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Phobos forecaster Leus predicted the setting of a new record for precipitation on December 7 Leading specialist of the Phobos center Mikhail Leus rekor announced the possible establishment of a new on precipitation on December 7. According to him, the expected amount of snow on this day could be 15 millimeters. This is 2.3 points higher than the set record for precipitation on December 7, 1949. The forecaster said this in an interview with Lenta.ru. The temperature on December 7 will be above normal, Leus said. This will be facilitated by a Balkan cyclone from the southwest, he added. Sleet is expected in the metropolitan area. According to Leus's forecast, in Moscow a day can fall from 10 to 15 millimeters of precipitation, which is almost a quarter of the monthly norm. “There is a lot of precipitation. Perhaps we will get close to the record. We have a record

ATOR: Sochi and Istanbul became the most budget travel destinations in December Sochi, Istanbul and Crimea became the most budgetary travel destinations for Russians for the New Year. This information appeared on the website of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). Thus, tours to Sochi for ten nights with a flight from December 24 to 30, accommodation in a two-star hotel and breakfast-based meals can be bought for 34.3 thousand rubles for two travelers, in Istanbul – for 53.2 thousand, in Crimea – for 60.7 thousand. Armenia is named in fourth place in terms of accessibility – the cost of rest in the republic starts from 74 , 3 thousand rubles for two. The voucher includes flight, accommodation in a three-star hotel and meals based on breakfast. Egypt closes the top five – a New Year's tour for two vacationers in a five-star hotel with all-inclusive meals will

Two Russian tourists killed in Cyprus were killed in a domestic conflict. Two Russian tourists killed in Cyprus were killed in the course of a domestic conflict. This was reported by RIA Novosti. The reasons for the murder were revealed at the embassy of the republic. It is noted that the main suspect is a 32-year-old Syrian citizen who carried out repair work in the vicinity of Limassol. The women came to him, after which a conflict ensued between them – as a result, the man shot the tourists with a gun and hid their bodies with the help of accomplices. Earlier in December, the bodies of two Russian women who went missing on November 17 were found in the garden holiday homes in Cyprus. It is noted that two women, 43-year-old Hayat Al-Raisi and 33-year-old Maria Gazibagandova, arrived in Cyprus on tourist visas – one at the beginning of

DPR head Pushilin: under Zelensky, on the contact line in Donbass, everything went wild The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic dangerous tendencies during the development of the conflict in Donbass. If clashes on the line of contact escalate into a war, Pushilin plans to turn to Russia and Belarus for help. The words of the head of the unrecognized state are reported by TASS. “We see that the situation is degrading. Under [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskiy, things went haywire. This is a dangerous trend that could ultimately lead to full-scale hostilities, ”said Pushilin. In his opinion, the observance of the Minsk agreements has finally ceased to worry the Ukrainian side. In addition, Pushilin shared his fears about the fate of people during the conflict. “As the head of the republic, I am primarily worried about the civilian population, which, as we are well aware, Ukraine will simply destroy,

Oleg Tinkov spoke about the fight against blood cancer and the beginning of his transformation as a person Russian entrepreneur, founder of TCS Group (parent company Tinkoff- bank) Oleg Tinkov spoke about the process of recovery from blood cancer. In the HakRak podcast, he called the disease the reason for his transformation as a person, RBC reports. Completely defeating the disease, the businessman admitted, is impossible, so in any case he can only be at some stage of the struggle. Tinkov explained that two years ago he was diagnosed with one of the most difficult types of leukemia (there are about two hundred of them in total) – acute myeloid leukemia (AML). At the current stage, he has a reaction, which is designated as “ graft versus host ”(GVHD). Tinkov noted that he talks in detail about his illness because he considers it important that people suffering from leukemia can

Foreign Minister Lavrov: The US tried to force India to follow orders and prevent the purchase of S-400 The US tried to undermine cooperation between Russia and India and prevent the transaction for the purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM). The head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Sergei Lavrov spoke about the attempts of the American side, RIA Novosti reports. According to the diplomat, Washington hoped to force New Delhi to follow orders. However, India has proven itself to be a sovereign country capable of independently deciding with whom to enter into arms deals. Lavrov noted that Russian-Indian relations have the character of a privileged strategic partnership. Earlier, during a meeting of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission on military and military-technical cooperation in New Delhi, Russia and India signed a number of agreements, contracts and protocols related to small arms and military cooperation. Indian Defense Minister

Ukrainian boxer Alexander Usyk: promoters will prefer to fight Joshua at Wembley Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Alexander Usyk admitted that he doubted in the fact that he will be able to hold a duel with Briton Anthony Joshua in Kiev at the stadium “Olympic”. He spoke about this during a meeting with fans. The 34-year-old Ukrainian noted that for promoters and managers, professional boxing is just a business. “If they have a choice between Olympic and Wembley, they will prefer the latter. You can simply sell more tickets there. For pounds, not hryvnia, “Usik is convinced. However, the Ukrainian boxer and world heavyweight champion does not exclude that he will still play the fight on the territory of Ukraine. Usyk emphasized that in this case, it will not be a question of an eminent opponent. “Such a fight needs to be organized by ourselves,” he said. Usyk announced his desire to

Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Starodubov: the vaccine can be modified under the omicron in two weeks coronavirus in two weeks. This was stated by the vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Starodubov, his words are reported by Interfax.

TNT press service denied “the fact of alleged dismissal” Laysan Utyasheva from the project “Dances” with “Lenta.ru” rumors about the dismissal of TV presenter Lyaysan Utyasheva after the sports scandal associated with her statements about the victory of the Israeli gymnast Lina Ashram at the Olympics. The channel's representative denied the information spread through Telegram channels and a number of media outlets. “The channel denies this information,” a TNT representative replied to a corresponding request from “Lenta.ru”, specifying that he denies “the fact of alleged dismissal.” Rumors that Utyasheva was fired from the “Dances” project, which she has been leading since 2014, appeared earlier in December. According to the Telegram-channel “NeMalakhov”, the reason for this decision was allegedly a scandal that occurred because of Utyasheva's statements about the Olympics. In addition, the Telegram channel “Mediavoiny” has information that Utyasheva will be fired for the next season of the project. According

Virologist Chepurnov said there was no guarantee that the COVID-19 pandemic would end on the omicron and translational medicine Alexander Chepurnov doubted in a conversation with Lenta.ru that omicron would become the last strain of COVID-19, after which the end of the pandemic would come. “I do not see any guarantees in this regard yet. If you strain your memory a little, a certain American scientist declared that delta is everything, it is the most perfect machine, you can't think of anything stronger, it spreads the fastest, captured everything, and so on, so everything will now adapt and everything will end there, as you can see. he was wrong, now the omicron has appeared, “Chepurnov noted. According to the virologist, it is still difficult to say whether the omicron will become the last strain, since it is not clear how it behaves with vaccinated people. “There are strong suspicions that