Day: December 7, 2021

The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov said that the country does not need American soldiers American soldiers to defend their country. He told about this in an interview with CNN, RIA Novosti reports. “We do not need American soldiers, we will fight for ourselves,” he denied. Reznikov added that for this Kiev needs “weapons and the like.” On December 5, Reznikov asked the military from England, the United States and Canada to protect the integrity of the state in the event of aggression from Russia. They, according to Reznikov, should be quartered in those regions of the country that “can become positions on the front line in the event of a large-scale attack by Russia.” of the Ukrainian army to the conflict zone in Donbass. She noted that, according to some information, the number of Ukrainian troops in the conflict zone has already reached 125 thousand

The Chinese Embassy called the US decision to boycott the Beijing Olympics political manipulation in Beijing, announced by the US, Reuters reports. The embassy called the US decision to boycott the Olympic Games political manipulation and “a serious distortion of the spirit of the Olympic Charter.” The ministry added that the statement of the American side is a “pretentious act.” In his opinion, the boycott of the Olympics serves as a moral and psychological measure of influence on the PRC. The expert recalled that international sports competitions have repeatedly become an arena where states “measured the size of their ideological ambitions.” However, these measures will not affect the athletes themselves. The diplomatic boycott assumes that officials refuse to travel to the Games. The Beijing Winter Olympics will be held from 4 to 20 February 2022. The Paralympics are scheduled for March 4-13.

The film of the Russian director Kira Kovalenko “Unclenching his fists” will compete for the “Oscar” in the list of contenders for the Oscar, the organizers said, writes RIA Novosti. In the Best Foreign Feature Film category, the Russian film will compete with Bad Roads by Ukrainian director Natalya Vorozhbit, “Two Thousand Songs Farids ”(Elkin Tuychiev, Uzbekistan),“ Shambhala ”directed by Artykpay Suyundukov from Kyrgyzstan and the Kazakh film“ Yellow Cat ”directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov. In total, 93 countries submitted applications for participation in the competition. The newcomer to this category is Somalia, which announced its film for the first time. According to the Oscar rules, films longer than 40 minutes can compete for the Best Foreign Feature Film nomination. They must be produced outside the United States and have over 50 percent of the dialogues in non-English languages. Previously, film critics stated that “the film will have an impact on

Canadian Foreign Ministry spokesman Chartran: authorities are thinking about boycotting the Olympics in China Olympics in China after the US announced it. He told TASS about this. “We were notified of the US decision. We will continue to discuss this issue with our partners and allies, ”she said, adding that Canada remains deeply concerned about alarming reports of human rights violations in China. Previously, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) commented US decision to declare a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The organization stressed that the presence of officials and diplomats is a purely political decision of each government, and the IOC, being politically neutral, recognizes this right. On December 6, the press secretary of the US President Jen Psaki confirmed that the American leadership did not will go to the Olympics in China. According to her, American athletes themselves will be able to decide whether to participate in

Space tourists from Japan Hirano and Maezawa will paint a picture for the first time with brushes on the ISS canvas in a special box, as well as fix the mixing of paints and water in zero gravity, Izvestia writes. On Wednesday, December 8, two Japanese space tourists, businessman Yusaku Maezawa and producer Yozo Hirano, will go into space on the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft. The crew will also include Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. They are expected to spend 12 days in space, do a series of experiments and return to Earth on Monday, December 20. According to Space Adventures project manager Denis Shapiro, Maezawa is fond of collecting paintings, so he plans to paint in space picture. “He will have a special box, which is necessary so that the watercolors from the tubes do not scatter in zero gravity,” the expert explained. The plot of the work is still unknown.

Russian Consul General in Houston Zakharov: there are positive trends with the United States in issuing visas to diplomats Russian Consul General in Houston Alexander Zakharov said positive shifts have appeared in negotiations with the United States on issuing visas to diplomats. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti. “I would like to say that positive trends have been outlined in the last month. Thanks to the talks with the participation of the Russian Foreign Ministry – you are aware that a bilateral dialogue is under way in Vienna – there have been some positive shifts, ”the Consul General said. Zakharov expressed hope that the dialogue would lead to more significant and significant results … According to him, the employees of the Consulate General in Houstne have a large volume of tasks associated with the departure of many diplomats. The Consul General explained that currently work is underway with 13