According to an Ipsos survey, in May 2022, inflation concerns around the world continued to grow: 34% of respondents said inflation was a significant problem (against 32% in April — and only 10% in May last year)
Against the backdrop of inflation, concerns about poverty / social inequality (31%), unemployment (from 40% a couple of years ago to 29% in April and 27% in May 2022) and coronavirus (now already 16%, although a month ago it was 18%, have noticeably decreased). and a little over a year ago this figure reached 50%), they began to think a little less about corruption (24%).
Military conflict between countries was added to the index last month and the global figure remains unchanged at 14%, remaining in 11th place in the ranking (between education and immigration control).
Across all countries, a third (35%) on average consider the current economic situation in their country to be good, and the majority (65%) to be bad.
In the 27 countries surveyed, two-thirds (64%) say their country is on the wrong track, and 36% believe they are moving in the right direction.
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Non-residents in April 2022 reduced investments in OFZ by 7 billion rubles, or 0.3%, to 2.763 trillion rubles from 2.770 trillion rubles, follows from the data on the website of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation
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In January-April 2022, tax revenues to the consolidated state budget increased by 36.2% year-on-year and amounted to 11.9 trillion rubles, the Federal Tax Service said following a meeting of its expanded collegium.
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The yield on 10-year German government bonds rose to 1.05% on Monday, approaching an eight-year high.
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The Dutch GasTerra refused to pay for Russian gas in rubles, in response, Gazprom confirmed the cessation of gas supplies from May 31, according to the company’s website. According to the current agreement, two billion cubic meters of gas were to be sent to the Netherlands. Danish energy company Orsted made a similar decision earlier Monday.
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Japan has resumed issuing tourist visas to citizens of the Russian Federation, entry is possible from June 10 as part of tourist groups, the country’s embassy in the Russian Federation reports.
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In Edinburgh, the largest bottle of whiskey in the world was sold at an auction by Lyon & Turnbull for 1.1 million pounds. Its height is about 180 centimeters, volume is 311 liters, these are 444 ordinary bottles. The buyer of Macallan 32-year-old single malt scotch wished to remain anonymous. The bottle has its own name — «Fearless». It is dedicated to the achievements of 11 researchers and innovators, their portraits are on the label
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Specialists of the federal portal «WORLD OF APARTMENTS» conducted a study of rental rates for April-May in 70 cities of Russia. Over the past two months, apartments with one room have risen in price in 50 out of 70 cities, in 18 they have fallen in price, in two they have remained unchanged.
Rental rates increased the most in Penza (+12.8%), Chita (+12.2%), Arkhangelsk (+10.9%), Tver (+10%), Magnitogorsk (+9.8%), Cheboksary (+9.4%), Sochi (+9.2%), Naberezhnye Chelny (+8.3%), Leningrad Region (+8.1%) and Ufa (+8%).
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The DDT group released a live album «Ufa 2020. Live». It was recorded during the band’s big concert on September 11, 2020. The LP includes 25 songs, including the group’s biggest hits. The traditional difference between live-albums is frank introductions to songs and Yuri Shevchuk’s appeals to the audience, which add even more depth to the musicians’ work.
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Russia has decided to terminate the application of the intergovernmental memorandum of understanding with the United States on the principles of cooperation in the field of culture, the humanities and social sciences, education and the media.
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EU leaders agree on a partial ban on oil imports from Russia
«This immediately covers more than 2/3 of oil imports from Russia, reducing the huge source of financing for its military machine,» said the head of the European Council.
Under the terms of the embargo that EU leaders agreed on Monday, Russia will lose $22 billion in oil revenues a year.
Of these, $12 billion are losses from cutting off exports through the pipeline to the countries of Northern Europe. Another $10 billion comes from a ban on maritime exports, which account for 75% of all Russian oil exports. These volumes will have to be redirected to Asia, where a barrel of Urals is now at a $34 discount to a barrel of Brent
Russia will continue to earn $6 billion a year on oil exports to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (they made an exception)
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The Russian government approved the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to terminate the memorandum on the principles of cooperation with the United States on the principles of cooperation in the field of culture, the humanities and social sciences, education and the media, the corresponding document is published on the portal of legal information
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The Afghan Ministry of Finance has banned the transport of coal to Pakistan through the Torkham border crossing to facilitate the movement of fresh fruit trucks, Ariana News reported, citing the department’s decree.
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The decree of the former president of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov on holding a referendum on joining Russia has been suspended until all consultations with Russia are completed.
