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☆ Nissan takes $687 mln loss as sells Russian business for 1 euro
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A view shows the logo of Nissan on a car in Moscow, Russia, July 6, 2016. The Japanese automaker transfer its shares in Nissan Manufacturing Russia LLC to state-owned NAMI, it said. The deal will give Nissan the right to buy back the business within six years, Russia's industry and trade ministry said. The deal makes Nissan the latest major company to leave Russia since Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February. The Nissan deal was "of great significance for the industry," Russia's Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said in a statement.

☆ Japan's Nissan sells Russian assets to state, trade ministry says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A view shows the logo of Nissan on a car in Moscow, Russia, July 6, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim ZmeyevSummarySummary Companies This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in UkraineMOSCOW, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Nissan (7201.T) is selling its Russian assets to Russian state ownership, with an option to buy back the business within six years, Russia's industry and trade ministry said on Tuesday. Nissan in a statement said it had decided to exit the Russian market and expected to incur an extraordinary loss of approximately 100 billion yen ($686.72 million) from the asset transfer. Renault reportedly sold its stake in Avtovaz for one rouble ($0.0157). "'Nissan Manufacturing Rus' is transferring its assets to the state - a deal of great significance for the industry," Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said in a statement.

☆ Nissan takes $687 million loss as it sells Russian business for 1 euro
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Japanese company will transfer its shares in Nissan Manufacturing Russia LLC to state-owned NAMI, it said. The deal will give Nissan the right to buy back the business within six years, Russia's industry and trade ministry said. The sale to NAMI will include Nissan's production and research facilities in St Petersburg as well as its sales and marketing center in Moscow, the ministry said. Nissan said it expected an extraordinary loss of around 100 billion yen ($687 million), but maintained its earnings forecast for the financial year ending in March. The Nissan deal was "of great significance for the industry," Russia's Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said in a statement.

☆ Belarus's Lukashenko warns Ukraine, deploys troops with Russia
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The remarks from Lukashenko, who has held power in Belarus since 1994, indicate a potential further escalation of the war in Ukraine, possibly with a combined Russian-Belarus joint force in the north of Ukraine. "Their owners are pushing them to start a war against Belarus to drag us there." Lukashenko said that a warning was delivered to Belarus through unofficial channels that Ukraine planned "Crimean Bridge 2", though he did not give details. On Sunday, the head of Belarus's border guards accused Ukraine of provocations at the border. Russian forces used Belarus as a staging post for their Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, sending troops and equipment into northern Ukraine from bases in Belarus.

☆ Airlines cancel 2,000 U.S. flights for Thursday
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Airlines canceled almost 2,000 U.S. flights for Thursday after Hurricane Ian hit Florida's Gulf Coast with catastrophic force in one of most powerful U.S. storms in recent years. Since Tuesday airlines have canceled more than 5,000 flights through Friday. Airlines canceled 2,163 flights Wednesday as a number of Florida airports temporarily halted operations, including Tampa, Orlando, Sarasota-Bradenton, Melbourne, Daytona Beach, Naples and St Petersburg/Clearwater. Airlines canceled 403 flights Tuesday ahead of the storm. Through Wednesday, JetBlue canceled 25% of its U.S. flights and 20% of Thursday flights, while Southwest canceled 13% of Wednesday flights and 9% for Thursday.

☆ Russia's neighbor considers asylum for draft dodgers who can prove they were conscripted, but not young men afraid of being called up
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia's European neighbors say they will not take in Russians fleeing mobilization. But Latvia has told Insider it will consider giving asylum to men who can prove they've been drafted. Russia's European neighbors have largely rejected the idea that they would let in Russians fleeing out of fear that they will be sent to Ukraine. Pabriks echoed the reasoning given by Russia's other neighbors for not taking in fleeing Russians. Latvia's foreign ministry took a more cautious tone on Russians fleeing mobilization.

☆ Senior Russian lawmakers express concern over Putin's mobilization drive 'excesses'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Hyder Abbasi | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Amid increasing public anger about Russia's mobilization drive, two of the country's most senior lawmakers ordered regional officials to solve the “excesses” that have stoked protests and seen flocks of military-age men attempt to flee. “Appeals are coming in,” Volodin, speaker of the Duma, Russia’s lower chamber of Parliament, said in a post Sunday. Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin in St. Petersburg in April. It said hundreds of people had been detained by police across Russia for protesting against the mobilization and the war. The territory controlled by Russian or Russian-backed forces in the four regions represents about 15% of Ukrainian territory.

