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Police detained 16 thieves in law and crime bosses during an operation in Yerevan In Yerevan, police detained 16 thieves in law during a sweep and crime bosses. The local edition “News.am” reports this. On November 26, Armenian law enforcement officers carried out the largest special operation in the country to combat the criminal subculture. Among the detained representatives of the criminal world is a 56-year-old Russian citizen, thief in law Alexander Makaryan, known as Alo Shaumyansky. The residents of Yerevan – 55-year-old Ruben Kostanian (Bogo), 52-year-old Ashot were forcibly taken to the police Avetisyan (Hasmik), 62-year-old Andranik Terteryan, 42-year-old Zhirayr Brutyan (Malatiai Zhiro), Samvel Harutyunyan (Maneti tha Samo), 41-year-old Rafael Nazaryan, 46-year-old Yuru Udoev, 57-year-old Jindi Amaryan, 53-year-old Andranik Sogoyan (Zapa), 45-year-old thief in law Armen Manukyan (Sevo), 44-year-old Arsen Mkrtchyan, 44-year-old Artyom Harutyunyan (Artyom Kanevsky) and 53-year-old Voskan Mnatsakanyan. They also detained 41-year-old Ara Banduryan (Noratustsi Ara) and

Alexey Mordashov will sell Vorkutaugol for 15 billion rubles to Russian Energy will sell one of the largest coal mining enterprises in the country, Vorkutaugol, for 15 billion rubles. This was reported on the Severstal website. The buyer will be the company of billionaire Roman Trotsenko “Russian Energy”. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022 after the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) issues a permit. Russian Energy plans to buy Vorkutaugol using its own and borrowed funds. At the same time, Mordashov became the first billionaire in Russia to get rid of the company amid the climate agenda. Severstal's announcement notes that the sale of Vorkutaugol will allow the company to focus on a strategy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. “As part of our ambitious decarbonisation program, through the use of the latest technologies, we are gradually reducing the consumption of coal raw materials. In the

The bodies of three frozen people were stolen from the cryostorage in Sergiev Posad bodies of people. The company is committed to preserving bodies for future resurrection when such a procedure is possible. This is reported by the Telegram channel Mash. According to the publication, the former owner of the company Valeria Udalova registered a company with the same name and tried to get the business of her ex-husband Danila Medvedev, with whom they founded the original KrioRus , but then quarreled. The channel notes that this is not the first time Udalova is trying to take over the company. The incident took place on November 25. The Russian woman, with the help of special equipment, cut a hole in the warehouse with frozen bodies and took out the Dewar's vessels. Medvedev called the police, but the woman showed the law enforcement officers documents stating that KrioRus allegedly sold her

UFC President Dana White said that fighters are afraid to fight Khamzat Chimaev UFC President Dana White explained why with the organization of fights for the Swedish mixed style (MMA) fighter of Chechen origin Khamzat Chimaev. His words are quoted by MMA Junkie. “Nobody wants to fight Chimaev. The guys are afraid of him. I'm 100 percent sure of that, ”White said. The head of the UFC stressed that in the place of the fighters he would have seized the opportunity to fight with Chimaev, since he is one of the most dangerous and popular athletes of the promotion. On November 30, Chimaev challenged three opponents at once. The athlete offered to fight Brock Lesnard, Georges Saint-Pierre and Daniel Cormier. He called the fighters legends and promised to beat each of them. Only Cormier answered Chimaev. Chimaev won four fights in a row in the UFC. In his last bout

Britain introduced new sanctions against the Lukashenko regime for human rights violations The British authorities have introduced new sanctions against Belarus. This was reported in a statement on the website of the country's government. It is noted that the restrictions were introduced in order to bring the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to justice for violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms in the country. As part of the sanctions, London froze the assets of the Belaruskali enterprise. In addition, the restrictions affected eight citizens of the country. The British government noted that the measures introduced are designed to put pressure on Lukashenka and his entourage to change his policy. The statement emphasizes that London will continue to prosecute cybercriminals and support civil society in Belarus. Earlier it became known that the US Treasury also introduced a new package of sanctions against Belarus. It included 20 individuals, 12 organizations

Head of Rostourism Zarina Doguzova: the village of Bekhovo was recognized as one of the best in the world travel organization of the UN. This is reported by TASS with reference to the words of the head of Rostourism Zarina Doguzova. We are talking about the village of Bekhovo, which is located on the banks of the Oka River. It is clarified that it was presented at the UNWTO Best Tourist Villages competition, in which villages from 75 countries of the world participated. It is known that this project was launched with the aim of developing and popularizing rural tourism. According to Doguzova, the participants were assessed according to several criteria: the best preserved their authenticity, folk arts and crafts and the identity of the village; maximum adaptation to the needs of tourists. The winning villages will be provided with the support and promotion of UNWTO. First, an internal selection

Deputy Minister of Economic Development Volvach: GDP growth of the EAEU in 2016-2020 amounted to 3.7 percent Deputy Minister of Economic Development Dmitry Volvach member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) from membership in the organization. Excerpts from his speech at the Second Eurasian Congress with Lenta.ru were shared by the press service of the ministry. According to Volvach, thanks to the integration processes within the EAEU, which includes Russia's neighbors (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan), the growth of the real aggregate GDP of the members from 2016 to 2020 amounted to 3.7 percent. “At the same time, the integration processes softened the crisis phenomena of the world economy in 2020, which led to a decrease in the EAEU mutual trade in 2020 by 13.6 percent. Without integration, this drop could be almost 19 percent, “Volvach added. The EAEU was created in 2015 to replace the Eurasian Economic Community

In Irkutsk, a man was arrested for planting a homemade bomb in an elevator In Irkutsk, a man was arrested who blew up a neighbor's apartment building. He was charged with a felony. This is reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee. The attacker is accused of attempted murder committed in a generally dangerous way. According to the investigation, on November 30, due to personal hostility towards another tenant, the Russian placed a homemade bomb in the elevator and launched it when a neighbor entered the cabin. As a result, there was a pop, the passenger was injured and was taken to the hospital. It soon became clear that the victim's father was in fact the object of the man's attention. During searches in the attacker's apartment and garage, they found “various items of interest to the investigation.” As a result, the man was taken into custody, he

OneTwoTrip: Russians want to visit Italy, Turkey and the United States in 2022 Russian tourists most want to visit three countries in 2022 – Italy, Turkey and the USA. This became known from the results of a survey of the travel service OneTwoTrip, which were received by the editorial board of Lenta.ru. Thus, the share of foreign destinations in the desired vacation locations was 85 percent versus 15 in Russia. The most popular foreign country was Italy – 11.2 percent of Russians wanted to visit it in the new year, followed by Turkey – 6.5 percent and the United States – 5.6 percent. Travelers also admitted that in 2022 would like to visit St. Petersburg – this was reported by 15 percent of the respondents. Another 8.7 percent chose Kaliningrad, while Baikal was preferred by 5.3 percent. Nevertheless, 76 percent of the respondents still have no idea where they will