Lavrov spoke about US attempts to undermine cooperation between Russia and India

Foreign Minister Lavrov: The US tried to force India to follow orders and prevent the purchase of S-400 The US tried to undermine cooperation between Russia and India and prevent the transaction for the purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM). The head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Sergei Lavrov spoke about the attempts of the American side, RIA Novosti reports. According to the diplomat, Washington hoped to force New Delhi to follow orders. However, India has proven itself to be a sovereign country capable of independently deciding with whom to enter into arms deals. Lavrov noted that Russian-Indian relations have the character of a privileged strategic partnership. Earlier, during a meeting of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission on military and military-technical cooperation in New Delhi, Russia and India signed a number of agreements, contracts and protocols related to small arms and military cooperation. Indian Defense Minister

Usyk spoke about the difficulties in organizing the fight with Joshua in Kiev

Ukrainian boxer Alexander Usyk: promoters will prefer to fight Joshua at Wembley Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Alexander Usyk admitted that he doubted in the fact that he will be able to hold a duel with Briton Anthony Joshua in Kiev at the stadium “Olympic”. He spoke about this during a meeting with fans. The 34-year-old Ukrainian noted that for promoters and managers, professional boxing is just a business. “If they have a choice between Olympic and Wembley, they will prefer the latter. You can simply sell more tickets there. For pounds, not hryvnia, “Usik is convinced. However, the Ukrainian boxer and world heavyweight champion does not exclude that he will still play the fight on the territory of Ukraine. Usyk emphasized that in this case, it will not be a question of an eminent opponent. “Such a fight needs to be organized by ourselves,” he said. Usyk announced his desire to

Usyk spoke about the difficulties in organizing the fight with Joshua in Kiev

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk: promoters will prefer to fight Joshua at Wembley Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk admitted in the fact that he will be able to hold a duel with Briton Anthony Joshua in Kiev at the stadium “Olympic”. He spoke about this during a meeting with fans. The 34-year-old Ukrainian noted that for promoters and managers, professional boxing is just a business. “If they have a choice between Olympic and Wembley, they will prefer the latter. You can simply sell more tickets there. For pounds, not hryvnia, “Usik is convinced. However, the Ukrainian boxer and world heavyweight champion does not exclude that he will still play the fight on the territory of Ukraine. Usyk emphasized that in this case, it will not be a question of an eminent opponent. “Such a fight needs to be organized by ourselves,” he said. Usyk announced his desire to hold a second

TNT commented on rumors about the dismissal of Utyasheva

TNT press service denied “the fact of alleged dismissal” Laysan Utyasheva from the project “Dances” with “Lenta.ru” rumors about the dismissal of TV presenter Lyaysan Utyasheva after the sports scandal associated with her statements about the victory of the Israeli gymnast Lina Ashram at the Olympics. The channel's representative denied the information spread through Telegram channels and a number of media outlets. “The channel denies this information,” a TNT representative replied to a corresponding request from “Lenta.ru”, specifying that he denies “the fact of alleged dismissal.” Rumors that Utyasheva was fired from the “Dances” project, which she has been leading since 2014, appeared earlier in December. According to the Telegram-channel “NeMalakhov”, the reason for this decision was allegedly a scandal that occurred because of Utyasheva's statements about the Olympics. In addition, the Telegram channel “Mediavoiny” has information that Utyasheva will be fired for the next season of the project. According

TNT commented on rumors about the dismissal of Utyasheva

TNT press service denied “the fact of alleged dismissal” Laysan Utyasheva from the project “Dances” with “Lenta.ru” rumors about the dismissal of TV presenter Lyaysan Utyasheva after the sports scandal associated with her statements about the victory of the Israeli gymnast Lina Ashram at the Olympics. The channel's representative denied the information spread through Telegram channels and a number of media outlets. “The channel denies this information,” a TNT representative replied to a corresponding request from “Lenta.ru”, specifying that he denies “the fact of alleged dismissal.” Rumors that Utyasheva was fired from the “Dances” project, which she has been leading since 2014, appeared earlier in December. According to the Telegram-channel “NeMalakhov”, the reason for this decision was allegedly a scandal that occurred because of Utyasheva's statements about the Olympics. In addition, the Telegram channel “Mediavoiny” has information that Utyasheva will be fired for the next season of the project. According

Virologist questioned the end of the COVID-19 pandemic after the omicron

Virologist Chepurnov said there was no guarantee that the COVID-19 pandemic would end on the omicron and translational medicine Alexander Chepurnov doubted in a conversation with Lenta.ru that omicron would become the last strain of COVID-19, after which the end of the pandemic would come. “I do not see any guarantees in this regard yet. If you strain your memory a little, a certain American scientist declared that delta is everything, it is the most perfect machine, you can't think of anything stronger, it spreads the fastest, captured everything, and so on, so everything will now adapt and everything will end there, as you can see. he was wrong, now the omicron has appeared, “Chepurnov noted. According to the virologist, it is still difficult to say whether the omicron will become the last strain, since it is not clear how it behaves with vaccinated people. “There are strong suspicions that

The Central Bank revoked the license from the insurance company

The Central Bank revoked the license from VSK-Mercy excluding voluntary life insurance. The corresponding order appeared on the website of the Central Bank. According to the regulator, the company abandoned its licensed activities. VSK-Mercy was registered on February 1, 2005. Earlier, the Bank of Russia revoked the insurance license from PJSC ASKO-Insurance. According to the Central Bank, the company violated the minimum the value of the normative ratio of equity (capital) and assumed obligations. In 2017, she entered the Moscow Stock Exchange. ASKO-Insurance worked in 35 regions of Russia. The functions of the temporary administration there will be performed by the Deposit Insurance Agency. Earlier it was reported that by October 2022 almost 30 banks may disappear in Russia. The market may lose eight percent of credit institutions due to reduced profits amid changes in the lending market. Over the past year, 45 banks ceased operations.