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☆ Russian arms manufacturers are 'scrambling to expand their production capabilities using whatever they can get,' expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewRussia is rushing to expand its arms production by buying secondhand machine tools from China through covert networks to get around Western sanctions. A report from Washington-based nonprofit think-tank The Center for Advanced Defense Studies, or C4ADS, said that Russia's arms manufacturers were "scrambling to expand their production capabilities using whatever they can get." And Russian defense industry analyst and lead researcher Allen Maggard told the Financial Times that the decades-old machine tools Russia is importing are still effective. AdvertisementGlenn Gray, the president of Gray Machinery, told the FT he'd never heard of the company.

Persons: —, Allen Maggard, Andrey Mironov, Glenn Gray, Tsugami, hasn't, C4ADS, UMIC —, ELE Organizations: Service, Advanced Defense, Business, Financial Times, Kremlin, AMG, ELE Technology, Gray Machinery Locations: Russia, China, Washington, Ukraine, UAE, Russian

☆ The ultimate anti-aging skincare routine you should try before getting Botox, according to 2 dermatologists
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"The best anti-aging routine can be as simple as just a few steps," especially in the morning, Lindsey Zubritsky, a board-certified dermatologist, told Business Insider. Always cleanse your face — unless you have sensitive skin"I recommend starting out with a gentle cleanser if you have oily or acne-prone skin," Zubritsky said. AdvertisementZubtritsky recommended Cetaphil Gentle Cleanser, a creamier formula for dry or sensitive skin. For oilier skin, she suggested La Roche Posay Toleriane Foaming Cleanser, which can also be used for sensitive skin. AdvertisementIf you have sensitive skin, you'll want to start with retinol, Zubritsky said, as it's gentler.

Persons: —, Lindsey Zubritsky, Carolyn Stull, Sergey Mironov, Zubritsky, that's, Stull, Cetaphil, La Roche, ISDIN Eryfotona, Skinbetter, Blair Murphy, Rose, Olay, you've Organizations: Service, Business, Neutrogena Hydro, L'Oreal, Cream

☆ Texas secessionists are becoming more fervent than ever. But experts say it would mess up its thriving economy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Daniel Miller, a sixth-generation Texan, is the de facto face of the modern Texas Nationalist Movement, nicknamed "Texit." But they get a lot of it back: federal dollars account for one-third of the Texas state budget, according to the budget and policy nonprofit Every Texan. "And I think the romance of some general notion of Texas independence wears off pretty fast if people were to start considering it seriously." A Just Russia Party Supports Independent Texas Republic"If necessary, we are ready to help with the independence referendum. The first step for Texas to become independent, the secessionists say, would be a statewide referendum.

Persons: —, Daniel Miller, Miller, Walter Buenger, Eva DeLuna, Noah Sheidlower, Buenger, SCOTUS, James Henson, Dmitry Medvedev, Sergei Mironov, XNlDlW2RmI, James Porrazzo, Henson, there's, Andres Leighton, Greg Abbott's Organizations: Service, Texas Nationalist, Texans, Business, University of Texas, Democrat, Texas, Texas GOP, Critics, White, Union, Texas Politics, Wired, Russia Party Supports Independent, Texas People's, Lone, Texas National Guard, Texas Gov, Texas Legislature, Redfield, Wilton Locations: Texas, Austin, California, La Marque , Texas, , Texas, Russian, Republic, Texas People's Republic, Russia, Mexico, Civil, El Paso , Texas, United States

☆ A 2-year-old girl who was seized from a Ukrainian orphanage was adopted by a Putin ally: BBC
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The child was stolen from a Ukrainian orphanage, according to the BBC. Russia has abducted thousands of Ukrainian children, says the UN. AdvertisementA political ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin adopted a girl who was taken from an orphanage in occupied Ukraine, according to a BBC investigation. AdvertisementAccording to the Ukrainian government, around 20,000 children have been taken by Russian authorities since the war began. The International Criminal Court in the Hague earlier this year issued arrest warrants for Putin and his children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova over the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.

