Category: Russia

Former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko urged to urgently develop sanctions against Russia Former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko called on the West to urgently introduce new sanctions against Russia … Interfax-Ukraine reports this on Wednesday, December 1. “The EU, the US must appoint each new representative who will urgently develop a list of sanctions that some need to be adopted now, while others – hellish sanctions for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin – when he decides on the second stage of aggression, “Poroshenko said at the Kiev Security Forum. According to him,” the price of aggression for Putin should become exorbitant and unbearable. ” “At a minimum, the West must demonstrate exactly what will happen in the event of an expansion of aggression,” the ex-president said. Earlier, Poroshenko called for “hellish” sanctions against Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko because of the migration crisis on the border of the

UN: Afghanistan's economy without women's participation could lose one billion dollars i> The Taliban, a terrorist organization banned in Russia ) restrict job opportunities for women. This is stated in a UN report published by Bloomberg. A UN study notes that a ban on Afghan women from work could bring the country's economy losses of almost one billion dollars (about 5 percent of GDP). At the moment, the Afghan economy is going through a period of rapidly growing inflation and a shortage of cash. At the same time, women make up about 20 percent of the labor force in the country. In September, Afghan women were denied the opportunity to work with men in government offices, banks, the media, and most companies. Thus, women could only work where there are no men due to the fact that the Taliban decided to follow their vision of Sharia and Islamic law. “I

Biotechnologist Krasilnikov: it can take up to 10 days to construct an antigen in vaccines If it turns out that antibodies are powerless against the new omicron strain, a new antigen will need to be introduced into existing COVID-19 vaccines. Igor Krasilnikov, General Director of the Biotechnology Development Company, said that such a procedure could take about 10 days. The biotechnologist shared his forecast with the Russians on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio. The specialist explained that first, scientists need to establish whether the antibodies produced after vaccination against coronavirus can neutralize the omicron strain. According to Krasilnikov, this is a quick procedure. “There are laboratory methods that will show whether this scheme works,” he said. Nevertheless, Krasilnikov is confident that the development of a vaccine and its introduction into civilian circulation will take much more time than the construction of the antigen. Earlier, immunologist, candidate of medical

Infectionist Malyshev: to draw conclusions about the omicron strain, you need to wait 2-3 weeks It's too early to judge how the disease is progressing in those infected with the omicron strain of coronavirus. Such an assessment of the new version of COVID-19 was given by an infectious disease specialist, Doctor of Medical Sciences Nikolai Malyshev, his words are quoted by RBC. “It's too early to say that the disease in those infected with the omicron strain is easy. Too little time has passed – in fact, about ten days since the appearance of reports in the media about the omicron-strain, “- said Malyshev. The virologist also noted that the omicron-strain is still little described in scientific articles. In order to draw any conclusions about it, you need to wait 2-3 weeks. This time is needed to understand how patients carry the South African strain and in which countries it

Biathlete Eckhoff about Russian athletes: they look scary because they are unhappy athletes. She is quoted by Aftonbladet. Earlier, Eckhoff said in the podcast “Unfinished Envelope” that the extremely arrogant look of Russian women frightens her. The only biathlete from the Russian team with whom the Norwegian communicated well was Ekaterina Yurlova-Perkht. “I thought that Russian biathletes were really Russian. I said that they look scary because they are unhappy and often angry, ”explained the Norwegian. The athlete added that the misunderstanding of her words arose due to the difficulties of translation. Russian biathlete Svetlana Mironova responded to Eckhoff's words. She told Match TV that she agreed with the Norwegian athlete. “However, this does not mean that we are evil. We just don't know English so well to communicate, “the Russian woman added. Earlier, the Italian skier Federico Pellegrino shared his opinion on the reasons for the tensions between Russian

Yerevan and Baku will discuss unblocking transport links in Karabakh at a meeting in Moscow On December 1, Moscow will host a meeting between Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Mher Grigoryan and Shahin Mustafayev with the mediation of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk. The parties will discuss a plan to normalize economic ties in Nagorno-Karabakh, the first step of which should be the unblocking of transport communications in the region. A new round of talks between Yerevan and Baku was reported in the press service of the Armenian Deputy Prime Minister, Interfax reports. “Mher Grigoryan left for Moscow, where a meeting of the working group of the Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan will be held today to unblock all transport and economic communications in the region, “the message says. In addition to meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Grigoryan will take part in several meetings

YouTube named the A4 blogger the most popular among Russian youtubers in 2021 and Top Breakthrough Authors in 2021. This is reported on the official Google blog. The blogger Igor Beresteyskiy (clab_33), singer Khabib Sharipov (KHABIB), as well as the authors of the Chapitosiki channel have become the leaders of YouTube Shorts. Further in the platform rating are HOOOTDOGS, MYATNY, Difi, Natural Albertovich, Peshka, Nastya CHPEK Tuman and PELEKH. Video hosting also presented a rating of authors of the traditional video format. The most popular YouTubers are A4, EdisonPts, GLENT, Lesha Maisak, FixEye, Kompot, Dima Maslennikov, Kuplinov Play, EvgenBro and Lunomosik. In addition, YouTube named content creators who have made a breakthrough over the past year. The leading bloggers in this category are KOBYAKOV, Fijek Live, TUMKA, Askhab Tamaev, Detective Void, ZAVOZIN, RobTopGames, idontfirst, Sander and Zeeman. The number of their subscribers has grown by more than 200 percent over

In Kostroma, huge glowing robots helped Kostroma residents celebrate Hanukkah Luminous robots were invited to the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in the Kostroma synagogue. This is reported on the website of the State TV and Radio Company “Kostroma”. The fact is that for the Jews, Hanukkah is a holiday of light and fire, so candles are its main attribute. The first candle in the Kostroma synagogue was lit by Chief Rabbi Nison Ruppo. However, this time they approached the celebration in a creative way. Huge glowing robots invited to the holiday presented a show using various special effects. Special festive sets with treats were distributed to the guests of the holiday. Even those who decided to stay at home due to the coronavirus pandemic received them. “To reduce the chances of getting infected, we deliver a set with which you can celebrate a holiday at home. (…) We will also