The United States decided to disconnect Russia from SWIFT

CNN spoke about the US intention to disconnect Russia from SWIFT as a sanction introduce a new package of sanctions against Russia. His project includes the so-called “nuclear option” – disconnecting Russia from the international payment system SWIFT. In the spring, the European Parliament passed a non-binding resolution calling for such a step in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The list of restrictions also includes sanctions against members of the inner circle of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian energy producers. US officials told reporters that a final decision on whether new sanctions will be applied has not yet been made. According to sources, the administration of President Joe Biden is currently negotiating with European countries to coordinate actions. New US economic sanctions against Russia will target a range of Russian industries, including energy companies and banks. Restrictive measures can also be applied in relation to the

Half a million rubles were stolen from a Russian pensioner during the removal of damage

Fortune-tellers robbed an 83-year-old pensioner for 480 thousand in Sevastopol while removing damage 480 thousand rubles during a ritual to remove damage. This was reported to Lente.ru on Monday, December 6, in the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. According to the investigation, the scammers approached the woman on the street and told her that they saw damage on her and evil eye. The attackers named the victim's adult children and told her that they, too, were in danger. To save herself and her relatives from trouble, the pensioner was offered to hold a ceremony. To do this, she was asked to collect all the money that she had in her apartment, put it in a bag and give it to the “healers”. The woman did just that. After the fortune-tellers ritual, they returned the package to the woman, but instead of

Ukraine's independence was considered the worst period in its history

Political scientist Bezpalko: independence brought more troubles to Ukraine than war The period of independence is the worst thing that happened to Ukraine. This opinion was expressed in a conversation with Lenta.ru by a political scientist, member of the Council for Interethnic Relations under the President of Russia Bogdan Bezpalko within the framework of a special project dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. even the Great Patriotic War brought it. It lasted at least four years, and independence is already 30 years old, “the expert believes. According to Bezpalko, he voted against Ukraine's independence in the December 1, 1991 referendum. The political scientist stressed that he met the collapse of the USSR as “a catastrophe and the collapse of the country that we have been building together for centuries.” one of the key factors that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union was

The condition of termination of the contract of Kokorin with “Fiorentina”

La Nazione: Fiorentina will terminate the contract with Kokorin if they do not rent him out for early termination of the contract with the Russian striker Alexander Kokorin. This is reported by Fiorentinanews with reference to La Nazione. According to the source, if the club fails to send the player on loan to another team, they will prematurely terminate the contract with him, which is valid until 2024. It is noted that Fiorentina is already looking for suitable teams for Kokorin in order to get rid of the player in January. At the end of November it was reported that Kokorin could continue his career in Qatar. However, no specific contenders for the Russian were named. This season, Kokorin took part in four matches of the Italian championship. He was not marked by effective actions. Against the background of injuries, the footballer fails to gain a foothold in Fiorentina's squad.

A popular blogger spoke about a failed career in America

Blogger Amiran Sardarov said that he failed in America due to ignorance of English career in America, where he left in early 2020. On YouTube's Main Event Podcast, he revealed the reason for his failure. According to the blogger, his lack of knowledge of the English language prevented him. “When you come, you don’t speak English, when you’re an emigrant, and even if they know your background, you made the show with slaps in the face of the world recognizable (project“ Stone faces “on the YouTube channel” Khach's Diary “- approx.” Lenta.ru “) – at first they are happy and positively perceive you,” Sardarov explained. However, when comes to negotiations, partners lose interest in the blogger and refuse to cooperate on barter if he does not speak English. “And you leave, and your manager who speaks English receives a check for the collaboration of 70-100 thousand dollars,” the blogger said.

Named countries with rapidly rising housing prices

Global Property Guide: Montenegro tops the rating of countries with fast growth in house prices increased in most countries in Europe, Asia and North America. In general, the real value of residential real estate (calculated taking into account inflation) has grown in 47 out of 60 countries with the largest real estate markets, Global Property Guide reports, citing its own data. According to analysts, the most noticeable increase was price tags in Montenegro are more than 32 percent higher than in the same period in 2020. Sweden (plus 18 percent per year), Australia (16), the Netherlands (15.3), Puerto Rico (14.6) were also among the countries with fast housing prices. Experts named those countries where house prices, on the other hand, have declined. The anti-rating was topped by the Philippines (minus 16.8 percent per year), Cambodia (minus 11), Morocco (minus 7.5), Peru (minus 5.6) and Brazil (minus 5.5). In Russia, price

Man poisoned his wife for multimillion-dollar insurance

A debtor from China married his beloved and poisoned her for insurance with whom he was married for two months, for the sake of multimillion-dollar insurance. AsiaOne reports. A man named Dai convinced a lover named Wang to purchase insurance for two million yuan (23.1 million rubles). Insurance was to be paid to her father. The couple got married in July, and four days after the wedding, he changed the name of the beneficiary to his own. Dai is suspected of secretly replacing pearl powder in capsules with poison two months after the wedding and tricking Wang into drinking two pills when he was not at home. Presumably, the Chinese man had been planning the assassination for several months. Prosecutors said he used the names of five of his friends to order the ingredients for the poisoning. Dai purchased dried puffer fish and tetrodotoxin poison, which is used in traditional

Three new art objects will be installed in Ryazan for the New Year

More than two hundred events will be held in Ryazan for the New Year and three installations will be installed More than two hundred events and will install three art objects on the eve of the holidays. This is reported by the 62INFO.RU portal. According to the publication, Christmas trees are already being installed on the streets of the city, there will be 35 of them in total. From December 10, light illumination will start working in parks and playgrounds. In addition, New Year installations will appear in the Kremlin Square and on Lybidsky Boulevard, and a dynamic light-dynamic winter fountain will be launched on Victory Square. The celebrations will officially start on December 25 with an event called “Action 2.0.22”, which will include presentation of the protagonist of this holiday, Zabava Putyatishny. In addition, the Ice Sculpture Festival will take place on January 3-8 on Lybidsky Boulevard. Five famous

Putin approved an increase in the minimum wage in Russia

Putin signed a law to increase the minimum wage in 2022 to 13,890 rubles Russian President Vladimir Putin approved an increase in the minimum wage ) in Russia in 2022 up to 13,890 rubles per month. The legislative document signed by the head of state has been published on the official portal of legal information. The minimum wage will be increased by 1,098 rubles – now it is 12,792 rubles. The initiative to increase the minimum wage and the cost of living belongs to Putin himself. On November 18, at a meeting on social issues, the Russian president said that the indexation of the living wage by 2.5 percent, included in the draft budget for 2022, was insufficient, as inflation in the country accelerated. Putin proposed to increase the indicator at a faster pace than inflation – by 8.6 percent, in nominal terms by a thousand rubles to 12,654 rubles

A woman mistakenly wore a repairman's sweatshirt at home in front of him for a week

The writer wore the sweatshirt of a worker who was renovating her house for a week. By mistake, she wore a repairman's sweatshirt at home in front of him for a week. The Daily Star reporters drew attention to her publication on Twitter. The woman shared the embarrassing situation that had occurred between her and a worker who was renovating a house. She explained that she often wears the clothes of her lover, and for the last week she wore his sweatshirt with a hood. When the heroine of the material returned it to the young man, he declared that it was someone else's thing. “I realized with horror that I had put on the sweatshirt of our builder. One day I fell asleep in a sweatshirt, and in the morning I left my room in it and greeted him in his own clothes. I feel so ashamed!” – she