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The cost of war in Ukraine. Online January 5
The Bell continues to host an online video dedicated to the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022.
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18:50 Putin instructed to introduce a ceasefire for Christmas
Vladimir Putin instructed Sergei Shoigu to introduce a ceasefire from noon on January 6 until the end of January 7. Earlier, called on both sides to do this. Patriarch Kirill
15:09 McDonald's leaves Kazakhstan
The fact that McDonald's is going to suspend work in Kazakhstan was first reported by Bloomberg. According to the agency, due to sanctions, the American corporation banned the Kazakh franchisee of Food Solutions KZ from purchasing meat cutlets from suppliers from Russia. The press service of Food Solutions KZ, a few hours later, confirmed the withdrawal of McDonald's from Kazakhstan due to supply restrictions. Restaurants will reopen under a different brand, according to the company. Meanwhile, Bloomberg recently published a long read about the history of the rise and fall of McDonald's in Russia.
14:45 Dating, vodka and corporate parties. Nine signs of a slowdown in the Russian economy
GDP growth, unemployment rates - these numbers will say little about how the situation in the economy has changed for most people. We have collected nine signs that everything is bad in the Russian economy, noticeable in everyday life.
11:48 Patriarch Kirill called for a truce on Christmas Day, with a ceasefire from 12:00 on January 6 to 24:00 on January 7.
11:39 The number of refugees from Ukraine to European countries has exceeded 7.9 million since February 2022, writes Kommersant with reference to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Most of the refugees during this time were accepted by Russia - 2.85 million people. The top 3 countries were followed by Poland (1.5 million), Germany (1.02 million) and the Czech Republic (476 thousand).
The main thing for the night and morning:
- State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that if the German government starts, as it is going to, to seize Russian assets to restore Ukraine, Russia will have the right "to take similar actions in relation to the assets of Germany and other states."
- Vladimir Putin's chef and Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin announced that the first group of prisoners recruited by the PMC for the war had completed their six-month contract and received a pardon. There are 20 former prisoners in this group. Prigogine said that among them there were many who ended up in prison by accident or by force of character. Before the start of the war in Ukraine, the Russian authorities denied the existence of Wagner PMC.
- Russian troops, due to fierce resistance, were forced to suspend their offensive against Bakhmut, the hottest point of hostilities, WSJ writes , citing sources in the Ukrainian command.
- Due to economic uncertainty, Amazon will lay off more than 18 thousand people in the coming weeks - this is a record reduction in staff among large IT companies over the past year and about 1.2% of all employees of the company. As of September, Amazon employed about 1.5 million people. more about large-scale layoffs in IT giants We wrote in one of the recent issues of the tech newsletter.
- Exchange gas prices in Europe fell below $700 per thousand cubic meters for the first time since 2021.