Work-life balance

Worst of all among the countries included in the OECD study, with work-life balance turned out to be in the countries of Latin America: Mexico, Colombia and Costa Rica. Overtime is the most common there (27% of the surveyed residents of Mexico work on average more than 50 hours a week) and the least time is left “for themselves” (for rest and just taking care of themselves) — about 13-14 hours a week. Against, for example, 16.5 hours in Italy

And in general, the situation is worst in developing countries and Asian countries, where «living at work» is considered normal and welcomed in society — in Japan and South Korea. The best thing with balance is in Italy and Scandinavian countries: they work less there and spend more time on themselves

Russia is in the middle of the list in this rating: Russians overwork the least (only 0.1% of Russians work more than 50 hours a week), and spend about 15 hours a week on rest and self-care

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Britain has imposed sanctions against the steel company Evraz, according to the website of the British Foreign Office.

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The Russian company Sovcomflot plans to sell up to a third of its fleet in order to repay loans from Western banks under sanctions. This was reported by the British edition of Lloyd’s List, citing a senior industry representative and four representatives of the financial and legal fields.

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YouTube blocked the broadcasts of the radio channel «Radonezh», in the near future the video on the channel will not be updated, the radio station reports.

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Shell has decided to sell its filling station network in Russia. Now the company is negotiating the sale of filling stations and a plant in Torzhok for the production of lubricants. Forbes source said a buyer has already been found, but his name has not been disclosed.

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TeamViewer announced the termination of work in Russia. The remote access software developer will not renew contracts with Russian and Belarusian clients. Subscriptions that are not subject to sanctions will continue to work until their expiration date

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In Switzerland, half a ton of cocaine was found in coffee bags at the Nespresso factory. The police said that the company itself reported the discovery of banned substances, which it found while unloading bags of coffee beans from Brazil.

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The US authorities have extended until July 12 the deadline for completing transactions with the Dutch subsidiary of Alfa-Bank, Amsterdam Trade Bank (ATB), which is on the sanctions list of the US Treasury

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The Russian Anti-Doping Agency announced the disqualification of four doctors of the Republican Center for Medical Prevention, Physiotherapy and Sports Medicine of the Ministry of Health of Chuvashia.

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Putin apologized to the Israeli prime minister for Lavrov’s remarks that caused a diplomatic scandal. This was announced by the office of the Israeli Prime Minister. The Russian minister had previously stated that «the most ardent anti-Semites are, as a rule, Jews,» and Hitler could have had Jewish blood. Israel responded by ‘crossing the line’ and demanding an apology

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Major crypto exchange Coinbase sent letters to Russian clients informing them that their accounts had been blocked since May 31. The administration proposes to withdraw all funds or provide documents that they are not subject to EU sanctions, otherwise the assets will be frozen.

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The mineral extraction tax (MET) in the Russian Federation for crude oil in April decreased by 37.4% compared to the March value, Reuters calculations showed. The base oil MET (excluding benefits) for April amounted to 26.933 rubles per ton against 43.049 rubles in March.

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From 2023, legal entities in Uzbekistan will be able to mine cryptocurrency. At the same time, for mining using electricity from a single energy system, you will have to pay taxes at a double rate — at regular prices, it will be possible only at the expense of energy from solar power plants. The decree on this was signed by the President of the country Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

It is noted that, in addition to double electricity tariffs when using a single energy system, during peak periods, the government will set surcharges on tariffs for miners.

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In the draft amendments to the Constitution of Kazakhstan, published on Friday, which will be submitted to a referendum on June 5, the provisions on the exclusive role and privileges of the first president of the republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev, were removed.

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Uzbek border guards shot dead three citizens of Kyrgyzstan, the press service of the Kyrgyz border service said on Friday.

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The American manned spacecraft Crew Dragon-3 of SpaceX on Friday, after undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) and an autonomous flight lasting about a day, made a successful landing in the Atlantic, NASA reported.

