Category: Russia

Pope Francis to discuss his visit to Russia with Metropolitan Hilarion of the Russian Orthodox Church Head of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. This was reported by RIA Novosti. Pope Francis also stressed his readiness to negotiate with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill. The pontiff spoke about this during a conference on board the plane, returning from his apostolic visit to Greece and Cyprus. He added that Metropolitan Hilarion will visit him at the Vatican. “I am always ready to go to Moscow. To conduct a dialogue with a brother, protocols are not needed: a brother is a brother, ”the Pope said. In turn, Metropolitan Hilarion confirmed in a dialogue with TASS that the discussion of the meeting of the Vatican leader with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church is indeed in the plans of his

A resident of India held his hand up for 45 years as a proof of devotion to God Shiva Shiva has no plans to lower it. This is reported by Unilad. In 1973, Amar Bharati led a modest life and worked at an Indian Bank. He had a wife and three children. Suddenly, he decided to give up everything he had and devote his life to the god Shiva. As a proof of his commitment to the deity and as a sign of support for world peace, the man decided to keep his hand up and never lower it. At first, he was in great pain. But after about two years, the pain subsided, and the man stopped feeling his hand, as it atrophied. “I'm not asking for much. Why do we always fight with each other? Why is there so much hatred and enmity around? I want all Indians

It was decided to sell a house made of wooden planks in the urban-type settlement Sirius for 2 million rubles for sale a plot of land with a house, which the owners described as “a refuge for real men.” The announcement was posted on the Avito platform. The announcement appeared on Sunday, December 5th. The building of wooden panels and planks is fixed on high metal supports, the area of ​​the site is one hundred square meters. The property was estimated at two million rubles, the owner noted that there were no documents for the house. Separately, it costs 125 thousand rubles. Inside the building there is one sleeping place and a cooking area with an electric stove and a kettle. You can climb inside by using a ladder through a hatch; the seller suggested going down by a rope. “There is a place for barbecue and parties under the

Saakashvili's girlfriend Yasko: “psychotropic torture” is being used against the former president of Georgia psychotropic torture “. This was told by his girlfriend, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Yelizaveta Yasko, according to the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian journalist Andriy Pavlovsky. According to her, a few weeks ago, the policy was prescribed supposedly sleeping pills in large doses, after which he began to complain about anxiety, hearing and vision problems. Yasko said that usually such a drug is prescribed only for “serious patients” and is not used to improve sleep. “The use of such a drug is a pharmacological psychotropic torture,” the deputy emphasized. Earlier, Mikheil Saakashvili's mother, Giuli Alasania, said that it was unsafe for her son to be in Georgia. She noted that he was not in the best condition at home. and urged to return him to Ukraine.

A cat in Perm was diagnosed with a severe coronavirus infection, but doctors were able to save him he defeated her. Doctors in Perm were able to save the pet. This was reported on the page of the Matroskin shelter in VKontakte. In a post published on the social network, it is said that the cat had a hard time carrying the infection for 93 days. At the same time, the support from volunteers and veterinarians helped the young animal to cope with the disease, which became a “real victory” for him. Local residents Ekaterina and Andrey took over all the treatment: they took the cat to the doctors almost every day. and also fully paid for all his therapy and also provided with expensive drugs. Blitz turned out to be a “golden cat”, as a large amount of money was spent on his treatment. Based on the results of

Expert Santiago Mas-Coma: scientists do not know about the effects of the omicron strain on the elderly There are many unexplored aspects, but the concern is the presence of mutations in it, which have been observed in the more infectious and pathogenic varieties of the virus. This was stated in an interview with Lenta.ru by Professor Santiago Mas-Coma, an expert of the World Health Organization (WHO) and President of the International Federation of Tropical Medicine. The epidemiologist noted that this a priori suggests that this new variant is also more transmissible and pathogenic. At the same time, the majority of those infected with the new strain of the disease is either asymptomatic or mild, but the data obtained by scientists are based on the case histories of only young people. “We still do not know anything about the effects of the omicron strain on the elderly,” Mas-Coma noted. The specialist

Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation: the deputy head of the department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Samara was charged with corruption This was reported to “Lente.ru” in the regional department of the Investigative Committee of Russia. According to the investigation, he entered into an agreement with the leaders of the organized criminal group “Zakonovskie”. In March 2011, the deputy head of the Samara Ministry of Internal Affairs met with them in one of the city's restaurants and promised his patronage. For this, the accused demanded 150 thousand rubles a month and a VAZ-212140. From April 2011 to August 2017, the accused systematically received bribes in the amount of 150 to 400 thousand rubles for helping members of the organized criminal group. The total amount of illegal remuneration exceeded 22 million rubles. Based on the materials of the FSB, a case was opened against a high-ranking policeman

Masai Saito: the upgraded Pantsir-S1M can suppress the navigation of drones S1M “can hit small and low-speed drones. The Russian air defense missile system was assessed by military expert Masai Saito in an article for Yahoo News Japan. Saito noted that the modernization increased the effectiveness of the air defense missile system in the fight against drones. The publication emphasizes that Pantsir-S1M can hit small and low-speed targets that can bypass other air defense systems. The upgraded complex received new missiles that can hit targets at ranges of up to 30 kilometers … The ZRPK radar can detect targets at a distance of up to 75 kilometers. Pantsir-S1M is capable of tracking up to 40 targets simultaneously. The article emphasized that the Russian air defense missile system can suppress radars and navigation equipment of unmanned aerial vehicles at a distance of 15-18 kilometers. Previously, the main Viktor Murakhovsky, editor of

President of ARB: return of money stolen from accounts may lead to an increase in tariffs bills of money can lead to an increase in tariffs and interest on loans for Russians. Such a threat is seen in the Association of Russian Banks (ARB). When stealing from accounts, it is advisable to determine who is to blame – the bank or the client, said the president of the organization Garegin Tosunyan. If we are talking about the irresponsibility of the person himself, then the bank should not help, he is sure. Tosunyan added that to oblige the innocent party to bear material losses is to act contrary to common sense. If the fault lies with a financial organization, then it should bear responsibility in full, and not within a certain amount, the expert believes … The ARB President proposed to create a special fund to compensate people for their losses