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Day: December 23, 2021
Big press conference of Vladimir Putin (video broadcast)
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About Vyatka kvass and “when will you get married?”: 7 most unusual questions at Putin's press conference
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The IC in Moscow began checking after Artemy Lebedev’s post about the relics of saints and Lenin
“Media information about a possible violation of the right to freedom of conscience and religion in Telegram is being checked. According to the available data, a statement about the holy relics was published in obscene terms on Lebedev’s page,” the agency interlocutor said. The source clarified that the check qualifies under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Violation of the right to freedom of conscience and religion”). Earlier, Lebedev spoke in his Telegram channel about the relics of saints, Lenin’s Mausoleum and expressed bewilderment, “why corpses are lying on display in mausoleums,” and so many people want to visit such places and venerate the relics.
The FSSP equated the silence of collectors in the tube to psychological pressure
A representative of the National Association of Professional Collection Agencies (NAPCA) said that since the adoption of the basic law on collection in 2016, the FSPP has never given interpretations of certain norms. As noted in the FSSP document, until June 2021, cases of violations in debt collection were considered only by the courts. Since the bailiffs received new powers this year, the service decided to make the practice of reviewing cases more uniform and convey this to employees in the regions. RBC sent a request to the FSSP. What are the recommendations to collectors and debtors. From July 1 , 2021 in Russia has tightened the rules of interaction of claimants with persons somehow related to debtors — relatives, roommates or, for example, neighbors. It is possible to contact a third party only if two conditions are met simultaneously — there is a written consent to this from the debtor,
The State Duma appreciated the benefits of the long New Year holidays
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Hundreds of thousands of women will be put on military registration in Ukraine
According to the & nbsp; Ukrainian edition, the list contains 35 professional areas, each of which & nbsp; represents dozens of separate specialties of economic activity. So, the list of professional areas includes public catering, law, economics, publishing, printing and & nbsp; others. For & nbsp; evasion of & nbsp; military registration provides for administrative responsibility. Employers in the & nbsp; listed areas, which will not & nbsp; control whether employees have documents on & nbsp; accounting, will expect a fine of & nbsp; 5.1 thousand to & nbsp; 8.5 thousand hryvnia (from & nbsp; 187 to & nbsp; 312 dollars). Earlier, the Defense Express agency, referring to & nbsp; published by FlightGlobal, a reference book on & nbsp; military aviation of the countries of the world World Air Forces 2022, disclosed the number of combat aircraft and & nbsp; helicopters at the disposal of Ukraine. According to the published
Virologist called “Omicron” a signal for the end of the pandemic
“Perhaps Omicron is the last strain and a signal for the end of the pandemic. It is extremely contagious, but not deadly. It is likely that the mechanism will work, and the antibodies obtained with its help will help both vaccines and the immunity of those who have been ill. It seems that nature itself created such an opportunity to end the pandemic,” the expert admitted. He also agreed with the hypothesis that Omicron could act as a natural vaccine against more severe strains. According to the virologist, this is due to the property of interference of viruses: a mutant strain with the help of a system of interferon proteins suppresses precursors, pushes them out. Even more interesting things about science and technology
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Landsbergis called on NATO to reject Russian security guarantees
“We & nbsp; do not & nbsp; think that & nbsp; any negotiations should begin on & nbsp; what was proposed by Russia & nbsp; ;, & nbsp; & mdash; said the diplomat. According to & nbsp; he said, & nbsp; in the light of Moscow's demands, there are no & nbsp; talks on & nbsp; about the withdrawal of the alliance's military base from the territory of Lithuania. He noted & nbsp; that & nbsp; the situation in the & nbsp; region is not & nbsp; conducive to the & nbsp; withdrawal of NATO military from & nbsp; the territory of western Europe, but, on the contrary, requires an increase in the contingent of the alliance. On December 17, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published the draft agreement between Russia and & nbsp ; USA on & nbsp; security guarantees and & nbsp; agreements on & nbsp; security
Tricky code: scammers have learned to bypass SMS confirmation of operations
Scammers have learned to bypass two-factor authentication (by SMS code) to confirm payments on the Internet. This is done by simultaneously conducting a fake operation on a phishing site, stylized as a CTP payment, and a real money transfer initiated by an attacker. Kaspersky Lab told Izvestia about such a scheme, and its distribution was confirmed by other cybersecurity companies and banks. Russians are already used to the fact that you can not call the code from SMS on the phone, but when you enter it on the site, they show less vigilance. Two-factor deception The scheme of deception begins with the fact that a citizen is sent a message with a proposal to extend the CTP: it contains information about the car, including the license plate number, and when clicking on the link, the amount of insurance and another link for payment are shown, said Alexey Marchenko, head of