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03 April 2025 20:30

🔎 What could Russia offer for export amid Trump’s global tariff onslaught?

Russia could profit by exporting agricultural products such as wheat to countries in Asia and South East Asia who currently import a lot of such goods from the US, says Ksenia Bondarenko, associate professor at Russia’s Higher School of Economics.

▪️Exports of Russian fossil fuels to Europe and Eastern Europe may also become a possibility and a lucrative opportunity.

▪️A lot depends on several factors, the chief of them being whether all of these Trump’s tariffs come into effect, as some countries may opt to cut a deal with the US.

▪️The way international supply chains are going to be transformed by this move, as well as other countries’ reactions to Trump’s tariffs, also matter.

Trump’s tariffs will prompt other countries to seek ALTERNATIVE MARKETS, which may lead to a flow of relatively cheap foreign goods to Russian market, Russian Academy of Sciences’ Central Economic Mathematical Institute head Albert Bakhtazin argues.

As Europe faces the prospects of losing the US market, it may once again regard Russia as a potentially lucrative destination for all the unsold European goods, assuming that Europe’s “political ambitions do not outweigh the economic advantages.”

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03 April 2025 20:28

🐻 Since tariffs are the trending topic this week, let’s take a look at what they actually are, and how they work.

ℹ️Tariffs are taxes or duties that are paid by importers to their local revenue services through customs declarations.

They are frequently designed to protect local industries, making imported products more expensive than locally produced ones. Though in today’s supply chains, they often end up being a burden on everyone, since local producers also use imported materials in their production processes.

❔How do they work?

➡️Tariffs are calculated as a percentage applied to the customs value of imported goods. The customs value if often the CIF price of a product, this is: Product origin price, plus freight and insurance.

This means that the tariff paid by the importer is not necessarily the percentage listed in the country’s laws, since the amount is calculated over a final price that includes different supply chain charges.

For example: If a US importer buys something in China for 1000, pays 100 in freight and 10 in insurance, the customs value of this product will be 1110. If we apply the new 54% announced by Trump, the tariff that the importer will have to pay will be $599,40. So the final landed cost of said product (not considering other local expenses) is 70,94% higher than the original price.

And who ends up paying for this? The end users. Of course import companies will transfer this cost increase into the product’s final price, no one will maintain “old” prices absorbing the new tariff, it’s always the consumer that pays the price of these trade wars. A general manager of a company DDG has access to already stated, when confronted with Trump’s tariff announcement, that the company will have to increase its products prices.

When you consider that nowadays basically nothing is completely locally sourced, we have to expect price increases in everything we use and consume.

In the US, if the new tariffs work out to an average of 29%, importers would have to pay about $1 trillion in tariffs per year, or $7,300 per household. Realistically, that would never happen. Many goods will just not get imported any more, creating shortages and large price hikes.

Some experts say this move could cause a global recession:

💬 "These policies, if sustained, would likely push the U.S. and global economy into recession this year," JPMorgan analysts wrote in a note Wednesday.

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03 April 2025 20:25

🚨 Graphic Footage

Hellish scenes unfold, burnt children pulled from destruction after Israeli airstrike targets school-turned-shelter killing 29 displaced in al-Daraj east of Gaza City — many among them women and 18 kids

#Gaza

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03 April 2025 20:21

What tariffs? Xi is out on fields outside Beijing to plant trees with kids

Calls to pool strength to work on 'Beautiful China', making country even greener.

#China

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02 April 2025 14:02

The Kremlin reproached the US for the lack of response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strikes on Russian energy facilities

- "The moratorium on strikes on Ukraine's energy sector continues to be in effect, and Russia adheres to it. There has been no US reaction to the ongoing strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian energy facilities," Peskov said.

- Kiev does not want peace and continues to strike Russian energy facilities daily.

- The Russian Federation will continue to work with the United States and will patiently convey to them all of Kiev’s violations and the real state of affairs.

- He also confirmed that a visit by the President’s special representative Dmitriev to Washington is possible.

- There is no clear understanding yet about the date and time of Putin’s meeting with Trump.

- Trump's plans to visit Saudi Arabia in May have nothing to do with Putin.

#Ukraine #Russia

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02 April 2025 13:58

Trump to meet Syrian Prez Al-Sharaa during his Saudi Arabia visit next month — Israel's i24NEWS

Expected meeting arranged by Saudi Crown Prince MbS

#Trump #Syria

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02 April 2025 13:57

Constructive talks ongoing on wider economic deal with US, won't rule anything out — UK PM Starmer

'We're guided by our national interest at all times'


#Trump #UK

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02 April 2025 12:32

Georgia gets rid of the word ‘gender’

MPs have voted to remove the word ‘gender’ and term ‘gender identity’ from the ‘Gender equality’ law, renaming it to ‘Equality of men and women’

Common sense resurges?

