Domestic needs and technological sovereignty are the country’s primary concern, according to the Trade Ministry Russia should focus its economic policy on prioritizing domestic needs, the country’s minister of industry and trade, Denis Manturov, said on Friday at a plenary session in the State Duma.

Imports of the commodity will be included in the new package of sanctions, an EU commissioner said The European Union will ban Russian gold as part of its seventh sanctions package and seek to “close exit routes” for those bypassing its earlier restrictions, EU commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Friday, according to the Associated Press.

Backers of the former president believe they’d be “better off” if GOP-led states split from the US, a Yahoo/YouGov survey has shown Many residents of Republican-controlled states who voted for then-President Donald Trump in 2020 believe they would be “better off” if their state seceded from the US, a new poll has revealed.