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Foreign securities transactions declining at SPB Exchange

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Accounts having securities positions totaled 1.98 mln https://tass.com/economy/1612671

Travel to Russia Picks Up in 2023 as EU Citizens Make Reluctant Return

Moscow Times The FSB recorded a 17% increase in January-March 2023 visits to Russia compared with the same time last year. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/03/travel-to-russia-picks-up-in-2023-as-eu-citizens-make-reluctant-return-a81018

How European Economies Are Finding New Ways to Pay for War on Their Doorstep

Wall Street Journal European governments are struggling to come up with ways to pay for a new era of higher costs, but many European populations don’t want to see their already relatively high tax rates pumped up further. https://www.wsj.com/articles/european-economies-are-finding-new-ways-to-pay-for-war-on-their-doorstep-78b77322

Russian stock indices switch to decline after rising at the opening of trading

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The dollar-to-ruble exchange rate at the Moscow Exchange added 0.02%, reaching 79.63 rubles, the euro rate edged up by 0.06% to 87.82 rubles https://tass.com/economy/1612663

Russian artillery wipes out Ukrainian observation post in Zaporozhye area

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is reported that in the southern Donetsk direction, the teams of Russian Akatsiya self-propelled artillery guns destroyed a Ukrainian stronghold in the area of Ugledar, eliminating four militants https://tass.com/politics/1612661

Oil depot in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai catches fire after drone crash

Pravda Ukraine A fire at an oil depot in the village of Volna in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai broke out after a drone crashed into it. Source: TASS; Veniamin Kondratiev, Governor of Krasnodar Krai, on Telegram Details: TASS said that Russia’s emergency services had reported that a “tank containing oil products caught fire as a result…

South Korea’s Yoon rates his performance of ‘American Pie’ at White House: ‘I sang very well’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Yoon said he was ‘taken aback’ when Biden asked him to sing. But he did not need much cajoling to take the mic at the White House state dinner. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3219234/south-koreas-yoon-rates-his-performance-american-pie-white-house-i-sang-very-well?utm_source=rss_feed

Iran’s president lands in Syria for rare meeting with Assad

Washington Post Iran’s president has landed in Damascus on the first visit by an Iranian head of state to war-wracked Syria since Tehran helped tip the balance of power there to the government https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/syria-iran-raisi-assad-war/471d726c-e984-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Malaysia’s Central Bank Hikes Benchmark Rate

Wall Street Journal Bank Negara Malaysia raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time so far this year, saying that the economy’s growth prospects look resilient. https://www.wsj.com/articles/malaysias-central-bank-hikes-benchmark-rate-for-first-time-in-2023-beb57118

Russian company clinches deal with China’s green technologies center

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. This is the first time when a Russian company makes such an agreement with the Chinese technology center https://tass.com/economy/1612655