Day: November 15, 2021

Sergey Ryabukhin: an increase in alcohol prices may cause an increase in the production of surrogates An increase in excise taxes on strong alcohol may cause an increase in the production of surrogates. The deputy head of the budget committee of the Federation Council Sergei Ryabukhin found such a threat from the rise in prices for vodka and cognac, RIA Novosti reports. The parliamentarian said that the Federation Council recommended that the Finance Ministry abandon such a measure. He stressed that the budget is now balanced, and the National Welfare Fund has become strong enough, so the increase in excise taxes will have negative consequences. According to the legislator, it is necessary to wait until the norms for excise taxes in the countries of the Customs Union and the EAEU are balanced. Ryabukhin also noted the high rate of production of moonshine in Russia. According to the parliamentarian, the growth

Murashko: the maximum growth in the number of hospitalizations per week is observed in four regions hospitalizations of patients with coronavirus per week. TASS writes about this on Monday, November 15. According to him, they are four Russian subjects: Sakhalin, Tver, Amur and Saratov regions.

Head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Murashko: the rate of vaccination in Russia increased by 6% in a week six percent. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Health Mikhail Murashko, he is quoted by TASS.

Photographer Denis Gaskov shot unique light columns Photographer from Dudinka Denis Gaskov showed footage of a unique light phenomenon. Photos appeared on his Instagram account. The pictures show even columns of light. According to “KP Krasnoyarsk”, in order to take a photo, the author had to leave the perimeter of the city. It is noted that such an optical phenomenon is quite rare and is formed only under a combination of certain conditions – at high humidity and air temperatures from minus 15 and below. The lightest crystals of frozen water appear in the air, the light from powerful searchlights passes through them, amplifying many times over. At the end of June, residents of Voronezh noticed a rare optical phenomenon in the sky above the city. They shared photos of noctilucent clouds on social media.

Political scientist Kalachev called the reduction in the number of regions of the Far North a rational decision Revision of decisions made during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin is quite natural. Thus, the withdrawal of some regions of Karelia, the Komi Republic, Buryatia and the Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug from the territories belonging to the Far North, was assessed by political scientist Konstantin Kalachev. In a conversation with Lenta.ru, he called this a rational technocratic approach. Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier canceled Yeltsin's decree on equating the territories of Karelia with the regions of the Far North. The corresponding document was published on the portal of legal information. According to the posted document, from January 1, 2022, the decree of December 20, 1993, by which certain regions of Karelia were equated to living conditions in the Far North, is canceled. This was done as part of the changes in the Strategy

Turkish President Erdogan called himself the most experienced of the world leaders Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called himself the most experienced of the world leaders. The politician said this during a meeting with youth in the province of Canakkale in northwestern Turkey, the event was broadcast on his Twitter. The Turkish leader stressed that he knows the world. “I say this not to boast, but to define my place among other leaders,” he concluded. According to Erdogan, it is important for the Turkish people to know who is who. On November 3, it was reported that the General Directorate of Security of Turkey opened criminal cases against 30 people who distributed posts insulting Erdogan on the Internet. The posts contained wishes of death to the state leader. If found guilty, the authors of the publications face imprisonment. In 2003, Erdogan took over as Prime Minister of Turkey after the

Head of the Russian Ministry of Health Murashko: QR codes have shown effectiveness in the situation with COVID-19 QR codes have shown their effectiveness in combating coronavirus infection. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Health of Russia Mikhail Murashko, TASS reports. “We observe that the system for introducing QR codes gives high efficiency,” the Minister of Health said during a meeting of the Coordinating Council on Combating Coronavirus Infection under the government Russia.