Category: Russia

Historian Bubnov: Nazi symbols of the Ukrainian army demonstrates the lack of victories the army of Ukraine uses anti-Russian symbols, borrowing from the emblems of the troops of Nazi Germany. He told RIA Novosti about this. The historian noted that this is how Kiev is trying to construct a new Ukrainian identity based on “anti-Russia”. According to him, using Nazi symbols, the Ukrainian army unwittingly demonstrated the lack of real traditions and victories. “But what remains? Naturally, there remain those periods of history where Ukraine confronts Russia. But there are several periods, and all of them were inglorious for Kiev, “the expert noted. He said that no actual military traditions of Ukraine have been seen since the 17th century, since the time of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, or even since the times of the Sich Riflemen, on the basis of which the Austro-Hungarian authorities formed the OSS military legion after the outbreak

Gamaleya Center virologist Altstein: pandemic could end in 2022 COVID-19 pandemic could end in 2022 if omkyron strain will be less pathogenic than delta, and people will be more actively vaccinated. Such a deadline was named by the virologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor, chief employee of the Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology Anatoly Altstein, Ura.ru reports. “We will defeat this epidemic if we wear masks normally, distance ourselves and get vaccinated … If we can approach this, then we can close the pandemic in 2022. If we are vaccinated, the omicron will not go far, “Altstein said. According to him, despite the fact that everyone has known about the omicron strain for a long time, no one death of patients infected with this option. More will be known about the new strain in the near future, the virologist said. 600 people died in South Africa in November.

“112”: the fire in IK No. 4 in the Novgorod Region was liquidated, 4 people were hospitalized Fire in the correctional colony No. 4 in Novgorod area occurred in the bedding room, it is eliminated. Such details were revealed by the Telegram channel “112”. The preliminary cause of the fire is a short circuit. As a result of the incident, four people were hospitalized with combustion products poisoning, one prisoner died. In total, 30 people were evacuated. As TASS specifies with reference to the UK, mattresses caught fire during a fire in the Russian colony. A fire in IK No. 4 in the Novgorod region was reported earlier. In early November, a member of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) of Moscow, Eva Merkacheva, announced that public activists would check about 20 Russian colonies and isolation wards for the observance of prisoners' rights. According to her, the check will begin with

Virologist Volchkov: the omicron strain could have formed among millions of people infected with HIV a large number of mutations in the omicron-strain of coronavirus. This was reported by Izvestia. According to him, this could have happened due to the fact that a new variant of infection has formed among millions of people infected with HIV. “The countries where it was formed have a very high level of HIV infection. In some, 60 percent of the population is sick, ”he said. The expert added that people with HIV have an “inhibited immune response.” However, in Africa, things are complicated by the large number of immunocompromised people. “I think millions are being treated for AIDS with highly effective retroviral therapy. And it may be that Omicron was formed in such a way as to leave from under it, ”the virologist emphasized. According to him, the new strain can indeed be highly

A Reddit user kicked her brother out of the house after he got rid of their father's cat as she had a falling out with her brother after he got rid of the cat that belonged to their deceased father. According to the woman, she was so angry with a relative that she kicked him out of the house. The author of the post said that after the death of her mother, she inherited a large house. According to the woman, the property is far from her place of residence, so she invited her father to live there. “My father got a cat there. It was an ordinary street cat. First, the father fed the animal, and then began to let him into the house, ”she recalled. After the death of her father, her younger brother settled in the woman's house. The narrator noted that her relative never liked cats

ABC: British historian Holland called the US tank the best in WWII, forgetting about the T-34 British historian James Holland named the best tank World War II American “Sherman M4”, forgetting about the Soviet T-34. The corresponding article was published on the website of the Spanish edition of ABC. According to Holland, the US tank was small, fast, not very heavy, and could be mass-produced without difficulty. At the same time, during the Second World War, it was most often used by the Western allies. At the same time, the material cites the opinions of the German tanker-ace of the Second World War, Otto Carius, who called the Soviet T-34 “the most dangerous enemy” . In September, the general director of TsNII Prometheus, Alexei Oryshchenko, revealed the secret of the turret of the T-34 tank, which the Germans could not repeat. According to him, during the Great Patriotic War, the

The Mayor of Poltava Mamai said that the United States and Russia are fighting in the Donbas “Between brothers” and, at the same time, the confrontation between Russia and the United States. He expressed the corresponding opinion on the air of the Nash TV channel. According to the politician, “two superpowers are fighting on the territory of Ukraine – the United States of America and Russia”. At the same time, he added that young people, for example, students of the military department of the Poltava Technical University, in “unofficial conversations” oppose the external control of Ukraine. Mamai expressed concern about the hostile population. “It's a shame that brother is against brother,” concluded the mayor. The head of Poltava also complained about the harm of economic sanctions imposed by Ukraine after 2014.

RIA Novosti: Russians named slab chocolate and cakes their favorite sweets Synergy. RIA Novosti writes about this. So, about a third of the respondents chose slab chocolate (30.6 percent). Also among the favorite sweets of Russians were cakes (23.5 percent), rolls, cookies and other flour products (20.1 percent), as well as sweets (19.7 percent). It is also noted that 35.4 percent of the respondents buy confectionery products daily, 31.2 percent of the respondents do it several times a week. Every fifth resident of Russia (22 percent) buys confectionery about once a month. About 40 percent of respondents said that they spend up to one thousand rubles a month on sweets, 35.4 percent spend less 500 rubles a month, 13.3 percent – from one to two thousand rubles, and 6.6 percent – from two to three thousand. The survey was conducted in November among five thousand adult residents of Russia in

Honored coach Tarasova: all sorts of alcoholic inclinations in Alexey Yagudin died Honored coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova on the air going to NTV, she told about how her student, Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin, fought alcoholism. The specialist considered that his favorite job became the salvation for the athlete. “I drank, did not eat. Youth and irresponsibility. This does not mean that he cannot drink five glasses. This is nonsense, he can do it. But it did not cross that limit … All sorts of alcoholic inclinations in him died, “Tarasova emphasized. In 2019, Yagudin admitted that he abused alcohol in his youth. According to him, Tarasova saved him from problems. At the 2002 Games, the skater won a gold medal. He also won four world championships and three times at European championships. The skater has been training under the guidance of Tarasova since 1998.