Trade and services

Russian citizens no longer need to provide coronavirus vaccination certificates, PCR tests or antigen tests when entering France.

The largest German retail chains - Aldi, Rewe, Lidl, Edeka - will have to significantly raise food prices due to the Russian special operation in Ukraine and the sanctions that followed it.

The European Union will ban the supply of cement, rubber, timber and chemicals from Russia, Reuters reports, citing a source.

In the first quarter of this year, 24% of Russians received a salary increase, TASS reports, citing the results of a survey by the Zarplata.ru service.

The Norwegian Embassy in Moscow expects to resume accepting applications from Russians for tourist visas in May.

The number of vacancies in the field of IT in Russia over the past month has decreased by 25%, and the number of resumes has increased by 15%.

The share of Russian imports in the grocery retailer has declined by a third over the past 10 years, to 24%, but in non-food retail the situation has remained the same - the share of imports is more than 50%.

Such a wave is no longer connected with political reasons, but with economic ones.

Britain will not pay for Russian goods in rubles. This was stated by the representative of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Two-thirds of Russian small and medium-sized businesses have cut employee costs.

Buyers of new buildings will not be able to collect fines from developers who delay the completion of the house until the end of 2022.

Working with the distribution chain and creating transparent pricing rules will help reduce the excessive demand for goods.

From April 1, 2022, an agreement on the mutual abolition of visa requirements between the Republic of Korea and Russia comes into force, including the country can also be visited for the purpose of tourism.

The head of the Ministry of Labor of Russia, Anton Kotyakov, said that there are no plans for mass layoffs in Russia.

There are no prerequisites for a sharp increase in unemployment in Russia yet, says Alexander Shcherbakov, Doctor of Economics, Professor at the RANEPA.