Day: November 19, 2021

Sberbank Deputy Chairman Kuznetsov: 70 percent of calls from telephone scammers come from Ukraine Ukraine is the main source of fraudulent calls to Russians, and the city of Dnepr, formerly Dnepropetrovsk. Stanislav Kuznetsov, deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank, spoke about this in an interview with Izvestia. According to him, 70 percent of calls are received from the neighboring republic, and Ukrainian criminals work exclusively for Russian citizens. Two years ago, about 40 percent of all calls came from Russian prisons, 20 percent from Russian cities, and only 40 percent from abroad. The choice of Dnipro may be due to the fact that the city is home to a large number of Russian-speaking youth who do not have enough work. At the same time, the fraudulent industry develops and makes things more difficult. Over the course of a year, the number of criminal call centers fell from 1,000 to

CNN: UAE to host UN Climate Change Conference in 2023 Egypt and United Arab Emirates (UAE). The countries in 2022 and 2023 respectively will host the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27 and COP28), CNN writes with reference to the Dubai government. “We will make every effort to make the conference a success. The UAE will fulfill its climate commitments to save the planet, ”Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said. For the second time since the annual talks, the climate summit will be held in the Middle East – the first from countries in the region, it was hosted by Qatar in 2012. UAE Minister for Climate Change and Environment Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri said organizing the conference in the country would help engage young people in the fight against climate change. A government spokeswoman called young people the category of citizens behind the future of the planet.

Immunologist Kryuchkov: One or two outbreaks of COVID-19 incidence are expected by the end of spring until the end of spring. This number was named by the doctor-immunologist Nikolai Kryuchkov, he is quoted by TASS. “According to my optimistic forecasts, I think that the global stabilization of the situation with the coronavirus, when the pandemic still remains, but will not be such an acute problem for Russia, it will happen just by the end of spring 2022, “he said. Kryuchkov called the coming months a difficult period in the fight against COVID-19. He added that the non-working days introduced throughout the country helped stabilize the situation with coronavirus in Russia. At the same time, the rate of decline in incidence, in his opinion, is insufficient. The specialist stressed that the decline in incidence in the future will not be so serious. He suggested that the number of detected new cases

In Odessa, the court sentenced a thief to read the works of Lev Tolstoy and Ivan Franko to a suspended sentence and reading the stories of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and the poems of the Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko. This was reported by the press service of the court. According to the case file, in July the convict robbed his acquaintance, taking his mobile phone and 50 hryvnias from him. The total damage caused to the victim was estimated at almost 903 hryvnia (about 2.5 thousand rubles). It is noted that as a child, the thief was engaged in vagrancy and ended up in an orphanage. He practically did not attend primary school, and after the ninth grade he immediately went to work. The court also found that in his entire life the man had not read almost a single book, and during the hearing on his case he

Authorities have identified the cause of alcohol in the river in Hawaii really turned out to be alcoholic. Country Music Nation reports. Local residents told the authorities that the river exuded a strong beer smell. “On some days we came here, and it seemed like there was a pub here that hadn't opened its doors for several days,” one of them noted. An examination of the water carried out to establish the cause of this phenomenon showed that it contains 1.2 percent alcohol. In addition, 0.4 percent of the sugar used to make beer was found in the water. The state Department of Transportation said it had investigated and found that there was a leak at a brewery at Paradise Beverages. … “Now representatives of the Department of Transport have come to us, and we are communicating with them. We were also contacted by the Health Department, “said Anthony Rowe,

The British Museum ended a minute of silence on World War I Day with a rap about racism The Imperial War Museum of Britain apologized for ending the minute of silence November 11 (the date of the end of the First World War) rap about racism against the former prime minister of the country Winston Churchill. This is reported by the Daily Mail. Related materials0: 01 – November 10 Houston, we have canceled. As a fight for justice turned into a war on freedom of speech in Western society 00:01 – November 16 “Whites are made scapegoats” How the fight against racism is splitting America and leading it to civil war? “. “However, we understand that Memorial Sunday in the museum, in the sense in which it is significant for different people, was not the moment for such an iteration,” the management said. According to eyewitnesses, museum visitors are disgusted

Chinese Alibaba Shares Down Nearly 11 percent in Hong Kong Trading on Nov.19 trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on November 19, according to data from the site. Papers fall against the background of the release of the company's quarterly reports, which reflected a serious decline in profits – by 87 percent to $ 524 million. At the same time, revenue increased by 29 percent, to 31.1 billion. According to the company's forecasts, annual revenue should grow by 20-23 percent, which is below analysts' forecasts.

Infectionist Voznesensky: the increase in the number of deaths due to COVID-19 will continue up to two weeks The increase in the number of deaths of patients with coronavirus in Russia may continue for another week or two, after which the mortality rate will begin to decline. Such terms were named by Sergey Voznesensky, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the RUDN University, he is quoted by TASS. “The saddest thing in this situation, which we now see, 90% of new cases of the disease are regions, and there are equipment worse, the logistics of patients is much more problematic, “he said. The medic added that population density and different equipment of medical institutions in Russian regions can affect mortality from COVID-19. Earlier Doctor of Medical Sciences Vladislav Zhemchugov linked the high mortality rate of patients with COVID-19 with delayed treatment. He explained

Borrell: Russia's testing of anti-satellite weapons is an act of irresponsible behavior weapons. His words are reported by TASS. The European Union called such tests a clear act of irresponsible behavior in outer space. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the tests of the rocket in space on November 16. The inoperative Tselina-D spacecraft, which had been in orbit since 1982, was struck. The Ministry of Defense assured that the satellite wreckage does not pose a threat to the International Space Station and other satellites. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed the tests, announcing the “jewelry” defeat of the old satellite. NATO later called testing a reckless act, which is evidence of the development of new weapons systems in Russia.