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The world’s oldest bank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA cut its net profit in the first quarter of 2022. According to a press release from the bank, its net profit in January-March amounted to 9.7 million euros, compared with 119.3 million euros in the same period a year earlier.

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The Grodno regional court on Friday sentenced Russian citizen Sofia Sapega to six years in prison, the human rights center Vesna, unregistered in Belarus, reported. The verdict has not entered into force, it can be appealed and protested on appeal

Sapieha is a student of the European Humanities University, operating in Vilnius (Lithuania), a citizen of the Russian Federation. On May 23, 2021, she was returning from a vacation in Greece with opposition Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich. The Belarusian authorities forced the Ryanair plane carrying Sapieha and Protasevich to land at the Minsk airport, where Sapieha and Protasevich were detained.

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The FISU World University Games 2021 in Chengdu, China, have been postponed to next year, according to a statement on the website of the International University Sports Federation (FISU).

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The export of Russian coal to non-CIS countries in March decreased by 5%, follows from the data of the CDU TEK. European countries reduced imports by half, while Asia did not increase it.

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Furniture production in Russia in March decreased by 3% year-on-year, the Association of Furniture and Woodworking Industry Enterprises calculated for Kommersant. The cost of furniture in January-March increased by an average of 12.5%.

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The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia has published a list of goods for parallel imports. Such goods can be imported into the country without the consent of the copyright holder. The list consists of 20 pages.

Parallel import, as follows from the document, is supposed to be allowed for smartphones and equipment under the brands Microsoft, Apple, Asus, HP, Panasonic, Samsung, Nokia, Sony, Intel and others, household appliances Electrolux, Miele, Siemens, Dyson, as well as gaming prefixes X-Box, Play Station, Nintendo. A significant place in the list is occupied by automotive brands and materials Renault, Nissan, General Motors.

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The court arrested the accounts of the Russian structure Dell for almost ₽780 million. Interim measures were taken as part of the suit of the Talmer integrator against Dell LLC. The plaintiff complained about the failure to provide technical support services for cloud services of the American VMware in Russia due to a business stoppage

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Chinese authorities have ordered central government agencies and state-owned corporations to replace foreign-branded computers with domestic counterparts within two years, sources told Bloomberg.

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The Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies revealed violations for 1 billion rubles in the labeling system in the shoe industry in April 2022.

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Irish Spring, which sells shampoos and shower gels, has presented a very unusual invention for gamers — Gamer Shower. The futuristic device allows you to wash and play at the same time. The shower for gamers is quite real, it is unlikely to go into mass production and is only part of the Irish Spring advertising campaign

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Chinese scientists analyzed recently brought samples and said that the materials necessary for human work can be produced directly on the moon. Everything you need for the synthesis of oxygen and rocket fuel is there, and energy can be taken from the sun’s rays

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Finland reduced oil purchases from Russia by 70% in March, Bloomberg reports, citing official Finnish customs data.

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The total deviation of actually received oil and gas revenues from the expected monthly volume and the estimate of the base monthly volume at the end of April 2022 amounted to minus 133.1 billion rubles, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation announced on Friday.

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Exports of goods from the United States to Russia in March 2022 decreased by almost five times and amounted to $101.1 million, writes RBC with reference to the foreign trade statistics of the US Bureau of the Census. According to these data, in February, exports amounted to $497.5 million, and in March last year — $476.3 million.

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Kazakhstani Bank CenterCredit has closed a deal to buy a subsidiary of Alfa-Bank in Kazakhstan. In April, the Russian bank was included in the US SDN sanctions list. Because of this, its subsidiary bank in Kazakhstan, in particular, could not conduct transactions with dollars and euros.

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Finland reduced oil purchases from Russia by 70% in March, Bloomberg reports, citing official Finnish customs data.

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Smart lamps from Sberbank stopped working because they use the Tuya platform, which blocked connections from Russia due to sanctions. They have been taken off the market entirely.

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