Category: Russia

The Moscow Exchange rose 1.65 percent at the opening of trading partly regaining a strong fall on November 26, triggered by news of the spread of a new strain of coronavirus. The Moscow Exchange index at the opening of the main trading session on the Moscow Exchange rose to 3873.83 points (plus 1.65 percent), the RTS index – up to 1628.55 points (plus 2.46 percent). The growth leaders ” blue chips “of the Moscow Exchange at 10:10 became Gazprom (plus 3.38 percent, to 337.03 rubles per share), Sberbank (plus 3.03 percent, to 313.65 rubles) and TCS Group (plus 2.46 percent , up to 6978.6 rubles). The securities of two companies out of 15 fell in price – Polyus (minus 1.13 percent, to 14,034.5 rubles) and Polymetal (minus 0.13 percent, to 1,369.9 rubles). Oil Brent rose 3.98 percent to $ 74.44 per barrel, WTI rose 4.5 percent to $ 71.22. Gas

Russian fans about Klebo's withdrawal from the race due to the frost: poor thing, nozzles started flowing Johannes Klebo. They left a lot of comments under Klebo's Instagram post, where he announced his withdrawal from the pursuit race at the World Cup stage in Ruka due to frost. “Poor. The nozzles started flowing “,” And if the whole winter will be frosty? ” Even the Italians were running the race! And even more so Norwegian girls! ” – fans shamed the leader of the Norwegian national team. Users also noticed that in Russia, children up to the fifth grade go to school if the temperature is at least 25 degrees, and were surprised that frost was a good reason for an athlete from Norway to skip race. As a result of the pursuit race, Russian skiers took the entire podium. Gold was won by Alexander Bolshunov, silver by Sergei Ustyugov,

Before his death, the musician Alexander Gradsky talked about his desire to lose 40 kg People's Artist of Russia, singer and composer Alexander Gradsky a few months before death talked about the desire to lose weight by 40 kilograms, and was also glad that his three-year-old son Ivan for the first time clearly said the word “dad”. This is reported by the NEWS.ru portal. “I must definitely lose 40 kilograms. I am obliged to lose weight, there are no options – I will act in films, ”the musician explained. It is revealed that Gradsky made this decision after being invited to shoot the tenth season of the show “The Voice.” , so fun. ” The death of the musician became known on Sunday, November 28th. Doctors took Gradsky to the hospital with suspected stroke. The coronavirus infection he suffered in September led to a deterioration in his health.

The lawyer said in the TFR about false testimony in the case of Deputy Samsonov on child molestation The defense filed a statement on false testimony to the Investigative Committee of Russia and falsification of evidence in the criminal case of the Primorsky deputy Artem Samsonov, suspected of pedophilia. RIA Novosti was informed about this by the lawyer of the parliamentarian Natalya Kasilova. According to her, the statement contains a request to initiate a criminal case for perjury against Samsonov. On November 22, it was reported that the deputy had ended his hunger strike and will undergo a polygraph test. A criminal case was opened against Samsonov under paragraph b of Part 4 of Article 132 (“Other actions of a sexual nature using the helpless state of the victim, committed against a person under the age of 14”) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The investigation believes that

The new government of the Federal Republic of Germany will make it easier for Russians under 25 to enter Germany Germany, Russian citizens under 25 years old. Coordinator of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany for intersocial cooperation with the Russian Federation and Bundestag deputy from the Socialist Party (SPD) Johan Zaathof told the Izvestia newspaper that for such a step Berlin needs consultations with the European Union. “I am glad that we were able to include in the coalition agreement the requirement for a visa-free regime for young people from Russia,” the politician said. He added that he personally supported this initiative, which, in his opinion, is aimed at bringing people together. “We will also talk about what the EU can do to intensify contacts with Russian society, especially during periods when civil society organizations are threatened with a ban on functioning,” Zaathof said. Earlier

Thai authorities will shorten the quarantine period for foreign tourists from seven to five days including from Russia, and shorten the quarantine period from December 16. The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) writes about this. Now tourists arriving in the country under the sandbox program will have to stay in the territory of the selected province not seven days, but five. In addition, those who have had the coronavirus will be allowed to enter for three months prior to travel. They must have with them a medical certificate of recovery or be vaccinated with at least the first component of the COVID-19 vaccine. SHA + certificate. In this case, after five days, it is not necessary to undergo a second study – you can take an express test for antigens. Children under the age of six are exempt from taking a PCR test 72 hours before entering the

RBC: the Kremlin is discussing a new name for the document with QR codes -19 and vaccinated, which will allow you to visit public places when restrictive measures are introduced due to the pandemic. This is reported by RBC. As the sources close to the Kremlin told the publication, the authorities wanted to minimize the use of the term “QR code” in public space, since, according to closed social studies, more than half of Russian citizens refer to it negatively. The interlocutor of RBC noted that many Russians associate the phrase “QR code” with infringement of freedoms, and some consider it “satanic.” Among the names that are being discussed as a replacement for the existing term, there are several options. For example, “health passport”, “health certificate”, “covipass”, “sanitary passport” and “green passport” (Green pass), which is already used in world practice. As a federal official noted, a QR code is

Novak: Russia sees no need for urgent measures on the oil market due to the omicron strain the oil market due to the omicron-strain of coronavirus. According to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, there is no need to take urgent measures yet. His words are quoted by Interfax. “We need to watch how the situation will develop, we must carefully monitor the market,” he commented. Novak also stressed that the OPEC + colleagues did not apply for urgent measures due to the new strain and recalled that the planned meeting should take place on December 2.

“Kommersant”: FSB investigators completed the fraud case of the director of the Institute of Civil Service RANEPA cases of particularly large fraud at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). This is reported by Kommersant. According to the newspaper, the defendants began to familiarize themselves with its materials. The director of the Institute of Civil Service and Management of the RANEPA Igor Bartsits, the dean of the Faculty of Public Administration of the Economy Svetlana Larina and a native of Abkhazia Aslan Feyzba pass through it, but he disappeared from the investigation and was put on the wanted list. According to the investigation, they committed fraud in order to steal money that was paid to employees of the institute under the guise of bonuses and bonuses. The secret services believe that Bartsits and Larina received funds from their colleagues minus their own interest. The damage caused