USA assured Poland of readiness to defend it from Russian attack

According to & nbsp; information on the & nbsp; website of the White House, the parties exchanged views on & nbsp; building up the military power of Russia at & nbsp; and & nbsp; also reaffirmed the need for Allied unity in & nbsp; & nbsp; '' containment efforts. '' flank in & nbsp; defending their countries & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said in the & nbsp; message. According to article 5 of the NATO charter on & nbsp; “ collective defense '', an attack on & nbsp; one of the members of the alliance will be considered as an attack on & nbsp; all of its members. The aggravation in & nbsp; east of Ukraine has been going on since & nbsp; beginning of November, when several foreign media outlets reported on the & nbsp; build-up of Russian troops near & nbsp; Ukrainian borders. Later, in & nbsp;

In 2023, the procedure for identifying those in need of social support will be introduced

The Foundation will assess the situation of people in a & nbsp; difficult situation with & nbsp; taking into account the income and & nbsp; property of family members. The PFR will inform about the & nbsp; right to & nbsp; receiving benefits, who have passed all the parameters of citizens. According to the & nbsp; opinion of experts, such changes will increase the coverage of recipients of social support, reduce the time for & nbsp; needs assessment and & nbsp; promptly take into account changes in the financial situation of the family. Firefighters are looking for, the police are looking The draft resolution (available at the & nbsp; disposal of Izvestia), prepared by the Ministry of Labor, contains changes to the & nbsp; resolution dated & nbsp; 16 & nbsp; August this year “ On & nbsp; Unified State Information System of Social Security '' (EGISSO). The basic principle

Difficult case: Rosstat estimated the number of Russians with salaries at the minimum wage level and below

The main reason for such statistics is underemployment, the & nbsp; service explained. They added that & nbsp; violations of the law with & nbsp; wages are possible at & nbsp; 0.2% of & nbsp; these 2.5%. Not & nbsp; by & nbsp; full < p> In & nbsp; 2019, according to & nbsp; Rosstat data, the share of employees of large and & nbsp; medium-sized enterprises receiving wages below or at the & nbsp; level of the all-Russian minimum wage was 2.9%, or 775 thousand people. In & nbsp; 2021, this figure decreased to & nbsp; 2.5%, or 689.8 thousand workers (the study is carried out once every & nbsp; two years). In 2021, the minimum wage is equal to 12 792 rubles, and from 1 January 2022 will grow to 13,890 rubles. According to the Labor Code, the employee's salary for & nbsp; month in which he &

Sandu appreciated Moldova's chance to join the EU and maintain relations with Russia

Answering & nbsp; a question about & nbsp; how Russia will react to & nbsp; Moldova's steps towards & nbsp; & laquo; European integration; & nbsp; The fact that & nbsp; we & nbsp; want to move forward does not & nbsp; mean that & nbsp; we & nbsp; cannot & nbsp; have constructive and & nbsp; pragmatic relations with the & nbsp; Russian Federation. The President indicated that there are EU countries that support with Russia a good relationship. Sandu noted that she considers the dialogue between Moscow and Brussels to be important. According to the & nbsp; President of Moldova, she does not & nbsp; plan the republic's entry into & nbsp; NATO: & nbsp; Our constitution says that & nbsp; we & nbsp; a neutral country, its & nbsp; nobody & nbsp; ; changed. There are no such initiatives now. We & nbsp; do not & nbsp;

Klitschko demanded to deploy the territorial defense system of Kiev

It is noted that & nbsp; to & nbsp; to & nbsp; various scenarios of events, the Ukrainian capital is prompted to prepare ' ' . > & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; worst. We must have a clear plan of action in a & nbsp; critical situation, coordinated and & nbsp; actions of all services and & nbsp; structural units & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; Klitschko said. In addition, at the meeting it was noted that the system of territorial defense of Kiev as a whole should start working in the near future, and in January the city will host command-staff exercises. Reservists are being recruited now. Earlier on & nbsp; this day, the secretary of the Verkhovna Rada committee on & nbsp; issues of national security, defense and & nbsp; intelligence, a deputy from the & nbsp; party “ Voice ''

