The European Commission has adopted a long-term REPowerEU plan to phase out Russian energy resources, including gas. This was stated by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
According to TASS, Von der Leyen announced several measures aimed, among other things, at the abandonment of Russian energy resources. Thus, the EU will need to reduce energy consumption by 13% in order to become independent of Russian energy imports, up to €300 billion will be mobilized for energy reforms. Joint purchases of energy resources by EU countries are proposed to avoid competition. In addition, the EC proposes to oblige from 2025 to install solar panels on all commercial and public buildings and on new residential buildings by 2029.
According to Ursula von der Leyen, the European Union wants to increase the share of renewable energy to 45% by 2030. She also noted that in a year (from April 2021 to April 2022) the European Union managed to reduce Russian gas consumption to 26% from 40%.
<<< May 19, 2022 Feed >>>
Tom Holland’s Spider-Man trilogy director Jon Watts is directing a Star Wars series. The action of the project will unfold after the events of the third part of the franchise — «Episode VI: Return of the Jedi»
>>>>>>>>>
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has confirmed the decision not to allow Russian teams and officials to participate in FIBA competitions. Women’s and men’s national teams of Russia will not take part in the World Cup, as well as world championships.
>>>>>>>>>
Russia, in response to Canada’s actions, will close the bureau of the CBC Broadcasting Corporation in Moscow and cancel the accreditations of Canadian journalists, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
>>>>>>>>>
Russia and Turkey have agreed to start accepting the Mir card in Turkish hotels and to increase its use in ATMs, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said. The countries also signed a document on increasing the number of flights from both Russia and Turkey.
>>>>>>>>>
Vladimir Putin awarded the Order of Friendship to the leader of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov «for his great contribution to strengthening the strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan»
>>>>>>>>>>>
Belarus has banned the sale of Orwell’s book «1984». The novel was first translated into Belarusian by the translator Sergei Shupa in 1992. In the state network «Belkniga» dystopia was in fourth place in the list of best-selling books.
>>>>>>>>>>
The Moscow City Court dismissed the appeal of Vladimir Kara-Murza (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation), an Interfax correspondent reports from the courtroom on Wednesday.
>>>>>>>>>>>
Since the beginning of 2022, more than 35.9 thousand Russian citizens have received an individual identification number (IIN) in Kazakhstan, which is 10 times more than in the same period last year, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic reported.
>>>>>>>>>>>
The Basmanny Court of Moscow has arrested in absentia an ally of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Ivan Zhdanov, accused of creating an extremist community and fraud.
>>>>>>>>>
Rosstat published statistics on a number of indicators for March, the declared need for workers decreased by 54.5 thousand people compared to February. Most of all, the need for employees decreased in the most developed regions: by 12 thousand people in Moscow, by 5.7 thousand in Tatarstan, by 5.3 thousand in the Sverdlovsk region, by almost 4 thousand in the Moscow region. The Krasnoyarsk Territory closes the top five.
The stated need for workers grew the most, in the Amur Region by 2.3 thousand people. +2.2 thousand workers are now needed in Orenburg, almost 2 thousand — in Buryatia, the need for workers is growing in the southern regions — in the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories
>>>>>>>>>>>
The researchers wanted to use gene editing to change the social behavior of angry hamsters to make them kinder and shyer. It turned out the other way around — the rodents became hyper-aggressive and too sociable. The biology of social behavior is more complicated than they thought, scientists say.
>>>>>>>>>
The Google Play app store has removed all mobile applications of the NTV channel, the channel’s press service said. Google also blocked the account of the NTV developer. Earlier, Apple also removed the NTV app from the App Store.
>>>>>>>>>>
The State Duma of Russia decided to initiate an audit of the activities of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for three years. The audit, which will begin in June and will continue until December, will affect the financial and economic activities of the Central Bank of Russia for 2019-21. The executor will be the Accounts Chamber.
>>>>>>>>>
The Russian Consulate General in Houston has resolved the issue of resuming banking services, which had been suspended since March, Consul General Alexander Zakharov told RIA Novosti.
>>>>>>>>>
The scope of the Digital Divide Bridging Project (DDC), which provides access to communication services and the Internet in remote and small settlements, may be halved in 2022 due to problems with the supply of equipment.
>>>>>>>>>
TCS Group showed a positive financial result in the first quarter of 2022, while net profit decreased both on an annual and quarterly basis, the group said in a statement. TCS did not disclose exact financial figures for January-March 2022
>>>>>>>>>
The prosecutor’s office approved the indictment in the case of negligence related to flood control structures against the former deputy minister of natural resources of the Amur region, the supervisory authority reports.
