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The reports from TikTok and Meta regarding last year’s presidential elections in Romania have been released. TikTok representatives have managed to block over 4.5 million fake likes and 1.5 million fake follow requests. Additionally, 33,000 spam accounts from Romania and nearly 100,000 fake accounts were suspended. Moreover, the accounts of presidential candidates, as well as those of other politicians, officials, and political parties that may have conducted campaigns, have been banned from engaging in political advertising, placing ads on TikTok, or organizing monetization or fundraising activities, either in their own name or on behalf of other users, according to Antena…
Anyone working for the Russian state in the United Kingdom will now have to register in a monitoring system of “foreign influences”, which will come into effect on July 1, announced British security minister Dan Jarvis on Tuesday, according to Agerpres. “Every individual who engages in activities under an agreement with certain Russian state bodies will have to be included in the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS), as well as individuals working on behalf of the Iranian state,” said Dan Jarvis in front of parliament members. The state will be added to the “enhanced level” of the future FIRS, a…
A democratic American senator monopolized the US Senate chamber on Monday, March 31, to protest against President Donald Trump’s “unconstitutional” policies. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker began speaking around 7 PM local time and was still addressing parliamentarians, standing, after 14 hours since he started his speech, according to Agerpres. “I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal activities of the US Senate for as long as I physically can. I rise tonight because I sincerely believe that our country is in crisis,” said the New Jersey senator on Monday. „ The internal rules of the upper house of…
Daily natural gas deliveries from Gazprom to Europe via the TurkStream pipeline have dropped by 19.4% this month compared to the previous month, according to Reuters calculations. Turkey is now the only transit route for Russian gas to Europe, after Ukraine decided not to extend its transit agreement with Moscow for five years when it expired on January 1st.These calculations, based on data provided by the European gas transmission system operators’ network (ENTSOG), show that Russian gas exports via TurkStream decreased this month to 45 million cubic meters per day, from 55.8 million cubic meters per day in February and…
“The comments made by American President Donald Trump regarding his anger towards Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin ‘are not exact quotations,’ Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov affirmed on Monday, after the White House leader threatened sanctions if Russia does not commit to efforts to end the war in Ukraine. However, according to Peskov, there is still nothing concrete in the Russian-American dialogue on the resolution of this conflict, as reported by EFE agency through Agerpres. “Some of these statements are paraphrases, they are not exact quotes. There have been several different declarations,” remarked the Kremlin’s spokesperson at his daily press conference. In…
The chief of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, wants US President Donald Trump to exert a greater influence over his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, according to DPA citing Agerpres on Monday. “I believe that the United States also has a role to put more pressure on Russia to stop this war,” said the former head of the Estonian government at a meeting with several European foreign ministers in Madrid, dedicated to the war between Russia and Ukraine and the efforts of the US President towards peace. Russia must accept a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine and take a step forward,…
On the background of increasing sanctions and growing economic problems, Russians have started complaining more often about salary delays. In 2024, the territorial authorities of the Federal Labor and Employment Service (Rostrud) received 18,400 such complaints, 37.4% more than the previous year. These figures were reported in a publication by the institution, consulted by the newspaper RBK. Among the main causes of accumulating wage debts, Rostrud mentioned suspension of payments for delivered goods by companies, production reduction, resource redirection to credit repayment, and lack of working capital. The institution stated that by the end of 2024, territorial structures were able…
In the following three months, the Ministry of Finance intends to issue bonds totaling an average of 100 billion rubles per week: within the 13 scheduled auctions, it expects to attract 1.3 trillion rubles, according to the second quarter borrowing plan. In total, throughout the whole year, the ministry is required to attract 4.8 trillion rubles to repay old bond issues and cover the budget deficit. The Ministry has already acknowledged that by the end of the year, this deficit could exceed the planned amount of 1.2 trillion rubles.. In the first quarter, the Ministry of Finance had planned to…
In the year 2024, sales of strong alcoholic beverages in Russia (excluding vodka) increased by 10.2%, reaching 3.2 liters per capita per year, writes FinExpertiza.This indicator is the highest since 2017. At the same time, vodka sales remained at the same level as the previous year – 5.3 liters per person, which also represents a peak since 2017 and has been maintained at this level for the third consecutive year. Overall, the consumption of strong alcoholic beverages increased by 3.7%, reaching 8.5 liters per capita.In comparison, in 2021, before the war, this indicator was 7.4 liters. According to data from…
Vladimir Putin signed a decree regarding the deployment of spring conscription for compulsory military service. According to the published document, during the campaign that will take place from April to June, 160,000 recruits will be sent to the army. According to current legislation, citizens between the ages of 18 and 30 are subject to conscription. The leader of the state ordered the government, regional executive authorities and recruiting commissions to organize all necessary measures in order to promptly and efficiently fulfill the recruitment plan. The following campaign will be the largest in the past 14 years. The last time the…