The French chain of sports stores Decathlon has resumed its online store and is preparing to open stores in Kyiv.
As the Interfax-Ukraine agency was informed by the company, on October 7 all stores of the network in the capital of Ukraine will be opened: Decathlon Belichi, Decathlon Pochaina and Decathlon Prospekt.
The site is already accepting orders, since September 30, delivery is carried out by “Nova Poshta”.
Decathlon is known as the world’s leading sports retailer, specializing in the design, manufacture and retail of sports goods for over 70 sports.
The first Decathlon store in Ukraine was opened in March 2019 in Kyiv. There are three stores in the capital, as well as one in Odessa. The store in Odessa is located in the Riviera shopping and entertainment center, which suffered from the impact, and will not resume its work in the south in any other location until it is restored.
Almost 20% of Ukrainians have close relatives with whom they have lost contact as a result of the Russian invasion and do not know where they are. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted within the framework of the project of the Public Organization “Center for Assistance to the Volunteer Movement “Volunteer.Org”: “Assessment of the damage caused by war crimes of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.”
“Almost 20% reported that they have among their close relatives those with whom they have lost contact and do not know where they are now. Russia or the occupied territories of the east or Crimea. 7% of respondents noted that personally or their close relatives were injured, maimed due to hostilities,” the results of the survey, presented on Wednesday at the Interfax-Ukraine press center, say.
Every tenth respondent indicated that his housing was either completely destroyed (2% of respondents) or damaged (8% of respondents). Another 5% said they did not know the state of their housing now. For 85% of respondents, the housing situation has not changed.
“About a third of those whose house is located in the de-occupied territory or the territory of hostilities noted that their housing was damaged. Also, one in five of those who still have housing in the zone of occupation do not know what condition it is in,” the results say. .
It is also noted that 95% of those surveyed have not contacted law enforcement agencies in the past six months on issues related to the full-scale Russian invasion.
At the same time, special courts with the participation of national and foreign judges (63%) and international institutions (23%) are considered the most effective mechanism for bringing Russia to justice for war crimes.
“A third of the respondents are ready to personally participate in lawsuits in order to demand compensation for lost property / health in courts and international courts,” analysts point out.
According to Oleksandr Kopyl, co-founder of the consulting company K&K Group, head of the Nuremberg-2022 volunteer initiative, which has been collecting and cataloging the crimes of the Russian army against the Ukrainian population since the first day of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, more than three thousand facts have been published by the Nuremberg-2022 initiative alone. war crimes.
“In addition to informing the public, all the facts are sent for further work to the relevant law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, as well as to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. We are sure that thanks to the cooperation of public initiatives and state authorities, war crimes will be investigated, and all war criminals will be fairly punished,” Kopyl noted.
The survey and the report were prepared within the framework of the project “Urgent EU support for civil society”, implemented by the Initiative Center for the Promotion of the Activity and Development of the Public Initiative “Unification” with the financial support of the European Union. Its content is the sole responsibility of the Public Organization “Volunteer.Org Volunteering Assistance Center” and does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Union. Expert support and advice during the study was provided by representatives of the Coalition “Ukraine. Five in the morning.”
The survey was conducted among the population of Ukraine aged 18 years and older in all regions, except for the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbass, as well as territories where at the time of the survey there was no Ukrainian mobile communication. The survey period is from 15 to 19 September 2022.
Results are weighted using up-to-date data from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. The sample is representative in terms of age, gender, and type of settlement. Sample population: 2000 respondents. Survey method: CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews – telephone interviews using a computer). The error of the representativeness of the study with a confidence probability of 0.95: no more than 2.2%.
We remind you that in April a team of journalists and media workers put forward an initiative to create a project to search for missing people “Find your loved ones”.
We ask citizens whose relatives do not get in touch to send us all the information they have. We recommend using the following form:
1. Full name of the missing person;
2. Your contact details;
3. Photo of the missing person, description of special signs;
4. Approximate place of the last stay of the missing person.
The project is non-commercial, all your appeals will be edited and published free of charge in the media.
The project coordinator is Maxim Urakin, deputy head of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency and publisher of the Open4Business project.
Please send information about the missing to e-mail maksim.urakin@gmail.com
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine allowed exporters to carry out fumigation or disinfection of grain cargo outside Ukraine from Ukrainian legal entities accredited by the State Food and Consumer Service or from foreign companies.
As reported on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on Wednesday, the resolution adopted by the government will help unblock the passage of sea vessels with agricultural products under the Istanbul grain agreements.
The document instructs the National Bank of Ukraine to ensure the transfer of funds to pay for grain cargo exporting companies for services related to fumigation and disinfection of grain outside Ukraine, and also regulates the remuneration of the commission agent for these operations.
The procedure for fumigation and disinfection of grain cargo outside Ukraine is published on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
December futures for Brent on London’s ICE Futures exchange fell by $0.33 (0.36%) to $91.47 per barrel by 14:25 CST.
Quotes of WTI futures for November in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) by the specified time fell by $0.46 (0.53%) to $86.06 per barrel.