>>>>>>>>>
The US Embassy in Kyiv has resumed its work after a three-month break, Daniel Langenkamp, a spokesman for the diplomatic mission, told Reuters.
>>>>>>>>>>>
The US Senate Committee approved the candidacy of a new ambassador to Ukraine — Bridget Brink may become it. Its approval may take place in the coming days.
Before that, Brink was the US Ambassador to Slovakia; in 2019, she was appointed by Donald Trump. That same year, Trump recalled the ambassador from Ukraine. Since then, the mission has been led by interim officers.
>>>>>>>>>>>
Most Russian Google employees left the country, some of them moved to Dubai, sources told the WSJ. On the eve of the corporation began the process of bankruptcy of the Russian division due to the arrest of the account
>>>>>>>>>>
The Ministry of Digital Development of Russia has included PJSC Sberbank of Russia in the register of accredited IT companies. Sberbank received this status on April 25, follows from the registry data.
Such accreditation allows IT companies to apply for state support: the ability to pay insurance premiums at reduced rates, income tax benefits, the ability to attract foreign employees to work in Russia in a simplified manner.
>>>>>>>>>
The French group Societe Generale has completed a deal to sell Rosbank and all its assets to Interros oligarch Potanin, who had previously bought Tinkoff Bank shares from Oleg Tinkov.
>>>>>>>>>>
The Belarusian company «Santa Bremor» has suspended deliveries of salmon to Russia under the brand name «Russian Sea». Producers of red fish products have faced difficulties due to the cessation of fish exports from Europe, Kommersant writes, citing sources.
>>>>>>>
Monument to Alexander Nevsky removed in Kharkov
>>>>>>>>>
The Russians estimated an ideal vacation at an average of 160 thousand rubles, but Russians are ready to spend an average of only 37 thousand rubles on vacation. More than a third of respondents said that they do not have enough time for vacation
>>>>>>>>
In May, Russian textile processors stopped importing imported raw materials, which accounted for 73% of the volume required for their work, the general director of Laut Recycling (processed up to 700 tons of textiles per month, about 40% of the market) Yevgeny Sadovsky told RBC. This was confirmed by the press service of the Russian Ecological Operator (REO), the curator of the waste management industry.
>>>>>>>>>
Vladivostok Duma deputy Viktor Kamenshchikov was detained at the US-Mexico border. This was reported by the RIA Novosti and PrimaMedia agencies, citing law enforcement sources.
>>>>>>>>>>>
The Japanese government has decided to allocate another $300 million in financial assistance to Ukraine for humanitarian needs.
>>>>>>>>>>>
In the USA, eye drops have been developed that will provide sharp vision without glasses for 6 hours. The «Vuity» tool leads to a forced change in the shape of the lens. So, as if you try to squint and look at an object up close
>>>>>>>>>>
A court in Poland has arrested in absentia the Russian dispatcher Viktor Ryzhenko, who was working on the day of the crash of the Polish TU-154 near Smolensk. A plane crash in 2010 killed 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria.
>>>>>>>
The Polish oil and gas company PGNiG filed a new lawsuit against Gazprom, it demanded payment of interest on a $1.5 billion overpayment for deliveries in 2014-2020.
>>>>>>>>
Bristol-Myers Squibb is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of drugs for the treatment of oncological, endocrine and infectious diseases. By the end of June 2022, BMS will close all clinical trials it sponsors in Russia.
BMS is currently conducting a clinical trial of a drug for Crohn’s disease, which should be completed in 2024. In 2020-2021, the company completed clinical trials of drugs for plaque psoriasis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
>>>>>>>>>>
IDS Borjomi International, the producer of Borjomi mineral water, after negotiations with the Georgian government, made an official offer to transfer to the country’s authorities a share of its shares owned by Alfa Group free of charge. This is stated in the message of IDS Borjomi International, which is at the disposal of Forbes.
“This step will allow the government of Georgia to participate in the management of IDS Borjomi International,” the report says.
The Alfa Group structure owns a controlling stake in IDS Borjomi International (55.8%), which it acquired from the heirs of the Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili in 2013. When calculating the fortune of the owners of Alfa Group in January 2022, Forbes estimated IDS Borhomi International at $1.2 billion.
>>>>>>>>>>>
The production of cars of KAMAZ’s partner, the Chinese automaker JAC, under the Moskvich brand can be launched at the former Renault plant transferred to Moscow (CJSC Renault Russia, formerly Avtoframos), Vedomosti writes.
>>>>>>>>>
Page is being updated … stay tuned to TopNews ……