Day: November 9, 2021

Prosecutor General's Office: Electronic appointment scheduling in colonies will eliminate corruption risks portal “Gosuslugi”. Department spokesman Anton Davydov said at a meeting in the Federation Council that this would avoid hourly queues. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti. He noted that now, in order to sign up for a date, lawyers and prisoners' relatives spend in lines for three to four hours. The Prosecutor General's Office is confident that electronic registration will speed up the process several times, and, in addition, eliminate corruption risks. Also during the meeting, Davydov proposed to the FSIN to increase the number of meeting rooms and divide the premises into rooms for lawyers or investigators and for close prisoners. It is noted that the development of the document began in 2018. By 2021, it was possible to determine the financing of the project. The FSIN suggested that the system could be operational by 2023.

Ukraine promised the IMF to abandon restrictions on gas, heat and hot water prices Ukraine has promised the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lift prices for gas, heat supply and hot water. This is reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the text of the memorandum, which is at the agency's disposal. From May 2022, prices will fully reflect the costs of companies for the provision of services, including capital investments. This is one of the conditions of the updated memorandum of cooperation with the IMF. Now all of Ukrgasvydobuvannya's consumer gas is sold to Naftogaz, from which energy sales companies buy it at a discounted price. The current fixed gas price under the annual contract is 7.96 hryvnia per cubic meter. At the time of installation, the price was in line with the market price, but now it is three to four times lower due to the sharp rise in

In Chile, MPs supported the impeachment of President Piñera over allegations of corruption suspicions of billions of dollars in corruption, published in the Pandora papers by the international consortium of journalists (ICIJ). This is reported by TASS. According to the agency, 78 parliamentarians voted for the constitutional charge of corruption against Piñera, which was the minimum required to support the initiative. At the same time, 67 deputies spoke out against such a measure. It is noted that the Senate will have to make the final decision on this issue. On October 5, it became known that a group of opposition deputies in Chile decided to submit to parliament the issue of impeachment of the president after the publication of the “Pandora dossier”. The politicians stressed that the state leader deserved a constitutional charge because he broke the law. At the same time, Piñera himself denied his involvement in offshore schemes.

PCR test of British scientists will determine the infected variant of the coronavirus variants of SARS-CoV-2 even in samples with destroyed RNA of the virus. A preprint describing the new technique is published on medRxiv.org. The allele-specific probe PCR (ASP-PCR) method developed by scientists from Oxford University and Imperial College London allows real-time detection of viral variants even in samples with low content viral RNA, which is typical for patients with advanced COVID-19. The researchers tested their method on 1,082 samples from clinical trials in the UK and Brazil and compared them with the sequencing results of 1,771 patients. The sensitivity of ASP-PCR for the alpha variant was 98 percent, and the specificity was 100 percent. In addition, for the gamma variant, these indicators were 90-95 and 91-100 percent, respectively. Comparison of the results of the new method with the sequencing data of the new generation showed that the accuracy

Ukrainian Railways will transfer to the German operator Deutsche Bahn German operator Deutsche Bahn since 2022. This was announced by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Alexander Kubrakov, RIA Novosti reports. “According to the plan, we will transfer passenger traffic to the management of Deutsche Bahn Consulting from next year,” Kubrakov said. At the moment, the companies are implementing the first phase of joint cooperation, in particular, the provision of consulting services. The minister recalled that the German company has a similar “fairly successful” experience in Kazakhstan. In January 2020, Ukrzaliznytsia and Deutsche Bahn signed a memorandum of understanding and strategic partnership in the development of the Ukrainian company. According to the document, the German company will have the right to operate the Ukrainian railways for 10 years. During this time, specialists from the NATO country will be engaged in reforming the management mechanisms of the enterprise. At the same

Spain-Real.Estate: In Alicante, the share of requests from Russians for the purchase of real estate has increased Alicante has become a popular city among Russians for buying real estate in Spain. Analysts of the portal Spain-Real.Estate came to such conclusions provided to Lenta.ru. According to experts, the share of requests for the purchase of housing in the capital of the province of the same name reached 26.3 percent – from June-July the demand for objects in the region among residents of Russia increased by 54.7 percent. Analysts called the city of Torrevieja almost the same in demand – 22.1 percent of Russians wanted to buy real estate there. However, in the summer, realtors received 12.4 percent more requests to buy housing in this locality. Marbella closes the top three – in the first two months of autumn, 11.5 percent of Russians wanted to buy a house in this city, and

The most popular destinations among Russians will be resorts in Thailand, Tunisia and Slovenia demand for trips to Thailand, Tunisia and Slovenia. RIA Novosti writes about this. According to representatives of Russian tour operators, Thailand will become one of the most popular destinations among Russians, despite the presence of certain requirements for entering the country. For example, it is important to have a COVID-19 vaccination certificate and a negative PCR test. It is noted that tours to Slovenia and Tunisia will also be in demand in winter, as their resorts attract travelers with opportunities for spa recreation in particular thalassotherapy. Among other things, Egypt remains the leader of mass tourism. However, demand in newly opened European countries such as Norway or Sweden is not predicted, since the entry of Russians for tourist purposes in these destinations is currently banned. Earlier on Tuesday, November 9, Russia resumed full-scale regular flights with

The Ministry of Defense of Belarus summoned the military attaché of Poland because of the events at the border accusations of the involvement of the Belarusian military in the migration crisis ”. The incident is reported by RIA Novosti. The Ministry of Defense of Belarus believes that the statements of the Polish side show that Warsaw is incapable of constructive dialogue and resolving the situation. Related materials20: 15 – 4 November Putin and Lukashenko signed a program for the integration of Russia and Belarus. What will the renewed Union State look like? 16:12 – 8 November Hundreds of migrants break through to Poland from Belarus. Polish troops are pulled up to the border and are preparing for defense Earlier, the President of Poland Andrzej Duda directly accused the Belarusian security forces of organizing the assault on the Polish borders of migrants. Duda called what is happening a hybrid action and