A new blow to Europe "Northern Stream", the Ministry of Finance against the Central Bank and the growth of business optimism @ North Stream-2. Photo from the site Nord Stream 2 The increase in bets in the gas war of Vladimir Putin with Europe did not force himself to wait long. As Putin warned, just a few days after the restart of the Nord Stream, pumping through the gas pipeline was reduced by half - up to 20%.

Hello! This week, we look at how a closed, state-run poll reveals more than meets the eye about the Russian public’s attitudes towards the war in Ukraine. We also look at why Putin’s gas war with Europe has only just begun and why Russian lawmakers are eyeing a total ban on LGBT information.

Vladimir Putin launched his main economic weapon against Europe - the threat of stopping or reducing gas supplies. The gas war will not be waged by storm, but for exhaustion. After one and a half weeks of stressful expectation, the North Stream still resumed the work, but at a capacity of 40%, which Putin threatened to reduce more.

"Yandex" has resumed the hiring of employees, suspended at the end of February. The company currently has about 2 thousand vacancies and new ones will appear in the near future. Most of all employees are required in the teams that are engaged in "Search" and develop advertising technologies of "Yandex". In addition to Moscow, the company is looking for new employees in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk. There are also vacancies in Yandex offices abroad.

The Russian Foreign Ministry and Dmitry Peskov, two days later, commented on Russia's strike on the territory of the Odessa port. It was applied the day after the conclusion of the grain deal, which had been discussed for several months. The Russian authorities insist that the terms of the deal were not violated by the attack.

There is a shortage of fiber optic cable in the world, which is necessary for data centers and 5G, and its prices are rising up to 70%. This is reported by the Financial Times with reference to market participants. A kilometer of fiber-optic cable has risen in price to $6.3 on average from $3.7 in March 2021. Europe, India and China suffer the most from rising prices. What are the reasons for the shortage and rising prices?

The main event of the weekend was the attack on the port of Odessa, inflicted the day after the conclusion of the grain deal, which was discussed for several months. Russia at first declared that it was not involved in the attack, but a day later admitted that it had fired Kalibr missiles at a plant in the port area. The main question now is whether the incident will affect the deal on the export of Ukrainian grain. What happened?

What is known about the strike on Odessa and whether he will affect the grain transaction Wikimedia Commons @ The main event of the past weekend was a blow to the port of Odessa, inflicted the day after the conclusion of a grain transaction, which was discussed for several months. Russia first announced its non -involvement in the attack, but a day later admitted that it struck the Kaliber missiles on the plant on the territory of the port.

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