Category: Russia

Izvestia: prices for smartphones in 2022 may grow by 17% Prices for smartphones in Russia in 2022 may rise by 15-17 percent. Izvestia writes about this. This forecast was given to the publication by Mikhail Dogadin, Vice President for Procurement and Development of Svyaznoy. At the same time, analysts from Mobile Research Group added, in the first quarter of next year, growth may amount to 10 percent. Experts associate the rise in prices for electronics with a shortage of components, as well as with global logistics problems. On November 25, it was reported that car prices would rise in 2022. At the same time, according to Maxim Kadakov, editor-in-chief of Za Rulem magazine, the situation will not change at least until the middle, and maybe until the end of 2022 due to a shortage of microchips and collapsed logistics. He noted that if next year prices remain at the level

The Israeli authorities are evaluating the possibility of stopping flights to South Africa .1.1.529 previously discovered. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the office of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. It is noted that Bennett held urgent consultations on this matter with the heads of the Ministry of Health and Civil Defense Services, after which he included the countries of this region on the list of banned for visiting by the Israelis, and also instructed to evaluate the possibility of ending flights with them. Earlier, the United Kingdom canceled flights with six African countries due to a new strain of coronavirus. From November 26, London will stop flights to Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa. On November 24, it became known that ten people were infected with the B.1.1.529 strain in South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong. British scientists have suggested that the new strain

WHO will study the impact of large numbers of COVID-19 B.1.1.529 mutations on vaccines The World Health Organization (WHO) is studying the impact a large number of mutations of the COVID-19 B.1.1.529 strain identified in South Africa for vaccines and diagnostics. This was stated by the head of the technical group of the WHO Emergency Diseases Unit, Maria Van Kerkhove, reports RIA Novosti. According to her, at the moment there are less than 100 complete genetic sequences of this option available. Maria Van Kerkhove stressed that researchers still do not know much about the new strain. However, she revealed that he has a large number of mutations. The WHO is concerned that such a number of mutations could affect how the disease behaves, the specialist added. She also noted that the effect of mutations in the B.1.1.529 strain on diagnostics, drugs and vaccines is being studied. Earlier it was reported

The Guardian: Shortage of Truck Drivers Threatens Alcohol Shortage in Britain A letter with such a warning from members of the Wine and Spirits Trade Association (WSTA) was sent to British Transport Minister Grant Shapps, reports The Guardian. Members of the association, notably Pernod Ricard and Moët Hennessy, said the growing costs of the companies and problems in logistics in the UK have delayed the supply of alcoholic beverages. This, in turn, creates a threat that stores will face a shortage of goods. Alcohol producers also predict that the shortage of truck drivers could be exacerbated by the coming holidays. At this point, imports have already begun to take five times longer than a year ago. WSTA notes that transportation costs for UK alcohol producers have risen by about seven percent due to forced wage increases for truck drivers to keep them at work. This creates additional challenges for small

Izvestia: US business asked Washington to recognize Sputnik V for business travel vaccination with “Sputnik V”. This is reported by Izvestia with reference to the President of the House, Alexis Rodzianko. Rodzianko said that two things are needed to travel from Russia to the United States: a visa and vaccination with a vaccine recognized by Washington or the World Health Organization (WHO) … He noted that for this reason, businessmen asked the US authorities to approve a number of other vaccines, including Sputnik V, for business trips to the country. The Russian Ministry of Health, in turn, reminded Izvestia that that the issue of mutual recognition of vaccines by Moscow and Washington was discussed on October 2 in Geneva at the talks between Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko and the American delegation. The department also said that as a result of the conversation, they sent a letter to the

An English nurse fell in love with a serial robber in prison a repeat offender and unexpectedly for herself was showered with gifts. This is reported by The Sun. 21-year-old nurse Breya Sutton said that she fell in love with 31-year-old serial robber Harley Webb, who is behind bars. The woman began to communicate with Webb, as her friend also met with a man in prison, and he asked if she had single girlfriends for his friend. After a month of endless messages, phone calls and letters, the couple began a romantic relationship. The lovers first saw each other live only eight months after the beginning of the novel. The woman asked Harley about his criminal past and found out that for ten years he was either going to jail or leaving it. Most often, he was prosecuted for robbery. He was last sentenced to four years in prison, but

Listvyazhnaya mine director Makhrakov turned out to be the best in the profession in 2021 Sergey Makhrakov, director of Listvyazhnaya Mine LLC, won a regional competition coal mining industry “Kuzbass – the coal” heart “of Russia. This was reported on the website of the SDS holding, which includes the enterprise. It is specified that Makhrakov was declared the winner in the nomination “Director of the Mine-2021” in August 2021. Makhrakov began his working career from the driver of underground installations at the Kolmogorovskaya mine. He became the head of Listvyazhnaya in 2013. Earlier, the former miner of the fourth-grade production face Denis Timokhin told the Lenta.ru correspondent that the director of Listvyazhnaya, in which 52 people died, was confident in his complete impunity. Moreover, the interlocutor of the publication accused the management of the requirement to make changes to the design of the combines so that they could continue to

Rashkin: deprivation of parliamentary immunity is a direct punishment for disagreeing with the elections He called the incident a “direct reprisal” during a conversation with the “Interlocutor.” It's not about illegal hunting, he said. In the State Duma, 341 people voted in favor of depriving Rashkin of immunity, 55 against, and 2 abstained. Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov accused Rashkin of lying in the case of the murder of an elk in the Saratov region. “I will not dwell on the circumstances of Rashkin's detention and his clumsy attempts to mislead law enforcement officers,” he said. In October, a policeman and an employee of the hunting committee stopped the car in which the deputy was in the Saratov region. They found a dead moose in his trunk. Later, Rashkin confessed to killing the animal. In September, Rashkin announced his refusal to recognize the results of municipal elections a week before

Poland: the situation with the outbreak of a riot in the center of migrants was stabilized by the police According to the agency, the outbreak of a riot of illegal migrants was able to calm down thanks to the police. More than 500 officers took part in the actions to support the border guard, the police of the Lubusz province of the country said. Earlier it was reported that migrants, most of whom are men from Iraq and Afghanistan, revolted in a guarded center for foreigners. According to Polish media reports, hundreds of illegal immigrants in Wenjin came to the site in front of the center building, began to damage equipment and break glass. At the same time, they shouted “Freedom” and shouted that the purpose of their arrival in Europe is Germany.

And about. Head of the State Bureau of Investigation Sukhachev: if necessary, we will summon Volodymyr Zelenskyy for interrogation allowed the possibility of summoning the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky for questioning on the air of the 1 + 1 TV channel, RIA Novosti reports. As Sukhachev said, for several days the bureau will summon the head of the president's office, Andriy Yermak, for questioning. “Why aren't we doing it now? Because we expect certain information from law enforcement agencies, ”he explained. And about. The head of the SBI noted that the investigator has the right to summon Zelensky himself for questioning, if necessary. On November 20, the former head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vasily Burba said that there is a “mole” in the Ukrainian government working in the interests of Russia. At the same time, the presidential representative in the Constitutional Court,