Category: Russia

Lukashenko: not a single application for asylum in Belarus has been received from migrants President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with the BBC about the absence of those wishing to stay in his country of migrants. The video was posted on YouTube. The journalist conveyed to Lukashenka the words of some migrants that they would like to stay in Belarus if they do not get to Europe. “We have order, unlike you, and the law. And so far we have not received any such application with a request to stay in Belarus. If they act in accordance with the law, and very quickly, unlike you, we will consider, “Lukashenko said. Meanwhile, the Zerkalo.io edition reported on November 15 that one of the migrants, 29-year-old journalist Rebin Sirvan Majid from Iraqi Kurdistan decided to seek asylum in Belarus, but he was beaten and expelled from the country. Rebin

TASS: mortgage rates for basic programs have increased in Russia Large Russian banks have increased mortgage rates for basic programs by an average of 0.4 -1 percentage point. This is reported by TASS with reference to the data of banks and the marketing agency Marcs. In November, mortgage rates were raised by such banks as VTB, Sberbank, Rosselkhozbank and Raiffeisenbank. Since November 15, mortgages for VTB clients have become 0.7 percentage points more expensive – the rate will be 9 percent. Sberbank raised rates to 8.8 percent (plus 0.4 percentage points) on mortgages for new buildings and to 9.1 percent (plus 0.6 percentage points) on mortgages for secondary housing. Mortgages for finished housing rose from 8.1 percent to 8.7 percent. In Rosselkhozbank, rates on basic programs for primary real estate increased by 0.7-0.9 percentage points, and for secondary – by 0.45-0.7 percentage points. Raiffeisenbank raised mortgage rates by 0.4-1 percentage

Sergey Lavrov: Russia is worried that Germany and France are indulging Kiev's wishes refuse to fulfill the Minsk agreements. This was stated by the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, RIA Novosti reports. The diplomat called the unwillingness of Paris and Berlin to support the implementation of the agreements and attempts to “in every possible way to shield and justify the unacceptable actions of the Kiev regime” as stubbornness. < p> “Ukraine has publicly withdrawn from these [Minsk agreements], and instead of giving Ukraine a hand, to force its clients in Kiev to do what was agreed, with the assistance, with the support of England and France, we are told, let's better still once we meet in the Normandy format. This is a road to nowhere, “Lavrov emphasized. Earlier, the foreign minister said that Ukraine is clearly going to provocations, using American Javelin missile systems in

Moscow traffic police: the peak of accidents in the city falls on the interval from 6 to 9 pm More than half of dead and injured occurs in Moscow from 12 noon to 9 pm, according to the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate in its Telegram channel. The peak of accidents falls on the time interval from 6 to 9 pm. Negative factors in the traffic police called the high intensity of vehicle traffic and poor visibility of pedestrians in winter. The smallest number of accidents was recorded from three to six in the morning. In the first 10 months of 2021, more than 6.9 thousand road accidents occurred in Moscow, as a result of which 283 people died, 7.9 thousand were injured of varying severity … The most frequent accidents are pedestrian collisions. They are recorded 26 percent more than car collisions. More than half of the raids were

Bloomberg: The US suspects Russia of preparing an attack on Ukraine from Crimea and Belarus US intelligence believes that Russia will attack Ukraine in 2022 year. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing sources in the special services. The interlocutors of the publication said that Moscow was preparing an attack from three directions: from the Crimean peninsula, from the Russian-Ukrainian border and from the territory of Belarus. Also, intelligence officers reported that they shared the intelligence with their European colleagues. According to Bloomberg, American intelligence has maps that confirm the build-up of the Russian military contingent on the borders with Ukraine. According to the data available to Washington, Russia is preparing about a hundred thousand troops for an attack. In addition to the war with Ukraine, this grouping of troops will have to take the occupied territories into a long-term occupation. The United States claims that most of the Russian tactical

Conflict expert Yunusov: “images of enemies” and the desire for independence led to conflicts in the USSR behind which the elites of the national republics believed that their peoples would have lived better if it had not been for the dictates of the union center. Conflict expert and human rights activist Arif Yunusov spoke about this in an interview with Lente.ru as part of a special project dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. “At the same time, within each of the 15 national republics there were other peoples who believed that they would live well if they were not part of these subjects, but received independence. When we came to Moscow, I met with Russian nationalists from the Pamyat society. They said the same thing. Like, we would have healed well if it were not for these national republics, which exist exclusively at the

Odnoklassniki will double the budgets in the advertising office to support entrepreneurs December, inclusive, the social network will double the budget for promotion through an internal advertising cabinet powered by myTarget technologies. This was reported in a press release from the organization, which was received by the editorial board of Lenta.ru. It is assumed that in this way entrepreneurs will be helped to attract customers and increase their number, as well as reach an audience at a difficult time for business, associated with restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. So, until the end of December, when replenishing the balance of the advertising cabinet in the amount of one thousand rubles or more, each payment will be doubled with bonuses. To receive these bonus funds, you need to activate the special promo code BONUS2021 via the link. Moreover, the maximum amount of bonuses per user is 15 thousand rubles. It is

IFixit called the new AirPods unrepairable A video showing the disassembly of the headset is available on the iFixit YouTube channel. According to iFixit experts studying the possibility of repairing gadgets, Apple had to use a vise to open the new headphones. The experts pressed on the body of the device from both sides to detach the two halves of the earbuds from each other. The authors showed the insides of AirPods, noting that the device is assembled using a lot of glue. Also, the components of the headphones are tightly adjacent to each other, which prevents the disassembly of the gadget. During the review, experts also opened the Beats Fit Pro headphones, which were also recently introduced by Apple. It turned out that both headsets have a similar design. In conclusion, experts tried to remove the battery from the headphones and completely destroyed the AirPods case. The authors noted

A man with a bow attacked the city hall in the center of Chisinau A man with a bow attacked the city hall in the center of Chisinau. Telegram-channel “Sputnik Moldova” writes about this. It is noted that the archer approached the building of the capital's administration and fired a shot at it. However, he did not damage the building. Subsequently, a report was drawn up against the man. Currently, law enforcement officers are investigating the motives for the attack. In 2020, Moldovan farmers protested and blocked the entrances to the government building in Chisinau with tractors. Thus, they decided to obtain from the country's authorities an increase in the amount of compensation for the lost crop and the abolition of the increase in VAT on agricultural products.