Persons: Sergey Mironov, —, Vladimir Putin, Mironov, Inna Varlamova, Margarita Prokopenko, Marina Sergeevna Mironova, Putin, Maria Lvova Organizations: BBC, UN, Service, Criminal Court Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, Kherson Oblast, Kherson, Podolsk, Moscow, Hague

☆ Russia says Ukrainian attack on Crimea Bridge kills two, orphaned daughter injured
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Blasts were reported before dawn on the 19-km (12-mile) road and rail bridge linking Russia to Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Russia blamed Ukraine for an attack on the bridge last October, saying it was organised by Ukrainian military intelligence and its director, Kyrylo Budanov. After the October attack, Russia launched strikes against Ukrainian cities including power supplies in retaliation. Crimea was transferred from Soviet Russia to Soviet Ukraine in 1954 by then Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and recognised by Russia in 1994 after the collapse of the USSR. Footage taken from a train crossing the bridge showed passengers gasping as they saw the damage to the road.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Vyacheslav Gladkov, Kyrylo, Sergei Mironov, Arkady Rotenberg, Nikita Khrushchev, Vladimir Saldo, Lidia Kelly, Guy Faulconbridge, Kim Coghill, Michael Perry, Lincoln, Nick Macfie Organizations: UN, Ukraine's Security Service, Mercedes, Russia, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Ukraine, KERCH, Crimea, Belgorod, Kyrylo Budanov, Russia's, Moscow, Soviet Russia, Soviet Ukraine, Soviet, USSR, Russian, Kherson, Melbourne

[1/2] Just Russia party chief Sergei Mironov arrives before the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia June 24, 2020. Lender Sberbank (SBER.MM) features the "Kandinsky 2.1" design tool on its website, with versions in Russian and English. Mironov said it appeared "Kandinsky 2.1" had been based on designs by "unfriendly states waging an informational and mental war" against Russia. "They will not know what the national flag of Russia looks like and will assume that Russia is a scientifically backward country," he wrote. Mironov said he had therefore written to Russia's prosecutor general to ask him to investigate Sberbank and whether the content produced by "Kandinsky 2.1" was lawful.

☆ This free online paycheck withholdings tool may help you avoid a tax bill for 2023, IRS says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Sergey Mironov | Moment | Getty ImagesIf you had a surprise tax bill this season or your refund was smaller than expected, it may be a good time to review your paycheck withholdings. The IRS collects taxes throughout the year, typically through paycheck withholdings for W-2 employees or quarterly estimated tax payments for self-employed workers. You can expect a refund if you've overpaid or a tax bill for not paying enough. One way to help avoid a 2023 tax bill is by using the IRS paycheck withholding estimator, according to Sheneya Wilson, a certified public accountant and founder of Fola Financial in New York. The free calculator shows how your current withholding affects your take-home pay, next year's refund or tax bill.

☆ Factbox: What do we know about the Ukrainian New Year's Eve attack on Russian troops?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

What do we know, and what do we not know, about what happened? Russia's defence ministry said Ukraine struck with six U.S.-made HIMARS rockets. The ministry acknowledged the attack only in the final paragraph of a 528-word daily roundup, more than 36 hours after the attack took place. Grey Zone, a Telegram channel linked to the Wagner mercenary outfit, said that around 500 men were billeted in the complex. You see, they turned on their phones and got spotted," wrote Grey Zone, a Telegram channel linked to the Wagner Group mercenary outfit.

