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Apple Music Award announced The Weeknd as Artist of the Year The results of the third annual Apple Music Awards have been announced. This was reported on the Apple website. The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) became the main musician of the year, according to the IT corporation. It is noted that his album After Hours broke the record for the number of preliminary downloads on Apple Music, and the track Blinding Lights included in it was included in the top 20 most popular songs of all time according to the Shazam service. “I am so grateful for this great honor and I want to thank Apple for supporting not only my work, but also for the excellent music of new artists, for whom it is important to be found and promoted, ”the artist commented on his victory. The main breakthrough of the year recognized Olivia Rodrigo. She also became the

One of the streets in Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk Region, was named after the late singer Alexander Gradsky Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk region, home of the late singer and composer. Mayor Andrey Faleichik announced this on the Instagram account of the city district. “In honor of our fellow countryman Alexander Gradsky – a singer, musician, composer, who was one of those people, without whom the Russian cultural code cannot be imagined, The street is named to Kopeysk, “the head of the city said. The family of Gradsky's father Boris Fradkin was evacuated to the Chelyabinsk region from Kharkov during the Great Patriotic War. The singer was born in Kopeisk in 1949 and lived there until he was eight years old, after which he and his parents moved to Moscow. Alexander Gradsky died on the morning of November 28 from a heart attack in the intensive care unit of the capital's hospital. Prior to that,

Vice President of the PCT: the cost of tours from Russia to Turkey has grown 1.6 times – for the upcoming holidays and room stock reduction. This was announced by the vice-president of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RST) Dmitry Gorin. As the speaker specified, such conclusions were made on the basis of Rosstat data, which indicate that prices for tours from 23 to 29 November increased 1.6 times. Nevertheless, Gorin noted that this is a normal situation that is observed annually on the eve of the New Year. “This is due to dynamic pricing, which is based on demand, the number of vacant places in hotels and on planes, fuel prices, air tickets, the number of flights, and so on,” the expert explained. In addition, he recalled that Turkey is one of the most popular holiday destinations among Russians. At the same time, some of the hotels are

Scientists have noted the benefits of 3D-printed plasma for patients with severe wounds accelerated the healing of severe wounds. This is reported in a study published in the scientific journal Advanced Functional Materials. Experts from the University of Dublin (RCSI) noted the benefits of platelet-rich plasma (PRP), created using a 3D printer. Scientists stated that replication of an essential blood component promotes effective wound healing. In a study, doctors extracted PRP from the blood of a patient with a complex skin wound. Then, using a 3D printer, they actually printed an implant for tissue repair and used it in the treatment of difficult wounds. The scientists emphasized that the plasma obtained with the help of the replicator promoted rapid wound healing in one surgical procedure. The use of a PRP implant helped to speed up wound recovery, ensured vascularization – the development of new blood vessels, contributed to the suppression

Kommersant: General of the RF Armed Forces Ogloblin made a deal with the investigation into the theft GUS) of the Armed Forces (Armed Forces) of the Russian Federation, Major General Alexander Ogloblin concluded a pre-trial cooperation agreement with the investigation and testified against other officers in the case of a scam worth 1.6 billion rubles. This is reported by Kommersant. The serviceman fully admitted his guilt. He called the organizer of the fraudulent scheme the former Deputy Chief of the General Staff – Chief of the Main Administration of the Russian Federation Khalil Arslanov and the ex-head of the orders department for improving the technical basis of the control system of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel Pavel Kutakhov. General Ogloblin will be tried in the Moscow garrison military court in a special order, providing for the minimum punishment, since the defendant made a deal with the investigation. He is charged

Immunologist Bolibok said that omicron will become a natural vaccine and save humanity Omicron strain of coronavirus can become a natural vaccine and save humanity. This was stated by the doctor allergist-immunologist Vladimir Bolibok, his words are quoted by the Telegram channel “Radiotochka NSN”. The expert believes that in the near future humanity will receive an outbreak of this strain. It spreads quickly, but at the same time, according to the doctor, does not cause serious consequences. “He will now run ahead of all other strains and immunize everyone. That is, it turned out like a natural vaccine, “the specialist said. Earlier, Vladimir Bolibok appreciated the opinion of international experts who believe that young people are more likely to get sick with the new COVID-19 strain omicron. He noted that a small number of elderly people live in the place of origin of the new strain, which influenced the prevailing

Moscow State University assessed the discovery by Chinese biologists of antibodies against all strains of coronavirus the infection is constantly mutating. This is how the leading researcher of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Roman Zinovkin, assessed the discovery of Chinese scientists, Izvestia cites his words. “It would be really convenient if doctors had a“ magic injection ”, which cures for covid. However, it is worth considering that drugs based on monoclonal antibodies are quite expensive, “the scientist said, noting that such drugs are used for wealthy patients in extremely severe cases.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations will award a medal to a resident of the village of Pyatigorskaya for saving 10 people from the flood ten people from the flood that hit the southern coast of Russia in July 2021. Nikita Gavrilyak, the head of the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry's Main Directorate for the Krasnodar Territory, spoke about this on the air of the KP-Krasnodar radio. As the newspaper notes, the water began to heat the man's house when he was sleeping. At one o'clock in the morning, friends and neighbors began to call him with a request to shelter them – only the first floor in the Passage cottage was flooded. “Together with our neighbor Sergei, we went to save people. They took people out of the attic, water was up to my chest. He carried the children around his neck, and he himself prayed not to

On December 17, the Hermitage-Kazan Center will host an exhibition of mechanical dolls and antiques The Hermitage-Kazan Center The Kazan Kremlin will open an exhibition of mechanical dolls and antiques of the 18th-20th centuries. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Culture of Tatarstan. The exhibition is dedicated to rare exhibits from the funds of the largest private museum in Europe. It was created on the initiative of the Russian philanthropist David Yakobashvili and his son Mikhail and will be available for visiting from December 17. Thus, residents and guests of the Republic of Tatarstan will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the antique rarities collected over many years: automatons, self-playing musical instruments, mechanical dolls. It is noted that the art fund of the Museum “Collection” has more than 20 thousand exhibits, including mechanical musical instruments and objects, arts and crafts and watchmaking, fine arts, printed

The case of a Krasnoyarsk resident who attacked the driver and passengers of the bus with a knife has been sent to court a summer local resident who stabbed passengers and a commuter bus driver with a knife, he will be sent for compulsory treatment. This was reported on Wednesday, December 1, to Lente.ru by the regional department of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR). According to the investigation, on July 15, a man boarded a regular bus from Krasnoyarsk to Minusinsk. On the way, it seemed to him that the passenger sitting next to him was dangerous, and he hit his neighbor several times with a tourist knife. After that, the accused walked through the cabin and stabbed the 50-year-old driver and 41-year-old passenger. From the scream of the injured woman, a passenger woke up and neutralized the armed man. At the time of the incident, there were 14