Analysts named the reason for the sudden lobby in the EU and the USA.
Information has appeared on the Web that a number of American airlines are in favor of lifting sanctions prohibiting the passage of civil aviation through the airspace of the Russian Federation.
According to the Telegram channel MMI, the same opinion is shared by air carriers from Europe. The reason, according to the authors, is the inefficiency of the flyby path.
Thus, according to the FlightRadar24 service, the dynamics of the air passenger market has reached the indicators of 2020.
The head of the International Air Transport Association, William Walsh, said that air carriers need to prepare for the fact that flights through the Russian Federation will resume, otherwise companies from Europe will lose to colleagues from China, who do not need to fly around the territory of the Russian Federation.
With the lifting of sanctions, Europeans will be able to get to Asia in the most efficient way, he explained.
Recall that the airspace of the Russian Federation has led to obvious losses. Thus, German Lufthansa lost to Turkish Airlines in terms of market capitalization of 9.27 billion euros against 9.78 billion euros.
At the same time Rostransnadzor called for an audit for foreign airlines before admission to flights to the Russian Federation.
Similar rules already work in the EU, the USA, China, Israel, the UK and a number of other countries.
Topnews wrote that in Russia it was proposed to remove passengers from flights with overloaded luggage in hand luggage.
The state of the founder of VKontakte and Telegram is named.
For the second year in a row, Pavel Durov becomes the richest person with citizenship of the United Arab Emirates according to Forbes. On Tuesday, December 13, new data on the state of Durov were published.
Durov ranks 123rd in the Forbes list of billionaires of the world.
And in the ranking, the UAE topped the top with a fortune of $ 15.1 billion.
According to the media, Pavel Durov has become impoverished by two billion in a year.
In 2021, in exchange for investments, the Russian received UAE citizenship.
Recall that Pavel Durov, in addition to the citizenship of the United Arab Emirates and Russia, has the citizenship of the state of Saint Kitts and Nevis, France.
In December 2022, Pavel Durov said that the number of users of the Telegram Premium paid subscription has reached 1 million people since its launch.
Durov expressed confidence that financial growth will also occur in 2023.
The richest man in the world is Elon Musk, who has a fortune of $ 188 billion.
As Topnews wrote earlier, in 2022, the media showed an archive photo of a young Pavel Durov. Since that time, the billionaire has changed his appearance, and it is already difficult to recognize him.
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Insiders suggest that the businessman “hijacked” his own ship.
British media reported the loss of the luxury yacht of Russian billionaire Dmitry Mazepin. Earlier, in Italian Sardinia, the Aldabara was detained in the port of Olbia – a 22-meter sea vessel, whose cost is estimated from 700 thousand to 1 million euros.
The Guardian reports that the yacht was arrested in Sardinia after the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions. Mazepin was placed on the sanctions list.
The yacht was parked in March, while official evidence was being prepared that it belonged to a Russian.
In June – a few hours before the announcement of her belonging to Mazepin – the yacht disappeared.
A source in Sardinian law enforcement agencies reported that Dmitry Mazepin belongs to the missing yacht.
“Mazepin knew that he was on the list, but managed to make the most of the period during which we worked to establish that the boat belongs to him,” insiders reported.
Police officers believe that an oligarch from Russia could have hired a foreign company and made a deal with the captain. It was he who overtook the vehicle. It is known that the yacht made a stop in Tunisia, and there is no data on where the ship is now.
According to media reports, Mazepin, the company and the captain face a fine of 500 thousand euros.
By the way, The Guardian has not officially provided data that the yacht belongs to Mazepin.
As Topnews wrote earlier, in April 2022, the luxury yacht Amadea, owned by Suleiman Kerimov, was detained in Fiji.
The corresponding permission was given to Kazakh banks in OFAC.
The office of the US Treasury Department (OFAC) has given permission to banks in Kazakhstan to work with cards “Mir ”.
This is reported on the website of the Kazakhstan regulatory agency.
According to experts, the department in the SSH stated that it does not object to the use of the cards by private individuals who emigrated from Russia.
The purpose of using these cards is to indicate operations for life support.
The Kazakh ministry noted that the country’s banks can accept payments and transfers, as well as issue cash at ATMs of payment cards, but transactions with Russian cards of this system will remain under special control of the United States to prevent circumvention of sanctions.
Earlier, topNews wrote that the American Bloomberg agency stated that the system “Mir” had failed.
