According to Zelensky, Ukraine offered Russia a 50% discount on gas transit to the EU.
Ukraine offered the EU an alternative to the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov made a statement according to which the country is ready to increase the capacity of gas transit from Russia to Europe.
He said that the system allows for the transit of large volumes of natural gas, especially in the current crisis period.
He suggested that the EU countries develop special conditions for the transit of additional volumes of gas through Ukraine, and not less than 55 billion cubic meters per year.
At the same time, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky made a proposal to provide Gazprom with a 50% discount on gas transit to Europe in excess of the figures stipulated in the contracts.
“Considering the current transit tariff, the discount will be, as I assume, 50%”, – he said.
Recall that Vladimir Putin previously spoke about the advantages of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline. According to him, the supply of natural gas through the new system is 5.6 times more environmentally friendly than when supplied through Ukraine.
“Movement along the bottom of the Baltic Sea generally occurs without any emissions ”, – noted the President of Russia.
Earlier, topNews wrote that the Eternal Flame was extinguished in Chisinau. This happened after unsuccessful negotiations with Russia on gakh with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.
According to journalists, negotiations between Russia and Moldova with the participation of Kozak on gas ended in vain.
In Moldova, due to the gas crisis, there was a temporary shutdown of the supply of blue fuel to the Eternal Flame at the Memorial of Military Glory in Chisinau.
According to Interfax, with reference to the Moldovan Ministry of Defense, the agency asked the Chisinau-Gas company to turn off the gas at the Eternal Flame due to a decrease in pressure due to a decrease in pressure in the gas supply pipes, as well as due to strong wind, which is able to extinguish the fire.
The ministry recalled the emergency regime introduced from October 22 to November 20 by the Parliament of Moldova due to the situation in the energy sector.
Thus, the Ministry of Defense is confident that it is necessary to avoid a gas leak that could threaten security.
“The fire will remain extinguished until the resolution of the gas crisis”, – the Ministry of Defense of Moldova said in a statement.
At the moment, the gas supply to the Eternal Flame in Chisinau has been restored. This is reported by the Moldova 1 TV channel with reference to the country’s Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilitsa.
According to her, the gas supply was restored within a few hours after the shutdown, and she called the situation with the shutdown a technical error, stressing that the Eternal Flame should not relate to the calls of the country’s leadership to save gas.
Against this background, it became known about the inconclusive completion of two-day gas talks between Russia and Moldova with the participation of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, an informed source writes to RIA Novosti.
He noted that the Russian Federation offered a 25% discount, and for this Moldova needs to repay the accumulated debt of about $700 million within three years, and these payments do not take into account fuel supplied to Transnistria.
However, Chisinau insisted on a 50% discount and pointed out the lack of funds.
“Historical debt is a very large debt that we do not recognize. We don’t think it should be part of the gas contract negotiations. This is a topic for a separate conversation, it should be discussed in a different context,” Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilica said on Moldova 1. She is quoted by RIA Novosti.
Recall that from October 1, 2021, Gazprom extended the contract with Chisinau for the supply of gas for a month, and the price at the same time increased to $790 per 1000 cubic meters.
Earlier, topNews wrote that Russia has put forward an EU demand for gas supplies. In this regard, it became known about the details of gas supplies via Nord Stream-2.
Pork ribs, beef tenderloin and ready-made products will increase in price more than others.
More than a dozen of the largest Russian companies engaged in the production of meat products have announced that their products will increase in price by 7-20%.
The jump will occur in late October – early November of this year.
Among the goods whose prices will rise, there are sausages, sausages, meat semi-finished products and a number of others.
As reported by “Izvestia ” with reference to representatives of large retail chains, the reason for the increase in the cost of products was the rise in price of raw materials, packaging, egg melange, as well as detergents.
As for the level of price increase, ready-made meat products will increase in price more than others, for example, sausages, salami, meatballs, chicken cutlets and meatballs may become more expensive by 10%.
Meat and poultry producers are also predicting price increases.
Representatives of one of the major retail chains said that chicken carcasses can rise in price by 8% for one, fillets – by 7%, pork and beef – 10-20%.
The price of beef tenderloins and pork ribs will rise more than others.
However, the Ministry of Agriculture media said that a number of measures have already been taken to stabilize the situation. So, livestock enterprises will receive compensation for the purchase of feed, 10 billion rubles have been allocated for this.
As Topnews wrote earlier, in early August, experts allowed the introduction of a meat tax in Russia.
Analysts estimated the terms of consideration of the Russian application for certification.
Experts suggest that the unwillingness of the German authorities to give the green light may stand in the way of the launch of the Russian-German project “Nord Stream-2”.
According to analysts of the publication “Free Press” with reference to Spglobal, the certification of the gas pipeline may not take place in the next six months.
According to the media, the application from the project operator by the German side, Bundesnetzagentur, was accepted back in September.
