Day: December 6, 2021

VTsIOM: every fifth Russian associates the USSR with stability and faith in a bright future Russians have listed the main associations with the Soviet Union. Every fifth inhabitant has positive memories of this period, the VTsIOM poll showed. So, 21 percent of Russians said that they associate the USSR with such concepts as belief in a bright future, stability, calmness or confidence in tomorrow. More often than others, servicemen and people with higher education, as well as Russians 45-59 years old (28 percent) and over 60 years old (23 percent) spoke about this. 11 percent associate the USSR with their own childhood and adolescence, or with the youth of the parents. These answers are more popular among older and middle-aged people, and are more common among women than among men. Only 1 percent of Russians associate the USSR with repressions and the GULAG, and 5 percent with deficits and queues.

US Secretary of State Blinken: the threat to Ukraine from Russia is very serious serious. ” His words are reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the State Department. “It is very serious, because what we observed is the concentration of significant forces near the border with Ukraine. We have seen efforts to destabilize within Ukraine, a propaganda campaign against Ukraine in social networks, which has increased by about ten times in scale, “he stressed. He added that Washington is striving for” stable, predictable ” relations with Moscow, however, in the event of aggression towards Ukraine, Russia will face certain consequences. “I hope this will affect the calculations of President Putin and Russia will choose a different course,” said the Secretary of State. Blinken also recalled that the United States witnessed the “invasion of Russian forces” into Ukraine in 2014. Earlier in November, Blinken warned that Russia

Ischinger: Ukraine should follow the example of Finland in the issue of relations with NATO with Ukraine, follow the example of Finland, which is part of the European Union (EU), but is not a member of the alliance. He expressed this opinion in an interview with Handelsblatt. The German diplomat said that Russia has long feared that the US intends to enter Ukraine into NATO. However, Ischinger emphasized, “for Russia this is a red line.” At the same time, Ischinger noted that it is now impossible to say with certainty that Ukraine will never join NATO. He stressed that he does not yet believe in the alleged “upcoming Russian invasion of Ukraine, which some fear.” The diplomat believes that the new government of Germany should promote the development of a dialogue, on the one hand, between the European Union and NATO, and on the other hand, with Moscow. Earlier, Minister

President Putin: Sputnik V vaccine is one of the most effective and safest Russian President Vladimir Putin named the Russian vaccine Sputnik V »One of the most efficient in the world. He stated this during a video link with the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Francesco Rocca, RIA Novosti reports. Millions of people who have received the vaccine, and the analysis of the information received suggests that that the Russian vaccine is one of the most effective in terms of protection against COVID-19 and safe, bearing in mind almost the absence of any consequences Vladimir PutinPresident of the Russian Federation Putin also expressed hope that the IFRC will contribute to the promotion of Sputnik V in the world, including at the level of the World Health Organization (WHO). This will open the door to wider distribution of the vaccine, the Russian leader