From June 1, 2023, Russian drivers planning trips to the EU countries or Switzerland will need to purchase an OSAGO policy for those countries where they expect to go, the Russian Union of Auto Insurers said in a statement.
This is due to the completion of bilateral agreements on the recognition of Green Card insurance certificates between the Russian Union of Motor Insurers and the EU states, as well as Switzerland.
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The Saeima of Latvia in the first reading adopted a bill on the rules for the demolition of monuments. According to him, the Soviet memorial complex in Riga should be dismantled no later than November 15th.
The bill prohibits the display of objects that glorify totalitarianism, violence, military aggression, war and military ideology, include symbols.
The provisions of the bill do not apply to commemorative signs, memorial plates and other images located in the burial places of dead soldiers, as well as in places of memory of victims of violence and terror
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A court in Chisinau placed former President of Moldova Igor Dodon under house arrest.
Previously, he was charged with corruption, illicit enrichment, receiving funding from a criminal organization and treason.
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In April and the first half of May, a square meter of secondary real estate in Russian cities has risen in price by 2.9%, while the average apartment has fallen in price by 1.1%. The average price per meter for all cities was 93,989 rubles. This was found out by the specialists of the federal portal «WORLD OF APARTMENTS», having analyzed the array of ads on their portal for 70 cities with a population of more than 300 thousand people.
The most noticeably more expensive apartments were in Arkhangelsk (+8.4%), Kaliningrad (+8.3%), Vladikavkaz (+8.2%), Simferopol (+7.3%), Grozny (+7.3%) , Ryazan (+6.8%), Stavropol (+6.5%), Makhachkala (+6.3%), Vladimir (+5.9%) and Smolensk (+5.9%).
The “square” fell in price only in Krasnodar (-3.7%), the Moscow Region (-3.7%), Sochi (-3%) and Khabarovsk (-1.3%).
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In the seaport of the Nikolaev region, 77 thousand tons of mineral fertilizers belonging to a Belarusian company were found. Now her property has been arrested as part of a criminal case on the fact of «abuse of authority by officials of the Nikolaev customs, who contributed to the illegal movement of sanctioned goods through customs control.»
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The Israeli Ministry of Finance called on the country’s prime minister to convene a special meeting. The main issue on the agenda: the transfer of Yandex to Israel. Russian specialists who cannot obtain Israeli citizenship, however, will receive a special document for 5 years, which will allow them to live and work in Israel.
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Congressmen from Massachusetts officially pardoned the last of the Salem witches. According to AP, we are talking about Elizabeth Johnson Jr., whose name was rehabilitated after 329 years after the death sentence. Despite the fact that the woman managed to avoid capital punishment, she never received an official pardon during her lifetime.
Her good name was restored thanks to American schoolchildren who launched a campaign to pardon the «witch». The initiative group discovered that not all of those unjustly accused of witchcraft were pardoned — and insisted that this mistake be corrected. Some time later, the state Senate approved amendments to the law that overturned the sentences of witches and sorcerers from Salem, putting an end to one of the most high-profile court cases in the United States 300 years ago.
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An engineer was killed and another employee was injured in an accident at the Iranian Defense Ministry’s research center in Parchin, the Iranian military department said on May 26.
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At a meeting on Thursday, the Board of Directors of Gazprom recommended to the annual meeting to decide on the payment of dividends for 2021 in the amount of 52.53 rubles per ordinary share, the issuer said.
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The Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia extended the term for the sale of foreign exchange earnings for exporters to 120 working days from the date of its transfer to transit foreign currency accounts in authorized banks.
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President of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Vadim Krasnoselsky signed a decree on the resignation of Prime Minister Alexander Martynov and the resignation of the government.
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Italian President Sergio Mattarella has stripped Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov of state awards. The decree was published in the official gazette.
By another decree of this order, but of a lower degree (commander), the President of Italy deprived the deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Viktor Yevtukhov and the head of VTB Andrei Kostin. The reason is the same — «for unworthiness.»
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The UN Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution on tougher sanctions against the DPRK. The permanent members of the Security Council Russia and China used the right of veto, the rest of the countries voted in favor.
The project was prepared by the United States in response to ballistic missile launches in the DPRK, it was aimed at reducing the allowable volume of exports of oil and petroleum products to North Korea. Washington also proposed banning Pyongyang from exporting mineral fuels and oil.
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In Russia, Helsingin Sanomat from Finland and Politiken from Denmark were blocked. The restriction of access was made at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
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Biden signed an executive order aimed at making police officers more accountable for their actions and building public confidence in them. As noted in a White House statement, the decree is designed to promote greater accountability and transparency in the activities of the police, respect for the principles of equality, protection of the rights and dignity of citizens.
