In March 2022, the customs authorities transferred 704.2 billion rubles to the federal budget of the Russian Federation, which is 26.3% more than in March 2021 (557.6 billion rubles), but 3.5% less than in February 2022 (730 billion rubles).
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Hungary will not give in to EU pressure to support a ban on oil and gas supplies from Russia, such restrictive measures are a “red line” for it, writes The Guardian newspaper, citing excerpts from a press statement by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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The State Duma of Russia adopted bill No. 99018-8 in three readings at once on the adjustment of procurement legislation in the context of anti-Russian sanctions. He amends the laws «On the contract system» (44-FZ) and «On the procurement of goods, works, services by certain types of legal entities» (223-FZ).
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The US is imposing full blocking sanctions on Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, and on the country’s largest private bank, Alfa Bank, according to a White House press release.
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Rossiya Airlines (part of the Aeroflot group) from April 23 will fly from Moscow to the cities of Kazakhstan: Alma-Ata, Nursultan, Aktau, Atyrau, Aktobe and Karaganda. Flights will be operated by Superjet 100 aircraft, Aeroflot said in a statement.
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The US authorities have given a week to curtail operations with Sberbank, against which blocking sanctions were introduced on Wednesday. The general license published by OFAC allows the completion of transactions with Sberbank until April 13th.
A similar license for Alfa-Bank, also included in the SDN-List, is valid until May 6.
The licenses also apply to subsidiaries of Sberbank and Alfa-Bank. A separate license is for winding up transactions with Sberbank CIB USA, it ends on June 7th.
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The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions against Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov, and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
The sanctions list also included Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Prime Minister, presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev, presidential envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Yury Chaika.
The sanctions also affected the head of the Federal Customs Service (FTS) of Russia Vladimir Bulavin, Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuichenko, head of the Kremlin administration Anton Vaino.
Among other things, the sanctions affected, in particular, the wife and daughter of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as well as Katerina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova
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The United States stopped importing Russian oil in the week ended April 1, according to the Energy Information Administration of the US Department of Energy.
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The UK will refuse to import Russian coal and oil until the end of 2022, then, to the extent possible, gas, the British Foreign Office said in a statement.
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British GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) will stop importing a number of products from its range into Russia, including mouthwash, vitamins and nutritional supplements, but will continue to supply over-the-counter medicines, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing a company statement.
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In the UK, a former security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin was charged with spying for Russia, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
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The United States announces an additional $50 million to Moldova to support agriculture and other sectors of the economy, as well as to reduce the country’s dependence on Russian energy, said Samantha Power, administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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A pair of American B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers, temporarily based at the British air base Fairford, flew over Europe, the North Sea and the Mediterranean, the US Air Force Command in Europe said on Wednesday.
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An American woman threw a message in a bottle into the ocean in Georgia. A little more than two years later, she received word that her message had been found in France, reports UPI.
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Great Britain completely freezes the assets of Sberbank and Moscow Credit Bank.
introduces a ban on new investments in Russia
included in the sanctions list: Akimov, Dyukov, Ivanov, Mikhelson, Rotenberg, Kogogin, Kantor.
prohibits the import of Russian iron and steel products, as well as the export of oil refining equipment to Russia.
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Key regional airports that served more than 1 million people in 2021 reported a reduction in passenger traffic in March 2022, RBC reports.
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British developer Canonical has stopped supporting, partnering, and providing services to Russian companies, these measures will remain in effect until sanctions against Russia are lifted, the Ubuntu Linux distribution blog says.
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The Khamovniki Court of Moscow summoned Anatoly Chubais, the former special representative of the President of Russia for sustainable development, to testify in the case of the theft of his property for 70 million rubles.
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The Khamovniki Court of Moscow summoned Anatoly Chubais, the former special representative of the President of Russia for sustainable development, to testify in the case of the theft of his property for 70 million rubles, he is being treated as a victim in the case. This was told to TASS by the lawyer of one of the defendants in the case, Vyacheslav Makarov. According to the lawyer, Chubais was summoned to court for the first time during the consideration of the case.
“As it became known to us, he does not answer calls from the court, his phone is unavailable, the victim does not pick up the summons,” Makarov said.
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The British authorities have frozen Russian assets worth $350 billion. This was announced by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss during her visit to Poland.
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Abu Dhabi has banned the use of single-use plastic bags since June and plans to phase out single-use foam cups, plates and food containers by 2024, media reports citing the emirate’s environmental protection agency.
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A delegation of South Korean President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol, who was elected less than a month ago, held talks with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan at the White House. The main issue was the possible deployment of additional US military contingents in South Korea to deter the aggression of the DPRK.
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Service HeadHunter reported a decrease in the number of vacancies in the field of information technology. For the week of March 21-27, almost 95,000 IT vacancies were opened, which is 25% less than for the week of February 21-27.
At the same time, the number of resumes increased by 15%, to 286,000. As a result, the level of competition between IT specialists increased from two to three job applicants. The competition is still less than in the market as a whole (5.6 people per seat).
The vacancy rate in the industry is still higher than in early 2021 (+32%). But the number of resumes is growing faster — by 58%. Expected salaries have grown on average across the country for the year by 21%, up to 80,000 rubles per month. In Moscow, IT specialists ask for an average of 124,000 rubles per month (+15% per year).
