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The court recognized Meta as an extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia. The decision of the court is executed immediately. The ban applies to Facebook and Instagram, but does not apply to the WhatsApp messenger
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The Ethics Commission of the International Chess Federation has disqualified Russian grandmaster Sergey Karyakin for six months. The disqualification will prevent Karjakin from playing in the World Championship Candidates Tournament, which will be held from June 16 to July 7.
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Scientists have discovered a new form of ice. A team of researchers working at UNLV’s Nevada Extreme Environments Laboratory has been able to apply a new method for measuring the properties of high-pressure water for the first time. The resulting Ice-VIIt may help to understand in what other form ice can exist on other planets
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OneWeb instead of Roskosmos entered into an agreement to launch satellites with SpaceX Elon Musk
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Russia in response to Japanese sanctions stops visa-free trips of the Japanese to the southern Kuriles — Russian Foreign Ministry
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The United States hosted the first-ever broadcast of an NBA game using 3D video technology. To create a three-dimensional video, 110 cameras were used around the basketball court — this allows you to track the actions of each player at any given time. After that, the obtained data is combined online with 3D models of each athlete. As a result, thanks to the “environment” of virtual cameras, spectators can watch the game from any angle.
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Dmitry Mazepin has sold a controlling stake in Basic Chemical Company Uralchem (52%) and is no longer the controlling person of Uralkali, according to a statement on the company’s website.
Mazepin is under EU sanctions. The buyer of the share is not disclosed. It may well be the «presidential chairman Pound» — such a scheme for getting out of the sanctions was also practiced by Lukashenka’s «wallets».
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Representatives of the auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s said they would provide assistance in finding foreign assets of Russian businessmen who fell under sanctions. The investigation will be carried out by a special international group.
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More than half of Hungarian voters want to see televised debates between candidates for prime minister. This follows from a public opinion poll prepared by the Hungarian Institute for Market and Social Research commissioned by 24.hu.
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Reuters: The Taliban have canceled the Newroz holiday in Afghanistan, saying Nowruz is not an Islamic holiday. The Taliban said that all employees and students must be present at work and in educational institutions.
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Household deposits in Russian banks in February decreased by 1.2 trillion rubles. or 3.5%, said the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. The portfolio of corporate loans of Russian banks in February increased by a significant 1.3 trillion rubles. or 2.4%, the growth of mortgage lending accelerated to 2.2%. Consumer loans grew more actively in February compared to January, an increase of 1.1%.
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Britain, the United States, France, Germany and Italy will continue to provide Kiev with military, economic and diplomatic support, Johnson’s office said. The countries also intend to increase sanctions pressure on Russia.
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Access to the website of the Euronews TV channel in Russia is limited by the decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the TV channel’s Internet address is included in the register of prohibited information by Roskomnadzor.
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Italian rock band Maneskin, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021, will not visit Russia as part of a world tour
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Fridman and Aven left the board of directors of Alfa-Bank
Instead of Aven, the post of chairman of the board of directors will be taken by Oleg Sysuev. Fridman and Aven were previously sanctioned by the EU and Britain, they have already left a number of their posts
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The Russian government has suspended the indexation of publications of Russian scientists in international databases at the proposal of the Ministry of Education and Science until the end of this year, said the head of the department, Valery Falkov, at a meeting with rectors of universities. Also, the participation of Russian specialists in scientific conferences held abroad will not be taken into account.
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Bond coupons paid to Evraz were blocked by Societe Generale New York’s correspondent bank, according to the steel company’s website.
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The head of the US State Department, Anthony Blinken, announced the introduction of restrictive measures against Chinese officials involved in «repressive acts» against national minorities, according to the department’s website.
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The authorities of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar detained a superyacht allegedly associated with Russian billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky (Forbes estimated his fortune at $ 2.4 billion in 2021) / On March 10, Pumpyansky left the beneficiaries and the board of directors of TMK. On March 9, he came under EU sanctions.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday released a statement on the latest humanitarian situation in Yemen. The Committee warned of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen. The ICRC said more than 20 million Yemenis, or two-thirds of the country’s population, now have little to no food.
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Startup Aquarian Space from the USA announced the financing of a project to create a high-speed Internet connection between the Earth, the Moon and Mars.
Investor Draper Associates has allocated $650,000 to develop broadband Internet that will allow streaming in 4K resolution. They want to implement the project within the next couple of years, and the launch of the rockets is scheduled for 2024. The network, called Solnet, will be carried out on commercially available high-speed satellite communications systems, the transmission speed will reach about 100 megabits per second.
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Latvia has revoked the Yandex.Taxi license and blocked the Yandex Go mobile app. Drivers and carriers who continue to use the service after March 23 will be fined.
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The Spanish government will allocate 500 million euros to the transport sector, which has been on an indefinite strike since last week, to compensate for rising prices for gasoline and diesel, Transport Minister Raquel Sanchez said.
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The chief director of the New Riga Theater invited Chulpan Khamatova to join his troupe. Alvis Hermanis announced that the actress will start working in the theater in the near future
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The Swedish bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken stops its operations in Russia.
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Volvo Car Drive sent out a message to its customers to temporarily stop accepting applications under the subscription program, which could rent a new crossover XC40, XC60 or XC90.
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Porsche has also suspended its Porsche Drive rental service. This happened in early March, Gazeta.Ru was told at the Porsche Center Rublevsky dealership.
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Scientists at the University of Tokyo have for the first time created an RNA molecule that can reproduce on its own, mutate to form new varieties, and become more complex in accordance with Darwinian evolution.
