Day: November 26, 2021

Analyst Kochetkov: Kiev will have to turn to Russia for help without money from the West Ukraine will have to turn to Russia for help termination of funding from the West. Analyst Alexander Kochetkov wrote about this in his article for the publication Glavred. Kochetkov, commenting on the upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American leader Joe Biden, said that Putin could demand that Washington force Kiev to comply with the Minsk agreements … He stressed that Moscow would not even need to look for any special proposal for the United States to do this. According to him, Ukraine itself is “slowly slipping” towards Russia. The analyst also noted that soon European countries and the United States will stop allocating funds to Kiev and then the only country with money that wants to deal with Ukraine in in exchange for the fulfillment of political conditions, Moscow will remain.

Governor Beglov: 80% of the population should be vaccinated in St. Petersburg by January 15 Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov announced plans vaccinate 80% of the population. He stated this on the air of the TV channel “78”. According to Beglov, 67 percent of residents are vaccinated in the city now, and according to the standards of the Ministry of Health for herd immunity, 80 percent should be vaccinated. “To be realistic, we plan to do this by January 15,” the politician said. He also added that the autumn wave of coronavirus in St. Petersburg was stabilized, the process of returning the beds of city hospitals from the “red zone” to planned work began. Earlier in St. Petersburg, it was announced that the entry into force of the decree providing introduction of QR codes for visiting restaurants and shopping centers at the end of December. The reasons were a

Izvestia: prices for smartphones in 2022 may grow by 17% Prices for smartphones in Russia in 2022 may rise by 15-17 percent. Izvestia writes about this. This forecast was given to the publication by Mikhail Dogadin, Vice President for Procurement and Development of Svyaznoy. At the same time, analysts from Mobile Research Group added, in the first quarter of next year, growth may amount to 10 percent. Experts associate the rise in prices for electronics with a shortage of components, as well as with global logistics problems. On November 25, it was reported that car prices would rise in 2022. At the same time, according to Maxim Kadakov, editor-in-chief of Za Rulem magazine, the situation will not change at least until the middle, and maybe until the end of 2022 due to a shortage of microchips and collapsed logistics. He noted that if next year prices remain at the level

The Israeli authorities are evaluating the possibility of stopping flights to South Africa .1.1.529 previously discovered. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the office of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. It is noted that Bennett held urgent consultations on this matter with the heads of the Ministry of Health and Civil Defense Services, after which he included the countries of this region on the list of banned for visiting by the Israelis, and also instructed to evaluate the possibility of ending flights with them. Earlier, the United Kingdom canceled flights with six African countries due to a new strain of coronavirus. From November 26, London will stop flights to Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa. On November 24, it became known that ten people were infected with the B.1.1.529 strain in South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong. British scientists have suggested that the new strain

WHO will study the impact of large numbers of COVID-19 B.1.1.529 mutations on vaccines The World Health Organization (WHO) is studying the impact a large number of mutations of the COVID-19 B.1.1.529 strain identified in South Africa for vaccines and diagnostics. This was stated by the head of the technical group of the WHO Emergency Diseases Unit, Maria Van Kerkhove, reports RIA Novosti. According to her, at the moment there are less than 100 complete genetic sequences of this option available. Maria Van Kerkhove stressed that researchers still do not know much about the new strain. However, she revealed that he has a large number of mutations. The WHO is concerned that such a number of mutations could affect how the disease behaves, the specialist added. She also noted that the effect of mutations in the B.1.1.529 strain on diagnostics, drugs and vaccines is being studied. Earlier it was reported