Day: December 3, 2021

Military expert Litovkin: the upgraded Chrysanthemum will become invisible to the enemy “. Dmitry Litovkin, editor-in-chief of Nezavisimo Voenniy Obozreniye, called TASS the advantages of improved ammunition. Litovkin noted that the upgraded warhead would increase the missile's ability to hit equipment protected by screens. According to him, the speed of the rocket can also become higher, which will increase the efficiency of overcoming active protection means. “The most important thing is that the complex fires a supersonic missile, which short-range air defense systems, as a rule, do not even see.” , – said Litovkin. The expert added that the use of a rocket in helicopters will allow attacking enemy air defenses while staying out of the affected area. The military expert also noted the Chrysanthemum's resistance to the effects of electronic warfare. Previously, the representative The Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau (KBM, part of the High-Precision Complexes holding of the Rostec

Currency market strategist Popov: Lira lost 29% against the dollar in November The ruble is in seventh place, Yuri Popov, a strategist on the markets of currencies and interest rates at SberCIB Investment Research, calculated, RIA Novosti reports. Lira was named the worst currency, since it lost 29 percent against the dollar. The ruble has fallen in price by four percent in a month. Most other developing and developed country currencies fell 1-3 percent against the dollar. For example, the euro lost two percent, the British pound three percent. According to Popov, two factors contributed to the weakening of the ruble: geopolitical tensions and the strengthening of the dollar due to expectations of a tightening of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve System (FRS) USA. Also, news about the spread of a new strain of coronavirus had a negative effect on the ruble. In December, the expert expects the national

Deputy Prime Minister Golikova: the level of herd immunity in Russia is 53.7 percent The level of herd immunity in Russia is 53.7 percent … This proportion of the immune was named by the country's Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, RIA Novosti reports her words.

Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation: kidnappers of two men were detained in Volzhsky and demanded a ransom of 28 million rubles two kidnappers who demanded a ransom of 28 million rubles from the victims for their release. On Friday, December 3, the regional department of the Investigative Committee of Russia reported to Lente.ru. According to the investigation, the attackers kidnapped two men from Volgograd by deception, took away their phones and brought them to one of the hotels to Volzhsky. There they beat the hostages and demanded a ransom of 28 million rubles from them. A criminal case was initiated against the abductors under Articles 163 (“Extortion”) and 126 (“Abduction of a person from mercenary motives”) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Currently, the issue of choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention is being decided.