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☆ Russian bourse, banks to operate as normal on Monday, says central bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A Russian state flag flies over the Central Bank headquarters in Moscow, Russia May 7, 2023. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File PhotoJune 25 (Reuters) - The Moscow stock exchange, banks and financial institutions are expected to operate as usual on Monday, Russia's central bank said on Sunday, despite Moscow's mayor having declared it a non-working day when mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was leading his Wagner forces towards Moscow. "On June 26, trading and settlement on all Moscow Exchange markets will be conducted as usual, including all trading periods and instruments," Moscow Exchange (MOEX.MM) said in a statement. SPB Exchange, Russia's second-largest bourse, said it would also be operating as normal. The central bank said banks should ensure the continuous and smooth operation of Russia's financial markets.

Persons: Shamil Zhumatov, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Sergei Sobyanin, Prigozhin, Moscow's, Alexander Marrow, Maxim, David Goodman, Jane Merriman Organizations: Central Bank, REUTERS, Moscow, Moscow Exchange, SPB, bourse, Thomson Locations: Russian, Moscow, Russia, Russia's, Belarus

☆ A Worm Moon, the last full moon of winter, hangs in the sky this week. Its other names include Death and Sugar Moon.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Across North America and Europe, people have used full moons to track months and seasons for thousands of years, naming each one based on the seasonal changes it indicates. Tourists take pictures as a full moon rises in Moscow, Russia. Shamil Zhumatov/ReutersThe names assigned to full moons are often attributed to the native Algonquian peoples, who share a family of languages and originate from the area that today ranges from New England as far west as Lake Superior. Colonial settlers across North America adopted their own version of the indigenous names, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.

[1/3] FILE PHOTO-Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a meeting with heads of foreign media outlets in Moscow, Russia, February 15, 2023. Last July, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walked out of a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, also in Bali, after the West strongly denounced the war. The G20 bloc includes the wealthy G7 democracies, as well as Russia, China, India, Australia, Brazil and Saudi Arabia among other countries. The foreign ministers' meeting will also be watched for how tensions between Washington and Beijing play out, including over the Ukraine war. "It is unlikely that G20 foreign ministers can agree on common language suggesting ways and mechanisms to deal with the situation in Ukraine," he said.

☆ Russia condemns Israeli strike on Damascus
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova listens during the annual news conference of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) in Moscow, Russia January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovFeb 19 (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry on Sunday said that it strongly condemned an Israeli air strike on the Syrian city of Damascus and its surroundings, calling it a "flagrant violation" of international law. "We strongly urge the Israeli side to stop armed provocations against the Syrian Arab Republic and refrain from steps that are fraught with dangerous consequences for the entire region," spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Witnesses and officials said an Israeli rocket strike early on Sunday hit a building in central Damascus's Kafr Sousa neighbourhood near a large, heavily guarded security complex close to Iranian installations, killing five people. Reporting by Reuters Editing by David GoodmanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Lavrov says Russia and China alert to Western 'games'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MOSCOW, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the United States was attempting to "contain" both Russia and China with the help of other countries, but they were alert to its "games". Lavrov told a news conference that the West saw both countries as a threat - Russia right now, and China in the longer term as a systemic rival. At the same time, he said, the West was trying to drive a wedge between Russia and China. "The West is trying to sow discord in our relations...We and China see all these games," he said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2023.

☆ Ukraine shelling attack injures two top pro-Russia officials in Donetsk - agencies
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/PoolDec 21 (Reuters) - A former Russian deputy prime minister and a pro-Moscow official were injured when Ukrainian forces shelled the eastern city of Donetsk on Wednesday, Russian news agencies said. Donetsk, controlled by pro-Moscow troops, is in the industrial Donbas region, epicentre of recent bitter fighting between Russia and Ukraine. Also hurt was Vitaly Khotsenko, the head of government of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, his press secretary told Russian news agencies. The two men were injured when a hotel on the outskirts of Donetsk came under fire from high-precision weapons, aides told Russian agencies. Rogozin used to head Russia's space agency but was replaced in July.

☆ Japanese billionaire Maezawa picks K-pop star TOP, DJ Steve Aoki to join SpaceX moon trip
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa reacts as he speaks with his family after donning space suits shortly before the launch to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovTOKYO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Friday revealed that K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon next year, hitching a ride on one of Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets. The picks were announced by Maezawa on Twitter and at a website for what he dubbed the #dearMoon Project. Maezawa used the micro-blogging site to recruit eight crew members from around the world to join him on the moon trip, saying 1 million people had applied. U.S. Olympic snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and Japanese dancer Miyu were named as backup crew members.

