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The American company Apple has banned adding Mir cards to its Apple Pay payment system, which is confirmed by several sources at once. Up to this point, maps were added without any problems, but today this has become impossible. Just last week, the press service of the Russian payment system Mir reported that the cards […]
The Japanese authorities reacted sharply to Russia’s withdrawal from negotiations on a peace treaty and the freezing of joint economic projects related to the disputed Kuril Islands. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called Russia’s decision “unfair” and “absolutely unacceptable,” CNN reports. Note that the Russian Federation did this because of the sanctions imposed by Tokyo […]
The hacker association Anonymous has declared war on the Putin regime. As part of the campaign, dozens of aggressor sites were hacked and terabytes of useful data were obtained. Now it’s the turn of printers and webcams. Details of the latest attack Anonymous shared on their Twitter. So, it became known that in two hours, […]
Russian media outlets were banned from displaying logos of Meta Platforms Inc. Facebook Instagram, as well as the social networks owned by her. Such a requirement for the Russian media is put forward by Roskomnadzor. After the recognition of Meta as extremist in Russia, the agency issued a corresponding statement. It is not allowed to […]
Analysts at the International Energy Agency (IEA) have developed an aggressive strategy to reduce the purchase of fossil fuels. The new plan consists of ten points and includes stricter speed limits for cars, abandoning cars on weekends and partially switching to remote work. IEA experts believe that meeting these goals will reduce global demand by […]
The police of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia denied a fake directed against Ukrainian refugees. The information was published on the police’s Twitter account. It is noted that now a video is being distributed on the Internet in Russian, which reports an attack on a 16-year-old boy in the Euskirchen district, allegedly beaten […]
Along with the financial and economic sanctions against the Russian Federation, which came into force as a result of a British government decree of March 1, the sanctions will also be imposed on exports to Russia of dual-use goods and high-tech products. This was stated in an official comment by Guildhall in the Ministry of […]
Xerox Holdings has suspended all supplies to Russia indefinitely. This was stated by CFO Xavier Hayes. “Nothing is going to the country,” – Hayes commented. The company’s CFO added that in Russia and Ukraine, representative offices are registered for various legal entities. In addition, he stressed that the company does not receive significant revenues in […]
Germany and Norway are in talks to build a hydrogen pipeline to reduce dependence on Russian gas. The Minister of Economy of Germany Robert Habeck and the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Store discussed this issue during the meeting, Bloomberg reports. The countries plan to carry out a feasibility study in the near future […]
The European Union has announced sanctions against Russian chipmakers. The companies on the list previously suffered from US sanctions in 2014, but now their situation will deteriorate significantly. Experts predict that the situation around Russian chipmakers could worsen significantly, although their situation was already bad after the US sanctions imposed earlier. The following companies were […]