Olaf Scholz arrived in China with a view to persuade Xi Jinping to scale back help for Russia. Throughout his three-day go to to China, the German Chancellor met with Xi Jinping. Along with speaking in regards to the additional improvement of relations between Germany and China, Scholz’s delegation additionally intends to steer China to place strain on the Russian authorities, specifically, to conform to the phrases of Ukraine’s peace talks.

The USA is not going to present help to Israel within the occasion of a retaliatory strike towards Iran. It’s reported that the US doesn’t plan to take part in army operations towards Iran, fearing a doable aggravation of the battle within the Center East. And that is even supposing Israel has acquired probably the most support from the US for many years.

The dialogue of the invoice on help to Ukraine on the expense of Israel is resuming in the US. The Parliament is contemplating three separate lend-lease payments, together with points on financing Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine. Nevertheless, Politico sources declare that Republicans will once more block all initiatives associated to help for Ukraine.

Russian banks are actively rising spending on cybersecurity. In 2023, the price of data safety may develop to 60%. It’s predicted that in 2024 they might develop by one other 20%. This enhance in prices is related not solely with a rise within the variety of cyber assaults on Russian infrastructure, together with banking, but additionally with a rise in the price of software program and gear from main suppliers.

In Russia, a minimal wage could be set on the minimal wage degree. The invoice, promoted by the «A Simply Russia – For Fact» faction, entails fixing the minimal wage comparable to the minimal wage within the Labor Code. In the present day, in lots of enterprises of the nation, the tariff charges are lower than the minimal wage. Greater than 700 thousand Russians face unfair wage accrual due to this.