☆ Putin has escaped to his secret palace in a forest amid anti-draft protests in Russian cities, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vladimir Putin has escaped to his secret palace amid anti-draft protests in Russia, per a report. An image of a bedroom inside Vladimir Putin's purported secret palace. An image from inside Vladimir Putin's purported secret palace. An image showing the outside of Vladimir Putin's palace. Police officers detain a protester during the unsanctioned rally in Moscow, Russia, on September 24, 2022.

☆ More than 730 detained in anti-mobilisation protests across Russia, rights group says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHERSummary This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. MOSCOW, Sept 24 (Reuters) - More than 730 people were detained across Russia at protests against a mobilisation order on Saturday, a rights group said, three days after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's first military draft since World War Two for the conflict in Ukraine. The independent OVD-Info protest monitoring group said it was aware of detentions in 32 different cities, from St Petersburg to Siberia. Unsanctioned rallies are illegal under Russian law, which also forbids any activity considered to defame the armed forces. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin LiffeyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Toyota Motor terminates production at its plant in Russia -Kommersant
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterToyota's logo is seen at a Toyota Society Motors showroom in Karachi, Pakistan, July 27, 2022. The automaker suspended production in St Petersburg in March due to supply chain disruptions and stopped vehicle imports into Russia. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterToyota has not decided to quit the Russian market completely but sees no prospect of resuming car production there, the sources said. Many factories in Russia have suspended production and furloughed workers due to shortages of high-tech equipment and an exodus of Western manufacturers after Moscow sent armed forces into Ukraine on Feb. 24 read more . Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Registerreporting by Reuters; editing by Kevin Liffey and Jason NeelyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ 'I am leaving Russia': young men flee draft, Finland to restrict entry
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Essi Lehto | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Cars queue to enter Finland from Russia at Finland's most southern crossing point Vaalimaa, around three hour drive from Saint Petersburg, in Vaalimaa, Finland September 23, 2022. Two days later, he was crossing the border into Finland. I am just for freedom, Russia (free) from Putin, democracy in Russia," he said, breaking into tears. Nikita was one of a dozen young men Reuters spoke to at the Vaalimaa border crossing in southeastern Finland, their number growing in the days since Putin announced the call-up of 300,000 military reservists. Traffic into Finland over its border with Russia was heavy on Friday.

☆ In poor, rural Buryatia, Russia's partial mobilisation hits hard
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Felix Light | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The Ulan-Ude draft office and the defence ministry in Moscow did not reply to a request for comment on the situation. PROVINCIAL MOBILISATION"There’s nothing partial about the mobilisation in Buryatia," said Alexandra Garmazhapova, president of the Free Buryatia Foundation, an organisation that provides legal help to those mobilised. Her foundation collected hundreds of appeals for help from residents whose relatives had received mobilisation papers. One resident of the Buryatia village of Orongoi, whose population in 2010 was 1,700, told Reuters that 106 men from the village had been mobilised. "The federal centre is trying not to touch St Petersburg and Moscow, because in Moscow you can have protests against the Kremlin," she said.

☆ Fact Check-Clip of St. Petersburg protest dates to at least March 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A clip of a protest in St. Petersburg, Russia, was not filmed in September 2022, despite being shared by netizens in the hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a partial mobilization to support Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine. Instead, the clip dates to at least March 2022, weeks after Russia initially sent troops into the country. The clip shows throngs of people marching in front of St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg. It was shared on Twitter on Sept. 21, 2022, with a caption that reads: “Massive protest by Russians in St Petersburg against the war in Ukraine. The clip of a protest in front of St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg was not filmed in September 2022, and instead dates to at least March 2022.

☆ More than 1,300 detained in anti-mobilisation protests across Russia -rights group
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterLONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Security forces detained more than 1,300 people in Russia on Wednesday at protests denouncing mobilisation, a rights group said, hours after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's first military draft since World War Two. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterUnsanctioned rallies are illegal under Russia's anti-protest laws. And those persons who violated laws were detained and taken to police stations for investigation and establish their responsibility." One-way flights out of Russia were rocketing in price and selling out fast on Wednesday after Putin ordered the immediate call-up of 300,000 reservists. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey, Ron Popeski, David Ljunggren and Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Many Russians seek ways out as call-up orders arrive
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Caleb Davis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In St Petersburg, Pavel Chikov said recruitment offices had handed packs of conscription papers to homeowners' associations. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the army was calling up people with experience of service and military "specialists" to fight in Ukraine. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterBut there was little clarity as to who these would be. In the city of Kursk, one woman married to a soldier said: "They're not letting people out of Kursk. read moreFor now, Shoigu said Russia would not call a general mobilisation, nor recruit students or send current conscripts to fight in Ukraine.

