The consumer price index in the US in April amounted to 8.3% in annual terms, follows from the data of the country’s Department of Labor. The rise in prices in April amounted to 0.3% compared to March, the agency indicates.
The greatest contribution to inflation was made by the rise in the cost of housing, food, air travel and transport. In annual terms, the growth in prices for goods excluding food and energy amounted to 6.2%.
In addition, prices for medical care, recreation and household items rose in April.
Gasoline prices fell 6.1% MoM, offsetting increases in gas and electricity price indices, the report said.
The cost of energy carriers increased by 30.3% in annual terms, food — by 9.4% (a record value since 1981).
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According to the latest Statista survey, more than half of Russians are worried about their financial prospects — and this is the highest result of all the countries included in the survey. In second place is South Africa (46%), third place is shared by Brazil and Spain (44% each).
The people of China worry the least about their finances: only 16%. In France, there were 27% of such people, in the UK and Germany, 32% each.
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Car sales in Russia in April 2022 fell by 78.5%, or 2.7 times compared to April 2021. Sales of AvtoVAZ by 78%, Kia — by 76%, Hyundai — by 73%.
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In the first quarter of 2022, the share of economy class apartments in the mass segment and business class apartment market reached 11%, although in the first quarter of 2021 it did not exceed 1%, Metrium analysts calculated. Over the year, their offer has grown 15 times, and the average cost was 4.5 million rubles.
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Bulgaria has agreed on gas supplies from the United States — a statement by the Government of the country. It is alleged that American gas will cost Bulgaria less than gas from Russia.
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Inflation in the US fell to 8.3% in April. Since September 2021, price growth has only accelerated and updated 40-year highs. In May, the Fed raised rates by 50 basis points for the first time in more than 20 years.
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The UK has signed security guarantee agreements with Sweden and Finland.
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Director Kirill Serebrennikov is making an English-language film about the writer Eduard Limonov. Starring Ben Whishaw (Perfume, It Hurts). The first teaser of the film will be presented on May 17 in Cannes.
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A study found that cutting off social media for just a week reduced anxiety and symptoms of depression. This was shown by a study by scientists from the University of Bath.
The participants in the experiment were divided into two groups. One was banned from social media for a week. The second — allowed to flip through the tape for eight hours a day. A week later, it turned out that people from the first group had improved mood, optimism and a lot of free time.
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Scientists have discovered that seaweed meadows at the bottom of the ocean store huge amounts of sucrose, the main ingredient in sugar. These stocks could have a major impact on global climate change, the researchers say.
The sucrose is released from the algae into the soil below them, in the area affected by the roots. Thus, the concentration of sugar at the bottom can be about 80 times higher than in ordinary soil. Globally, seaweed can contain up to 1.3 million tons of sucrose, according to researchers. This amount is enough for 32 billion cans of Coca-Cola
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Anonymous hacked McLanahan Russia. The data hosted on DDoSecrets contains 302 GB of data, including 311,122 emails.
McLanahan Russia is a mining equipment and services company based in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli & C SpA more than doubled its net profit in the first quarter of 2022. In January-March 2022, Pirelli’s net profit amounted to 109.8 million euros against 42.2 million euros a year earlier.
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The Federal Air Transport Agency has suspended the monthly publication of statistics on the transportation of passengers by air.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will allow NPC Ukrenergo to change the purpose of credit resources in the amount of 50 million euros for emergency liquidity support, the bank said in a press release.
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Alexei Mordashov filed a lawsuit with the European Court, he considers the EU decision to impose sanctions on him erroneous.
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Market capitalization of Saudi Arabian Oil Co. surpassed the value of Apple Inc. in trading on Wednesday for the first time since 2020, making Saudi Arabia’s state-owned energy company the world’s most valuable company, Bloomberg reported.
Apple shares during the session fell in price by 3.9%, as a result of which the capitalization of the iPhone manufacturer decreased to $2.41 trillion. Meanwhile, the value of Saudi Aramco at the end of the auction amounted to about $ 2.43 trillion.
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Malian justice is demanding that French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian appear for questioning by a Malian magistrate as part of an investigation into «damage to state property and other violations,» French media reported on Wednesday.
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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on the provision in 2022 of a subsidy from the federal budget for the Association of Volunteer Centers to financially support activities related to the organization of medical support for volunteers during their stay in the territories of the DPR and LPR.