The results of the study provide new empirical evidence in favor of the RNA world hypothesis, according to which the first living organisms on Earth arose from biological molecules capable of storing genetic information and catalyzing biochemical reactions.
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The French banking group BNP Paribas has decided to suspend transactions in the Russian Federation, Bloomberg reports citing a company statement.
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The transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine continues, despite the military operation, Russia still pays in hard currency for pumping, said the head of Naftogaz Ukrainy, Yuriy Vitrenko, in an interview with Bloomberg TV.
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As it became known to Kommersant, the service for transfers for individuals from Sberbank accounts to wallets of one of the world’s largest payment systems — Chinese Alipay — has closed, the prospects for resuming work are not obvious.
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The Japanese electrical corporation NEC has suspended the processing of new orders for its products and services in Russia
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Journalists found 145 assets of Russian officials and oligarchs in Europe for a total of $17.5 billion. Among them, according to investigators, the villa in Tuscany of the son of former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov, the office tower in Luxembourg of businessman Oleg Deripaska and the mansions of the nephews of the owner of the USM holding Alisher Usmanov
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Eli Lilly has suspended the supply of Cialis to Russia, a drug for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Previously, the pharmaceutical company suspended investments in Russia
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Nestle and Unilever have notified retailers from Russia of a rise in product prices up to 45% from April 1, 2022, Izvestia reports.
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IRNA: The Afghan Ministry of Health said in its latest report that since the beginning of 2022, 13,700 babies in that country have died due to malnutrition and hunger-related illnesses.
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ACCORDING TO HELSINGIN Sanomat (Finland), Suomen Customs has already detained 21 pleasure yachts suspected of being owned by sanctioned oligarchs or their companies.
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The world’s largest container carrier Maersk leaves Russia completely.
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Swiss authorities have confiscated a house in the mountains owned by Russian oligarch Pyotr Aven. According to the Swiss side, we are talking about a villa in a resort in the Bernese Oberland.
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Australia has set up its own military space command in an effort to work with the US in this area, Australian Defense Secretary Peter Dutton said.
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The Ministry of Finance of Russia fully fulfilled its obligations to pay a coupon for $65.6 million on foreign loan bonds maturing in 2029. The National Settlement Depository received funds to pay the coupon on this Eurobond issue on March 21.
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The Moscow City Court for six months extended the arrest of the former special correspondent of Kommersant and Vedomosti, adviser to the head of Roskosmos, Ivan Safronov. The court will begin hearing the case on the merits on April 4. The case is being considered in a closed mode for listeners and the media, allegedly due to the presence of materials marked “secret”.
Ivan Safronov was arrested on July 7, 2020, on charges of illegally transferring secret data to the Czech intelligence services, allegedly operating under the leadership of the United States. The final charge also included an episode related to the indirect transfer of information to Germany.
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In Russia, the first case was opened on the embezzlement of the assets of a cryptocurrency exchange. The suspect is a co-owner of the trading platform, they found almost 200 million rubles from him. cash in two suitcases. Another 50 million rubles, $1 million, €70,000 and luxury items seized from alleged accomplices
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Russia has recently left a lot of IT professionals, mostly they went to neighboring countries. This was announced at a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy by the lava of the InfoWatch group Natalya Kasperskaya.
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The Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has suspended the start of new clinical trials in Russia
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The Lefortovo Court of Moscow sentenced Alexei Navalny to 9 years in a strict regime colony with a fine of 1.2 million rubles, finding him guilty in a new case of fraud and insulting a judge.
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Oriflame stops investing in Russia and selling its products online to unregistered buyers.
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Russia was denied the supply of foreign components for the MS-21 aircraft, despite the fact that they were prepaid. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.
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Finnish tire manufacturer Nokian Renkaat will not invest in production in Russia and plans to increase it in Finland and the USA
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China’s deployment of military infrastructure on artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea is in line with international law, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.
«Placing the necessary defensive structures on its own territory is a right given to every sovereign nation, and it is consistent with international law, which is beyond all criticism,» the Associated Press (AP) quotes him as saying. At the same time, he accused the US military operating in the region of threatening the sovereignty and security of coastal states and of damaging the security of sea lanes in the South China Sea.
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The minimum weight of civilian drones to be registered is now 150 g. Owners of larger drones already in Russia must register them within 60 days after the entry into force of the new rules
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The first Tesla vehicles rolled off the assembly line in Germany today. At the first stage, the plant will produce Model Y compact crossovers. Operating at full capacity, the plant will produce 500,000 vehicles a year. For comparison, Tesla’s main competitor, Volkswagen, sold 450,000 battery electric vehicles worldwide in 2021.
Elon Musk announced the construction of a factory near Berlin in November 2019. He expected that the company would receive a license for the production of cars by December last year, but this happened only on March 4, writes Reuters.
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In 2020, 729,000 people acquired the citizenship of the EU Member State in which they lived, which is 3% more than in 2019, according to Eurostat. More passports were issued in Spain (+27,300), the Netherlands (+21,800), Sweden (+16,000) and Portugal (+11,000).
In contrast, the largest declines were seen in France (-23,300), Germany (-20,800), Belgium (-6,700) and Romania (-4,000).
As in 2019, the majority (85%) of those who acquired EU Member State citizenship in 2020 were previously non-EU citizens or stateless.
Most often, Moroccans (68.9 thousand), Syrians (50.2 thousand), Albanians (40.5 thousand), Romanians (28.7 thousand) and Brazilians (24.1 thousand) received EU passports. Romania is also a member of the EU, but immigrants from this country emigrate en masse to Western European countries, and therefore are reflected in the statistics.
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Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. soared 11% after news of an increase in the share buyback program to $25 billion. The share buyback program will run for two years until March 2024.
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