Finnish President Sauli Niinistö told the Bloomberg news agency that he is "absolutely ready" to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin if it would be useful.

In Russia, they began to accept applications for biometric passports for a period of 10 years - work on processing these documents has resumed in the standard mode.

At the beginning of 2023, Russians bought 868,257 used cars, which is 16 percent more than in January-February last year. This is reported by Vedomosti with reference to the data of Avtostat info.

Elena Tyurina, Director of the Analytics Department of the Russian Grain Union (RZS), announced an increase in purchases of Russian wheat by African countries. Her words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

The key companies of the Military-Industrial Complex (MIC) of Russia and China continue to cooperate despite the sanctions imposed on Moscow due to the conflict with Kiev.