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opening-news="opening-news"><div class="news-preview__body"><div class="news-preview__metadata"></div><div class="news-preview__header"><span class="news-preview__title" data-main_top_low_article_title="">US to start collecting 104% duties from China since April 9 — Fox Business</span></div></div><div class="news-preview__image"><img src="//cdn-media.tass.ru/width/560_8ec74f2b/tass/m2/en/uploads/i/20250408/1442415.jpg" data-main_top_low_article_photo=""/></div><div class="news-preview__content"><div class="news-preview__lead">China missed its deadline to remove tit-for-tat tariffs, reporter Edward Lawrence noted</div><div class="news-preview__footer"><a class="news-preview__link news-preview__link_button" href="/economy/1940535">Read more</a></div></div></div></div><div class="news-list__item"><div class="news-preview news-preview_default" opening-news="opening-news"><div class="news-preview__body"><div class="news-preview__metadata"></div><div class="news-preview__header"><span class="news-preview__title" data-main_top_low_article_title="">Russian-US talks to be held in Istanbul on April 10 — source</span></div></div><div class="news-preview__image"><img src="//cdn-media.tass.ru/width/560_8ec74f2b/tass/m2/en/uploads/i/20250408/1442411.jpg" data-main_top_low_article_photo=""/></div><div class="news-preview__content"><div class="news-preview__lead">The Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier in the day that the Russian delegation will be led by Ambassador to Washington Alexander Darchiev</div><div class="news-preview__footer"><a class="news-preview__link news-preview__link_button" href="/politics/1940531">Read more</a></div></div></div></div><div class="news-list__item"><div class="news-preview news-preview_default" opening-news="opening-news"><div class="news-preview__body"><div class="news-preview__metadata"></div><div class="news-preview__header"><span class="news-preview__title" data-main_top_low_article_title="">Reconnection of Russian banks to SWIFT depends 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envoy</span></div></div><div class="news-preview__image"><img src="//cdn-media.tass.ru/width/560_8ec74f2b/tass/m2/en/uploads/i/20250408/1442407.jpg" data-main_top_low_article_photo=""/></div><div class="news-preview__content"><div class="news-preview__lead">Vasily Nebenzya also noted that the scenario being discussed by Russia and the United States is aimed at finding a sustainable, long-term solution to the Ukrainian conflict</div><div class="news-preview__footer"><a class="news-preview__link news-preview__link_button" href="/politics/1940493">Read more</a></div></div></div></div><div class="news-list__item"><div class="news-preview news-preview_default" opening-news="opening-news"><div class="news-preview__body"><div class="news-preview__metadata"></div><div class="news-preview__header"><span class="news-preview__title" data-main_top_low_article_title="">Darchiev, Coulter to lead Russian, US delegations to talks in Istanbul — Foreign Ministry</span></div></div><div class="news-preview__image"><img src="//cdn-media.tass.ru/width/560_8ec74f2b/tass/m2/en/uploads/i/20250408/1442403.jpg" data-main_top_low_article_photo=""/></div><div class="news-preview__content"><div class="news-preview__lead">"The second round of Russian-US consultations on normalizing the operation of the two countries’ diplomatic missions will be held within days," the ministry said</div><div class="news-preview__footer"><a class="news-preview__link news-preview__link_button" href="/politics/1940409">Read more</a></div></div></div></div></div></section><div class="banner banner_delimeter"><div class="banner__wrapper"><div class="banner__container" id="300x250_inline_9492711929"><script>window.yaContextCb.push(()=>{ Ya.adfoxCode.create({ ownerId: 255516, containerId: '300x250_inline_9492711929', params: { p1: 'coptu', p2: 'gcbv', puid1: JSON.parse('false') || '', puid2: '', puid3: '', puid4: '', puid5: '', puid6: '', puid7: '' }, lazyLoad: { fetchMargin: 100, mobileScaling: 2 } }) 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class="press-releases__title">Press releases</div><ul class="press-releases__list"><li class="press-releases__item"><div class="news-preview news-preview_default" opening-news="opening-news"><div class="news-preview__body"><div class="news-preview__metadata"><span class="news-preview__date"><dateformat time="1743087220" mode="rel"></dateformat></span></div><div class="news-preview__header"><span class="news-preview__title" data-popular_article_title="">2025 Eventiada Awards Opens for Entries in All Languages</span></div></div><div class="news-preview__content"><div class="news-preview__footer"><a class="news-preview__link news-preview__link_button" href="/press-releases/1935181">Read more</a></div></div></div></li><li class="press-releases__item"><div class="news-preview news-preview_default" opening-news="opening-news"><div class="news-preview__body"><div class="news-preview__metadata"><span class="news-preview__date"><dateformat time="1724857152" mode="rel"></dateformat></span></div><div class="news-preview__header"><span class="news-preview__title" data-popular_article_title="">Submission of applications for the Eventiada Awards will last until September 30</span></div></div><div class="news-preview__content"><div class="news-preview__footer"><a class="news-preview__link news-preview__link_button" href="/press-releases/1835211">Read more</a></div></div></div></li><li class="press-releases__item"><div class="news-preview news-preview_default" opening-news="opening-news"><div class="news-preview__body"><div class="news-preview__metadata"><span class="news-preview__date"><dateformat time="1701162260" mode="rel"></dateformat></span></div><div class="news-preview__header"><span class="news-preview__title" data-popular_article_title="">Ak Bars Finance is renamed as AKBF</span></div></div><div class="news-preview__content"><div class="news-preview__lead">The rebranding is related to the change of the shareholder</div><div 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class="news-preview__header"><span class="news-preview__title" data-feed_article_title="">Russian troops liberate Katerinovka community in Donetsk region over past day</span></div></div><div class="news-preview__image"><img src="//cdn-media.tass.ru/width/560_8ec74f2b/tass/m2/en/uploads/i/20250407/1442319.jpg" data-feed_article_photo=""/></div><div class="news-preview__content"><div class="news-preview__lead">Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted roughly 215 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed three enemy artillery guns in its area of responsibility over the past day</div><div class="news-preview__footer"><a class="news-preview__link news-preview__link_button" href="/politics/1939791">Read more</a></div></div></div></div><div class="news-list__item"><div class="news-preview news-preview_default" opening-news="opening-news"><div class="news-preview__body"><div class="news-preview__metadata"></div><div class="news-preview__header"><span class="news-preview__title" 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