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The head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin restricted access to his account on the social network Twitter after it became known that its new owner was Elon Musk, who he did not like. Now, when visiting his page, users see the following message: “These tweets are protected. Only approved subscribers can see @Rogozin tweets. To request […]
Last Sunday, billionaire Elon Musk announced on Twitter that his Boring Company would launch a project in the coming years to build the Hyperloop high-speed transportation system, a concept he outlined in 2013. Thus, Musk reacted to the publication of a rating of cities with the worst transport situation. The head of Boring said that […]
The final decision on the supply of modern weapons to Ukraine is to be made by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The German federal government has received an application from Rheinmetall to export 88 Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine. This was reported by the German newspaper Die Welt with reference to the documents received by journalists. […]
What everyone has been writing about in recent days has become a fait accompli. Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) has announced that it has entered into a final acquisition agreement for a wholly owned company owned by Ilona Mask for $54.20 per share in cash under a deal worth approximately $44 billion. After the operation, Twitter […]
In Belgium, about 8,000 luxury cars destined for Russia remain in the port of Zeebrugge due to sanctions. This was reported by the Wall Street Journal. The latest Lexus, Cadillac and Mercedes models are in port. They arrived from Asia in the first week of April and were subject to sanctions banning the export of […]
So far, Ukrainians are courageously fighting off Russian aggression, countries around the world are helping as much as they can: from accepting refugees to supplying weapons. Germany’s military-industrial complex (MIC), as one of the leading arms manufacturers in Europe, plays a crucial role in the second issue. It is able to provide a huge amount […]
One of the pro-Kremlin propaganda portals showed a video where Lithuanians allegedly eat leftover food. A false video claiming that Lithuanians are in danger of starvation is trying to divert Russians’ attention from their crisis. A manipulative video of the Baltnews portal shows that Lithuanian citizens are allegedly eating leftover food, shops are empty, and […]
The US Naval Research Laboratory has demonstrated the possibility of terrestrial microwave radiation to transmit a 1.6 kilowatt electrical signal over a distance of 1 kilometer. The tests took place at the US Army test site in Maryland. This demonstration was the largest in 50 years. The tests were performed by two-point transmission of electrical […]
Lada with “automatic” is already in short supply. And in the next 1-2 years, their supply is not planned because sanctions against Russia have made it impossible to produce Lada models with automatic transmission. There will be no Lada cars with automatic transmission in the near future. AvtoVAZ currently cannot produce versions with two pedals. […]
The Netherlands plans to abandon Russian gas completely by the end of 2022. To do this, they plan to import fuel from other countries and fill their gas storage facilities. According to Reuters, the government has promised to spend about 623 million euros on incentives for companies to fill the gas storage in Bergermeer by […]