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The owners of Pakruojis Manor, the largest preserved residential manor in the Baltic States and the most popular tourist attraction in the country, have decided not to accept tourists from Russia from August 12, Delfi reports. This popular tourist site is annually visited by several hundred thousand tourists from all
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Estonia will not allow Russians with Schengen visas issued by Estonia to enter the country, but there will be a few exceptions. Estonia does not issue tourist visas to Russians, but the current decision means that Russian citizens with valid Schengen visas will not be able to enter the country
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Starting from November, Serbia will not be able to receive Russian oil due to EU sanctions against oil tanker deliveries from Russia, the President of Serbia Oleksandr Vučić stated.
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German household appliance manufacturer Bosch plans to sell two plants in Russia, Russian media report. The two plants are located near St. Petersburg. The Russian structure of Bosch is looking for buyers for its businesses located in the village of Strelna. The enterprises received most of the components from the
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Volga-Dnepr Group, Russia's largest group of cargo airlines, will fire more than 200 Boeing pilots of its subsidiary airlines AirBridgeCargo and Atran. The cargo carrier can no longer maintain the Western-made Boeing fleet as international sanctions remain in place. The company retained only a few crews in case
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Europe's largest operator of energy networks E.ON has reduced the value of its stake in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline by around 700 million euros due to uncertainty over the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine, Reuters reports. E.ON Chief Executive Leonhard Birnbaum told
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Yandex has shut down its food delivery services in Europe, Forbes says. The company is already liquidating its French division. The London business is also closing because Yandex could not find a buyer for the asset. Yandex changed its business model on the French and British markets and is now
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The Latvian government has suspended a number of intergovernmental agreements with Russia as of August 1, in particular, on economic cooperation. This is indicated in a statement by the country's Foreign Ministry in Latvijas Vēstnesis. Moreover, the Latvian-Russian intergovernmental agreement on the establishment of a commission for economic,
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The Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (ARCOM) has given Europe's largest satellite operator Eutelsat a formal notice to stop broadcasting the Russian channel NTV Mir, France24 reports. On its website, the regulator notes that programmes on NTV Mir incited hatred and violence towards Ukraine, its army,
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Sales of new cars in Russia dropped by 75% in July compared with the same month last year, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) has reported. In July, sales of new cars and new commercial vehicles in Russia fell by 75% compared to July last year – up to 32,412
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Finnish energy company Tampereen Sähkölaitos announced that it had stopped purchasing fuel from the Russian-owned petroleum firm Teboil. Teboil is owned by the Russian company Lukoil.
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In the first half of 2022, production of elevators in Russia decreased by 41% compared to the same period in 2021. One of the reasons for this is the suspension of businesses or withdrawal of foreign manufacturers from Russia. Another reason is the reduction in the volume of construction in