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Also, the draft US defense budget for & nbsp; 2022 assumes the allocation of $ 300 million in & nbsp; quality military assistance to Ukraine. This is & nbsp; 50 million more than the American administration was & nbsp; requested. The document must pass approval in the & nbsp; House of Representatives and & nbsp; Senate before it is & nbsp; signed by President Joe Biden. Further amendments are also & nbsp; excluded. Previously, the Republicans demanded that the sanctions be included in the & nbsp; defense bill, which is usually adopted by a broad consensus of both parties, and & nbsp; even temporarily blocked its adoption due to the & nbsp; these restrictions. The White House, which opposes sanctions against the pipeline operator, criticized the Republicans' move.

The conversation between the heads of state began at about & nbsp; 18:08 Moscow time. As previously reported, at the & nbsp; meeting it was planned to discuss the situation around & nbsp; Ukraine and & nbsp; the topic of NATO's advance to the & nbsp; east, strategic stability, bilateral issues, and & nbsp; also topics of regional security, in & nbsp; including the situation in & nbsp; Afghanistan. At the & nbsp; beginning of the teleconference, Putin and & nbsp; Biden exchanged greetings, while & nbsp; this the US President expressed his hope for a & nbsp; face-to-face meeting with the & nbsp; Russian leader in the & nbsp; future. Further negotiations took place behind closed doors. The teleconference was organized with & nbsp; using a secure video link designed for & nbsp; communication between the leaders of the two countries, it was used for the first time. Putin

According to & nbsp; sources, at & nbsp; the Pentagon is currently working on a number of different scenarios in & nbsp; in case of need for evacuation, from & nbsp; US employees before & nbsp; a larger evacuation with & nbsp; participation of a wider range of American citizens. Sources of the TV channel emphasized that currently the administration does not see the need for evacuation – planes still fly from Ukraine's international airports, and land borders with Ukraine's western neighbors are open. Discussions about & nbsp; evacuation plans are part of planning for & nbsp; in the event of a serious deterioration in the & nbsp; security situation, several sources highlighted. According to the & nbsp; TV channel, on the evening of December 6 & nbsp; US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland held a briefing for & nbsp; senators, in which she spoke about & nbsp; &

“The situation with & nbsp; the incidence of covid in the whole country remains tense. According to the results of last week, an increase in the incidence was noted in 11 regions. The situation is complicated by the fact that & nbsp; in the & nbsp; world and & nbsp; in & nbsp; in many countries & nbsp; a new strain of coronavirus has already been recorded & nbsp;, & nbsp; & mdash; Mishustin said. He noted that it is not yet clear how the strain will affect the overall picture, but you need to be prepared for any scenario. Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that the & nbsp; & nbsp; week the situation with the & nbsp; coronavirus worsened in & nbsp; Kaluga, Rostov, Chelyabinsk regions and & nbsp; Kalmykia. The improvement was registered in & nbsp; Tyumen, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo regions and & nbsp; Chechnya. The

“The duration of a negative laboratory test result for & nbsp; COVID-19 by PCR is 48 hours from & nbsp; the time of the laboratory test result for & nbsp; COVID-19 & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; says the & nbsp; doc.

The Navy & nbsp; has already completed a series of tests, where the destruction of surface ships of a conditional enemy with & nbsp; As they told Izvestia sources in the & nbsp; military department, they passed in & nbsp; several stages for & nbsp; for several years and & nbsp; ended in & nbsp; the end of this autumn. Among others, the frigate of project 22350 “ Admiral Gorshkov '' was involved in them, part of the & nbsp; Northern Fleet. At a certain stage, missile launches were carried out by the Polyment-Redut air defense system. The frigate's crew worked not & nbsp; only launches of anti-aircraft guided missiles (SAM), but & nbsp; and & nbsp; the algorithm of actions during & nbsp; the time of such strikes. According to the & nbsp; words of sources, all targets were hit, and & nbsp; the work was recognized as successful.

According to & nbsp; this could lead to & nbsp; another rise in the incidence of coronavirus infection. & laquo; An unreasonable relaxation of the regime of restrictions will lead to & nbsp; further growth after the stabilization that we & nbsp; observe and & nbsp; which was achieved by such quite difficult and & nbsp; hard work of all of us together in & nbsp; different regions & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; she said.

According to & nbsp; Kotyakov's words, the proposals were prepared within the & nbsp; framework of an additional instruction from the Russian leader on & nbsp; the need to provide & laquo; additional compensation & quot; high inflation & quot; . In the near future, appropriate decisions should be made, the minister added. In November, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that & nbsp; the country's authorities should not deviate from the & nbsp; principle of indexing pensions faster than inflation, proposals for & nbsp; specific parameters are being worked out in & nbsp ; Cabinet, Administration, and & nbsp; State Duma. The State Duma Committee on Social Policy announced & nbsp; readiness to make amendments to & nbsp; pension legislation for & nbsp; indexation of pensions according to & nbsp; the level of actual inflation. At & nbsp; at the beginning of this month, the head of the law firm

How the meeting will be held The meeting of the Presidents of Russia and & nbsp; USA Vladimir Putin and & nbsp; Joseph Biden will begin ; Tuesday at & nbsp; 18: 00 Moscow time. It will be in & nbsp; video format. During the conversation, Putin will be in & nbsp; his residence in & nbsp; Sochi, Biden & nbsp; & mdash; in & nbsp; Washington. About & nbsp; who else will take part in the & nbsp; summit, presidential representatives did not & nbsp; reported. The press secretary of the head of the Russian state Dmitry Peskov recalled that & nbsp; before & nbsp; every communication with & nbsp; his American counterpart, Putin holds meetings with & nbsp; responsible for this direction Russian officials. “ All the persons involved in our bilateral relations of the current stage are constantly in & nbsp; in touch with the & nbsp;