Category: Russia

Human Rights Watch: Belarusian security forces woke up migrants with kicks and drove them to the border Belarusian-Polish border. Victims' accounts are featured in a 26-page report from Human Rights Watch. One of the refugees, a 14-year-old girl, revealed details of an overnight stay near the border area. “In the morning, Belarusian border guards woke us up with kicks. They kicked the fire, too, and it ignited my sleeping bag. I was badly burned, ”said the victim. The authors of the report claim that they themselves saw burns on the girl's foot and lower leg. “They grabbed me and other family members and dragged me to the place at the border, where they left them,” she complained, describing the actions of the Belarusian security forces. Related materials 15: 25-19 November Border stand. Migrants on the border between Poland and Belarus – about a breakthrough to Europe, life in a camp

Akhmat defeated Rostov in the match of the 16th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) Akhmat Grozny defeated Rostov in the match of the 16th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL). This was reported by the Lenta.ru correspondent. The meeting took place in Grozny. Footballers of “Akhmat” sent two unanswered goals to the opponents' goal. First, in the 27th minute, Artem Polyarus scored, who managed to convert the penalty. Already in the second half at the 76th minute, Senin Sebay doubled the hosts' lead and allowed his team to beat the rivals with a score of 2: 0. assets scored 24 points. Lokomotiv, which is in fourth place, has 25 points. Ural and Sochi also met in the 16th round. The match ended in a draw. On November 20, Akhmat's footballers managed to defeat Lokomotiv. Andrey Talalaev's team outplayed their opponents 2: 1 away.

Rospotrebnadzor advised to pay attention to the apple peel Russians were encouraged to pay attention to the type of product and its peel. Representative of the department Ekaterina Golovkova shared her advice in an interview with KP.RU. According to the expert, buyers must decide why they buy apples – to eat them raw or use them in desserts as a filling. For the first purpose, you need to choose fresh and ripe fruits, and for the second – soft and overripe. You need to choose strong fruits without dark spots, dots and dents. Otherwise, the apple may be stale. “Although, unattractive domestic wild apples, with some bruises and imperfect surface in taste, often turn out to be bright, and in terms of the content of vitamins they are ahead of selection fruits,” Golovkova noted. The specialist advised not to buy apples on the peel of which you can feel sticky

Former Prime Minister of Lithuania Kubilius: Ukraine and Georgia will be able to join the EU no earlier than 2040 Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova will be able to become members European Union (EU) no earlier than 2040. Former Prime Minister of Lithuania, Member of the European Parliament Andrius Kubilius told lrytas about the timing of the entry of post-Soviet countries into the EU. Materials on the topic 00:01 – March 1 ” They have their own interests and goals “Protests gripped Georgia again. After the arrest of the opposition leader, his supporters demand a change of power 00:03 – 4 September “Ukraine will remain an outpost of the West” How the meeting between Zelensky and Biden will change Ukrainian politics and how it threatens Russia According to the politician, if the European Union does not change its guidelines for expanding the community, Kiev, Tbilisi and Chisinau should not expect early

Vice-Mayor of Novosibirsk Tereshkova said that residents do not complain about the skating rink in the form of a penis the shape of which among the Russians has caused associations with the penis. Vice-Mayor Anna Tereshkova shared her opinion in a conversation with the radio station “Moscow speaking”. A skating rink made in a similar shape has been opening near Teatralny Square for several years. According to the vice-mayor, residents did not criticize the facility. “Residents do not complain about the wonderful skating rink in the Theater Square! There were crazy queues to ride it that year. There was not a single official appeal, “Tereshkova said. The appearance of the ice rink sparked a discussion on the network in December 2019. Local residents saw pictures from a quadrocopter and called the site “a phallic symbol of the city” and “New Year's message of the authorities to the people.” Local authorities

Head of the UK Ministry of Health: two cases of infection with the omicron strain cases of infection with a new strain of coronavirus omicron. This is reported by Sky News.

Stoltenberg expressed support for Kiev and appealed to Russia to reduce tensions NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on Russia to reduce tensions on the border with Ukraine and noted that the alliance is open for dialogue with Moscow. This is reported by the German edition Welt. According to him, NATO continues to monitor the situation on the Ukrainian border and support Kiev, “so that the country can defend itself from aggression.” At the same time, Stoltenberg noted that he does not consider information about the accumulation of Russian troops near the border to be a bluff. Earlier, the NATO Secretary General refused to support Kiev in case of war. He drew attention to the fact that the collective defense of the North Atlantic Alliance does not extend to Ukraine. According to Stoltenberg, NATO is already providing sufficient assistance to the country in other ways. This is expressed both in

The Spelling Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences called for the revocation of the draft new rules of the Russian language and thoughtless innovations ”. This is reported by “Kommersant”. The members of the commission believe that the document “completely lacks the scientific apparatus.” They posted on social networks an open letter to the Ministry of Education, in which they urged to withdraw the project. The appeal says that the new initiative relied on the “Rules of Russian Spelling and Punctuation” reference book, but during the development of the document its principles were significantly distorted. At the same time, the guide itself was published by the Vinogradov Institute of the Russian Language of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2006 – it is considered the most famous and authoritative. 22 out of 34 members of the commission put their signatures under the letter. The Ministry of Education promised to

Maria Zakharova caught the West of institutionalizing interference in the internal affairs of Belarus political repression and the development of civil society in Belarus and called it a buildup of the situation in the country. She wrote about this in her Telegram channel. Materials on the topic00: 01 – 25 October “Young people are aimed at Europe” Belarusians follow the Ukrainians aspiring to the EU. How can Russia keep them? 00:02 – July 14 “He called himself the savior of Europe” Lithuania was flooded with refugees. What awaits the EU and how is Lukashenka involved in this? According to the diplomat, Western states do not spare funds to support independent media and various “funds to help Belarusians”. However, in her opinion, this is just an attempt to convince the Belarusian citizens that “abroad will help them”. “These are not three thousand migrants at the border, for whose fate there was

Virologist Chepurnov: the omicron strain is very different from the Wuhan COVID-19 The recently discovered strain “COVID-19” , is very different from its Wuhan ancestor. Alexander Chepurnov, head of the laboratory for especially dangerous infections of the Federal Research Center for Fundamental and Translational Medicine, spoke about the danger of the new strain in an interview with “360”. The specialist noted that now practically nothing is known about the new mutation of the virus. “The sampling is in different countries, that is, [scientists] periodically take samples of the virus and sequenced them entirely in order to understand in which direction the process of genetic changes is going. Therefore, from time to time, science becomes aware of such variations that have more or less changes, “the virologist explained. According to him, when studying the omicron strain, scientists have identified significant changes in many important areas that form the immunological portrait of