☆ Baltic states and Poland close doors to Russian tourists
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Andrius Sytas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A general view of the bridge over Narva river at the border crossing point with Russia in Narva, Estonia September 18, 2022. Monday's entry ban is targeted at tourists and excludes Russian dissidents seeking refuge in the EU along with lorry drivers, refugees and permanent residents of EU countries as well as those visiting family members. The border guard told me I won't t be allowed to come here anymore," he told Reuters. "I will still be able to get to Estonia through other countries," he told Reuters shortly after crossing into Narva. Russia said it would retaliate against the curbs, but would not close itself off from the bloc.

☆ 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.

☆ Meet Pavel Durov, the tech billionaire who founded Telegram, fled from Moscow 15 years ago after defying the Kremlin, and has a penchant for posting half-naked selfies on Instagram
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-28 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Pavel Durov, 38, is the founder and owner of messaging app Telegram. Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, center, smiles following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2017. Tatan Syuflana/APDurov, who was born in St Petersburg in Soviet Russia, has a net worth of $15.1 billion, per Forbes. The brothers were born into a "family of intellectuals," according the Digital-Life-Design Conference website. Much of Durov's wealth comes from Telegram, which has 700 million active users and is valued at $30 billion.

☆ Câți bani au încasat până acum echipele calificate în sferturi la EURO 2020
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-02 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesCâți bani au încasat până acum echipele calificate în sferturi la EURO 2020Se știu cele 8 echipe care luptă pentru un loc în careul de ași la EURO 2020: cel mai tare duel pare să fie cel dintre Belgia și Italia, programat vineri, de la ora 22:00, la Munchen. Apoi, vor mai intra în cont încă 1,5 milioane de euro pentru calificarea în optim,și alte 2,5 milioane de euro pentru prezența în sferturi. Astfel, echipe ca Italia și Belgia, care au câștigat toate meciurile de până acum, au încasat 16,25 milioane de euro. Iar câștigătoarea EURO 2020 ar putea încasa 28,25 milioane de euro în total. EURO 2020 | Sferturi de finalăVineri 2 iuliesfert 1: Elveția - Spania (19:00, St Petersburg)sfert 2: Belgia - Italia (22:00, Munchen)Sâmbătă 3 iuliesfert 3: Cehia - Danemarca (19:00, Baku)sfert 4: Ucraina - Anglia (22:00, Roma)

Organizations: EURO, UEFA, Europei Locations: Belgia, Italia, Munchen, Elveția, Spania, Cehia, Danemarca, Anglia, Ucraina, Italiei, St Petersburg, Baku, Roma

☆ EURO 2020. Vezi care este programul sferturilor de finală ale turneului
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-30 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Vezi care este programul sferturilor de finală ale turneuluiOptimile de finală ale EURO 2020 s-au încheiat ieri, 29 iunie, astfel că știm cele patru meciuri din sferturile de finală, care vor avea loc la Sankt Petersburg, Munchen, Baku și Roma. În ultimul meci al zilei, Ucraina a reușit surpriza și s-a calificat pentru prima dată în sferturile Campionatului European, după victoria cu Suedia, scor 2-1. Cel mai tare duel al grupei pare să fie cel dintre Belgia și Italia, programat vineri, de la ora 22.00, la Munchen. Naționala lui Gareth Southgate se află în partea inferioară a tabloului, acolo unde nu mai este nicio echipă de top, cel puțin teoretic. În schimb, în partea superioară a tabloului sunt nume grele, precum Italia, Belgia sau Spania, cu care Anglia se poate întâlni doar în finală.

Persons: Digisport, Gareth Southgate, Englezii, Sâmbătă Organizations: European Locations: Sankt Petersburg, Munchen, Baku, Roma, Ucraina, Suedia, Belgia, Italia, Elveția, Spania, Cehia, Danemarca, Anglia, St Petersburg

☆ The Tucker Carlson origin story
▼ + stars: | 1998-01-28 | by ( Aaron Short | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +57 min

Tucker Carlson is remembered as a provocateur and gleeful contrarian by those who knew him in his early days. It was Tucker Carlson. (Note on style: Tucker Carlson and the members of his family are referred to here by their first names to avoid confusion.) In 1979, Richard Carlson married Patricia Swanson, heiress to the Swanson frozen foods empire that perfected the frozen Salisbury steak for hassle-free dinners. Tucker Carlson attended St. George’s School, a boarding school starting at age 14.

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