Russia remains dissatisfied with progress in exporting Russian agricultural products after the meeting held on Friday in Moscow with the general secretary of the Conference of the UN on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Rebeca Grynspan, the Foreign Ministry said this Saturday. “We are still not satisfied with the progress”said the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei […]
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The IAEA, “extremely concerned” by the situation at the Zaporizhia plant
He International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) alerted this Saturday that he is “Extremely worried” due to the tense situation in the nuclear power plant Ukrainian Zaporizhia, occupied by Russia since March 2022. The UN nuclear agency explains in a report that its observers posted at the plant received information that the announced evacuation of the […]
Tinder leaves Russia citing its commitment to human rights
Match Group, parent of the dating app Tinder, has decided to leave Russia, more than a year after the invasion of Ukraine caused several international companies to close or suspend their Russian operations. Match Group said on Monday that it will leave Russia by June 30. “We are committed to the protection of human rights”, […]
Soviet and Russian fashion icon Slava Zaitsev dies at 85
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Vyacheslav “Slava” Zaitsev, the couturier responsible for world-famous Soviet fashion, often embellished with colorful Russian folk motifs, died on Sunday at the age of 85. Born into a working-class family in 1938, Zaitsev gained his first international recognition in 1963, when French magazine Paris Match wrote about his collection of overalls for working women, according […]
The US believes that the Russians in the Ukraine have suffered 100,000 casualties in five months
The White House estimated Monday that the Russian military has suffered 100,000 casualties in the past five months in fighting against Ukraine in the Bakhmut region. He White House Homeland Security spokesman John Kirbytold the press that the figure, based on estimates by US intelligence services, included more than 20,000 deaths, half of them from […]
Maag, a substitute for Zara in Russia, causes a sensation at its opening
The Maag clothing chain, which replaces the Spanish Zara (Inditex), which sold its business in Russia to the Daher group due to the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, caused a sensation today at the opening of its new store in Moscow. “In Russia we really missed a store like this. It was time”, commented the […]
New association of small clubs is created to have more weight in the management of European football
A new organization, the Union of European Clubs (UEC), emerged this Monday to represent “small and medium-sized” professional teams and have more weight in front of the big clubs, which accumulate money and titles. Presented in Brussels, where it will be headquartered, the UEC intends to “give voice” to approximately 1,400 clubs that are not […]
EU ministers to continue addressing support for Ukraine with ammunition promise
The foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) will continue to analyze their support for Ukraine during the Council that will be held tomorrow, while the agreement on the use of 1,000 million euros to finance joint purchases of ammunition so that that country can continue defending itself from the Russian invasion is still pending. […]
Russia Continues Advance on Bakhmut Despite Stout Ukrainian Resistance
Bloody clashes in the city of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukrainecontinue with the gradual advance of the russian forces to the west that threatens to cut off the last supply lines of the Ukrainians, while they offer a stubborn resistance to the invaders. “On the Donetsk front, assault detachments liberated two blocks in the west of […]
Ukraine’s debt amounted to 71.6% of GDP in 2022
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine reported today that the State debt amounted in 2022 to the equivalent of 71.6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), compared to 43.3% in 2021, the year before the Russian invasion. In 2022, the nominal GDP fell from 200,000 to 161,000 million dollars (from 182,000 to 146,000 million euros, […]