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The ambitious plans of the Russian authorities to dramatically increase the production of satellites and assemble the Sphere group of 500 devices for civil and defense needs into orbit have met with failure. In Russia, there is an acute shortage of xenon, an inert gas that is used as ‘fuel’ for the on-board engines of […]
The war unleashed by Putin will hit the Russian population. Especially, the most vulnerable strata will feel the consequences. The costs of the Russian Federation in the 9 months of full-scale invasion and war against Ukraine amounted to about 82 billion dollars, which is equal to about a quarter of its annual budget. This is […]
More than 412 million Canadian dollars (about $330 million) have been blocked in Canada as part of the implementation of anti-Russian economic sanctions for violating the sovereignty of Ukraine. This was announced by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. “Since February 24, funds in the amount of about 121.9 million Canadian dollars in equivalent have been […]
Members of the Bundestag from Scholz’s Social Democratic Party, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party – the three parties in the ruling coalition – have called for the suspension of the EU’s 7.5 billion payment to Hungary if Budapest does not demonstrate a serious understanding of the rule of law. Rolitico writes about it […]
In Russia, due to the mass withdrawal of Western manufacturers against the backdrop of sanctions, new 100-ruble bills cannot be introduced into circulation, as 80% of ATMs and payment terminals across the country cannot accept them. The equipment needs to be reprogrammed, which is practically impossible — international companies specializing in this have left the […]
Many users are in no hurry to throw away their old devices after purchasing a new smartphone. The company Protect Your Bubble, which operates on the British market, has published a list of old phones that can be sold for good money. In particular, it included the DynaTAC 8000X device manufactured by Motorola. The value […]
Banks in Turkey began to make additional demands on Russians when issuing cards. This is reported by the Russian “RBK”. One Russian man who faced the problem said that he went through 15 branches of different banks before opening an account in one of them. Banks demanded permission to work in Turkey and stated that […]
Ukraine’s costs for the destruction of Geran-2 kamikaze drones significantly exceed the amount that Russia paid Iran for the purchase of drones. This is stated in the material of the British publication The Guardian. Journalists note that over the past month, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed at least 161 Geran-2 drones, […]
MasterCard is preparing a new service for the premiere, with the help of which banking institutions will be able to quickly detect transactions in favor of suspicious crypto-markets in order to block them further. According to CNBC, CryptoSecure is based on the technology of blockchain startup CipherTrace, which MasterCard bought in 2021. Credit organizations will […]
Turkey’s state banks Ziraat, VakifBank and Halkbank have stopped servicing the Russian ‘mir’ payment cards. This is reported by the Russian NTV with reference to the Turkish channel. It is noted that there is currently no confirmation of this information from official sources. However, the day before, private banks in Turkey introduced similar restrictions. The […]