Category: Russia

New York Times: US intelligence warned of imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine time is short, so action to contain it needs to be accelerated. With such a warning was issued by the US intelligence, according to The New York Times, citing American and European officials. According to media reports, the intelligence community is confident that everything is ready for an attack and it can happen soon enough. At the same time, American officials believe that Moscow has not yet decided what exactly to do with the troops gathered at the border. Nevertheless, the United States sees the need to push European countries to cooperate with Washington to coordinate economic and military steps. which will keep Moscow in check. In particular, this week the director of US National Intelligence Avril Haynes visited Brussels to talk about the threats. Sources of the publication note that the situation on the border between Russia

Cuban Mavis Alvarez accused Diego Maradona of raping her 20 years ago Maradona is that he raped her. The woman's words are quoted by Infobae. 37-year-old Alvarez said that 20 years ago she spent several months with Maradona, when he was being treated for drug addiction. “Maradona closed my mouth so that I would not shout or say anything, and he abused me,” she said. Now the woman has filed a lawsuit against people from the circle of the football player, as they, according to her, witnessed what happened, but did not help her. In September, Alvarez stated that she had a three-year affair with the football player. She said that the Argentinean put her on cocaine, which is why she was treated for drug addiction for a long time. In addition, Maradona allegedly forced her to enlarge her breasts. Diego Maradona passed away on November 25, 2020 at the

Volodin called the draft resolution of the US Congress on Putin interference in the 2024 elections Congressmen Steve Cohen and Joe Whislon do not recognize the results of the presidential elections in Russia in 2024 if incumbent head of state Vladimir Putin is running for them. According to the politician, such a draft resolution is interference in the elections, which never did Moscow in relation to Washington, and says that the United States continues to fight with Russia. And since the document is directed directly against Putin, Putin in this situation is Russia's advantage, Volodin concludes. The Duma speaker called the blows directed at the incumbent president in future elections, if he decides to go for them, blows at Russia in order to weaken it. This means, he concluded, the draft resolution of the American congressmen is the best assessment of the correctness of the country's path under Putin. Volodin

Axios: Senator Menendez proposed to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation in the event of an “invasion of Ukraine” Menendez proposed to impose sanctions against Russia in the event of an “invasion of Ukraine.” This is reported by the Axios portal with reference to an amendment to the defense budget submitted to Congress. The publication noted that the amendment was formulated in such a way as to leave room for maneuver in the definition of the term “invasion”. Banks, natural resources and national debt under attack According to the congressman's idea, US President Joe Biden will have to prohibit leading Russian military and intelligence personnel from entering the United States, as well as introduce a number of restrictions on Russian banks, government agencies, oil and gas companies and mining companies. Among among other things, all companies and persons involved in the planning of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline may

EP ad hoc committee: there is “tight competition in the field of AI technologies” in the world The European Parliament (EP) expressed concern about military research and technological development of Russia and China in the field of weapons using artificial intelligence (AI). Russia Today reports this with reference to the draft resolution, which was presented in the preliminary report of the EP special committee on artificial intelligence in the digital age. AI technologies “. The leaders of the race, according to the authors of the report, are the United States and China, but Canada, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United Kingdom are also taking part in it. At the same time, the EP stated that such developments related to systems of destructive offensive weapons without human control are being carried out without due attention to the risk to humanity. The document emphasizes that AI technologies can be

Former Prime Minister Tymoshenko: the energy crisis in Ukraine was artificially created by officials named those responsible for the energy crisis in the country. She told about this on the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel, RIA Novosti reports. According to her, the real crisis was artificially created by officials. Tymoshenko noted that she would like to know the names of everyone who received the command to put the country in such a position. She also added that she would like to know who did not pump gas into storage facilities, “did not put coal” and completely lied during the winter period of stable operation. In addition, the politician noted that high-level officials themselves admit the crisis situation , and wondered what the authorities are doing to solve it. “They knelt in front of Belarus and asked: give us emergency flows,” she stressed. Tymoshenko also added that if the

RIA Novosti: the average mortgage loan in Russia has grown to almost 4 million rubles The average mortgage in Russia in October increased by 4 , 5 percent in comparison with the previous month and now amounts to 3.74 million rubles, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a study by the credit bureau Equifax. »Apartments. “The growth in the average amount of a mortgage loan is primarily due to the growth in the value of real estate and a decrease in the share of apartments purchased for investment purposes, the cost of which was below the market average, which pulled the average amount down,” explains the CEO of the company Oleg Lagutkin. Equifax reports that the impact of these processes is gradually decreasing, so the average loan amount is unlikely to reach more than four million rubles. Nevertheless, in some regions this stage has been passed: in cities with a

Chinese authorities fined Alibaba for violating antitrust laws … This is reported by Reuters. These companies did not notify the government about 43 deals, which were concluded back in 2012. Each organization now has to pay a fine of 500,000 yuan (about $ 78,000). Earlier, the PRC authorities fined Alibaba the largest amount in the history of the country – 18.22 billion yuan ($ 2.78 billion) for violation of antitrust laws. The investigation confirmed that Alibaba had a policy of forcing consumers to use their services “no choice”. According to the regulator, the company's actions negatively affected the competitive environment of the Chinese e-commerce market.