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The UN said that there is evidence of the resumption of construction work at the largest nuclear weapons test site Pungeri in the DPRK, closed in 2018.
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The Russian government imposed blocking sanctions on 31 companies, including the entire Gazprom Germania group, which was taken under the control of the German government.
The list includes Gazprom Germania GmbH itself, as well as its subsidiaries in the USA, Great Britain, many European countries, including Bulgaria, Romania and Poland. The list includes former subsidiaries of Gazprom:
It is forbidden to make any transactions, payments and transactions with securities with these companies. The document also refers to a ban on entering Russian ports.
Sanctions were also imposed on the Polish company EuRoPol GAZ S.A. — the owner of the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline.
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The French company GeoPost, which owns the DPD delivery service, has launched negotiations to transfer the Russian business to a local partner. The format and timing of the procedure will be determined after the legal procedures are worked out.
“Business in Russia is financially independent. All information systems, data processing centers, delivery management systems are 100 percent independent and localized to work in Russia,” DPD said in a statement.
GeoPost Holding is the number one in France and the second in Europe in terms of share in the express parcel delivery market. DPD has been operating in Russia for over 30 years.
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Several major foreign companies have stopped selling cruises to Russians and residents of Belarus, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) reports. Cooperation was suspended by Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises and Costa Cruises. It is noted that foreign companies do not confirm new bookings. At the same time, citizens of the Russian Federation and Belarus who previously bought cruises will be able to travel.
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Microsoft has announced a new line of accessories for those who have difficulty using traditional manipulators — mice and keyboards. This line includes three devices: Adaptive Mouse, Adaptive Buttons and Adaptive Hub. All have been developed in collaboration with the disability community. Microsoft plans to release a new line of accessories this fall for use with any Windows PC.
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The German concern Siemens announced the termination of business in Russia. Previously, the company suspended new operations and international deliveries to the Russian Federation and Belarus. More than 2,700 people work in the Russian division of the company. The company’s turnover in Russia in fiscal 2021 amounted to 834 million euros.
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The Finnish energy company Fortum decided to leave the Russian market and sell assets in the Russian Federation. Prior to this, the company stopped investing and financing Russian subsidiaries.
Fortum controls the German Uniper. In the near future, it is planned to resume the process of alienating its Russian «daughter» — the Unipro company, the Finnish concern said in a statement.
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Former Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev left the penal colony in Tver due to parole, an Interfax correspondent reported.
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The European Parliament supported the ban on the sale of cars on gasoline and diesel from 2035. The deputies of the Committee on the Environment voted for him. The restrictions will affect all cars with internal combustion engines, including hybrids: they cannot be produced and sold. But there is no talk of a ban on exploitation, reports Reuters.
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The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation did not consider the cassation appeal of oppositionist Alexei Navalny’s defense against the verdict in a criminal case of libel against a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Interfax was told in court.
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The Federal Air Transport Agency for the 13th time extends the ban on flights to 11 airports in the central part and south of the Russian Federation, this time until May 19.
«Temporary flight restrictions at 11 Russian airports have been extended until May 19, 2022, 03:45 Moscow time. Flights to the airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol and Elista are temporarily restricted «, the agency said in a statement.
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The application for the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine on Thursday, May 12, was reduced to 53.2 million cubic meters. m (from 73.4 million cubic meters on Wednesday), according to the data of the GTS Operator of Ukraine.
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The US posted a record $308 billion budget surplus in April, compared with a $226 billion deficit in the same month last year, the country’s Treasury Department said.
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The EU and Japan issued a joint statement following Thursday’s Tokyo summit announcing their plans to cooperate to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian energy imports.
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German energy firm RWE AG more than doubled adjusted net income in 1Q22 despite €850m write-offs due to cessation of coal imports from Russia, the company said
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The GTS Operator of Ukraine rejected an application for the transit of Russian gas on Thursday through the Sokhranivka gas metering station, through which about a third of the transit through Ukraine goes.
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American electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian Automotive Inc. in January-March 2022, it received a net loss of $1.59 billion against $414 million a year earlier against the backdrop of Rivian’s ongoing investment in research and development (R&D), as well as in production.