☆ Moscow's military leadership is under fire after a Ukrainian HIMARS strike killed scores of Russian soldiers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia said a recent Ukrainian HIMARS strike in the occupied Donetsk region killed 63 of its soldiers. Over the weekend, Ukrainian forces used a US-provided High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to attack Russian positions in Makiivka, a city with a pre-war population of nearly 350,000 people in eastern Ukraine's occupied Donetsk region. Russia's defense ministry said on Monday that Ukrainian forces fired six rockets and that the strikes on Russian positions killed 63 soldiers, state news agency TASS reported. Videos of the aftermath of the deadly attack, which have been published on social media by top Ukrainian officials, showed a scene of rubble and smoke. Ukraine's HIMARS strike came as Russian forces fired a barrage of Iranian-made suicide drones into Ukraine over a two-day period, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - A St Petersburg politician has asked prosecutors to investigate Russian President Vladimir Putin for using the word "war" to describe the conflict in Ukraine, accusing the Kremlin chief of breaking his own law. Yuferev, who asked Reuters not to disclose his location, said Putin critics who publicly called the war a war have suffered harsh punishments. After publishing the open letter about Putin, Yuferev said he had received hundreds of hate messages. "War, in Russian society, is a frightening word. Everyone is brought up by grandparents who lived through World War Two, everyone remembers the saying 'Anything but war'," he said.

☆ Russia is adding military training to its school curriculum, marking a reversion to a Soviet-era practice that teaches students how to handle rifles and perform first aid
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian schools are adding a basic military training course to their curricula, per TASS. The course is a Soviet-era practice that teaches students first aid and how to use rifles. Mironov and deputy defense minister Valery Gerasimov have vocally supported reinstating military training in schools, with Gerasimov suggesting that students in the 10th and 11th grades be given 140 hours of training, per Izvestia. When we were engaged in military training at school, it worked only as a plus," said Adalbi Shkhagoshev, the deputy chairman of the United Russia party, per the outlet. The basic military training program was retired in 1993, two years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, per independent Russian news outlet The Moscow Times.

☆ Putin is facing pressure from Russia's hawkish nationalists who want all-out war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-07 | by ( Jason Corcoran | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

As the nationalists' most prominent figurehead, Igor Girkin has been among the most searing in his criticism of Russia's military strategy. Addressing his followers last week, Girkin said: "The war in Ukraine will continue until the complete defeat of Russia. The Smolninskoye District Court ruled that the municipal council should be dissolved and subsequently charged the deputies with "discrediting" Russia's military. The widespread purging of liberals and journalists that occurred in the early days of the Ukraine war is relatively straightforward in Russia. But cracking down on ultra- nationalists is more dangerous and may have dire consequences – especially if Russia loses the war.

☆ Peste 600 de studenți ai Facultății de Științe Economice a USM au primit diplomele de licență și master
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Peste 600 de studenți ai Facultății de Științe Economice a USM au primit diplomele de licență și masterAbsolvenții Facultății de Științe Economice și-au primit diplomele de licență și master. La manifestare au participat: Igor Șarov, dr., conf. univ., decană a Facultății de Științe Economice, Svetlana Mironov, dr., conf. Rectorul USM, conf. univ., decana Facultății de Științe Economice a menționat că Facultatea celebrează 75 de ani de la fondare, ca și USM – prima universitate din Moldova.

Persons: Igor Șarov, Galina Ulian, . hab, ., Svetlana Mironov, Adriana Buzdugan, Maria, Alexandru Scutaru, Olga, Maria Cojocaru, Cristina Dolghi Organizations: Științe Economice, USM, Științe, Universității de Stat Locations: Republica Moldova, Moldova

☆ ALARMANT. La Naslavcea, râul Nistru este acoperit de mâzgă. Sursa poluării ar fi centralele hidroelectrice din Ucraina
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-27 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

El susţine că la Naslavcea, în raionul Ocniţa, fundul râului Nistru ar fi acoperit de o mâzgă neagră. Activistul de mediu susţine că imaginile au fost filmate de un localnic acum 2 zile. "Fundul este acoperit cu o substanţă lichidă vâscoasă. Au cercetat vizual malul râului Nistru în localitatea respectivă pe toate căile de acces posibile. Experţii ucraineni sunt de părere că substanțele poluante ar fi putut ajunge în apă după porţile de scurgere ale hidrocentralelor, pe cursul inferior al râului Nistru.

