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Because of the coronavirus in France, grapes will be destroyed

webadminAugust 28, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic caused the sharpest decline in demand for champagne since world war II. In this regard, the producers agreed to collect less grapes — part of the crop will be destroyed. This is reported by The Times. 360 producers, which account for about 90 percent of purchases of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes, have entered into an agreement with growers. They commit to harvest no more than eight tons of grapes per hectare, which is 22 percent less than last year. This will cause a fifth of the crop to rot. Sales of LVMH, which, for example, owns the champagne brands Moet&Chandon, Krug, Dom Perignon and Veuve Clicquot, collapsed by 30 percent due to the coronavirus pandemic. In July, it became known that Russia may raise the price of champagne, ...

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Saudi Arabia has severed a major oil contract with China

webadminAugust 22, 2020

Saudi Arabia's state oil company, Saudi Aramco, has torn up a major contract to build a refinery and petrochemical complex in China as part of a joint venture, Bloomberg reports. The cost of the project in the North-Eastern province of Liaoning was supposed to be 10 billion dollars, but the Saudi company considered the costs too high, and the market prospects of the plant — uncertain. China intends to further promote the project, not excluding that Saudi Aramco may change its mind. The reason for reconsidering its investment plans for the company was the desire to maintain a dividend of $ 75 billion. Because of this, the management of Saudi Aramco is looking for any ways to reduce capital expenditures against the background of low oil prices and rising debt. When the construction ag

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The reason for the mass death of dolphins in the black sea resort has been established

webadminAugust 20, 2020

Employees of the black sea-Azov sea Department of Rosprirodnadzor have established the reason for the mass death of dolphins on the coast of the Russian resort. About it on Sunday, August 23, reports "Zhivaya Kuban". According to the portal, experts conducted a check in the area of Gelendzhik Bay and found out that the death of animals is caused by anthropogenic factors, including pollution of the water area with petroleum products, which caused the poisoning of animals. Information about the excess concentration of petroleum products in the sea was passed to the police. Now employees will have to identify violators of environmental legislation, the newspaper notes. In July, it was reported that dead dolphins covered in fuel oil washed up on the coast of Gelendzhik. Local reside

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A gay British man got engaged to his daughter’s former lover

webadminAugust 19, 2020

British millionaire Barry Drewitt-Barlow, who was one of the first gay men in the country to get the right to fatherhood through surrogacy, proposed to the former lover of his daughter, writes the Daily Mail. Last year, the man separated from his husband Tony Drewitt-Barlow, during the marriage with whom the family had five children, the eldest were twins — a girl, Saffron, and a boy, aspen. Barry, 50, began Dating 25-year-old bisexual assistant Scott Hutchison, who had been building a relationship with 20-year-old Saffron in the past few months. In social networks, the millionaire shared footage of the romantic setting in which the couple got engaged. The engagement was made during a joint vacation with her daughter and a young lover. At the same time, Saffron noted that she is ...

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Russia asked the UN security Council to meet urgently because of us sanctions

webadminAugust 18, 2020

Russia has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with the us appeal to the international organization with the intention to launch the procedure for restoring sanctions against Iran. This is reported by TASS with reference to the Deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyansky. According to him, due to the recent events surrounding the implementation of resolution 2231, Russia requested an open meeting on the morning of August 21. Earlier, US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo met with the Chairman of the UN security Council and submitted a complaint to the organization about Iran's failure to comply with the terms of the Joint comprehensive plan of action for the settlement of the Iranian nuclear program (JCPOA), which should lead to th

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Lavrov called on Kiev to stop playing tricks on everyone

webadminAugust 17, 2020

Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Kiev to stop playing tricks on everyone and start implementing the Minsk agreements. The foreign Minister said this in an interview with the Trud newspaper, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Minister, this document, which was approved by the UN security Council and signed by Ukraine, contains a provision on constitutional reform, which involves the decentralization of power and securing the special status of certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Minister noted that giving special status to these territories is the key to resolving the crisis in Ukraine and resolving security, socio-economic and humanitarian issues. Lavrov also added that Ukraine comes up with some excuses every time and does not fulfill its obliga