The United States announced a “significant” number of Russian military at the border of Ukraine

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Golikova urged to celebrate the New Year in COVID-free mode

Russian regions should increase the pace of vaccination against coronavirus before the New Year holidays, said Deputy Prime Minister and head of the operational headquarters for combating COVID Tatyana Golikova. “What is especially important, holidays should not lead to a new round of morbidity in Of Russia: it is mandatory to comply with restrictive measures and conduct COVID-free events,” she said. According to Golikova, the situation with coronavirus worsened in ten regions during the week: Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg, Ryazan, Tambov and Chelyabinsk regions, Altai, Bashkiria, Dagestan, and Chuvashia. In three subjects — Belgorod and Kaliningrad regions and Karachay-Cherkessia — improvement is observed. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the only region that has achieved collective immunity remains Sevastopol, where this figure is 88.7%. Collective immunity is the formation of a stratum of the population with immunity to the disease, sufficient for the further spread of infection to stop. According to

Poroshenko left Ukraine after trying to hand him a summons for interrogation

Former President of Ukraine, leader of the European Solidarity Party Petro Poroshenko went on a & nbsp; diplomatic visit to & nbsp; Turkey and & nbsp; Poland, the press service of the political force in & nbsp; Facebook. The politician's departure for the & nbsp; border took place on the & nbsp; that & nbsp; day when the investigators of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) of the country tried to hand him a summons for & nbsp; interrogation in & nbsp; a criminal case on & nbsp; illegal coal supplies from & nbsp; self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk people & nbsp; The & nbsp; video published by the department shows that & nbsp; Poroshenko ignored the bureau's employees and & nbsp; drove off in & nbsp; a car. The European Solidarity statement said that it was a pre-planned diplomatic tour. On December 18 and & nbsp; 19 &

The quieted Don: what will happen to the Open Skies Treaty after December 18

Russia finally withdrew from the & nbsp; Treaty on & nbsp; Open Skies (DON) & nbsp; & mdash; From & nbsp; 18 & nbsp; December, it will no longer & nbsp; be able to make observation flights over & nbsp; the territory of the & nbsp; NATO allies. Nevertheless & nbsp; less this will not & nbsp; prevent her & nbsp; from receiving information about & nbsp; their & nbsp; military facilities & nbsp; & mdash; for & nbsp; this Moscow has satellites. The key question in & nbsp; is, will the Republic of Belarus (RB), which worked in the & nbsp; document with & nbsp; Russia, remain in & nbsp; as part of a group of states. As Izvestia was told in the & nbsp; Permanent Mission of the & nbsp; RB at the & nbsp; OSCE, Minsk will make a decision on & nbsp; membership in the &