The deadline for the launch and access of blue fuel comes on January 8. And if the German side does not allow the start before that time, the European Commission will get a chance for another two months for additional consideration of the Russian application, and then the German regulator may delay it for the same period.
The Polish NK PGNiG, which actively opposes SP-2, is able to prevent the start of the gas pipeline before January 8.
Thus, the final decision on the Nord Stream-2 can be announced by the German side on May 8.
It is known, as the media notes, that the victory over the Third Reich is celebrated on this day. In Russia, due to the difference in time zones, the decision will be announced on May 9.
At the same time, Germany will not be to blame for this period: the summation of four and four months from the date of submission for certification sets exactly such a period.
As Topnews wrote earlier, Ukraine got a chance to delay the launch of the gas pipeline for two months.
In the beverage trade in Russia, there are practically no products that do not meet the standards and norms of the law.
Rospotrebnadzor, in its research for the first 6 months of 2021, found out that the share of goods with detected violations is only 1.9% of all products on the market.
The beverage industry is controlled by various mechanisms and supervisory authorities, in particular, a special Water quality monitoring System. Therefore, illegal trafficking of counterfeit and non-conforming products is effectively suppressed.
The market situation at the moment seems to be quite stable, but some negative dynamics are still observed, and it is primarily related to the coronavirus pandemic. The main consequence is a decrease in production volumes.
One of the effective solutions may be to enter foreign markets, increase the volume of water supplies abroad. The volume of packaged water exports from Russia in 2018 amounted to just over 108 million liters. Most of all were sent to Belarus — 37 million liters. A year later, an increase in the total export volume of Russia to 120 million liters was recorded.
Mineral and fresh water is in demand abroad, as it contains a lot of salts and minerals necessary for the human body.
Even such an exotic country as Jordan appears in the lists of buyers, which buys the products of the CJSC Visma plant from Karachev of the Circassian Republic called drinking bottled water Arkhyz 19 liters extracted in the mountains of the North Caucasus in the village of Arkhyz of the same name. Also, one of the leaders of the export market is bottled water “Santalovsky source”.
The main sales areas with the potential to increase export volumes are the countries of the post-Soviet space, Southeast Asia, the Persian Gulf, Africa, the EU, China and India.
Interestingly, the People’s Republic of China as a whole accounts for 25% of the consumption of all bottled water in the world. So far, the share of imports of imported products is not very large here, but it shows a growing trend – it has grown 2.6 times over the last five years.
Russia supplies only about 0.5% of all goods imported to China in the category of soft drinks and waters. However, from 2016 to 2018, the export of mineral water to the Celestial Empire showed an almost twofold increase: 4.5 thousand tons → 7.6 thousand tons. Similar indicators are characteristic of natural waters and artificially mineralized: 2.8 thousand tons → 5.8 thousand tons
Domestic manufacturers have good prospects for offering high-quality products with unique properties and advantages. In order to strengthen the export potential in this category of goods, an important step is the introduction of a program to improve logistics schemes and branding of products from Russia.
The categories of medicinal and therapeutic table waters have received increased demand in our country and the countries of the post-Soviet space, while the Chinese consumer is not yet sufficiently aware of the functional values of such water.
The state should contribute to the development of the export potential of Russian products by ensuring coordinated technical regulation, establishing contacts with foreign trade networks and large dealers, increasing the competitiveness of Russian production. Experts consider a particularly important measure to be the rejection of tightened control on the market of drinking products, the rejection of digital labeling in particular.
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Due to the introduction of days off from October 30 to November 7, a change in the wages of working citizens is expected in our country.
In Russia, wages will change due to the introduction of additional non-working days from October 30 to November 7, 2021.
During these days, employees will be on vacation, but they will receive their wages in full.
However, according to lawyer Andrey Andreev, this will affect only employees of state institutions.
It is noteworthy that for some employees during this period, on the contrary, the salary may increase.
The lawyer noted that those who go to work during the announced non-working days will receive a salary in their usual amount.
“However, the employer, at its discretion, will be able to pay such employees in double the amount. We also expect demand from applicants for various formats of part-time work, ”, – quotes lawyer Life.
He noted that employees of hybrid or remote work format can get the most at this time.
Among them are employees of IT, telecom, accounting, advertising, consulting and a number of other areas.
Also at this time, the demand for couriers, movers, packers, representatives of the restaurant business for catering “takeaway ” will grow.
Earlier, topNews wrote about. that Putin declared non-working days from October 30 to November 7, 2021.
This decision was made due to the increase in the incidence of coronavirus.
The source called it possible for Naftogaz to join the certification of the gas pipeline.
The media, citing sources in Brussels, report that Ukraine is able to delay the certification period, and, consequently, the launch of the Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream-3 for another two months.
According to TASS, according to an insider in the EU institutions in Belgium, the Ukrainian side may get a chance to join Naftogaz of Ukraine to the certification of the project by the EU Commission.
