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Africa’s richest billionaire, Aliko Dangote, has decried difficulties faced by investors travelling on the African continent as he said he needs different 35 visas on his Nigerian passport. He said he spoke about the Rwandan President Paul Kagame about the challenges which do nor exist in France. Dangote disclosed this recently at the Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. “I still complained to President Kagame. I told him that as an investor, I have to now apply for 35 different visas on my passport, and I told Mr. President, I really don’t have the time to go and be dropping my passports in embassies to get a visa,” he said. “But you see, the most annoying thing is that yes, if you are treating everybody the same, then I can understand.” Using the French passport as an example, Dangote said Patrick Pouyanne, chairman of Total Energies, does not need 35 visas on his French passport to gain access to African countries. @news_esolutions

📰What’s New? 🇺🇸In the US, parents were banned from taking preschoolers and elementary school students from LGBT* lessons- Daily Mail 🇪🇪The Estonian authorities have banned teaching in Russian in Narva schools 🇵🇪Peru has officially recognized transgender people are mentally ill ✈️Emirates to resume Lagos-Dubai flights October 1 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has not, however, announced its decision on the country's visa ban earlier imposed on Nigerian travellers 📲TikTok has become the most valuable brand in China , overtaking in China's largest commercial bank ICBC- Brand Finance China 500 🇬🇧They want to introduce fines for overweight employees in the UK The fact is that overweight people are 22% more likely to take sick leave compared to their healthy counterparts 🇮🇱Israel denied its committing genocide in Gaza after South Africa filed a request at the International Court of Justice for emergency measures to stop what it called the destruction of the Palestinian enclave @news_esolutions

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed after his helicopter crashed in poor weather in mountains near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monday. The charred wreckage of the helicopter which crashed in Iran’s province of East Azerbaijan on Sunday carrying Raisi, the Foreign Minister and six other Iranian officials and crew was found early on Monday after an overnight search in blizzard conditions. Under the Islamic Republic's constitution, a new presidential election must be held within 50 days. Five days of public mourning was also announced. @news_esolutions

“What is life like working in Russia?” It definitely looks different for different people- depending on living expenses, studies, future plans etc… Our friend here is studying to become an epidemiologist while working with Yandex Delivery and hoping to become a well-known music artiste in Russia. What does your own hustle look like? @news_esolutions

🇷🇺In Russia 🥷Scammers have learned steal SIM cards remotely 🍢 Shashlik violators will be calculated by phone signals and fined 🛴In St. Petersburg , the police massively evacuate electric scooters 💨Russia plans to ban the addition of flavorings and sugars to vapes 🏠In Moscow they want prohibit the construction of studios smaller than 28 sq. m. ♦️The Russian authorities are preparing tighten the sale of SIM cards 👩‍🏫The State Duma proposed adding a separate article to the Administrative Code of Russia for insulting teachers 🇷🇺Hotels in Sochi have become 79% more expensive than in Moscow 🇨🇳90% of payments between Russia and China are made in yuan and rubles, Putin at a meeting with Xi Jinping 🥛The French Danone has completed a deal to sell the Russian business to the Vamin R company- press release. 🙋🏽‍♀️The federal program for the protection of women from domestic violence is being developed in Russia @news_esolutions

🇷🇺In Russia 🛴Signs prohibiting electric scooters are appearing in the center of Moscow. 🫗A bill has been submitted to the State Duma banning the sale of energy drinks to children. 👩‍⚖️15 people were detained in the Moscow region for organizing illegal migration. 🗳️Putin signed a law prohibiting foreign agents from participating in elections ✈️The share of refusals for Russians to obtain Schengen visas increased in 2023 13 times compared to 2019 In 2023, Russians applied for Schengen more than 520,000 times, and in almost 20% of cases, a visa was refused. 🏡The authorities plan to raise the mortgage rate for families with two children to 12% per annum 🏫67% of teachers believe tutoring necessary for successful study and exams Most often, tutors are hired in English by 25%, mathematics by 19%, and Russian by 16%. More often than not, the most difficult subjects to study are mathematics and foreign languages. As a foreigner, do you think teaching English in Russia is lucrative? @news_esolutions

🌍Top News Updates 🇸🇰The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was shot on Wednesday. The prime minister underwent a five-hour surgery and he now remains in a stable but serious condition. The shooter in Fico was accused attempted murder for political reasons. 🇪🇪The Estonian Parliament has adopted a law on the use of Russian assets to compensate for damage to Ukraine. 🇬🇪The EU may freeze Georgia's application to join the Union due to the law on foreign agents. 📧The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned a British Embassy rep in connection with the expulsion of the Russian attache from London 🪖Russia does not plan to take Kharkov now, the purpose of its offensive is to create a "sanitary zone" to protect border territories from shelling, Putin said during a visit to China. 🇪🇺The ban on broadcasting of four Russian media outlets in the EU has entered in force. 🇬🇧London has introduced sanctions against two Russian companies due to alleged cooperation with the DPRK. @news_esolutions

💵The Ministry of Finance will work out the issue of fines for violations using AI cameras 🪖Conflict between Russia, Ukraine may last about 10 years— Polish foreign minister 👮‍♂️We are preparing migration reform, we will strengthen control over the stay of foreign citizens in Russia— Interior Minister 💸The most popular bribe amounts in Russia turned out to be 10,000—50,000₽ In 2023, 5,245 people (3,700 corrupt officials) were prosecuted for such bribes @news_esolutions

📰What’s New? ✈️Starting from June 1, the Aeroflot Shuttle program will be launched between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Flights between Sheremetyevo and Pulkovo will depart at intervals of 15-30 minutes with over 70 flights per day. 🛁They will turn off the warm water in Moscow later. Due to the cold weather, the start of planned outages was postponed to May 20. 🛴The first 800 violators who rode together on electric scooters were identified in Moscow. The speed of scooters will decrease if two people ride it at the same time. Users will be punished and blocked only in case of repeated violations. 👥With a single biometric system, they want to fine people for crossing the street, public fights, smoking or drinking alcohol, making bonfires and barbecues in the wrong places However, the system is not connected to urban video surveillance systems and, by law, cannot be used in investigations. And the registration of biometric data in the system is still voluntary. @news_esolutions

🌎Top News Updates 🇰🇿The court sentenced the ex-Minister of Economy of Kazakhstan Bishimbayev to 24 years in prison for the torture and murder of his wife 🇺🇸🇨🇳US President Biden has quadrupled duties on electric vehicles from China The leaders of Germany and Sweden warn the United States against "stupid" tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. "We don't want to disrupt global trade, it's a stupid idea... Punitive duties are not a good idea for importing and exporting countries,"-Swedish Prime Minister. 🇹🇷Erdogan held an emergency meeting due to the possible threat of a coup ❔Google will implement artificial intelligence in the answers to queries in search results 🇭🇺Hungary did not support new EU sanctions against Russian gas 🇧🇪In Belgium, prostitutes who refuse to have sex will be fined 🇦🇹The Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has received a written warning from the US Treasury that its access to the country's financial system may be limited due to its transactions with Russia @news_esolutions