Day: December 2, 2021

PCT: Russians' demand for travel will decrease due to the shortening of the validity period of PCR tests tests from 72 to 48 hours may reduce the demand for domestic travel. The press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (PCT) Irina Tyurina told Interfax about this. According to her, the statement of Rospotrebnadzor directly affects the interests of tourists, since PCR tests are needed in many regions to check into hotels and when visiting public places. “According to tour operators, reports of the emergence of a new strain have already negatively affected the activity on both outbound and domestic routes. And the statement of Rospotrebnadzor about PCR tests can slow down demand even more, especially since Popova (Anna Popova, chief sanitary doctor of Russia – comment of “Lenta.ru” ) recommended that Russians stay at home on New Year's, – predicted the press secretary of the PCT. Tyurina believes

RBC: Krasnodar, Omsk and Volgograd overtook Moscow in terms of growth rates for new buildings rise in prices for new buildings. The corresponding conclusions are presented in the review by CIAN.Analytika, RBC reports. Krasnodar took the first place in the rating of cities with the fastest growth in prices for new buildings. Since November 2019, the price per square meter in the primary market has grown 2.5 times – from 50.8 thousand to 125.7 thousand rubles. Omsk took the second place. A square meter in a new building in a Siberian city will cost 79.4 thousand rubles, which is two times more expensive compared to November 2019, when a “square” cost 39.8 thousand rubles. In Volgograd, prices for new buildings increased by 63 percent – from 45.3 thousand to 73.9 thousand rubles per square meter. Rostov-on-Don took the fourth place in the ranking with an increase in cost by 59

OSCE Chairman Linde: the conflict in Ukraine has become a serious challenge for Europe Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). This was stated by the OSCE Chairperson and Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Linde. RIA Novosti reports her words. “The conflict brings suffering to the population living on both sides of the contact line. The growth of tensions inside and around Ukraine, which we have observed this year, inspires deep concern, “Linde said at the opening of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OSCE member states. She also noted that the military crisis in eastern Ukraine became a serious challenge for Europe. According to her, today there is no progress in achieving a sustainable political settlement with respect for territorial integrity and internationally recognized borders. Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Russia is not only preparing a large-scale operation against Ukraine, but is also trying

Kuleba: Kiev and Washington are developing a comprehensive package to contain the Russian Federation Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba announced on Twitter that Together with Washington, it is developing a package of measures to contain Russia. “Friendly meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Stockholm. We are working on the development of a comprehensive package of deterring the Russian Federation from further aggressive actions, including tough economic sanctions. We reaffirmed the importance of a strong strategic partnership between Ukraine and the United States, “the Foreign Minister wrote. Earlier, Kuleba said that NATO countries are ready to expand cooperation with Kiev in the military-technical sphere. According to him, at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of foreign ministers, he very clearly heard the answer to his call to send Russia a signal that any wave of armed aggression against Ukraine would become an “unbearable burden”

Doctor Malyshev on the new rules for medical removal from vaccinations: if the population is better off this way, it’s not bad in a conversation with Lenta.ru, he assessed the new rules for obtaining a medical exemption from vaccination against COVID-19. “If the population is doing better, then it’s not bad. People have all the indicators in electronic cards, and so it is. It's just that some bureaucratic stages are sublimated, and, so to speak, they are excluded, “Malyshev said. Earlier, the Moscow Health Department simplified the rules for obtaining a medical record from vaccination against coronavirus. From December 2, those who have a Moscow compulsory medical insurance policy or are attached to the capital's polyclinic can receive it through State Services. A similar procedure should work in other regions from February 2022.

Head of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Khasbulatov: it was impossible to turn the USSR into a democratic state “Moscow speaks” stated that the preservation of the USSR and its transformation into a democratic state were impossible. This is how he responded to the words of Andrei Grachev, the representative of the President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, who stated in his book “The Last Day of the USSR” (Le jour ou l'URSS a disparu) that the Soviet authorities had a chance to preserve the Union in a more democratic version. “Gorbachev himself did not agree with this point of view. (…) Gorbachev himself led to the fact that in fact there was a complete discord already. In Belovezhskaya Pushcha, the last blow was struck at the fragile, virtually nonexistent state, “Khasbulatov said. The head of the Supreme Soviet called Gorbachev a broken man who made no attempts to