Journalists summed up the effect of sanctions on the Russian payment system.
The media reports a ban on the import of aircraft engines and spare parts.
European anti-Russian sanctions may affect the import into Russia of goods from the aviation, space sectors, as well as laptops, cameras, lenses and hard drives.
Thus, the European Union intends to include in the ninth package of sanctions restrictions on about 160-180 organizations of the Russian capital that specialize in the supply of so-called dual-use goods capable of being used in the defense complex.
This is reported by Politico.
In the aviation sector, this applies to engines and spare parts.
In the technology industry, a ban may be imposed on electronics and optics.
Brussels also intends to ban investments in the mining industry and a number of food products.
In the information sector, NTV/”NTV Mir”, “REN TV”, “Russia 1” and Channel One will fall under restrictive measures.
In turn, the Financial Times reports that the discussion of the ninth package will take place in early December, according to some sources on the 9th.
The package will probably come into force in mid-December.
Earlier, Topnews wrote that the United States decided to impose sanctions against Iran, the reason was the assistance provided to Russia.
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The number of brands on the market fell by 46 names.
The Association of “Russian Car Dealers ” sent a letter to auto brands from China, indicating in the document the number of cars remaining on the Russian market.
So, as RIA Novosti reports with reference to the document, at the end of 2022, 14 brands out of 60 that were in the country at the beginning of 2022 are available in Russia.
At the same time, only three brands are domestic – Lada, GAZ and UAZ, the rest belong to China: Chery, Geely, Haval, Jac, Faw, Dongfeng, Changan, Exeed, Gac, Foton and Omoda.
The document states that the Russian car market is already 78% Chinese at the moment, even taking into account national brands that operate in the Russian Federation.
ARAD reports that all trade car brands in Europe, the USA and Korea have suspended deliveries of cars to the country, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade has included them in the list of parallel imports.
So, under such conditions, Russians buy Volkswagen, Skoda, Toyota, Lexus, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Lamborghini, Infiniti, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, Land Rover, Ford, General Motors, Bugatti, Bentley, Jeep, Chrysler, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ferrari, Aston Martin.
Already, the agency notes, there is a noticeable shortage in the sedan market, and the shortage of foreign cars will continue to grow in 2023. Parallel imports cannot completely solve the shortage of supply, analysts say.
Earlier Topnews wrote that “Aeroflot ” sells the elite fleet of top managers of the company for 17 million rubles.
Analysts explained how price restrictions differ from “normal” sanctions.
Experts of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation said that the Russian economy, which successfully overcame sanctions in the second quarter of this year and adapted to partial mobilization, may experience a new shock due to the introduction of the EU and the US oil price ceiling and an embargo on fuel supplies by sea.
According to RBC, the analysis is published on the website of the Bank of Russia, while it is clarified that the conclusions of experts may differ from the official position of the Bank of Russia.
Experts believe that the recent anti-Russian measures may lead to the fact that the level of business activity will fall, if we look at the long-term perspective. They consider these sanctions to be among the main “new economic shocks”.
If disruptions in work due to sanctions can be overcome over time, be it new logical chains or a decrease in production, then restrictions “also have a long cumulative effect,” especially if we are talking about industries using high technologies, analysts say.
According to the Department of the Central Bank, the level of the economy has already decreased significantly compared to the same period last year, and yet, despite the different dynamics in different sectors of the national economy, it remains stable.
Earlier, Topnews wrote that Moscow is preparing three possible responses to the West’s introduction of a ceiling on prices for Russian fuel.
The corresponding statement was made by the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Zhorabek Mirzamakhmudov.
Vice-President and Head of the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan Zhorabek Mirzamakhmudov commented on the information about the conclusion of the triple gas union of his country with the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan.
In his opinion, even if such an agreement is signed, the document will not receive a political change.
At the same time, the union will be one of the commercial contracts.
Zhorabek Mirzamakhmudov confirmed the fact of negotiations on gas supplies between Moscow and Tashkent.
However, he stressed that this is not about the union, but about a technical agreement.
“We will never agree to political terms in exchange for gas”, – he added.
Recall that his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke about the relevant initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of November, without specifying details.
However, he noted that Putin is going to discuss this topic with the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the route of gas supplies through Uzbekistan is very relevant.
Earlier, topNews wrote that Uzbekistan did not recognize the LDPR.
The relevant statement was made by the country’s authorities last March.
The publication stated that the economy will be on military rails, as in 1945.