Persons: Asociaţiei Eco, Trombiţchi, Fiodor Mironov Locations: ecologistul, Ucraina, Nistru, Naslavcea, Ocniţa

☆ Planificarea bugetară cu implicarea cetățenilor ar trebui să devină o normă
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-22 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +4 min

Locuitorii comunei salută inițiativa și consideră că implicarea sătenilor în procesul de planificare bugetară ar trebui să devină un lucru obișnuit. Planificarea bugetară – afișată pe FacebookLa 14 decembrie 2020, în comună a fost organizată pentru prima dată o audiere de planificare bugetară, sătenii fiind chemați să decidă soarta banilor publici pentru anul viitor. Sătenii salută inițiativa primăriei și a consiliului local de a consulta bugetul înainte de aprobare. La rândul său, Veaceslav Mironov, un alt locuitor al comunei, spune că implicarea cetățenilor în procesul decizional reprezintă o dovadă a respectului față de oamenii plătitori de impozite. Am convingerea că se poate trăi bine și cinstit acasă, cu ajutorul și implicarea sătenilor în rezolvarea tuturor problemelor comunității”.

Persons: Maria Balaban, Veaceslav Mironov, Pleșeni Oleg Boboc, Oleg Boboc, Viorel Pîrvan, . Organizations: Facebook, Sociale, Lilia, Asociația Presei Locations: Pleșeni, Cantemir, Germania

☆ VIDEO/ Când bordura e prea înaltă, iar rampa abruptă - cum persoanele cu necesități speciale fac față provocărilor de (in)accesibilitate
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-08 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +10 min

Persoanele cu necesități speciale – consilieri pentru autoritățiNicolae s-a născut la Hâncești. Membrii acesteia colaborează cu autoritățile pentru a soluționa problemele legate de accesibilitate pentru persoanele cu necesități speciale. Legislația R. Moldova prevede că obiectele de menire socială trebuie să fie amenajate într-un mod accesibil pentru persoanele cu necesități speciale. Scara ce duce spre scaun e înaltă și e greu să te așezi pe scaun. Conform datelor Biroului Național de Statistică, în 2018, persoanele cu necesități speciale constituiau circa 7% din populația R. Moldova.

Persons: Nicolae, Nicolae Mironov, Tânărul, Galina Climov, Iuliana, Iuliana Tabacari, Pivovarciuc, Stanislav Pivovarciuc, Ștefan cel Mare, Stanislav ., Stanislav, Elena Cernăuțeanu, Poporului, Elena Cernăuțeanu . Organizations: ONU, Alianța, Raional, Alianței, Economiei, Poporului Locations: Moldova, R.Moldova, Hâncești, Chișinău, ascensorul, Asfaltul

☆ (video) Radiotelescopul Arecibo, unul dintre cele mai mari telescoape spațiale din lume, s-a prăbușit
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-02 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

(video) Radiotelescopul Arecibo, unul dintre cele mai mari telescoape spațiale din lume, s-a prăbușitTelescopul Arecibo, din Puerto Rico, unul dintre cele mai mari din lume şi care a folosit la numeroase descoperiri din domeniul astronomiei, a fost demontat după 57 de ani de activitate. Inginerii nu au găsit o modalitate sigură de a o repara după ce două cabluri care susțin structura s-au rupt brusc, unul în august și unul la începutul lunii noiembrie. Este sfârșitul unuia dintre cele mai cunoscute și mai productive telescoape din istoria astronomiei. Au au avut surprize peste surprize, pentru că mereu au apărut surprize în studierea Cosmosului. Arecibo, cu toate meritele lui, a fost depășit de telescoape cu oglinda mult mai mare și, mai ales, i-a sărit în față telescopul Hubble.

Persons: James Bond, Alexandru Mironov, Astronomii Organizations: Hubble Locations: Puerto Rico, Arecibo

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