closing deposits and the inability to promptly receive funds. The bank explained this by a short-term failure, «having a floating character»
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Scientists will give aliens the coordinates of the Earth. The Beacon in the Galaxy message containing basic information about our planet will soon be launched from a 500-meter radio telescope in China with never-before-seen power
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In the first quarter, hackers stole $1.22 billion from cryptocurrency platforms: 8 times more than in the same period last year, when $154 million were stolen
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Norway has declared three diplomats from the Russian embassy in Oslo persona non grata, follows from a publication on the website of the country’s Foreign Ministry.
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And on Lake Como, in Loveno (Menaggio), unknown people tried to set fire to one of the three (!) Villas of Solovyov. The carabinieri believe that these are targeted actions, because the outer walls of another Solovyov villa in Pianello del Lario were previously stained, writes Corriere della Sera.
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Said Kerimov left the board of directors of Russia’s largest gold mining company Polyus and lost control in it. According to the FT, the EU may include the son of billionaire Suleiman Kerimov in the sanctions list
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Chinese state-owned companies honor existing oil contracts with Russia but avoid new ones despite big discounts. Companies are following advice from Chinese authorities to be cautious about new deals with Russia amid tightening Western sanctions, six people told Reuters. Sinopec, CNOOC, PetroChina and Sinochem did not bid for the May oil contracts.
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According to the Telegram channel of the Iranian Embassy in the Russian Federation, Alireza Peiman-Pak, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade and head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, headed a delegation of public and private sectors, consisting of large economic holdings, arrived in Moscow to develop economic cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russian Federation.
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Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev, who is serving a term in one case and is currently on trial in the case of the October 2020 riots, asked to be transferred to correctional colony No. 8 in the village of Petrovka, Chui region.
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The Japanese rating agency (JCR) has downgraded Russia’s long-term foreign and national currency rating to «C» from «CCC»
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Oleg Deripaska and David Yakobashvili have decided to leave the board and bureau of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, two sources close to members of the business association told Interfax
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The Chinese automaker Great Wall, which produces Haval SUVs at a plant near Tula, is launching the production of a new Haval Dargo crossover at this Russian enterprise, the company’s press service said.
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