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In the summer, no outflow of tourists is expected in Crimea, because due to a slight decrease in demand, prices from tour operators have become much lower.

Residents of Poland began to seriously save, according to the research center ARC Rynek i Opinia.

On Monday, May 16, the Austrian authorities lifted all restrictions on the entry of foreign tourists related to COVID-19.

McDonald's has announced that it has decided to permanently withdraw from Russia, Reuters reports.

Since March 1, an increase in the number of unemployed by 4 thousand people has been recorded in Russia.

In Russia, the demand for representatives of working specialties will grow due to the establishment of domestic production and an increase in the volume of equipment repairs.

The McDonald's restaurant chain may resume work in Russia under a different brand, Izvestia reports, citing two sources in the food market.

In Russia, it is necessary to establish a special working regime for returning Western companies in order to monitor product prices.

Russians began to visit shopping centers on average 15% less, said Dmitry Moskalenko, president of the Russian Council of Shopping Centers (RSTC).

The contract still specifies the price in euros, the cryptocurrency is converted at the exchange rate, the commission is only from 1.5 to 3%.

Exports of US goods to Russia in March 2022 fell almost fivefold in value terms — to $101.1 million — compared with $497.5 million in February 2022 and $476.3 million in March last year

The new owner was Indian businessman Vikas Soi, head of the coffee producer Milagro Beverage Company.

This trend began in the middle of last year and since then it has not been possible to reverse the situation — negative dynamics has been observed for the tenth month in a row.

Refusal to purchase Russian gas may lead to the loss of about 565 thousand jobs in Italy, the newspaper Corriere della Sera writes.

Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Birichevsky called reports of a shortage of coffee in the country in connection with the sanctions horror stories.