Category: Russia

Ambassador Antonov: Russia supports the mutual zeroing of all visa restrictions with the United States in recent years. This was stated by the Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov, he is quoted by TASS. According to the diplomat, Russia stands for an honest and respectful dialogue on all visa “irritants”. He expressed confidence that if there is “goodwill” all problems can be resolved quickly enough. He called on Washington to return to international obligations regarding diplomatic property and good practice in the functioning of diplomatic missions. “Our proposals remain on the negotiating table,” Antonov emphasized. Earlier, US State Department spokesman Jalina Porter said that the departure of 54 Russian diplomats, scheduled for 2022, should not be regarded as their expulsion or punitive measure. According to Porter, the United States is allegedly making Russian diplomats the same demands that Russia made to State Department officials.

Russian Ambassador to Washington Antonov: US distorts facts and expels Russian diplomats Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov accused the US of expulsion of diplomats. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti. “The State Department is once again dissembling. The American side is trying to mislead the local and world community by deliberately distorting the facts. We are credited with something that has nothing to do with reality. The situation is exactly the opposite, “the statement says. Earlier, the deputy head of the press service of the US State Department, Jalina Porter, said that the departure of 54 Russian diplomats, scheduled for 2022, should not be considered as their expulsion or punitive measure. According to her, the Russian side was notified in advance of this decision. On November 27, Antonov said that 27 Russian diplomats would leave the United States on January 30, and the same number would leave on

Republicans in the US Senate have blocked the draft defense budget with sanctions against the Russian Federation next financial year. This is reported by TASS. The draft defense budget in the amount of approximately $ 770 billion includes sanctions against Russia. 60 votes were needed to move the project to the next stage of consideration in the Senate. However, 45 senators voted for this, 51 voted against. Before the vote, the leader of the Republicans in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, said that his party members would block the draft budget, since the majority Democrats did not allow the approval of a number of proposals. This is a package with 18 amendments, including additional sanctions against the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2. Earlier, The Hill newspaper wrote that the US State Department seeks to convince the Democrats in the Senate to block the amendment to the draft defense budget countries

Lawyer Zhorin suggested that Gradsky included the actress Kotashenko and their children in the will artist, composer and singer Alexander Gradsky. This is reported by MK.RU. According to the lawyer, the artist most likely managed to draw up a will. Zhorin suggested that it mentions the musician's wife, model and actress Marina Kotashenko and their common children – seven-year-old Ivan and three-year-old Alexander. The lawyer stressed that Kotashenko's children will claim the musician's inheritance even if he did not leave a will. Zhorin added that if there was no will, then all the property that Gradsky had at the time of death would be divided among the heirs of the first order, which include children, parents, spouses. Gradsky died in the capital on November 28. He was taken to hospital with suspected stroke. The coronavirus infection suffered by the artist in September led to a deterioration in health. He was

Doctor Myasnikov on the omicron strain of coronavirus: the only weapon is vaccination strain of coronavirus. He wrote in his Telegram channel that vaccination is such a weapon. According to the doctor, the penetration of the omicron strain into Russia cannot be prevented, you can only delay it. Myasnikov also noted that it is impossible to prevent the next wave of COVID-19 at the end of winter. “What we must and can do is to calculate the near future. (…). During the war, the headquarters carefully calculate the sanitary losses of the operations presented. On the offensive, some, on the defensive, others. Prepare sanitary services in advance. So, our only weapon is vaccination. Apparently the omicron will greatly weaken this weapon. In the conditions of lazy, voluntary vaccination in our country, this can be very, very fraught, “the doctor wrote. Myasnikov urged to be prepared for the daily number of

Japanese Foreign Ministry: All citizens and tourists entering the country must undergo a 14-day quarantine Japan due to the emergence of a new strain coronavirus omicron from December 1 cancels relaxed quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated citizens and foreigners with long-term visas or residence permits (residence permit). This is stated on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. All persons, including those who have been fully vaccinated and have the appropriate certificate, arriving in Japan from countries with an acute epidemiological situation will be required to undergo a mandatory two-week quarantine. The requirement for mandatory quarantine for three days in a special hotel is also returning. In addition, the Japanese authorities are canceling the concessions introduced three weeks ago on the entry of foreigners on business and study visas. New measures will be about a month – so much time is given by the authorities to

A woman named Michael refused to change her nickname for the sake of her husband give up the nickname. He shared his story in a post on the Reddit website. Thus, he angered netizens. Related materials0: 01 – May 31 “The operation changed my life.” Juneau ”Elliot Page changed gender and became a man. What did he go through? 00:03 – December 11, 2020 “I wouldn't touch someone like you at all.” Russian girls stopped shaving, and the guys put on dresses. How it helped them find and accept themselves According to the author of the post, the parents of his wife thought that they would have a boy, and chose the name Michael for him. After the girl appeared, she was officially named Loni, but in the family circle they continued to call her by the name Michael. Over time, the woman got used to the nickname and began

Psychologists at Lund University linked belief in astrology with narcissism and low IQ with narcissism and low intelligence quotient (IQ). The results of the study are published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. The authors of the work note that during the years of the coronavirus pandemic, belief in astrology has increased significantly, which may be a kind of response to stress. The aim of their new study was to find traits common to those who believe in pseudoscientific concepts that have no evidence. For this, experts conducted an online survey among 264 volunteers to determine their personal qualities and the degree of belief in astrological forecasts and horoscopes. It turned out that those people who believed in astrology performed worse on tests to measure the coefficient intelligence. In addition, they were more likely to show signs of narcissism. This indicates that such people tend to be more self-centered

Pentagon spokesman Kirby: Russia continues to build up troops near Ukrainian borders Pentagon spokesman John Kirby accused Russia of the fact that it continues to increase the number of its troops near the border of Ukraine. This is reported by TASS. “We continue to see movements, we continue to see an increase in their forces,” said a spokesman for the US Department of Defense. He clarified that it is allegedly about “combined units” that “continue to assemble on, or not on, but near the Ukrainian border,” which Washington “continues to watch with great concern.” A Pentagon spokesman added that the United States “continues to urge Russia to be more transparent about what it is doing, what its intentions are.” nothing happened, the “redeployments and maneuvers” of Russian troops were carried out on Russian territory. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also said that Russia has not prepared, is not preparing and will