Bloomberg reported, citing delegates to the upcoming meeting, that OPEC + may discuss the possibility of reducing production quotas by 2 million barrels per day (b / d) at once compared to the current level.
“A 2 million b/d cut will show that OPEC+ is keen to support oil prices,” said Vishnu Waratan, an analyst at Mizuho Bank in Singapore.
The UAE is likely to support cutting OPEC+ oil production quotas, despite the US administration’s efforts to prevent such a move, the FT newspaper writes, citing two people familiar with the situation.
Earlier, UAE Energy Minister Suheil al-Mazroui told reporters in Vienna that OPEC+ “remains a technical organization and it is very important that the decision remains technical and not political.”
In addition, traders’ attention on Wednesday will be directed to last week’s data on US energy stocks, which will be released by the Department of Energy at 17:30 CST. A report from the American Petroleum Institute (API), published yesterday, showed a decrease in inventories by 1.77 million barrels after rising by 4.15 million barrels a week earlier.
The stock market of Western Europe is falling on Wednesday morning, while before that the indices were actively growing for three days in a row and ended Tuesday’s trading with a record rise in six months.
The composite index of the largest companies in the region Stoxx Europe 600 by 11:22 qoq fell by 0.9% and amounted to 399.40 points.
The British stock index FTSE 100 by this time fell by 1.25%, the German DAX – by 0.99%, the French CAC 40 – by 0.96%. The Italian FTSE MIB and the Spanish IBEX 35 lost 1.7% and 1.5% respectively.
The negative factor for the European market was the continuing fears about the global recession, which were confirmed in a number of statistical data.
Thus, the index of purchasing managers in the euro area services sector, calculated by S&P Global, amounted to 48.8 points in September, which is the lowest value of the indicator since February 2021, the final data show. Preliminary data indicated a decline in the index to 48.9 points from 49.8 points in August.
The indicator value below 50 points indicates a reduction in business activity in the sector.
In Italy, PMI in the services sector fell to 48.8 from 50.5 points, in Germany – to 45 from 47.7 points, and in France the indicator rose to 52.9 from 51.2 points.
The consolidated PMI in the euro area fell to 48.1 points in September from 48.9 points a month earlier, updating the minimum since January 2021.
In addition, Germany’s foreign trade surplus narrowed to 1.2 billion euros in August from 13.7 billion euros a year earlier and 3.4 billion euros in July.
The volume of German exports adjusted for calendar and seasonal factors in the month before last increased by 1.6% compared to the previous month and amounted to 133.1 billion euros. Imports increased by 3.4% to 131.9 billion euros.
Meanwhile, France’s industrial output jumped 2.4% in August from a 1.6% fall in July. Growth was a record since January 2021, while analysts did not expect a change in the indicator.
Bang & Olufsen A/S shares are down 2.6%. The Danish manufacturer of high-end audio systems, headphones and other electronics posted a net loss in the first financial quarter and cut revenue by 8.2%.
Tesco Plc rises 2.5%, although the UK’s largest grocery retailer cut pre-tax profits in the first half of fiscal year 2023 by 2.8 times and slightly worsened its full-year forecast, noting a change in consumer behavior in an environment of high inflation.
The capitalization of the Finnish airline Finnair is growing by 1.2% on the news that the company carried 890.5 thousand passengers in September, 1.1% more than in August. In September last year, the figure was 298.2 thousand.
The decline leaders among the components of the Stoxx Europe 600 index are the shares of the Swedish bank Avanza Bank Holding (-6.4%) and the French auto parts supplier Faurecia SE (-6.2%). The leaders of growth are papers of cloud technology provider Sinch AB, rising in price by 9.7%.
The dollar strengthens against the euro, yen and pound sterling in trading on Wednesday after a sharp decline the day before amid signals of a gradual decline in activity in the US economy.
Investors are waiting for data on the US labor market, which is expected to show a slowdown in job growth in the country. The consensus forecast of experts surveyed by Market Watch suggests that the number of jobs in September increased by 275 thousand (315 thousand in August), while maintaining unemployment at 3.7%.
The US Department of Labor will release the data on Friday at 3:30 p.m.
Another report from the Department of Labor, which was published on Tuesday, showed a sharp decrease in the number of open vacancies in the States in August. The indicator fell by 10% – the fastest pace since the start of the pandemic in 2020, to 10.1 million vacancies.
Weak statistics on the US economy are a good signal for risk appetite, as they speak in favor of a reduction in the trajectory of the Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hike, said Steven Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management.
Some “cooling” of the labor market will help ease inflation in the US and may reduce the need for further sharp tightening of monetary policy by the Fed, writes Dow Jones.
“If this trend continues, the Fed may back off somewhat in terms of rate hikes later this year and early next year,” said Jack Janasiewicz, portfolio manager at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions.
The euro/dollar pair is trading at $0.9966 on Wednesday, compared to $0.9987 at the close of previous trading. The pound fell to $1.1435 from $1.1475 at the close of previous trading.
The US dollar against the yen is 144.25 yen against 144.14 yen the day before.
On Tuesday, the dollar lost 1.7% against the euro, 1.4% against the pound and 0.3% against the yen.
