Day: December 27, 2021

“A rare vampire orchid from South America, the sinister and beautiful Dracula bloomed at the largest festival of orchids, carnivorous plants and cacti “Tropical Winter” in the botanical garden of the Moscow State University “Aptekarsky Vegetable Garden,” the message says. The press service clarified that in nature this species grows in the tropical misty forests of Colombia and Ecuador at an altitude of 1.3 – 2.1 thousand meters. “The scientific name of the genus Dracula means “little dragon”. The Gothic plant is of great collectible value for orchid hunters from all over the world, and its flowers resemble the muzzle of a monkey. Aptekarsky Ogorod presents the largest in Russia has a collection of dramatic Draculas,” the article notes. Earlier it was reported that the Tropical Winter festival opened in the botanical garden, within which until the spring of 2022 visitors will be able to see more than a thousand orchids

“It is already difficult for people, and it is necessary to treat people’s problems related to the epidemic as delicately as possible. The pressure from some bureaucrats increased up to the point of saying that fines should be imposed, that it is necessary to vaccinate forcibly, we are against it,” he said at a press conference in TASS on Monday. According to Fadeev, it is necessary to encourage people to be vaccinated not with the help of fines. It is necessary to explain, persuade, work with people in a human way.Valery Fadeev He also noted that PCR tests and antibody tests should be extremely cheap or free. “An urgent PCR test costs 4 thousand rubles — this is quite a lot of money. I believe that a system should be deployed when citizens can either do a PCR test for free or very cheaply, as well as an analysis for

The regions are the leaders in the number of new cases of infection: Moscow — 2239; St. Petersburg – 1834; Moscow region — 1616; Sverdlovsk region — 554; Irkutsk region — 537. Per day in 937 cases died in Russia — 3.2% less than yesterday (968). The total number of deaths reached 305,155. 33,715 people recovered during the day, a total of 9,293,486. Regions-leaders in the number of deaths: Moscow – 68; Saint Petersburg — 60; Moscow region — 52; Krasnoyarsk Territory — 39; Voronezh region — 38; Sverdlovsk region — 30. As of December 24, the level of collective immunity in Russia has reached 60.4%. In November, a new strain of coronavirus called “omicron” began to spread in the world. In Russia, more than 40 cases of infection with this strain have been identified. Scientists believe that with omicron, the probability of a severe course of the disease and hospitalization is

“Most often, Russians are annoyed by noise on New Year’s Eve: 19% of respondents admitted that explosions of firecrackers and festive fireworks cause them exclusively negative emotions, and this is 3 percentage points more than last year,” analysts found out. In addition, 10% of compatriots are dissatisfied with the abundance of alcohol and drunk people around, another 7% are dissatisfied with the television program. Lack of sleep due to night walks unnerves 3% of respondents. 2% of respondents admitted that they are annoyed by their own loneliness, which is felt especially acutely on New Year’s Eve, and the general obsession with celebrating. Another 2% are upset that the holiday is going too fast. For 23%, the main factors of discontent in the New Year are extra money, poorly functioning cellular communication, too much food, a mountain of dirty dishes in the kitchen, expensive taxi services, the need to work, endless

On December 27, at 21:20, the premiere of the new season of the popularly beloved TV series “Matchmakers” will take place on the Rossiya TV channel. The Budko couple (Fyodor Dobronravov and Tatiana Kravchenko) and Kovalev-Berkovichi (Lyudmila Artemyeva and Alexander Feklistov) will go on vacation to Belarus, which will result in a loud international scandal, and a harmless trip to Georgia will turn into a series of incredible events. In addition, the audience is waiting for an interesting turn in the personal life of the eldest beloved granddaughter of matchmakers Zhenya (Anna Koshmal), who grew up and got married. The new season of “Matchmakers” will feature new characters performed by Viktor Dobronravov, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Mikhail Trukhin, Jemal Tetruashvili and Olga Medynich.