Every second Briton (50%) believes in ghosts, and only every fifth (20%) trusts the government. This was shown by a survey of a thousand people commissioned by SpiritShack.
In addition, there are twice as many people who believe in the existence of ghosts than those who trust the media.
Also, the belief in ghosts is more popular than the theory of total surveillance in the spirit of «Big Brother» — 50% versus 38% of respondents
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The ambassadors of the European Union approved the sixth package of sanctions against Russia. It includes a partial oil embargo and the disconnection of Sberbank from SWIFT. At the last moment, Patriarch Kirill was removed from the list of personal sanctions of the sixth package, as requested by Hungary.
The embargo on oil will temporarily not apply to the supply of raw materials through the pipeline. According to the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, the EU countries plan to reduce oil imports from Russia to 90% by the end of 2022.
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Kyrgyz Health Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliev has been detained by the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office, local media reported on Thursday.
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The Board of Directors of KAMAZ PJSC recommended the annual meeting of shareholders of the company to decide not to pay dividends based on the results of work in 2021, the company said
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The sixth package of sanctions prepared by the EU against the Russian Federation, among other things, provides for the expansion of restrictions on the export of chemicals and high-tech products, the French presidency of the European Union said.
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Austria has developed legal prerequisites for the withdrawal of Gazprom’s key gas storage facility in Haidach. Gazprom does not use this strategic storage facility and it is currently empty. The storage can be transferred in a private law order to another supplier, because we are talking about the security of the energy supply for the whole of Austria. This was stated by Austrian Chancellor Nehammer.
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The Office for Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury published a new sanctions list of Russians, it included the owner of Severstal Alexei Mordashov, along with the company itself, sons Kirill and Nikita, and wife Marina, who in the spring of 2022 received part of her husband’s assets. Oligarch God Nisanov, Sergey Roldugin, Foreign Ministry speaker Maria Zakharova, Yevgeny Kochman and his company Imperial Yachts, gold mining company Nordgold, Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Grigorenko, Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Russia Irek Fayzullin, Minister of Economic Development Reshetnikov and Minister of Transport Savelyev were subject to restrictions . And also 13 more Russians, 15 legal entities, 7 yachts and 3 aircraft.
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In addition to Sberbank, Rosselkhozbank and Moscow Credit Bank will also be disconnected from SWIFT, Bloomberg reports.
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The Tverskoy Court extended the arrest of ex-deputy head of the Ministry of Education Marina Rakova for three months, the press service of the court said.
She is accused of embezzling 50 million rubles. from the Fund for New Forms of Development of Education allocated for the federal project «Teacher of the Year».
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The government will buy bonds of Ural Airlines, Siberia and Aurora for 17 billion rubles. at the expense of the National Welfare Fund. As explained in the Cabinet of Ministers, this decision is part of measures to support carriers in the face of external sanctions.
Obligations for 13.7 billion rubles will be bought from the carrier Siberia, 3 billion from Ural Airlines, and 366 million from Aurora.
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Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, blocked the Russian-language website of the Armenian service of Radio Liberty and the portal of the Finnish television and radio company Yle.
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Moldovan parliament banned Russian news and political shows
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The Dutch government plans to increase the energy efficiency of housing before the phase-out of gas, according to the portal DutchNews. According to housing minister Hugo de Jonge, gas-fired central heating systems should be replaced by hybrid heat pumps. An exception will be made for architectural monuments that cannot be subject to significant changes.
From January 1, 2030, the government will introduce legal requirements for rent. By this time, it is planned to insulate 2.5 million homes, since only fully insulated rooms are suitable for installing hybrid systems. Low-income citizens will be able to take out a loan at 0% for home improvement or receive a subsidy for home insulation.
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In the first three months of 2022, miners brought $1.5 million in taxes to the budget of Kazakhstan. According to the authorities, the amount is less than expected, as some mining farms were limited in the supply of electricity.
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In Russia, the demand for the services of masters in the repair and maintenance of household appliances over the past three months has grown by 43% compared to a year earlier. Analysts of Avito Services came to this conclusion (the requests of 23 million people were analyzed).
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Bulgaria will not start negotiations on a new gas supply agreement with Gazprom. Current contract ends in December — Deputy Prime Minister
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Aeroflot has suspended the recruitment of new pilots «until the situation changes and a growing need appears,» the press service of the air group told RBC.
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The Government of the Russian Federation instructed the Federal Property Management Agency to prepare directives for participation in a meeting of the board of directors and in the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Film Studio. Gorky not to provide for the payment of dividends for 2021-2023. The corresponding order, signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
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Sberbank plans to increase the base remuneration of members of the Supervisory Board by 20% — up to 9.3 million rubles, according to the materials of the credit institution for the annual meeting of shareholders.
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Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilitsa said that the authorities are negotiating with EU countries to equip the country’s army.
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Almost all young Russians use the Internet, but from the age of 45, the proportion of Internet users begins to decrease, and only half of those over 60 remain, according to a survey by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM).
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The US Treasury issued a general license, in which it withdrew pension payments to Americans from anti-Russian ones. According to the FIU for 2020, about 21 thousand people received Russian pensions in the United States
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Aeroflot’s Airbus A330 was detained at Bandaranaike International Airport the day before at the request of an Irish leasing company. Colombo court bans plane from leaving country until June 16
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A shootout took place on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, during which the Tajik military used mortars, citing the border service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, 24.kg reports.
According to the Kyrgyz authorities, the Tajik military illegally crossed the imaginary border line and entered the territory of Kyrgyzstan. The border detachment found them in the Bulak-Bashy area in the Batken region.
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Moldova is negotiating with NATO on the supply of lethal weapons, Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilitsa said. According to her, they are preliminary, the Moldovan authorities decide whether such supplies are necessary.
«We observe neutrality, but this is not tantamount to isolation,» Gavrilitsa said. «Neutrality also implies the ability to ensure the security of our citizens. We must take care of the security and modernization of the national army.»
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Europe’s largest insurance company Allianz Group will sell control over the Russian business to the owner of Zetta Insurance. After the deal, the Germans will have 49.9% of the combined company. The German company was among the top most reliable insurers in Russia according to Forbes
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Annual inflation in Turkey in May exceeded 70% and reached a maximum in 23 years. Food prices have increased by more than 90% in a year.
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