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A few months ago, new, non-core categories appeared in the online store of the Golden Apple perfume and cosmetic network: children’s clothing, robotic vacuum cleaners, and pet products.
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The EU countries have agreed to disconnect Sberbank from the interbank system for transferring information and making payments SWIFT, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, said on Twitter.
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Reuters reports that Vladimir Putin’s adviser and son-in-law of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Valentin Yumashev stepped down last month. He has held this post since 2000, and before that he was an adviser to Yeltsin.
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According to Kommersant’s data, after the electricity exports to Lithuania were stopped, the output of power plants in the Kaliningrad region dropped by one third year on year. Because of this, four new TPPs managed by Inter RAO lost their foreign exchange earnings.
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In Kyiv on May 27, the Local Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate was held, which decided to completely abandon the ROC. All references to the Russian Orthodox Church were removed from the charter of a religious organization
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The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for China’s manufacturing industry rose to 49.6 in May from 47.4 in the previous month, a 26-month low, the country’s State Bureau of Statistics (GSO) said.
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Japan does not intend to withdraw from the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project, even if asked to take such a step, said Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Koichi Hagiuda.
“Sakhalin-2 is an asset that our predecessors worked hard to acquire. Russia may be the owner of the land, but the leasehold and equipment belong to the Japanese government and Japanese companies,” the Japanese minister stressed.
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More than half of businessmen believe that Russia needs a new economic model. Only 10.4% of entrepreneurs can say about the stability and growth of their business in the current conditions, follows from the Monitoring of the current state of business in Russia. It was conducted by the institute of Boris Titov, Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs under the President of Russia.
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«Gazprom» confirmed the complete cessation of gas supplies to the Netherlands. This is due to the refusal of the Dutch energy company GasTerra to pay in rubles. The company said the day before that it foresaw this development and purchased gas from other suppliers.
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In Italy, a court in Bari rejected a request from the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office to extradite the former general director of the Antipinsky Oil Refinery, Gennady Lisovichenko, Lisovichenko’s lawyer Ruslan Elkanov told Interfax.
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North Korean fishermen, who are on trial in Vladivostok on charges of attacking Russian border guards in the Sea of Japan, made their final statement in court on Tuesday and asked for leniency, Yelena Oleneva, spokeswoman for the Primorsky Regional Court, told Interfax.
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The Board of Directors of PJSC Rosseti recommended not to pay dividends for last year against the backdrop of a lack of net profit, according to the company’s materials.
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In Shanghai, they began to dismantle the fences that surrounded residential complexes for two months of lockdown, transport will resume in the city from June 1, people will be allowed to go to work and passes will be canceled, which citizens could use to go outside for several hours, writes Guardian.
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Anastasia Tatulova, the founder of the AnderSon family cafe network, has written an application for release from the duties of the public ombudsman for the protection of small and medium-sized businesses and will hand them over in the near future. She explained the decision by saying that she disagreed with the state on what needs to be done.
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Roman Abramovich has officially ceased to be the owner of Chelsea. The club was sold for $5 billion. The English football club Chelsea came under the control of a consortium of investors led by American businessman Todd Boehley.
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Panasonic has announced its most durable laptop yet, the modular 14-inch Toughbook 40. The device is not afraid of rain, temperature and pressure drops, or drops from a height of 1.8 m. The Toughbook 40 weighs 3.35 kg, has a 14-inch touch Full HD IPS panel with 1200 nits brightness and first-in-class 5MP webcam with privacy shutter and IR for Windows Hello facial recognition
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Home Credit sold its stake in a Russian bank. The parent company retained a controlling stake of 50.49%, and the group of investors represented by Ivan Tyryshkin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SPB Exchange, received 49.51%
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Turkey does not support Western sanctions against Russia, but it will not allow Moscow to circumvent restrictions with the help of Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
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The ban on the supply of crude oil from Russia will come into force six months after the imposition of sanctions, and on oil products — after eight months, the press service of the European Commission said.
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Bulgaria will refuse to supply Russian oil only by the end of 2024, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said. The delay is due to the fact that at the moment the Lukoil refinery in the country operates mainly on Russian oil and cannot quickly reorganize work.
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The share of illegal beer in final sales in 2021 increased to 16.6% and amounted to almost 1.6 billion liters, follows from a study by the National Scientific Competence Center in the field of combating the illegal circulation of industrial products (NSCC, a structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade). Forbes has the study.
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Taiwan Air Force (Air Force) fighters intercepted an air group of 30 Chinese aircraft that entered the Taiwanese air defense (AD) area.
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