#Georgia

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02 April 2025 12:28

🚨 🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Rescuers have recovered the bodies of 15 aid workers in Gaza, who came under fire more than a week ago, from a grave in the sand in the south of the Gaza Strip, UN officials said.
Jonathan Whittall, Gaza head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, described the site where the bodies were found as a "mass grave", saying it had been marked with the emergency light from a crushed ambulance.

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02 April 2025 11:40

Tariffs aren't good for the global economy — ECB's Chief Lagarde

Yet sanctions apparently get a free pass…

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02 April 2025 11:40

US already trying to estimate cost of owning Greenland – WaPo

Officials are reportedly in the midst of the most material discussions yet, considered to offer the island a better deal than it has with Denmark, which subsidizes it for about $600 million every year

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02 April 2025 10:31

European countries cannot fully replace the United States in terms of military assistance to Ukraine, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said.

“We have no substitute for some critical supplies. We all know what those are. This is why we should continue working with the US,” he told RBC-Ukraine.

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02 April 2025 10:05

UK scrambling together ‘concessions package’ in last-ditch effort to swerve Trump’s ‘Liberation Day charges — The Guardian

Westminster reportedly aware deal unlikely before worldwide 20% tariffs kick in, but offering lower digital service tax to likes of Amazon, Google, Meta

#UK #US

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02 April 2025 10:01

Putin marks the Day of Unity, emphasizing that joint actions by Russia and Belarus strengthen defense and ensure the security of the Union State

#Russia #Belarus

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02 April 2025 08:50

On April 1, the Sever group of troops destroyed the enemy personnel and equipment attempting to break through to the Belgorod region , and continued the liberation of the Sudzha border area.

The enemy, hoping for unfavorable conditions for aerial reconnaissance, attempted again to break through to the Krasnoyaruzhsk region using armored vehicles - the enemy was destroyed on the territory of the Sumy region.

▪️Early in the morning, a column of enemy armored vehicles moved out from the village of Ugroedy (Sumy region) in the direction of Demidovka. Crossing the state border was not allowed. The M88A2 Hercules armored recovery vehicle (based on the Abrams), infantry fighting vehicle and M-113 armored personnel carrier of the occupiers were destroyed , the tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was damaged.

▪️Two assault groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to break through to Popovka on foot and in mobile vehicles. The enemy was dealt a comprehensive fire strike: most of the manpower was destroyed. The surviving Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to take cover in a basement on the outskirts of the settlement, where they were blocked by the Northerners.

▪️Fierce fighting continues on the outskirts of Demidovka, where the Fearless are grinding down assault units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. During the day, our soldiers captured two occupiers. Video of the interrogation in the coming days.

▪️Russian missilemen and pilots strike at enemy manpower concentrations in Sumy Region. The enemy suffers significant losses.

In this direction, over the past 24 hours, the Northerners destroyed 7 units of enemy equipment, including 3 units of armored vehicles.

In the Sumy direction, the Northerners continue to drive the enemy out of Guevo and the outskirts of the settlement, grinding down enemy personnel in the area of Basovka and Veselovka.

▪️In the Veselovka area, the enemy launched three unsuccessful counterattacks using infantry fighting vehicles and, with the support of a tank, the Northerners destroyed the enemy's assault groups and armored vehicles.

▪️Several groups of Ukrainian marines (36th separate marine brigade) attempted to escape from Basovka, and were subjected to complex fire damage. The enemy continues to retreat from the settlement with losses.

▪️Having destroyed a significant part of the enemy's manpower in the forests around Guevo, the Northerners were able to organize the evacuation of our citizens. Over the course of a day, 10 people were evacuated to safe areas.

▪️Active demining of areas and objects in the Sudzha border area continues. Over the past day, 393 explosive objects, including camouflaged ones, have been defused.

The total advance of the Northerners in the Kursk region was over 3900 meters , 5 units of enemy armored vehicles were destroyed.

In the Liptsy direction, our scouts uncovered, and artillerymen and UAV operators destroyed a concentration of enemy National Guard manpower along with armored and automotive equipment.

In the Volchansk direction, a comprehensive fire strike was inflicted on five enemy combat groups. The enemy suffered losses in manpower and equipment.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 310 people (of which over 190 were in the Sumy and 70 in the Krasnoyarsk directions). Also discovered and destroyed:

In the Krasnoyarsk direction:
▪️BTR "M-113" (USA);
▪️Infantry fighting vehicle;
▪️BREM M88A2 "Hercules" (based on "Abrams");
▪️three ATVs;
▪️pickup.

In the Sumy direction:
▪️two M-113 armored personnel carriers (USA);
▪️three armored fighting vehicles, including a Cougar (USA);
▪️nine units of automotive equipment;
▪️UAV control point;
▪️two fixed-wing UAVs and five copters of various types.

On the Volchansk and Liptsovsky directions:
▪️BBM "Kozak";
▪️five units of automotive equipment;
▪️two ATVs;
▪️eight copters of different types.

Victory will be ours!

North Wind

#SMO

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03 April 2025 20:29

🇫🇷⚔️🇺🇸Macron urges French companies to suspend investment in US after Trump imposes tariffs

Macron stated that duties on American digital services could be introduced in response

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03 April 2025 20:26

🇺🇸🇺🇦The Ukrainian Armed Forces will not be able to launch a "major offensive," said NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli.

