Day: November 7, 2021

Putin: economic integration with Belarus is impossible without migration According to him, it is not possible without migration integration. The president's words are reported by RIA Novosti. “Of course, full-fledged economic integration is impossible without moving forward in creating a single migration and visa space,” Putin said and added that it is necessary not only to ensure labor mobility of the population, but also guarantee the freedom of movement of citizens, taking into account all the risks in this area. “This is exactly what the concept of the migration policy of the Union State prepared by our governments is aimed at, and a lot of work has been done here, too,” the president stated. Also, Putin promised to help Belarus. “Russia, of course, will continue to provide assistance to the brotherly Belarusian people, there is no doubt about it,” he assured. Earlier, the head of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, announced that

Mikhail Ganelin said that Sberbank headed for the development of the ecosystem subsidiary banks in Europe. “I think this decision to sell is logical. Sberbank has long abandoned international expansion: even during the time of the sanctions. Sber took a course towards developing an ecosystem and services for the domestic market. As for the banks that have existed: they require resources, but there is no real big business. Therefore, we can also talk about resource optimization here. They still have points abroad, and that's enough, “the expert emphasized. Earlier it became known that Sberbank Europe agreed with a number of investors on the sale of subsidiary banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary , Serbia and Slovenia. The total amount of the deal will be about 500 million euros, including the sale of shares and the replacement of financing provided by Sber. The transaction is expected to be approved in

Economist Nikita Maslennikov advised Russians to buy New Year's gifts in November direction “Finance and Economics” of the Institute of Contemporary Development, economist Nikita Maslennikov. His words are quoted by Ura.ru. The specialist believes that this issue should be taken care of in advance because of the prospects for price increases by the end of the year. “If you need to buy something from non-food products – household and computer equipment, gadgets, then it is advisable to do it now. Because in December there can be quite a serious jump in prices, ”he warned. Maslennikov also added that now is the time to buy clothes and shoes for the winter. Maslennikov explained that non-food products usually rise in price due to a gap in supply chains. And now it is impossible to predict whether they will be able to recover by the end of the year. Earlier, Rosstat concluded that

Defense News: US Congressmen urged Biden to send warships to the Black Sea Joe Biden to deploy a United States military presence in the Black Sea to provide military support to Kiev and protect Ukraine. They wrote him an open letter, the text of which is quoted by the Defense News portal. In the document, they referred to satellite images recently published by the Washington Post and Politico, which allegedly depict Russian tanks deployed to the border with Ukraine. “Due to the recent concentration of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, we urge your administration to take immediate and swift action to provide intelligence and weapons support to Ukraine,” the letter says. Rogers and Turner also called on the American leader to “contain” Russia. They demanded in the near future to consider the issue of the US military presence in the Black Sea region and begin an exchange of intelligence

ISS Program Manager Montalbano: NASA is considering the possibility of cross-flights with the Russian Federation National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) approved the idea cross flights into space with Russia, when Russian cosmonauts are sent on American ships, and vice versa. The head of the US ISS program, Joel Montalbano, announced that this possibility was being considered, he is quoted by TASS. “We are considering that the cosmonaut should go on our spacecraft, and the NASA astronaut on the Soyuz. We are trying to make sure that we have an astronaut on Soyuz and an astronaut on our spacecraft, “he said. Earlier it became known that Roscosmos and NASA will discuss the issue of cross-flights of their cosmonauts and astronauts on space ships “Soyuz MS” and Crew Dragon. This was announced by the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin. “From our point of view, SpaceX has gained enough experience