Danish Saxo Bank has published a traditional forecast of global events that may occur in the world next year, 2023, and affect the financial markets of the planet.
Experts believe that we should not wait for a return to the pre-pandemic economy. The main theme of the year will be strengthening the security of countries and building up military capabilities. The world has entered the phase of the war economy, and the beginning of this was laid by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
According to Saxo Bank Investment Director Steen Jacobsen, the military mentality will be comparable to the situation in 1945, the appearance of the Armed Forces of Europe is likely. So, the EU authorities will decide to abandon reliance on US military support and decide to put their combat potential in order. The EU will spend about 10 trillion euros to create its own army by 2028.
The second forecast of analysts concerns the UK, whose economy is experiencing obvious problems, including high inflation, recession, and so on. Mass protests and the coming to power of the Labor Party are likely, followed by the rejection of Brexit.
In France, according to the following forecast by Saxo Bank, Emmanuel Macron may announce his resignation, after which both the left and the right together with Marine Le Pen may come to power. Macron, like Charles de Gaulle, may return to politics in the future.
The fourth forecast of Danish analysts concerns a project to search for new energy sources, which is initiated by “billionaire technophiles” and leading US technology companies. Against the background of the growth of energy carriers, they will be engaged in projects comparable to Manhattan, whose participants created an atomic bomb. Over $1 trillion will be spent on it.
Due to geopolitical risks and huge inflation, investors will prefer traditional sources of financing, which will lead to an increase in gold prices.
Next year, the cost of one ounce of precious metal will be up to $ 3,000, which is twice the current price.
Finally, the Danes predict the rejection of the fight against climate change against the background of the energy crisis, and, as a result, the decline of the meat production industry. By 2050, its output may be reduced from 70 kg per person per year to 24 kg.
Earlier, Topnews wrote that the scenario of the global financial crisis in 2023 was voiced by the Russian Central Bank.
The lawyer explained which periods should not be taken into account in the seniority, so as not to receive less.
Lawyer, assistant of the Department of Labor and Social Law of St. Petersburg State University Fatima Nogailieva, in an interview with the media, explained that in some cases the pension may decrease due to seniority.
According to her words, the agency “Prime ”, the desire of Russians to specify as many billing periods as possible when making payments can lead to the opposite effect. The expert explained that the modern formula for calculating pensions does not take into account the length of service – the insurance part depends on the size of the individual pension coefficient.
In this regard, Nogailieva explained, it is necessary to take into account periods that may affect the amount of payments. The first of them is the period of obtaining professional education. Previously, the legislation took into account the period of study in universities, colleges, postgraduate studies, doctoral studies and residency in the total length of service. And so far, those who have completed training before 2022 can include these years in the experience. But then the calculation of the pension will be carried out according to the previously valid rules.
She explained that the pension, which is calculated according to the old rules, is limited to the amount of 555.96 rubles. Because of this, the FIU, without asking pension recipients, does not include the educational period in the insurance experience. It is more beneficial for pensioners.
The second billing period – caring for a child until he reaches one and a half years. It is included in the total length of service of the insurance pension on special conditions. By law, a parent receives additional pension points per year – 1.8 for the firstborn, 3.6 for the second, 5.4 for the third and fourth. There is a condition: before the vacation, the parent had to work, and his activities were subject to insurance premiums.
When the pension is accrued, the points are converted into rubles. The price of points is set by the Government of the Russian Federation for a year. So during the period of raising a baby, you can get an increase to your pension, but this does not always happen.
According to the expert, if a parent’s vacation happened before 2022, then it is included in the total length of service. If the mother demands the accrual of pension points, she will get what she wants, but she will exclude one and a half years from the total length of service of the FIU. Nogailieva explained that in this case, the internship coefficient and the pension amount will decrease.
The third period with which Russians should be careful is working hours in the regions of the Far North and in areas equated to them in one and a half terms.
Until 2022, activities in these regions were included in the length of service in the ratio of – year of work – one and a half years of experience. But now, if you include “ northern experience ” in the general according to the old rules, then the pension will also be assigned according to them. And again, as in the case of the period of education, the pension will be less.
The expert explained that when calculating pension payments, all the rights of Russians are taken into account – and experience, and military service, and child care, and so on, but the calculation option that is most beneficial to the future pensioner is chosen.
Earlier, Topnews wrote that the State Duma proposed paying the 13th pension to old-age pensioners.