Technically, this is feasible, the expert confirmed. However, for this reason, the process can take two months.
The insider said that the commission may request the opinion of states interested in the project as part of preparing an opinion on the decision of the German side on the certification of the facility.
Naftogaz of Ukraine can also be included in the process, he clarified.
Recall, as Topnews wrote earlier, the media announced Russia’s conditions for increasing gas supplies to Europe, calling the launch of the gas pipeline the main one.
The businessman explained why Trump won the presidency.
A day after the house searches in Washington, Oleg Deripaska himself reacted to the situation.
The businessman left an emotional post with swearing on his Telegram channel. At the same time, Deripaska was accused by FBI agents of theft.
Deripaska was outraged that Americans were spinning a tale about the “colossal role of Russians” in the US presidential election in 2016.
According to him, Trump, “of course, did not win by himself.” In his opinion, the electorate was so tired that it was ready to vote at least for a character from the opera – if only not Clinton.
The oligarch noted that Americans were brought up on Hollywood films about terrible Russians. Meanwhile, the US debt is $30 trillion, at which time China and Taiwan will turn the Pacific Ocean into a “Chinese inland body of water.”
Also, the United States has lost nuclear technology in the global energy sector, and Europe no longer wants to freeze because of NATO’s horror stories that “the Russians will come,” Deripaska writes.
The oligarch said that the Russian Federation stands for a single space from Lisbon to Vladivostok, but for now the “show of absurdity” continues.
“I would like to ask: was Putin’s money found yesterday in these abandoned houses?”, Deripaska clarified at the end.
The businessman also said that jam and a couple of bottles of vodka were stolen from his storerooms.
“P.S. I’m tired of the asshole unfunny…” – concluded Deripaska.
As Topnews wrote earlier, Oleg Deripaska’s representative said that the police searched buildings in New York and Washington.
But they did not belong to the entrepreneur, but to his relatives.
An insider of the publication reported details about the launch of the Nord Stream-2.
Russia links the growth of gas supplies to Europe amid the acute crisis of natural gas in the EU with the launch of the Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream -2.
According to Bloomberg, citing a source in Gazprom and the Kremlin, Moscow intends to exchange the launch of the project for an increase in gas supplies.
According to insiders, otherwise it is hardly possible to expect an increase in the volume of fuel sent for export.
If according to “SP-2” there will be “clear guarantees ” that the project will be given the green light.
But even in the case of a positive decision for Russia, additional volumes will reach Europe, bypassing Ukraine, the publication reports.
Recall that the completion of the construction of Sevpotok-2 became known on September 10.
As stated by the President of the Russian Federation during the “Russian Energy Week”, administrative barriers prevent the rapid launch of the project.
Vladimir Putin explained that an increase in supplies could reduce tensions in the European gas market and affect the rising prices, but this is possible after the launch of the project.
As Topnews wrote earlier, the Czech Republic named the main culprits of the gas crisis in the EU.
NYT points to US sanctions that the Russian billionaire could have violated.
The New York Times, citing its sources, states that the reason for searches in the homes of Russian entrepreneur and billionaire Oleg Deripaska may be violations of US sanctions, which are being investigated by the FBI.
In turn, Bloomberg knows that last year European officials convinced the US authorities of Deripaska’s violation of the terms of the agreement concluded with Washington. According to him, part of the Russian’s companies were withdrawn from sanctions. But officials said that the influence of the Russian on the companies UC Rusal and EN+ Group International remained.
In addition, the billionaire, bypassing the agreements, used their resources to support the Kremlin’s political agenda.
To this, En+ and UC Rusal objected that the media data did not have a factual basis.
The New York Times clarifies that, in addition to the FBI, representatives of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of the Southern District of New York joined the searches, but the department declined official comments.
And the FBI’s state department said only about conducting searches, but did not specify their reason.
As Topnews wrote earlier, on the eve it became known that the FBI is conducting searches in a mansion in Washington owned by an entrepreneur.
However, ABC News, citing its sources in the bureau, said that there were no accusations against the Russian.
Recall that searches are also carried out in the homes of the entrepreneur’s relatives.
“No charges have been brought against Deripaska”, – the American TV channel reports.
Later, a representative of Deripaska himself commented on what was happening to RIA “News ”. She clarified that the buildings searched by the police in Washington and New York do not belong to a businessman, but to his relatives and are carried out on the basis of warrants that are related to US sanctions.
She also previously told Forbes about the connection between sanctions and searches in buildings.
As for Deripaska’s agreements with the US authorities, they relate to sanctions that were imposed in 2018 against several of his companies.
At the same time, he was able to agree with the US Ministry of Finance that restrictive measures would be lifted from three companies, namely the En+ energy metallurgical group, the UC Rusal aluminum company and the Eurosibenergo energy company.
In response, the entrepreneur relinquished his control, and Deripaska’s share in them was reduced. At the moment, the Russian himself does not have the right to enter the United States.
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