Category: Russia

Kommersant: the collapse of the Turkish lira threatens Gazprom with a loss of income from supplies collapsed by 20 percent in a month, may significantly complicate the country’s renegotiation of contracts with Gazprom. Kommersant writes about this with reference to the opinion of analysts. The situation threatens the ability of private importers to pay for the supplied gas. The experts named direct guarantees of the state and the transition to prepaid supplies as possible ways of solving the problem. Moreover, both of these options mean difficult negotiations, they are also fraught with loss of income. The current contracts for 8 billion cubic meters per year expire on January 1, 2022. Of these, the state-owned company Botas accounts for half, and the rest is divided between private owners. The head of the Turkish Ministry of Energy Fatih Denmez said that the terms of new contracts will be from three to five

Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Chernyshov supported the letter of doctors to opponents of vaccination against COVID-19 Vice-Speaker of the State Duma Boris Chernyshov supported the letter of doctors to anti-axers. According to him, the deputies should know how ordinary voters are ill. He gave such a comment in an interview with RIA Novosti. He noted that those who urge to refuse vaccination against COVID-19 endanger citizens. Chernyshov also admitted that he suffered a coronavirus. The Deputy Speaker of the State Duma recalled how people were lying next to him who were having a hard time. “Show them [anti-axers] how everything looks like. If we are talking about parliamentarians, show them how their voters [get sick], “Chernyshov concluded. Earlier, the chief doctor of the hospital in Kommunarka, Denis Protsenko, explained the meaning of the letter to the opponents of vaccination. According to him, the coronavirus pandemic cannot be stopped

The Moscow Exchange Index rose 1.23 percent at the opening of trading The Russian stock market opened with the growth of major stock indexes on Wednesday, November 24. The Moscow Exchange index at the opening of the main trading session on the Moscow Exchange rose to 4008.96 points (plus 1.23 percent), the RTS index – up to 1700.54 points (plus 2.3 percent). The growth leaders ” blue chips “of the Moscow Exchange at 10:10 were TCS Group (plus 3.93 percent, up to 7325 rubles per share), Polyus (plus 0.5 percent, up to 14,825 rubles) and Polymetal (plus 0.47 percent , up to 1381.3 rubles). The growth in the value of TCS Group shares was driven by the positive financial results for the third quarter. Most of all, the securities fell in price for Novatek (minus 0.88 percent, to 1,650.6 rubles), Rosneft (minus 0.42 percent, to 599.1 rubles) and MTS (minus

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner ridiculed husband Joe Jonas for the ring of purity British actress Sophie Turner, star of Game of Thrones , appeared in the Jonas Brothers special on Netflix's Family Roast, dedicated to the Jonas Brothers. The actress made fun of her husband, musician Joe Jonas, for the “ring of purity,” writes the New York Post. “Look, Joe didn't just stick his finger in some idiotic piece of metal ring. He poked his fingers into co-workers, actresses, even a couple of supermodels, ”Turner joked. The actress noted that the “purity rings” that symbolized the sexual puritanism of the Jonas Brothers were not a good idea. Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas have been dating since 2016 and got married in early May 2019. In February of the following year, it became known about the pregnancy of the actress. She gave birth to her first child in July

A Reddit user ran away from a date because of a girl's harsh remarks about migrants A guy from the United States with the nickname Ankit1000 told how he escaped because of several phrases that I heard from the girl during the meeting. According to the young man, he left a new acquaintance at a restaurant after her harsh remarks about migrants. The narrator shared his story on the Reddit portal, where many commentators supported him. The 26-year-old narrator clarified that he met a girl at the gym. Ankit1000 invited her to a restaurant with a Korean barbecue (a method of grilling meat, in which the stove is built into the dining table, and the guests themselves fry the meat – approx. “Lenta.ru” ). But an acquaintance of the author of the post did not want to cook food on her own. “She insisted that I call the waitress and

In the capital of Lithuania, deputies and journalists planted the Alley of Belarusian Democracy Association of Journalists. ” Edgar Rinkevich and the Mayor of Riga Martins Stakis. Minsk opened a criminal case against officials under the article “Inciting ethnic hatred” after they removed the national flag of Belarus from the square in Riga, where the flags of the countries participating in the World Ice Hockey Championship were displayed. The canvas was replaced with a white-red-white flag used by the Belarusian opposition. Presidential elections were held in Belarus on August 9, 2020. The CEC announced that the current head of state, Alexander Lukashenko, won 80 percent of the vote. This sparked massive protests across the country that lasted several months.

Basketball player Kyle Kuzma became a meme after appearing in a jumper with an unusual design American basketball player Kyle Kuzma appeared in public with an unusual design and became a meme on social networks. Corresponding posts appeared on Twitter and Instagram. The paparazzi captured the athlete in an oversized sweater from the luxury brand Raf Simons in bright pink with long sleeves that completely cover his arms. The celebrity also wore a white beanie, black sweatpants and white Nike sneakers. The cost of the described sweater made of natural wool is $ 1,659 (about 123 thousand rubles).

Ukraine announced the start of a special operation on the Belarusian border due to illegal migrants Belarus in order to prevent the aggravation of the situation with illegal migrants. This was reported by the press service of the republic's state border service on Facebook. According to the agency, today the threat of redirecting the flow of refugees to Ukraine is quite high, therefore, in order to prevent the development of the migration crisis, it was decided to strengthen the protection of the state border. It is noted that the operation is coordinated by the State Border Service and is being carried out jointly with the forces of the National Guard, the National Police, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and other involved reserves. To carry out the operation, the number of border guards was increased, as well as forces and means in places of possible breakthroughs of refugees into the