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Autoexpert Subbotin: fines for washing car windows at home are an exaggeration of journalists dispelled the myth about fines for washing the windows of a car near the house. “It was never possible to wash cars in the courtyards, they just now impose a separate fine for it, and the journalists thought that if you wiped the glass or the license plate then it will be equivalent to washing. Nobody will equate, they just decided to intimidate and catch the hype, because wiping the numbers and headlights is like sneezing into a handkerchief, ”Subbotin explained. Earlier, Za Rulem reported that 1 In March 2022, new amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses will come into force, according to which wiping glasses, headlights and license plates in the yard will be equated to washing a car and will be punished with a fine in the amount of 300 to 5,000 rubles.

Political scientist Kamkin: the future German chancellor will become a pragmatist and will avoid harsh actions Olaf Scholl a pragmatic chancellor and supporter of the “policy of small steps.” So the main qualities of the future leader of Germany were described by Alexander Kamkin, a leading researcher at the Center for German Studies at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, in an interview with Lenta.ru. Related materials00: 02 – 28 September Deficit of democracy. Power is changing in Germany. Who will lead the country to the future and what will it be like? 00:01 – September 26 “Merkel leaves bedlam behind” Pro-Russian nationalists are joining the Bundestag. How Germany will change after the elections?”It is not for nothing that in Germany they call him” Scholzmat “, that is, such a Werther robot by nature,” Kamkin said. In this he differs from former German Chancellors Willy Brandt (1964-1987) and

Exercises began in Chernobyl due to the migration crisis in Belarus , the press service of the National Police of the country reported. According to the head of the department, Igor Klimenko, on Wednesday, November 24, the exercises were conducted by officers and employees of the State Border Service, the National Guard and the National Police. “All scenarios of a possible escalation of the migration crisis in border towns and villages are being worked out,” he said. The measures are aimed at improving the coordination of the work of the security forces in the cities and districts neighboring Belarus. The trainings will last for two weeks, during which it is necessary to develop algorithms for possible actions of migrants. The head of the National Police of the Kiev region, Andrey Nebytov, recalled that military exercises are also held on the territory of Chernobyl. This, he said, complicates the task. The

The court arrested the general director of Gazprom Gazoraspredelenie Krasnodar Alexei Rudnev on the receipt of a commercial bribery in the amount of over 20 million rubles. Along with him, three other defendants in the case were arrested, RIA Novosti reports, citing data from the court file. The Investigative Committee (IC) reported that a criminal case was opened against Rudnev, his deputy Alexander Savostyanov and deputies directors of the company's branches in Sochi, Gelendzhik, Anapa and Krasnodar. They are suspected of commercial bribery.

Biologist Baranova: COVID-19 disappeared in Japan due to a “tainted” delta strain In Japan, the coronavirus disappeared because a “tainted” delta strain has spread across the country. Ancha Baranova, a biologist and professor at the School of Systems Biology at George Mason University (Virginia), said this in an interview with Lente.ru. Since there was one delta in Japan, mutations have accumulated in it, according to Japanese colleagues in the nsp14 protein. And this protein determines the ability of the virus to correct mutations. But since nsp14 itself “messed up”, it could not fix anything, errors began to multiply uncontrollably. And, in the end, the virus came to a sad finish for itself. Ancha BaranovaBiologist She added that the “spoiled” delta strain in Japan provoked the emergence of derivatives with weakened mutation-correcting functions. According to the biologist, in Japan, compared to European countries, there was not a great variety of strains

Russian Ambassador to the United States on sanctions against MIPT: Washington's statements do not stand up to criticism The Ministry of Trade, in particular directed against the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). He stressed that Washington's statements about the threat to the national security of the United States from the organization do not hold water. The message was posted on Facebook by the diplomatic mission. “The administration continues its destructive line of breaking ties in areas that have nothing to do with politics. Each new restriction is a missed opportunity to normalize bilateral ties, “the diplomat emphasized. Antonov recalled that MIPT really trains technical specialists, including for the military-industrial complex, but how this threatens the national security of the United States, one can only guess. The ambassador concluded that, as usual, no facts were provided to Moscow. Earlier it became known that the US Department of Commerce included

RBC: Google is moving servers to Russian data centers due to the data storage law The American company Google has begun Russian data centers. According to RBC, this issue was discussed at the end of March at a meeting in the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, dedicated to the preparation for the entry into force of the law on the storage of personal data. One of the participants in the meeting said that Google stores information on the territory of data the center of his company. “Google is [now] our client. We have a secure parastatal enterprise, “the source said, adding that at first Google” did not allow anyone to approach their counters “- only its own employees who came from abroad had access. According to Anton Platonov, General Director of StoreData, the company began to conclude agreements for the placement of equipment in Russia more than a year

Collins English Dictionary named NFT as the main word of 2021 Collins English Dictionary recognized NFT (non-fungible token) , which translates into Russian as “non-fungible token”, the main word of 2021, writes The Guardian. The creators of the dictionary called NFT a buzzword that was regularly sounded throughout the year. According to Collins' definition, NFT is “a unique digital certificate registered on the blockchain and used to register ownership of assets such as a work of art or collectible.” the expressions “double-vaxxed” and “hybrid working”. The latter came up in the speech after people gradually began to go to the offices for several days a week after working remotely. Collins also shortlisted climate anxiety, which translates to “climate concern.” The Oxford Dictionary previously recognized vax as the word for 2021. The dictionary's compilers are confident that “no word captures the atmosphere of the year better than vax.” The root has

“Kommersant”: the head of the landfill Kapustin Yar Kislov was placed under house arrest in a criminal case Oleg Kislov was placed under house arrest in a criminal case on the loss of 300 tons of fuel that belonged to the department. This is reported by Kommersant. The publication writes that the Major General was accused of corruption thanks to the testimony of his subordinate, the former head of the 161st School of Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Rocket Forces) technicians, Colonel Alexei Prudnikov. He admitted that he handed over the fuel for sale for a bribe, which he shared with his boss, and also reported two more episodes of bribery on the part of Kislov. It is noted that Prudnikov went to cooperate with the investigation after six months in custody. On Wednesday, November 24, the 235th garrison military court in Moscow placed him under house arrest. An investigator of

Foreign Policy: US Leader Biden in Congress Seeks the Elimination of Sanctions Against SP-2 to remove sanctions from the United States defense budget against the Nord Stream 2 (NP-2) gas pipeline. This is reported by Foreign Policy. According to the publication, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and other high-ranking officials of the Biden administration last week personally addressed some US Congressmen by phone with a call for the abolition of amendments to the defense budget, which suggest sanctions against the companies involved in the project. The publication notes that, in particular, in this way the US administration is trying to prevent the imposition of sanctions against companies from Germany involved in the project. This step “caused anger on the part of the Republicans in Congress.” According to the head of the press service of the State Department Ned Price, the new restrictive measures will be introduced on the basis