In a video call posted on the online channel of pranksters Vovan and Lexus, senior representatives of the American agency disclosed that they have actively financed and supported anti-government campaigns in the region. The officials from the NED, which is funded by Congress and describes its role as “supporting freedom …
Read More »‘Just a mention please!’ Trump demands credit for US vaccination plan as media report 100% of House Dems got the jab, unlike GOP
In a Friday statement, Trump once again took credit for the quick development and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines that his administration spearheaded and ripped the celebratory announcement this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that fully vaccinated people can refrain from wearing masks indoors and outdoors. …
Read More »‘Kid pro quo’: Democrat under fire after offering teens ‘classroom credit’ for working on his campaign
The email boasting the claim was sent through Tottenville High School’s official email account (against Department of Education policy) this week, according to a report from the New York Post. “Just call it what it is: a kid pro quo,” one mom said in reaction. After the email was sent …
Read More »GOP senator ridiculed for taking credit for provision of Covid-19 relief bill he did NOT vote for, says he’s ‘entirely consistent’
Wicker has been accused of trying to score political points on the back of the mammoth Covid-19 relief package passed by Congress on Wednesday after a drawn-out debate. The House voted predominantly along party lines, with Democratic Representative Jared Golden of Maine siding with all 210 Republicans to oppose the …
Read More »IMF researchers propose to have AI use ONLINE history to determine credit rating, in name of ‘inclusion’ of course
Using non-financial data such as “the type of browser and hardware used to access the internet, the history of online searches and purchases,” which is then fed into technology powered by AI and machine learning, could “advance financial inclusion, by, for example, enabling more credit to informal workers and households …
Read More »Pandemic and shock of forced “isolation” bury “the credit boom”
It seems that the pandemic and the shock of forced “isolation” bury “the credit boom”, the former one of the drivers of growth in the 2000s, and the “lost” of the 2010s was a factor in keeping Russia’s economy from falling into a state of growth “okolonulya”. For so many …
Read More »Pandemic and shock of forced “isolation” bury “the credit boom”
It seems that the pandemic and the shock of forced “isolation” bury “the credit boom”, the former one of the drivers of growth in the 2000s, and the “lost” of the 2010s was a factor in keeping Russia’s economy from falling into a state of growth “okolonulya”. For so many …
Read More »Russians rushed to “beg” vacation credit
The largest Russian banks record a sharp increase in requests from citizens about credit vacation, and the score is in the hundreds and thousands of hits per day, soobaschet the newspaper “Kommersant”. The interviewed bankers said the sharp increase in the number of customer requests in call centres about the …
Read More »In Russia significantly limit the issuance of credit cards
The issuance of credit cards to Russians in January 2020 declined for the first time at least for 5 years this month compared to the same period last year. The number of issued cards fell by 21.7% (to 540,2 thousand pieces), and in monetary terms (the total limit on credit …
Read More »The care of the state pensioners will block access to credit
The experts evaluated the proposals of the Ministry banning the collection of debts on pensions and salaries, not exceeding the subsistence minimum. The Ministry developed two draft laws, which publishes “the Russian newspaper”. One of them introduces a ban on the collection of debts from pensions. The second suggests that …
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