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Scientist Semenov: coronaviruses have a high potential to break through interspecific barriers Alexander Semyonov spoke about groups of coronaviruses that are ready to break through to people in an interview with Izvestia. As the scientist explained, coronaviruses have an extremely high potential for breaking through interspecific barriers, so they cannot “surprise” people in the future. In addition, there are several more groups of viruses that stand on the border of the interspecies barrier and are ready to break through it. “We must understand that this may happen in the foreseeable future, and be ready for it,” he warned. Semenov also recalled that the pathogen SARS-CoV-2 has become the third coronavirus in the past 20 years. which successfully broke into the human population. “This means that somewhere there may be a fourth and a fifth,” he said. Before SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, which caused SARS, and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Virus (MERS)

Shushkevich: Gennady Burbulis pulled the trigger of the collapse of the USSR in 1991-1992 Gennady Burbulis. Stanislav Shushkevich spoke about this in an interview with Lente.ru within the framework of a special project dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. According to Shushkevich, it was Burbulis who proposed the phrase “The USSR as a geopolitical reality and a subject of international law is terminating its existence. ” “ When I heard it, I instantly realized that it was a wonderful formulation. Then we acted on the basis of including this phrase in the preamble of our resolution, “he said. According to the politician, the words of Burbulis made a huge impression on him, since he himself” did not have general humanitarian training and over such global I didn’t think about problems ”. “After I heard them, I even began to respect Soviet philosophers,” Shushkevich admitted.

Ministry of Emergency Situations: a human body was raised from the Listvyazhnaya mine, the search for another miner continues »In the Kemerovo region. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Ministry of Emergencies. According to a statement from the emergency services, the search for the body of another miner continues at the moment. A methane explosion in the Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo region has occurred in the morning of November 25th. As a result, 51 people died, including five mine rescuers who went in search of miners. One of the rescuers, Alexander Zakovryashin, who was considered dead, managed to leave the mine – he went to the rescuers himself the day after the emergency. The Russian said that he managed to get out thanks to a stream of fresh air from the surface.

InDepth: 50.6% of Russians did not have the opportunity to choose a salary bank when applying for a job. for a new job. This is reported by Izvestia with reference to a study by the InDepth agency. Experts found that half of Russians (50.6 percent) did not have the opportunity to choose a salary bank when looking for employment. The main reasons for this decision were the employer's unwillingness to pay a commission for an interbank transfer, an additional burden on the accounting department and tacit agreements with a certain bank, the study emphasizes. In addition, only in 15 percent of cases, the employer explained this by the fact that the salary bank card provides additional bonuses to the employee and the organization itself. It is also noted that 73 percent of Russians have never changed their salary card, 14 percent did it according to of their own free will,

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Kinakh: gas supply interruptions will begin in the country by January-February Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Anatoly Kinakh predicted that by January-February 2022, gas supply interruptions will begin in the country. He stated this on the air of the YouTube channel UkrLife. According to him, Kiev has failed the program of filling the storage facilities with gas, which will lead to the rapid end of reserves. He noted that now the storage facilities are 30-40 percent less volume than what should be according to regulatory requirements. Kinakh added that this will primarily affect housing and communal needs. Earlier it was reported that the price of imported gas in Ukraine soared four times in a year, to more than $ 730 per thousand cubic meters. At the same time, the average price of imported natural gas in the country as of November last year was about

Expert Ignatikova: Alcohol inhibits the production of antibodies after vaccination against COVID-19 from COVID-19, you should pay more attention to the diet. For example, alcohol inhibits the production of antibodies. She named the products prohibited for this period in a conversation with Sputnik radio. The expert noted that for the formation of immunity, nutrition must be balanced. “It is advisable to stop drinking alcohol for at least three days after vaccination, and even better – for the entire period between vaccinations, if we are talking about” Sputnik V “. Any alcohol, regardless of its strength, always negatively affects the immune system, lowers the activity of immune cells, “she said. After vaccination, you should also refuse foods that can cause allergies. At the time of exacerbation of allergic reactions, vaccination is even recommended to be temporarily postponed until the patient's condition returns to normal, Ignatikova said. The nutritionist added that during

White House spokesman Psaki: The US does not plan to evacuate Americans from Ukraine evacuation of Americans from Ukraine, TASS reports. According to Psaki, the United States does not plan to evacuate its citizens. She announced this to reporters on December 7. Earlier, at a briefing following the talks between the leaders of the United States and Russia, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, the US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the United States does not believe that Russia has decided to attack Ukraine … The White House does not see signals that indicate Putin's decision to invade, he said. On December 4, US intelligence “discovered” that Russia was planning to invade Ukraine, and mapped the proposed offensive on several fronts … The Kremlin denied the information of the Western media.

“BBC”: the city with the most congested roads in the world turned out to be London Inrix navigation service analyzed traffic in large cities of the world and found out that it was most intense in London. The capital of Great Britain in 2021 topped the ranking of the places with the longest traffic jams, according to the BBC. Over the entire 2021, London drivers spent an average of 148 hours to overcome congestion – just one percent less. than before the coronavirus pandemic, and significantly more than in other metropolitan areas. Paris is named next in terms of traffic congestion – there this year drivers stood in traffic jams for 140 hours on average. The third place was taken by Brussels (134 hours), and the fourth and fifth – by Moscow (108) and New York (102). In 2020, London took 16th place in the ranking. According to experts, the

Head of the Hydrometeorological Center Vilfand: four Russian regions await abnormal cold Scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand predicted anomalously cold weather for four Russian regions until the end working week, TASS reports. According to Vilfand, cold weather awaits the Arkhangelsk and Magadan regions, Karelia and Chukotka. The temperature there will drop below normal by 7-11 degrees: in the Arkhangelsk region to 20-21 degrees below zero, in Karelia to 18-23 degrees below zero. The forecaster added that the strongest temperature deviations will be in the Magadan region and in Chukotka. The temperature there will drop to minus 48-49 degrees. Earlier, the leading specialist of the Phobos center, Mikhail Leus, spoke about the weather for the next three days in the central part of the European territory of Russia: a Balkan cyclone will pass over the country, it will bring a large amount of precipitation and cooling.