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«AliExpress Russia» cut up to 40% of the staff, mainly from those departments that became «unnecessary» after the imposition of sanctions against Russia, Vedomosti reported. Experts expect further cuts in online commerce in general. In «AliExpress Russia» they refuse to comment on the situation so far, but several employees who have been laid off have already reported about the changes.
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Co-founder of VK (former Mail.ru Group) Dmitry Grishin stepped down as chairman of the company’s board of directors. Five months ago, the company changed owners, it was headed by the son of the deputy head of the Kremlin administration, Vladimir Kiriyenko
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Sber refused to buy the Russian network of clothing stores Stockmann. The deal was canceled by agreement of the parties. The reason is the sanctions against the state bank, sources say. The purchase amount could reach up to 1.5 billion rubles
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The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine has decided to forcibly withdraw such property rights of the Russian Federation and its residents as 99.8% of the shares of Prominvestbank (PIB) owned by the VEB.RF state corporation and 100% of the shares of the International Reserve Bank ( MR Bank) owned by Sberbank of Russia.
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PJSC LUKOIL has signed an agreement with subsidiaries of Shell plc to acquire a 100% stake in LLC Shell Neft, which is engaged in the retail sale of petroleum products and the production of lubricants in Russia, the Russian oil company reported.
Shell has 411 gas stations. Some of them are owned by the company itself, some are franchised under the Shell brand. In early March, the company announced a phase-out in Russia. Due to the withdrawal from the Russian Federation, the company was forced to write off $ 3.9 billion.
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Japan has frozen the assets of Sberbank and Alfa-Bank. Tokyo will also ban Japanese individuals and legal entities from making new investments in Russia that would give them a stake of 10% or more. According to the Japanese Ministry of Finance, Japan invested $470 million in Russia in 2021.
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German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said that Gazprom’s German subsidiaries have stopped receiving gas from Russia since yesterday.
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Nike has decided to end cooperation with Spartak Moscow, the press service of the football club reports.
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North Korea fired ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Thursday, South Korean media reported, citing a statement by the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Japanese automaker Nissan Motor posted a net profit in the fiscal year 2021 ended March 31 and increased revenue. According to a press release from the company, net profit in the past fiscal year amounted to 215.5 billion yen ($1.67 billion), compared with a loss of 448.7 billion yen a year earlier. Prior to this, the company had been unprofitable for two years in a row.
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The Russian Ministry of Defense wants to get the right to cut down forest plantations without obtaining permits. The draft of the relevant government decree, developed by the ministry, is published on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts.
«It is allowed to carry out selective felling and clearcutting of forest plantations (trees, shrubs, lianas) of any age and intensity, regardless of the intended purpose of forests for defense needs, without providing forest plots, without establishing an easement and issuing permits, which are the basis for felling forest plantations «, the draft document says.
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Hong Kong on Wednesday-Thursday spent $ 722 million from the gold and foreign exchange reserve to support the Hong Kong dollar against the US dollar. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) carried out such foreign exchange intervention for the first time in three years against the backdrop of a strengthening US dollar.
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Gazprom is now forbidden to use the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe pipeline owned by EuRoPol GAZ for gas transportation — company.
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Lithuania recalls the ambassador to the Russian Federation from June 1 and closes the consulate in St. Petersburg from June 7.
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Ukraine’s application for EU membership will be discussed by the heads of state and government of the countries of the bloc in June, the French Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
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In Latvia on Friday, as part of the international exercise Swift Response 22, about 450 US paratroopers will land at a military training ground in the village of Adazi, the National Armed Forces (NAF) told BNS.
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The Greek government has decided to extend for another five years an agreement with the United States on the preservation of American military bases in the country, AP reports.
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The European Commission has approved a project to assist the export of Ukrainian agro-industrial products. The plan was presented on Thursday in Brussels by European Transport Commissioner Adina Valean. According to the European Commissioner, 20 million tons of grain should be sent from Ukraine in less than three months, using the EU infrastructure.
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The EC considers it necessary to create logistics corridors and increase the capacity of seaports to help Ukraine export grain, said European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, delegated by Lithuania. The possibility of transportation to the port of Klaipeda through Belarus is not considered, he added.
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Scientists have published the first ever photo of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way. The discovery proves that there is actually a black hole at the center of the galaxy.
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