Category: Russia

Turkey has closed entry from Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe due to a new strain : Since Friday evening, November 26, entry into the republic has been banned from Botswana, South Africa (South Africa), Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe due to the spread of a new strain of coronavirus. Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca wrote about this on his Twitter page. “From tonight it will be prohibited to travel from Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe by land, air, sea and rail,” he said. Turkish minister. Previously, restrictions on air traffic with South Africa and neighboring countries were imposed by the European Union, Great Britain, Singapore and Japan. The first reports of infection with the new B.1.1.529 strain appeared in South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong on 24 November. Later, news about the discovery of another variant of COVID-19 appeared in Israel and Belgium. Previously, experts in

Zakharova called Zelensky's refusal to consider Ukrainians as human beings under NSDC sanctions citizens of his country who have come under the sanctions of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC). She wrote about this in her Telegram channel. Earlier on Friday, November 26, during the press marathon, Zelensky said that he did not consider people who were sanctioned by the NSDC, adding that, in his opinion, “ there are people, but there are individuals. ” Zakharova quoted the president’s dialogue with Focus journalist Yekaterina Shumilo. “Now try to say that his name is not“ the Kiev regime ”. And after all, Europe has already gone through all this: subhumans, individuals, punishers to improve the breed. Monstrous, “the diplomat wrote. On February 2, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy put into effect the NSDC's decision to impose sanctions against 112 Ukraine, NewsOne and ZIK. On August 20, the council, without a

Russian President Putin invited the Security Council members to discuss cooperation with the CIS countries … This was reported by RIA Novosti. Dmitry Kozak, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia, will make a presentation. “As planned, we will talk in more detail about the whole range of relations with our closest partners and neighbors. This refers to relations with the CIS countries. Today we have Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak as a speaker, “Putin said. Kozak was appointed deputy head of the presidential administration in January 2020. He is in charge of cross-border cooperation, interregional cooperation with the CIS countries, including the Ukrainian direction.

Ministry of Defense of Belarus: Military activity of Western countries has increased near the border of the country This was announced by the head of the main department of ideological work of the department Leonid Kasinsky, his words are quoted on the department's website. Kasinsky stressed that preparatory measures are currently being taken for the arrival of foreign military contingents at the Belarusian-Polish border. According to him, the arrival of Estonian military personnel has been noted, whose tasks will include, among other things, measures for the preparation of rocky roads. “How the migration crisis is connected with these engineering measures is completely incomprehensible from the word,” he added. Kasinsky believes that such actions are intended to carry out an accelerated transfer of troops along the state border of Belarus. He said that about four thousand servicemen were concentrated in the Lithuanian direction, and in the southern direction, the Ukrainian law

The Ministry of Justice of Russia recognized the Nobel Call media as foreign agents and Elanchik, editor-in-chief of Sota Vision The Ministry of Justice of Russia added LLC “Nobel Prize” and editor-in-chief of the Sota Vision publication Oleg Elanchik. This was reported on Friday, November 26, by TASS. The founder of the Nobel Prize is Yelizaveta Surnacheva, a journalist from the Project ( the publication is recognized as an undesirable organization in Russia ), recognized in October as a foreign agent. On November 19, the list of foreign media outlets was expanded at the expense of Honest Vybory LLC and the Irkutsk Union of Bibliophiles Foundation for the Development of Book Culture ( included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of media performing the functions of a foreign agent ) … The department noted that it is “about the conscientious fulfillment of the requirements of the law established

The World Health Organization has assessed the ability of existing PCR tests to recognize a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, writes RIA Novosti. It is noted that PCR tests recognize the recently discovered variant of coronavirus B.1.1.529. The first reports of infection with a new strain in South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong appeared on November 24. Later, news about the discovery of another variant of the evolution of COVID-19 appeared in Israel and Belgium.

Businessman Ebralidze was arrested in St. Petersburg in the case of missing 3 billion rubles until December 23 in the case of the loss of three billion rubles from the vault of his own Constance Bank. This was reported by TASS with reference to the united press service of the city courts. Ebralidze is suspected of committing a crime under Part 3 of Art. 33 (“Organization of a crime”) and Part 4 of Art. 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Appropriation or embezzlement”). He will be detained in a pre-trial detention center until December 23. Alexander Ebralidze was detained by officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) on Wednesday, November 24. In 2016, after an audit, the Deposit Insurance Agency revealed the fact of a shortage in Constance Bank. Three billion rubles, weighing 500 kilograms, disappeared from the vault, which the owner of the bank, Ebralidze, decided

President Putin expressed his condolences to the families of those killed in the Listvyazhnaya mine accident themes of the tragedy at the Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo region. This was reported on Friday, November 26, TASS reports. The head of state expressed condolences to the families of the victims and offered to honor the memory of the victims with a minute of silence. The state of emergency in the Listvyazhnaya mine in Kuzbass became known in the morning November 25. As a result of the accident, 51 people died, and another 63 were injured. On the same day, the Governor of Kuzbass Sergei Tsivilev announced a three-day mourning in the region for the miners and rescuers who died at the mine. It will run from 26 to 28 November.

WHO: new strain of coronavirus B.1.1.529 named with Greek letter “Omicron” The World Health Organization (WHO) named the new strain coronavirus B.1.1.529, identified in South Africa by the Greek letter omicron. This is stated in a statement published on the official website of the organization following an emergency meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on the Evolution of Viruses. In addition, experts have included this strain in a group of options of concern. “Based on the evidence presented indicating a disastrous change in the epidemiology of COVID-19, the advisory group advised WHO that this option should be designated as an option of concern,” the document says. According to WHO terminology, variants of the virus included in this group are characterized by an increased transmission rate, as well as an increase in virulence or a change in the clinical manifestations of the disease. In addition, such options may reduce the effectiveness