Day: November 17, 2021

MeWe creator Weinstein: Facebook controls user information and access to it The social network Facebook collects a huge amount of information about users and controls both the information itself and access to it, said the founder of the social network MeWe Mark Weinstein. In a big interview with “Lente.ru” as part of a large-scale special project “Algorithm. Who controls you? ” he explained how Facebook can misuse users' personal information and why they are at risk. According to Weinstein, Facebook, which is used by more than three billion people, knows a lot about its users. For example, information about their religious preferences, financial situation, political views, sexual orientation and other data. At the same time, the creator of MeWe noted that there are many examples of Facebook abuse of power. That is why users are in danger, he stressed. “Let's say you belong to a minority in some country. The

Moldovan President Sandu: surprised when they learned that the contract with Gazprom has not been extended Moldovan President Maia Sandu told the authorities The republics were surprised when, a few days before the end of September, they learned that the contract with Gazprom had not been extended. She told about this on the air of the JurnalTV channel, RIA Novosti reports. According to Sandu, the authorities would not be in a hurry to sign a contract if it were not for the rise in gas prices on the world market. ” These negotiations would be completely different if gas prices in the world were not so high, there would be no pressure on the government, there would be no rush to sign a contract with Gazprom, ”she said. The President added that the shortage of gas volumes in October also came as a surprise to the Moldovan authorities. “We had

UN Security Council: Taliban Leadership Cannot Resist Spread of ISIS in Afghanistan The international organization accused representatives of the radical Taliban movement in power in Afghanistan of inability to resist the proliferation of Islamic State militants ( IS, a terrorist organization banned in Russia ) in the country. Her words are quoted by TASS. Lyons noted that earlier IS terrorists were in only a few provinces, but now they are being recorded throughout the country. “Now, it seems that they are represented in almost all provinces and their activity is growing,” she said. Earlier, Ali Maisama Nazari, head of the foreign relations department of the Afghan National Resistance Front (FNSA) rebel movement, said that The Taliban maintain close contact with IS terrorists and provide support to terrorist groups. He is confident that the killings of political activists, as well as terrorist attacks throughout Afghanistan, are committed by the hands of

French and German Foreign Ministers disappointed Lavrov with their reaction to the proposals on Donbass Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was disappointed with the reaction of Paris and Berlin to the proposals to resolve the situation in Donbass, proposed by Moscow. This follows from the published correspondence of the minister with his French and German colleagues Jean-Yves Le Drian and Heiko Maas, published by the Russian Foreign Ministry on his website. Thus, Lavrov, in his letter, stressed the need to prepare well the ministerial meeting in the “Normandy format”, in particular, to start developing a detailed joint final statement with specific recommendations to Ukraine and the unrecognized DPR and LPR. He supplemented the letter with a draft of such a document inviting foreign colleagues to put forward their amendments and comments. The reply from Maas and Le Drian notes that Lavrov's letter contains provisions that “will not find support among

Vilfand predicted unfavorable weather in most of Russia Scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand predicted unfavorable weather in a number of Russian regions with heavy rainfall and wind. TASS writes about this. According to him, from Thursday, November 18, bad weather is expected on the Black Sea coast – in the mountains forecasters promise winds of up to 28 meters per second, in Sochi and Tuapse they predict showers. By Saturday, November 20, the same weather will come in the Tambov, Belgorod, Voronezh and Lipetsk regions, in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. Residents of a number of regions of the Siberian Federal District – in particular, in the Altai Territory, Khakassia and the Altai Republic – Vilfand promised a blizzard and strong winds with a speed of 15 to 28 meters per second. In the Volga and Central districts, forecasters promise sleet, blizzard, wind and ice. Earlier, Vilfand

Lawyer Burkovskaya: The Basmanny Court of Moscow extended the arrest of businessman Spiegel until February 20 The Basmanny Court of Moscow on Wednesday, November 17, group of pharmaceutical companies “Biotek” Boris Shpigel, arrested in the case of bribes to the former governor of the Penza region Ivan Belozertsev. This is reported by TASS with reference to the lawyer to businessman Victoria Burkovskaya. As the lawyer said, the court granted the request of the investigation and extended Spiegel's arrest until February 20. Burkovskaya said that the defense intends to appeal the decision, since the businessman's condition “is critically deteriorating, which is tantamount to torture.” “We will even reach the ECHR,” she promised. In October, Spiegel's defense asked to release him on bail of two million rubles due to illness, the businessman's condition worsened and heart problems began. Then his lawyer noted that in the period from September 2 to September 29,