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Drawing by the Italian artist Michelangelo will be put up for sale at Christie’s auction for $ 33 million. It belongs to the early works of the master and could have been written around the end of the 15th century.
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The Finnish railway again stops cargo transportation to Russia. Finland’s state-owned railway company VR Group reports that the board of directors has taken a decision on a controlled cessation of eastern freight traffic. A traffic reduction plan will be drawn up soon. The company estimates that the process will take several months.
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Amazon Corporation is working on a project to launch its own high-speed satellite Internet! The company has entered into relevant agreements with three space launch operators.
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The Austrian Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of four Russian diplomats from the country. Moscow promised to give an appropriate answer
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Roskomnadzor announced «coercive measures» against Google due to violation of Russian laws. In particular, the department will ban advertising for Google and its resources, and search engines will have to report that the company violates Russian law.
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Indian oil refiner Bharat Petroleum has purchased 2 million barrels of Russian Urals oil for delivery in May, The Hindu reported citing sources.
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Canada will not expel Russian diplomats, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This could lead to a retaliatory expulsion, he said, depriving Ottawa of information from Moscow and detrimental to the diplomatic resolution of the crisis caused by the conflict in Ukraine.
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The US Senate approved a bill «on lend-lease to protect democracy in Ukraine», which should simplify the provision of military assistance to the country. Among the possible supplies — «cyber capabilities and means» of the United States. This is the first US lend-lease program since World War II.
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Deputies from United Russia and senators submitted to the Duma a bill on imprisonment for up to 10 years for the implementation of sanctions in the Russian Federation — press service of the party
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The problems of Russian commercial airlines are also fully manifested in business aviation, Kommersant reports. Three specialized carriers have already stopped flights, a third of private owners are selling aircraft at a discount. Service bans are strictly observed even in “friendly countries,” market participants say, part of the fleet has to be returned to lessors. Prices for flights on the remaining flights increased by 1.5–2 times.
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Australian Foreign Minister Maris Payne on Thursday announced the imposition of sanctions against 67 Russians. In a press release published on the website of the Australian Foreign Ministry, it is noted that, therefore, Australia has already imposed sanctions on about 600 individuals and legal entities in connection with the events in Ukraine.
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Anglo-Dutch Shell Plc will write off $4-5 billion of assets in the first quarter of 2022 due to the termination of operations in Russia, the company said.
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Russian Railways was supposed to redeem the issue of Eurobonds with a nominal volume of about $605 million on April 5 and pay the accumulated income on it. The issuer of Eurobonds, RZD Capital, was unable to obtain funds from Russian Railways to pay the holders of these debt securities due to technical problems associated with sanctions, the company said.
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The International Energy Agency announced that it will supply the oil market with an additional 60 million barrels of crude oil from its emergency reserves. The news was enough to send oil prices down more than 5%, according to CNN Business. WTI fell to $96 per barrel, while Brent oil fell to $101 per barrel.
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Kommersant: Now almost 61 million tires for passenger cars are stored in warehouses. According to the CRPT, this will be enough for 11-17 months (excluding current production), according to Kommersant’s source — for two years
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Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi announced the creation of a presidential leadership council and the transfer of powers to govern the state for a transitional period following intra-Yemeni talks in Riyadh, according to a presidential address broadcast by the Al-Saba Yemeni news agency.
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A cargo Boeing 747 associated with the Russians is blocked at a German airport. The flight ban is due to the fact that the owner airline is 100% controlled by Russian citizens Alexei Isaikin and Sergei Shklyanik. How long the ban will last is unknown, but every day it costs the owners of the aircraft 1,200 euros.
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China is against any form of official contact between the US and Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, commenting on Nancy Pelosi’s possible visit to Taiwan. TASS
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Several Chinese companies purchased Russian coal with yuan last month, and the first batches of coal will arrive in China this month. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing data from the Chinese consulting company Fenwei Energy Information Service Co.
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The Estonian government has made a decision in principle to stop importing Russian gas in 2022.
«To this end, a terminal for receiving liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be built in Paldiski in autumn,» the government’s press service said.
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Russia is discussing the preparation of underground storage facilities for oil, which may be needed in case of problems with its sale due to sanctions, the creation of storage facilities may take two to three years, said at the Yamal oil and gas forum, Igor Shpurov.
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American nuclear submarine USS Georgia («Georgia»), equipped with 154 Tomahawk («Tomahawk») cruise missiles with a range of 1.6 thousand km.
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Ukraine seized 17.8 thousand Belarusian and Russian railcars. The decision was made by the Office of the Prosecutor General as part of the investigation of criminal proceedings on the fact of intentional tax evasion on an especially large scale.
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The defense of Alexei Navalny appealed the verdict in a new case of contempt of court and fraud — press service of the court. Earlier, Navalny was sentenced to 9 years in prison in a strict regime colony and fined
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Passenger traffic at Domodedovo in March 2022 fell by 25%. His representative explained this by closing airports in southern Russia. In addition, several airlines left Domodedovo
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The European Parliament called for an immediate embargo of gas, oil, coal and nuclear fuel from Russia. 513 MEPs voted in favor of such measures, 22 MPs were against, and 19 abstained, according to a DW correspondent from Brussels.
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Roskomnadzor ordered to label six Google services: Gmail, Google Play, Google Chat, YouTube and YouTube Music. Earlier, the ministry said that search engines should “inform Internet users about a violation by a foreign person of Russian law.”
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