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Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on all imports to the US and introduce additional customs duties for America’s biggest trading partners has caused the strongest stock market crash in America since the 2020 pandemic. At the opening of Thursday’s trading, the S&P 500 index fell by over 4%, Nasdaq by 4.9%, Dow Jones by 3.7%, and the Russell 2000 index, which includes small-cap companies, plummeted by almost 7%. In just over an hour of trading, shares of the largest American companies lost $2 trillion in value. The total market capitalization of the American market decreased by $2.7 trillion -…
Russia and Belarus are among the few countries that have avoided the new tariffs imposed on Wednesday, April 2nd, by the Trump administration, while the United States has triggered a global trade war. The American President announced customs duties on imports from over 180 countries, but the two ex-Soviet nations are not on the list. Trump called the day of introducing tariffs “US Liberation Day”. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained that Russia and Belarus, along with long-standing adversaries of the US such as North Korea and Cuba, are not affected by the…
The former president of the State Building Commission in the State Duma, Yuri Naps (LDPR), was stripped of his deputy mandate on Thursday, April 3, after not showing up for work for approximately two years, announced the press service of the lower house of the Russian parliament. According to the first vice-president of the Duma Ethics Commission, Vasili Piskarev, 321 deputies voted for this decision. The topic was discussed in a closed-door session. Previously, the parliamentary committee on regulations had established that Napso, aged 51 and first elected to the State Duma in 2007, had been “periodically on medical leave…
Democratic lawmakers criticize Donald Trump’s new tariff policy, which has led to a sudden decrease in global stocks. They accuse the president of intentionally ruining the US economy. American lawmakers highlighted the lack of tariffs for Russia. “54% tariffs on China, 10% tariffs on Iran, 0% tariffs on Russia,” wrote Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, on Twitter, adding a questioning emoji at the end. Meanwhile, Cory Booker, the Democrat senator from New Jersey who set a record this week for delivering the longest speech in Senate history in opposition to Trump’s Republican agenda, shared news headlines about several Republican…
The new American tariffs announced by Donald Trump on Wednesday could affect the business of Apple, with sales decreasing even in the United States. This is because most of the spare parts are produced in other countries, especially in China, writes The New York Times. “The tariffs threaten to increase pressure on Apple’s business. The company is already facing a 20% tariff on products imported from China, where Apple produces about 90% of the iPhones sold worldwide,” the publication writes. It is noted that when Trump first imposed taxes on goods from China in 2018, Apple began to shift production…
The Members of the State Duma have approved the tightening of punishments for “discrediting” the army, calls for sanctions against Russia, and cooperation with unwanted international organizations by the authorities. They have also given the green light for the expansion of criteria for designating individuals as “foreign agents” and have approved a list of crimes for which citizens can be tried in absentia. All three draft laws were unanimously adopted in the first reading on April 2nd Thus, “discrediting” the army (article 280.3 of the Penal Code) or supporting the execution of decisions of international organizations against Russia’s interests (article…
The US government has banned American government officials in China, as well as their families and security-authorized contractors, from engaging in any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, according to AP . Four individuals with direct knowledge of the matter told the Associated Press (AP) that the new policy was implemented in January by American ambassador Nicholas Burns, just before leaving China. They spoke on the condition of anonymity, given the confidential nature of the directive. While some US agencies already had strict rules regarding such relationships, a general”no-fraternization” ban had not been publicly announced since the Cold War.…
Auto manufacturer Stellantis is stopping production at factories in Canada and Mexico and will temporarily lay off 900 workers from five US factories, following an announcement by Donald Trump about introducing a 25% tariff on all imported cars in America, according to CBS News. Beginning on April 7, Stellantis will halt production at its Windsor assembly plant for several weeks, with operations set to resume on April 21. The decision will affect 4,500 represented employees from Windsor.# “While we have heard rumors about a potential shutdown, the company has stated there are multiple factors at play, with the primary factor…
The State University “M.V. Lomonosov” in Moscow (MGU) has introduced for its students a course created by the ideologue of the “Russian world” and representative of “neo-Eurasianism”, Aleksandr Dughin, following the example of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RGGU).According to Moscow State University’s Faculty of Political Science’s Telegram channel, the first lecture of the series titled “Introduction to Westernology: The Political Aspect” took place on March 31st. During this lecture, the philosopher – previously banned from the academic environment – will speak to students about the concept of the “satanic West” and how it should be studied. In…
The United States of America has withdrawn from an international group tasked with gathering evidence of potential Russian war crimes in Ukraine, the director of the institution affiliated with this group announced on Thursday, as reported by AFP. The International Center for Prosecuting Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA) brings together investigators from several European countries and until recently from the US, under the auspices of the judicial body of the European Union, Eurojust. “A few weeks ago, they (the US) announced their withdrawal (…) unfortunately, due to a change in priorities within their Department of Justice,” said Eurojust President Michael Schmid…