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Spain will hold a “Green Friday” to popularize reasonable consumption Along with the massive sales, the country will hold a Green Friday campaign, which is designed to reduce environmental damage from mass consumption and make smart shopping popular. The newspaper El Mundo writes about this. The authors of the initiative believe that the tradition borrowed from the United States to arrange discounts at the end of November leads to excessive spending of funds and the accumulation of a large number of unnecessary items, which only the low cost tempted to buy. In addition, the sale of clothing runs counter to the desire of Western countries to withstand the climate crisis – often the quality of the clothes is so poor that they cannot be recycled or reused. According to the UN, the fashion industry has the second largest impact on the planet, accounting for ten percent of carbon dioxide emissions

Scientists at Harvard University have found that the delta strain can cause a severe pandemic -2, similar to the delta variant, are characterized by increased transmission and the ability to infect people who have had previous infections or have been vaccinated. According to the researchers, who published a scientific paper in the journal Cell, the delta variant could cause a more severe wave of pandemic with more breakthrough infections occurring in vaccinated. Experts have created a mathematical model that describes how pandemics are caused by hypothetical options will affect populations using different combinations of prevention measures: wearing masks, social distancing and vaccination. The model reveals the course of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic caused by various hypothetical coronavirus variants, including combinations of several symptoms: increased transmissibility (similar to alpha), partial escape from the immune system (similar to beta), and improved transmissibility with partial escape as in delta. For each of the scenarios,

Former Rada deputy: the United States is forcing President Zelensky to start a war Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Yevgeny Muraev. The retired people's deputy accused the United States of blackmailing the Ukrainian leader on the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel. “What do the British and Americans want? They want to force Zelensky now, and, I assure you, they are blackmailing him with Wagnergate (the unsuccessful operation of the Ukrainian special services to detain Russian veterans of hostilities in Donbass, the details of which became known on November 17 – approx. “Lenta.ru” ), and everyone else, so that he starts hostilities in the east of the country, “Muraev said. Related materials 00:03 – September 4 “Ukraine will remain an outpost of the West” How the meeting between Zelensky and Biden will change Ukrainian politics and how it threatens Russia00: 01 – June 26 They asked to wait. Ukraine

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya stated that there is no sense in dialogue with the Belarusian authorities (EU) with the current head of the republic, Alexander Lukashenko. She spoke about this at a briefing following a conference in Vienna dedicated to the resolution of the Belarusian political crisis, the politician's press service reports. Tikhanovskaya urged the foreign ministers of the EU countries to refrain from any contacts with Minsk until the authorities All political prisoners will not be released in Belarus. She also added that she sees no point in interacting with the Lukashenka regime, since he “cannot be trusted.” At the same time, the oppositionist stressed that the only possible way to resolve the political crisis in the republic is dialogue. Earlier, Alexander Lukashenko named his condition for starting a dialogue with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. According to him, he will do this only after Russian President Vladimir Putin sits down at the negotiating

In the Saratov region, the captain of a Russian diesel-electric ship was accused of stealing fuel case under article 160 (“Waste of funds with the use of official position”) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. This was reported on Monday, November 22, by the regional department of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR). According to the investigation, on June 14, the vessel was in the Volga water area in the Volsk region. In the evening, when visibility became worse, the Russian pumped 2,272 kilograms of fuel from the tanker standing on the deck with a hose. He poured the stolen goods onto another ship. The ICR clarified to Lente.ru that the captain caused damage to his enterprise in the amount of 104,227 rubles. The theft was revealed by employees of the Privolzhsky linear administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in transport. The captain was charged. The collection

More than 233 thousand tons of grapes were harvested in Dagestan in 2021 This is reported by the portal “This is the Caucasus.” This time, more than 233 thousand tons of grapes were harvested there. “The region has been performing for the second year in a row with the best indicator among the regions of Russia, as well as a record annual gross harvest in the post-Soviet history of our republic,” the press service said Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the region. In August it was reported that the authorities of Dagestan decided to develop new routes in the field of industrial tourism. Then the acting minister of tourism and folk arts and crafts, Emin Merdanov, said that, according to him, travelers will be offered to visit more various industrial enterprises of the republic. They will also include the Derbent Sparkling Wine Factory.

Singer Marina Khlebnikova may experience vision and voice problems due to fire Russian singer Marina Khlebnikova suffered severe eyelid burns. Upon regaining consciousness, she may experience vision problems, writes KP.RU with reference to a source. According to a REN TV source, the artist's respiratory mucosa was damaged during the fire. It is assumed that Khlebnikova will no longer be able to sing due to problems with her voice. Earlier it became known that Khlebnikova was disconnected from the ventilator, she breathes on her own. However, her condition is still serious. It was noted that the singer is conscious, understands everything and behaves adequately. The fire in the house of Marina Khlebnikova became known on November 18. The Emergencies Ministry officers who arrived at the scene carried the singer out of the fire in a state of shock. The artist received first aid and was hospitalized. The fire could have been