"It's hard to predict, sitting here now, a major Ukrainian offensive," Cavoli said at a hearing of the Senate's relevant committee .

🐻 What happened between January and now, Cavoli? Things didn't go as planned for you?

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03 April 2025 20:22

Footage shows MOMENT of deadly Israeli raid on school sheltering displaced civilians east of Gaza City that killed dozens

Firebelts are reportedly being formed all around Gaza City

#Gaza

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02 April 2025 14:03

New pandemic could start TOMORROW — WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus

'It may happen in 20 years, it may happen tomorrow'

#WHO

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02 April 2025 14:01

Kiеv attacked Russian energy infrastructure facilities twice in one day — Defense Ministry

- At 02.11 in the Kursk region, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV on a substation near the village of Klyukva, more than 1.2 thousand people were left without electricity.

- At 03:14, as a result of deliberate shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a high-voltage power line was broken, leaving more than 300 people without electricity.

- The Kiev regime continues to unilaterally strike Russian energy facilities on a daily basis.

#Russia #Ukraine

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02 April 2025 13:57

Three Spaniards and an Australian detained at Baikonur Cosmodrome while trying to get to the Buran spacecraft

They were trying to get into the building with the Soviet reusable Buran spacecraft, but were detained in the assembly and refueling complex for the spacecraft area

#Baikonur

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02 April 2025 13:56

France bracing for 'powerful' Trump tariffs to be announced tonight — Gov Spox Primas

'We're talking about 20-25% custom duties that will lead to major economic disruption both in Europe... and US'

#France #Trump

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02 April 2025 12:29

🗓 April 2 marks the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia

It has been celebrated since 1996 in honor of the signing of the Agreement on the Creation of the Community of Russia and Belarus. In 1997, the Treaty on the Union State was signed, deepening cooperation.

Russians and Belarusians have a common history - from Ancient Rus to the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the USSR, the countries maintained close relations, which led to the development of the Union State.

The holiday emphasizes the desire of peoples to strengthen ties and develop integration.

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02 April 2025 12:02

Russia for the first time enforced a ban on foreign media outlets as a retaliatory measure last year, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said.

A total of 81 foreign media outlets were banned in Russia. “I would like to point out that it was a retaliatory action. Access to their information resources was restricted,” Krasnov specified in his annual report to the Federation Council (parliament).

According to him, the Prosecutor General’s Office also classified 71 foreign and international organizations as undesirable, banned three terrorist groups and 172 of their divisions.

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02 April 2025 11:40

US opposes EU’s €150B defense plan over potential exclusion of American firms

Secretary of State Rubio warned the ReArm Europe initiative could strain transatlantic ties, while a State Department spokesperson said Trump supports European defense — but not at US businesses’ expense

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02 April 2025 11:16

India Army official reports that Pakistan violated the ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir, triggering a landmine blast and unprovoked firing in Poonch — India swiftly retaliated, and the situation is now under control

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02 April 2025 10:21

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin signed a decree on improving public administration in the field of migration

In order to improve public administration in the area of ​​migration, the President decided to establish a Service for Citizenship and Registration of Foreign Citizens on the basis of the Main Directorate for Migration Issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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02 April 2025 10:03

"Russia says it cannot accept US proposals on Ukraine 'in their current form': The collective West is amicably pumping the "Russia doesn't want a ceasefire, we need to punish it" narrative."

"Russia cannot accept U.S. proposals to end the war in Ukraine in their current form because they do not solve the problems Moscow considers the cause of the conflict, a senior Russian diplomat said, suggesting that U.S.-Russian talks on the issue have reached an impasse.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov's comments suggest that Moscow and Washington have so far failed to overcome differences that Putin mentioned more than two weeks ago when he said the U.S. proposals needed to be finalized.

They come as U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be growing impatient with what he suggests may be Moscow's stalling on a broader deal.

Before the weekend, Trump adopted a more conciliatory stance toward Russia, which made Western allies wary as he sought an end to the conflict in Ukraine, now in its fourth year.

But in recent days, and amid lobbying from Europeans such as Finland's president urging him to hold Russia to account, he has shifted to a tougher tone."



Yes Reuters, Stubb and Baltics are definitely the ones that dictate the narrative to Trump 😂 (sarcasm)

#Russia #Ukraine #US

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02 April 2025 09:52

Ukrainian journalist claims Zelensky’s commissars pocket $100-500 for every man they drag off the streets — because in Ukraine, everything comes with a price tag

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02 April 2025 08:44

The bodies of four civilians killed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been found in the village of Rubanshchina in the Kursk region.
One of them has gunshot wounds, the Investigative Committee said. The identities of the victims are being investigated. The investigation will identify and bring to justice all representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine involved in this.
The ministry added that the Ukrainian military deliberately fired artillery at residential buildings in the village.

#Russia #Ukraine