Day: November 30, 2021

The Caribbean state of Barbados officially became a republic on November 30 National Heroes' Square in Bridgetown, the Queen's standard was lowered. This was announced on Tuesday, November 30, TASS reports. The country's president-elect Sandra Mason, who was elected in October, took office, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain will no longer be the head of the Caribbean state. “I swear to be loyal to Barbados, in accordance with the law, I will serve Barbados honestly as president. God help me, “Mason said during her inaugural speech. The guest of the ceremony was the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles of Wales. Barbados has been a British colony since 1627 and gained independence in 1966 year. The head of state was considered the Queen of Great Britain, represented by the Governor General. Barbados is located in the Caribbean and has a population of about 300,000.

RBC: due to decarbonization in Russia by 2050, electricity will rise in price by 28 percent with carbon emissions, electricity will rise in price by 28 percent, analysts at VTB-Capital predicted. RBC writes about this with a link to the corresponding report. According to the forecast, the reduction of emissions by 2050 by 60 percent from the level of 2019 will require 102.7 trillion rubles. However, they warn, decarbonization will lead to higher prices for products within Russia for end consumers. The highest growth – by 28 percent – will show an increase in the cost of electricity, which will be necessary to cover investments. At the same time, analysts say, this estimate is generally in line with the strategy of the Ministry of Economic Development, which assumes the allocation of 88.8 trillion rubles. As the managing director of the rating service of the NRA Sergei Grishunin noted, it cannot

Tuvalu Coffee Minister urged Russia and the US to switch factories to renewable sources Minister of Foreign Affairs of the island state of Tuvalu (in Oceania) Simon Coffee, who recorded an appeal for the UN Climate Summit (Cop26), standing knee-deep in water, asked the leaders of the United States and Russia to take part in solving the problem of climate change. The politician shared his opinion in a conversation with “Lenta.ru”. The Minister urged to reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions that affect the climate. He noted that countries with developed heavy industry, including Russia and the United States, need not to completely close factories, but to transfer them to renewable energy sources. As an argument confirming the need for such actions, Coffee named natural disasters occurring in different parts of the world. “Natural disasters are happening more and more often. I think it is wrong to say that

RBC: retailers reported a rise in the price of Christmas trees up to 30% due to an increase in purchase prices by 30 percent, as well as real trees due to higher purchase prices and logistics costs. This is reported by RBC. The representative of the Auchan chain noted that the purchase prices for artificial spruce have increased by 20 percent this year. Co-owner of the retailer Maxidom Maria Evnevich, in turn, said that the rise in price is from 5 to 30 percent, depending on the manufacturer. Earlier in November, Russians were told the average cost of the most popular New Year's gifts on the eve of the holidays. So, Russians will have to spend 92 rubles per kilogram of sweets, the average cost of children's construction sets at the moment is about 1,300 rubles. At the same time, soft toys can be purchased for 730 rubles apiece, and

In Yalta, as a result of a storm, one ship sank and four were torn from the anchorage In Yalta, as a result of a storm, one ship sank and four sank from the anchorage. This was reported by the head of the city administration Yanina Pavlenko in her Telegram channel. According to her, ten cars were also damaged. In addition, three people were injured as a result of falling trees and were taken to hospitals. Another person was injured by an antenna blown off by the wind. Earlier it was reported that a storm warning was announced in Crimea on November 29 and 30. Due to the strong wind, about 56 thousand Crimeans were left without electricity. Local residents reported power outages in some areas of Simferopol, as well as in several surrounding villages. Due to bad weather, the work of boats in the Sevastopol Bay has been suspended.