Bloomberg: the number of gas tankers heading from the USA to Europe has grown

According to & nbsp; the newspaper estimates, there are 20 tankers with & nbsp; American gas on the & nbsp; way to & nbsp; Europe. On the eve of Catholic Christmas (24 & nbsp; December), the number of tankers with & nbsp; liquefied natural gas from the US was 15 units. The publication notes that fuel shipments from the US to Europe could help reduce concerns about further increases in gas prices. < p> Earlier it became known that & nbsp; & nbsp; gas prices in & nbsp; Europe will remain high throughout the next year, in & nbsp; including & nbsp; summer months. “ Prices for & nbsp; forward contracts for & nbsp; last month have increased by more than than & nbsp; twice, and & nbsp; traders believe that & nbsp; unprecedented growth will continue until & nbsp; early 2023. Gas will be expensive even in & nbsp;

Biden signs defense budget without sanctions against Nord Stream 2

It is planned to spend $ 768 billion on defense. The spending on & nbsp; containment of Russia in & nbsp; Europe will amount to $ 4 billion. In addition to the sanctions against Nord Stream & nbsp; & mdash; 2 '', proposed by the Republicans, the budget did not & nbsp; got restrictive measures against 35 Russians, “ close '' to the & nbsp; Kremlin. The & nbsp; document also does not & nbsp; indicate sanctions against the sovereign debt of & nbsp; RF. $ 300 million will be allocated for military assistance to Ukraine, of which at least 75 million will be spent on lethal weapons. Previously, American senators Jean Shahin (Democrat from & nbsp ; State of New Hampshire) and & nbsp; Rob Portman (Republican from & nbsp; Ohio) stated that & nbsp; Biden needs to transfer anti-aircraft and anti-ship complexes to Ukraine. Dmitry Malov

Matvienko did not rule out an “amnesty” for foreign media agents who stopped receiving foreign funding

“HRC has made proposals, we & nbsp; them & nbsp; are carefully studying & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; she said at a & nbsp; press conference (quoted from & nbsp; RIA Novosti). She noted that & nbsp; & quot; in & nbsp; the absolute majority of states & quot; political activities of organizations receiving foreign funding are prohibited. “ Russia in this series is not an exception. We & nbsp; were forced to adopt such a law, taking into account international practice & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said the speaker & nbsp; SF. According to & nbsp; her words, before & nbsp; how to accept changes to the & nbsp; law, you need to look at how it & nbsp; works in & nbsp; life, since in & nbsp; law enforcement practice & nbsp; always the devil is hidden in & nbsp; nuances and & nbsp; in &

Lavrov said that Russia's entry into NATO is impossible

Answering the & nbsp; question, is it possible & nbsp; is & nbsp; the situation of Russia's joining & nbsp; NATO on & nbsp & nbs; equal and & nbsp; partnerships, the head of the diplomatic department noted that & nbsp; does not & nbsp; see such an opportunity. I do not see such a situation, because the whole process does not revolve around NATO or the European Union, it revolves around the fact that the West does not want to have any – or in the slightest degree comparable in influence to rivals in the international arena. Sergei Lavrov The & nbsp; RF have serious doubts about & nbsp; the requirement for & nbsp; NATO's non-expansion to & nbsp; the east will not & nbsp; will & nbsp; roll up & raquo; & nbsp; & mdash; Lavrov.

The Foreign Ministry lists Russia's requirements for NATO

He & nbsp; stressed that & nbsp; Moscow requires & nbsp; NATO to officially withdraw the decision on & nbsp; that Georgia & nbsp; Ukraine and & nbsp; ; the future will be able to join the & nbsp; North Atlantic Alliance. According to & nbsp; he said, Moscow's position is that & nbsp; further expansion of the organization in & nbsp; principle is impossible. Ryabkov expressed the opinion that all NATO activities should be “rolled back to the positions that existed at the time of the signing of the Russia-NATO fundamental act.” At the & nbsp; Summit in & nbsp; Bucharest in & nbsp; April 2008, the North Atlantic Alliance adopted a political statement that & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Ukraine and & nbsp; Georgia will eventually become NATO members. In & nbsp; February 2019, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved amendments to the country's constitution, securing the