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At the annual Microsoft Build 2022 developer conference taking place these days, it was announced that support for widgets from third-party developers will appear in Windows 11 this year. Developers will reportedly be able to create widgets as an extension of their own Win32 and PWA applications.
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The paralyzed racer learned to control the car with the power of his mind. Aldana Zuniga was paralyzed from the waist down after an accident in 2013. Nine years later, he got behind the wheel again — thanks to a neuroimplant.
American doctors and engineers have developed a car control system for Zuniga using two chips: one is built into his brain, the second — into the car. The implant transmits electrical signals from Aldana’s brain to the computer, which interprets them and starts the corresponding mechanisms in the car. Zuniga can start an 850 horsepower car and squeeze the gas with her mind. A breathing tube attached to a special helmet helps the rider to brake. He, in turn, is responsible for the turns, analyzing the movements of the head
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Scientists for the first time introduced an artificial Vaxinia virus (a modified smallpox virus) to humans to fight cancer. It is expected to selectively destroy malignant cells. Animal experiments have been successful. In the human body, it reproduces itself until the infected cancer cells die, releasing new viral particles. Healthy cells are not at risk
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Valeria Casamara, Director of the Institute for Applied Political Research at the Higher School of Economics, presented the results of a recent study conducted in 2021. The study revealed that 37.7% of respondents aged 18-35 and 13.6% in the age group 36-59 are ready to leave Russia for permanent residence. In the open survey “Which country would you like to live in?” young respondents named 29 countries. The most popular were the USA, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Canada, Sweden.
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According to the Iranian Press TV channel with reference to Iranian Trade and Industry Minister Reza Fatemi, Tehran is interested in importing zinc, lead and alumina for the metallurgical and mining industries. In exchange for these goods, Moscow will receive auto parts and gas turbines.
In addition, Russia and Iran are negotiating the construction of two new units at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Behruz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), said.
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Canada has proposed to the G-7 countries to allow Russian «oligarchs» to pay to get out of the sanctions lists.
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Twitter shareholders have filed a class action lawsuit in Northern California court against Elon Musk and Twitter over violations of state corporate laws. They believe Musk used insider information to buy shares in the social network, deliberately concealed his plans for the deal and manipulated the market with his statements to reduce the price of the deal by at least $11 billion.
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Kazakhstan stopped accepting applications for obtaining a TIN from foreigners. When you try to get the service, the site displays the message «The planned date for the resumption of the availability of the service is October 1, 2022.» Foreigners in Kazakhstan need a TIN, for example, in order to open a bank account.
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Goggle introduced the Imagen neural network — it generates images according to the description in higher quality than DALL-E 2.
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NATO will hold naval exercises BALTOPS-22 with the participation of Sweden and Finland. They will be held in the Baltic Sea from 5 to 17 June. According to the Pentagon, the US Sixth Fleet will take part in them.
In total, 14 countries will take part in the exercises. It is assumed that 45 combat units of the Navy, 75 aircraft and about 7 thousand people will be involved.
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Croatia allows same-sex couples to adopt children. This decision was made by the Supreme Court of the country.
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Indian writer Geetanjali Shri has won the Booker International Prize for Literature for her novel Tomb of Sand. The book’s protagonist is an 80-year-old woman who «takes on a new, highly unconventional life» after her husband’s death and a trip to Pakistan.
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Several TV channels of the Russian holding VGTRK have been blocked in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.
In particular, the channels Rossiya Kultura, Rossiya 24 and Zvezda are not available in Kyrgyzstan.
In Turkmenistan, “due to the restriction on the broadcast of all-Russian TV channels from foreign satellites”, the broadcasting of the TV channels “Russia 1” and “Zvezda” was blocked
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Russia is expelling five employees of the Croatian embassy in Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
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On May 26, KAMAZ PJSC transferred part of its employees to work in the three-day working week, the corporate newspaper Vesti KAMAZ reported.
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China closed the skies for Boeing and Airbus aircraft of Russian airlines. It is reported by RBC with reference to sources. According to the publication, air carriers from the Russian Federation were unable to provide confirmation that the imported aircraft in their fleet were deregistered abroad.
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The International Ice Hockey Federation has suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus from participating in the 2023 World Championship. The competition, which was supposed to take place in St. Petersburg, will be held by Latvia and Finland in Riga and Tampere.
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Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois have demonstrated the world’s smallest remote-controlled walking robot, just half a millimeter wide. Such tiny machines can bend, turn, crawl, walk, turn and jump without hydraulics or electricity. At the moment, the robot does not have a specific purpose. It was created rather to demonstrate the possibility of technology
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