☆ Putin, Kudrin touch on future of Yandex in late-night meeting -sources
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] The logo of Russian internet group Yandex is pictured at the company's headquarter in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2018. Sources told Reuters that Kudrin, one of the country's top economic officials and a long-time colleague of the president, is expected to leave his role as head of Russia's Audit Chamber to take up a position with Yandex. Two of the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to speak freely, said Putin and Kudrin had discussed Yandex. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said he could not confirm whether the meeting had taken place or not. Reporting by Polina Devitt, Darya Korsunskaya and Alexander Marrow; editing by Jason NeelyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/3] Members of the pro-Ukrainian Chechen battalion check an area, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Bakhmut, Ukraine November 11, 2022. Maga, his nom-de-guerre, is part of a unit of Chechen fighters helping Ukraine battle Russian troops in eastern Ukraine. "We're not fighting just for the sake of fighting," said Maga, who declined to give his real name for security reasons. That has not extinguished hope among Kadyrov's opponents, including Chechens fighting Russian forces in Ukraine, that the authoritarian "power vertical" which Putin has built could crumble if Moscow lost in Ukraine. "The armed forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria are being renewed here today," he told the Ukrainian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Oct. 24.

☆ What happens if you break the law in space — and 3 times people or governments have tested the rules
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In 1967, 112 nations signed the Outer Space Treaty that laid the foundation for international space law. In 1967, more than 100 nations signed the Outer Space Treaty — essentially, the Magna Carta of space law. It also bans one nation from claiming outer space and celestial bodies. Leaders of spacefaring nations signing the Outer Space Treaty in 1967. From destructive missile tests to missing a tax deadline to go on a last-minute mission, here's how space law has been tested thus far.

☆ Russia summons British ambassador over drone strike on Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] British Ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert arrives at the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters, as activists hold a protest against what Russia's officials said to be the involvement of British specialists in a Ukrainian drone strike on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, in Moscow, Russia November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovNov 3 (Reuters) - Russia summoned the British ambassador on Thursday over Moscow's claim that British navy personnel were involved in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday the ambassador was to be summoned over Saturday's drone attack on Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. After the drone attack, Russia temporarily suspended participation in a U.N.-brokered Black Sea Grain deal. Russia casts Britain as a particularly perfidious Western power which President Vladimir Putin says is plotting to destroy Russia and carve up its vast natural resources.

☆ Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation, warns West over nuclear blackmail
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Guy Faulconbridge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The blunt warning from Russia's paramount leader, whose country has more nuclear warheads than even the United States, marks the biggest escalation of the war in Ukraine since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion. Putin said he had signed a decree on a partial mobilisation. The mobilisation, which affects anyone who has served as a professional soldier in Russia rather than a conscript, begins immediately. Putin said his aim was to "liberate" east Ukraine's Donbas region, and that most people living in regions under Russian control did not want to be ruled by Kyiv anymore. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Andrew OsbornOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Un nou desant politic la Chișinău; Consultanți ruși, coordonați de FSB, ar fi venit pentru a consilia PSRM, PCRM și „ȘOR”
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: rbc.ru // sediul FSB din MoscovaUn nou desant politic la Chișinău; Consultanți ruși, coordonați de FSB, ar fi venit pentru a consilia PSRM, PCRM și „ȘOR”Patru consultanți ruși, coordonați de FSB, s-ar afla la Chișinău pentru a organiza scheme de fraudare a scrutinului din 11 iulie. Este vorba despre Shamil Alimuradov, Victor Liubimov, Vasilii Smerdov și Timur Alimuradov, consultanți politici ruși, care ar fi venit pentru a organiza scheme de influențare și fraudare a alegerilor anticipate. S-ar afla acum într-un loc secret, de unde ar coordona activitatea Blocului Comuniștilor și Socialiștilor. Amintim că toamna trecută, opt așa-numiți polit-tehnologi ruși au fost surprinși în compania mai multor deputați socialiști, dar și a purtătorului de cuvânt al candidatului Igor Dodon. Purtătorii de cuvânt ai lui Igor Dodon și Partidului Socialiștilor nu au fost de găsit pentru o reacție.

Persons: Igor Dodon, Ion Ceban, Olga Grak, Victor Liubimov, Timur Organizations: FSB, PCRM, Aeroportul, Comuniștilor, Socialiștilor, Partidului Socialiștilor Locations: Moscova, Chișinău, Rusia, Republicii Moldova, Aeroportul Chișinău, Kremlin, Tiraspol, transnistreană

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