Slush 100 finalist ‘Immigram’ has win revoked after critics point to founders’ citizenship The organizers of the annual Helsinki-based Slush start-up and tech conference have disqualified this year’s competition winner, ‘Immigram’, from the contest after it was revealed that the founders had ties to Russian investors and held Russian passports.

Neither the Covid-19 pandemic nor Russia’s offensive against Ukraine has played a pivotal role in bringing about the current economic downturn in Europe, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has argued. He attributed it to growth in Asia instead, warning that there likely will not be a return to the good old days in the foreseeable future.

President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has assured journalists that Moscow will achieve its goals in Ukraine Russia is not seeking to depose the current Ukrainian government, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has revealed. He has also expressed confidence that Moscow will achieve its goals in the country, without specifying what they are.