High school students in Russia will be taught financial literacy

“In cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Education, the introduction of financial literacy in educational programs will continue. It is planned to consolidate the teaching of elements of financial literacy within the framework of existing academic disciplines for grades 10-11 (from 2022 it is already mandatory in grades 1-9),” the website of the Ministry of Finance reports. Other priorities for the development of financial literacy include digitalization of educational products, expanding the reach and increasing the involvement of target audiences, as well as ensuring the safety of consumers of financial services. “Financial and investment literacy has entered the Financial market development strategy until 2030. So our horizon is exactly the year 2030. For all of us, this is an absolute achievement – recognition that financial literacy is the most important component of the country’s economic success,” the press service of Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov

Russians named the most useless gifts for the New Year

Thus, 6% of the survey participants identified souvenirs and figurines among the most unnecessary gifts, 3% – kitchen utensils, cutlery, 2% each — socks, trinkets, sweets, sweets and chocolate. At the same time, about 7% of citizens called all gifts received for the New Year useless. However, 71% of respondents noted that they had never received unnecessary gifts. 27% admitted that they received. “Almost never give gifts received for the New Year, 88% of Russians, every tenth respondent sometimes gave gifts received for the New Year (10%). Women do this twice as often (13%) than men (6%),” the report says. The survey was conducted on December 25 among 1,600 adult citizens of Russia. New Year’s sale: discounts up to – 60%

The ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey will be connected to the sea after 2.5 thousand years

Ancient city of Ephesus to reunite with Aegean after 2,500 yearshttps://t.co/44xcdcrktX — DAILY SABAH (@DailySabah) December 25, 2021 The Turkish authorities decided to return the historical traditional appearance of the ancient ancient city of Ephesus, located in the modern province of Izmir. About 2500 years ago it was a port city, but due to landslides, earthquakes and shallowing of the harbor, it is now 9-10 kilometers from the water. A new two-stage landscape reconstruction project will help connect Ephesus with the sea after more than two millennia. According to the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli, the first stage of the project includes the reconstruction of the harbor, the construction of a new canal, as well as the creation of a system of piers and breakwaters. The second stage of the project is the reconstruction of the historical territory from the Izmir-Kusadasi highway to the port of Ephesus. According

Putin proposed to change the law on citizenship

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Schwarzenegger became a bachelor after ten years of divorce proceedings

The final decision of the judge was preceded by ten and a half years of divorce proceedings. Such a long period was explained by the fact that the spouses “lacked motivation”, as well as the settlement of disputes about the division of property. At the same time, on December 27, Shriver stated that she did not rule out the possibility of preserving the marriage. Arnold Schwarzenegger married TV journalist Maria Shriver, who was the niece of US President John F. Kennedy, in 1986. They had four children in their marriage. Shriver filed for divorce in July 2011, although by that time she and her husband had not lived together for several months. The reason for the breakdown of family relations, as it turned out later, was the actor’s having an affair on the side and an illegitimate child. Even more interesting things about people

Russians are not as afraid of coronavirus as protection from it

The main source of anxiety in 2021 is expected to be the coronavirus pandemic and everything related to it: from the appearance of new strains to uncertainty with vacation, the authors of the study state. But if in 2020 Russians were primarily concerned about the risk of infection with the “crown”, then in the outgoing year, the fear of introducing a QR-code system for admission to public places unconditionally came out on top. This phobia occupies a leading position in 70 regions at once, and in another 12 subjects it is in the top 3 fears. And only in the most “imperturbable” republics — Dagestan and Ingushetia, as well as in Chukotka, “QR panic” gives way to other worries. This is followed by vaccination against COVID-19, which is one of the top three fears in 68 regions, and the fear of the virus itself (46 subjects). The conditional rating is

USA and EU condemn the liquidation of Memorial in Russia

The United States and the European Union condemned the liquidation of the international human rights organization Memorial; (recognized in & nbsp; Russia as an NGO-foreign agent). State Department spokesman Ned Price and head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell made this statement. With this, Price urged the Kremlin to “stop persecuting human rights defenders.” on & nbsp; freedom of expression, association and & nbsp; peaceful assembly & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; quotes a spokesman for the State Department Reuters. In his & nbsp; Twitter account, the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell expressed the opinion that & nbsp; “ Memorial '' plays an important role in & nbsp; preserving the memory of & nbsp; political repression and & nbsp; about & nbsp; violations of human rights. Borrell also noted: the ability to critically assess one's past is necessary “ for & nbsp; healthy development and & nbsp; progress of any

Borrell called Russia's demand not to expand NATO eastward unacceptable

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US military abandoned aircraft carrier in Mediterranean over Ukraine

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