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The Thai authorities have agreed on the introduction of a 60-day visa-free regime for Russian citizens, it is expected that it will come into force on May 1, Thai News Agency reports.

The amount of the increased additional rate of insurance premiums payable by banks to the Mandatory Deposit Insurance Fund

Canadian police have learned that the perpetrators of the largest gold theft in Canadian history melted down bullion in the basement of a jewelry store in the vicinity of Toronto. This is reported by the National Post.

The blockade of the largest checkpoint Dorogusk — Yagodin on the Ukrainian-Polish border has been completed. This was stated by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Alexander Kubrakov, RIA Novosti reports.

Participants of the rally against the adoption of the law on foreign agents in Georgia called for storming the parliament building in the center of Tbilisi, said Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri.

According to analysts, Moscow has increased production and replenished stocks of weapons and ammunition, and therefore Russia will be able to successfully resist Ukraine for at least the next two years.

Belgium imported a batch of industrial diamonds from Russia in February after a break of three months, according to an analysis by RIA Novosti of data from the European statistical service.

Beijing is calling on Washington to immediately lift increased duties on Chinese steel and aluminum, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Thursday.

In Britain, an explosion occurred at the factory of the defense company BAE Systems, which produces ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This is reported by The Telegraph newspaper.

The energy crisis in Europe, which followed the aggravation of the situation around Ukraine, cost the European economy a trillion euros

American entrepreneur and owner of SpaceX, Elon Musk, said on the social network X that he was looking forward to the demonstration of the Russian reusable Amur-LNG rocket.

Heavy rains hit Dubai. The resort, popular with Russians, was flooded with stormwater, the Associated Press (AP) writes.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law on amendments to some legislative acts on certain issues of military service

The number of rejected gasification applications is decreasing in Russia, this is due to increased awareness among citizens about the rules for submitting documents for receiving services

Analysts at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have raised their forecast for the growth of the Russian economy by the end of 2024 to 3.2 percent against the previously expected 2.6 percent.