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2.10 Politics - misc
Highlights of the G20 Summit:
Agreement to stop allocating funds for the construction of new coal-fired power plants abroad by the end of 2021.
Leaders reaffirmed that richer nations are to raise $100bn in aid for poor countries to combat climate change.
Declaration to limit global warming to the level of one and a half degrees Celsius compared to the pre-industrial level.
Supporting the OECD proposal to introduce a minimum global tax for multinational corporations at 15%.
The final declaration also states that the G20 leaders aim to increase the supply of vaccines and essential medical products to developing countries, and will seek a fair distribution of immunoprophylactic drugs.
The administration of US President Joe Biden does not intend to impose new sanctions against Nord Stream-2 during Biden’s presidency, Interfax writes, citing Politico. This is despite the opposition from Republican senators, who are holding up diplomatic nominations in the US to motivate the administration to reconsider new sanctions.
2.11 Polls & Sociology
Five million people have left Russia during the 20 years of President Vladimir Putin’s rule, according to a study published by the Moscow-based Takie Dela portal. The study used official data from Rosstat, the state statistics service, of Russian citizens who canceled their registrations in Russia. But the study notes that there are no reliable data to determine the exact number of Russian emigrants. In the post-Soviet era, the largest flow of emigration was observed from 2016-2019, when about 300,000 people left Russia annually. According to United Nations statistics cited in the Takie Dela study, more than 10 million Russians currently live abroad, just behind India and Mexico in the number of expatriates. The survey revealed that one in five Russians wanted to emigrate, with younger people twice as likely to want to emigrate than older Russians. This was confirmed by the Takie Dela study, which found that most of the respondents (55%) left Russia when they were between the ages of 20 and 40. They were also very well-educated: 92% had a university degree and 14% had a Ph.D.
Pollster Levada measures Russian "trust ratings." Russians are asked to name political figures they trust. 30% chose Putin, 13% Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu & 12% Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Just 3% picked Western-backed opposition figure Alexey Navalny.
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