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Virologist Altstein considered the conclusions about the decrease in the effectiveness of vaccines against omicron as hasty that the existing vaccines against coronavirus are less effective against the detected omicron strain. According to him, such statements will be appropriate in two to three weeks, after conducting the relevant research, which at the moment simply could not be done. The scientist said this in a conversation with Lenta.ru. Earlier, the head of Moderna, Stefan Bansel, said in a commentary for the Financial Times that the existing vaccines are less effective against the recently discovered omicron strain, and for the development and production of new in the right amount, it can take months. The final understanding of the effect of mutations in the strain on the effectiveness of vaccines will come in at least two weeks, he said. The time has not come Altstein said that Bansel had no right to make

In Ukraine, wage arrears amounted to 4 billion hryvnia ) on November 1. This is stated on the website of the State Statistics Service (Gosstat) of the country. The figure is 50 percent more than at the beginning of this year. More than three quarters of the debt fell on industry (76.50 percent). More than half of the total debt is concentrated in Donetsk (25.1 percent), Kharkiv (13.2 percent), Dnipropetrovsk (11.9 percent) regions and Kiev (13.6 percent). Average nominal wages a full-time employee of enterprises, institutions and organizations in October amounted to a little more than 14 thousand hryvnia (about $ 520). Compared to October last year, the average salary in the country increased by 15.4 percent. The wage arrears in Russia as of May 1, 2021 amounted to more than 1.5 billion rubles. Compared to the level of April 1, the total debt decreased by 10.3 percent, or 178.1

Gunzburg: there are no plans to reduce the time of the re-vaccination due to the omicron strain Sputnik V is not planned. This was stated by the director of the Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Gamaleya Alexander Gintsburg, his words are reported by RIA Novosti.

Press secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Veselova said that Deputy Rashkin himself turned to the doctors Press Secretary of the Moscow City Committee (MGK) of the Communist Party Nadezhda Veselova denied reports on the hospitalization of State Duma deputy Valery Rashkin. According to her, the politician himself went to the doctors, after which he underwent a planned operation, reports News.ru. It is specified that Veselova did not disclose the details of the procedure. “He himself was“ hospitalized ”on a planned basis, he underwent a planned operation, he is not being examined. It was planned before, it was simply postponed. There were no exacerbations, no nervous ones … there was nothing, “the press secretary emphasized. According to her, Rashkin may be discharged from the hospital by the end of the working week. Earlier it was reported, that the politician, who was hospitalized

The Ufa administration estimated the preparation for the 450th anniversary of the city at 215 billion rubles celebrate in 2024, was estimated at 215 billion rubles. Bashinform reports this with reference to the Ufa administration. It is specified that most of the funds (89.2 billion rubles) will be allocated from the federal budget, another 44.3 billion rubles – from the republican budget. Private business investments will amount to 66.7 billion rubles, while the authorities of the Russian city will allocate 15.1 billion rubles. More than half of these funds (115 billion rubles) will be spent on the construction of various facilities, including a depository , Center for Wrestling, Mathematical Lyceum, Center for Fencing, Eurasian Library, repository of archaeological materials “Settlement Ufa-2”, and others. Another 92 billion rubles will be invested in housing and communal services, landscaping, development of transport and the environment. Earlier it was reported that a street food

The Central Bank offered not to extend the preferential mortgage for new buildings , head of the regulator Elvira Nabiullina. This is reported by TASS. As noted by Nabiullina, the Central Bank proposes to complete the program on time, since, in addition to preferential mortgages for new buildings, there are other mortgage programs in Russia for certain categories of citizens. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a concessional mortgage program at 6.5 percent per annum in mid-April 2020, it was promptly launched and was to be completed in October of the same year. However, later, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced its extension until July 1, 2021. Subsequently, the program was extended until July 1, 2022. At the same time, the rate on concessional loans was increased from 6.5 to 7 percent, the maximum loan amount was reduced to 3 million rubles. In September, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Construction Nikita

Sovcombank's net interest income reached 83 billion rubles, showing an increase of 41% Sovcombank's net profit for 9 months of 2021 amounted to a record 41 billion rubles with a return on equity (ROE) of 32 percent. This follows from the bank's reporting in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The bank managed to double its net profit compared to the same period in 2020 thanks to the successful diversification of the business and the effective integration of the acquired assets, Sovcombank emphasized. Sovcombank's net interest income reached 83 billion rubles, showing an increase of 41 percent. At the same time, the net interest margin reached the level of 7.5 percent. The bank's net fee and commission income rose 32 percent to 24 billion rubles. Cost of risk dropped to 2.8 percent. For 9 months of 2021, Sovcombank's assets grew by 29 percent and reached 1.9 trillion rubles, compared

Doctor of Military Sciences Sivkov: the morale of the Ukrainian army has grown thanks to propaganda technical equipment, but raised their morale. This was stated by Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov, RIA Novosti reports. He commented on the words of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba about the Ukrainian army that has become incomparably stronger and assessed its condition. According to him, from the point of view of military-technical equipment, it has strengthened slightly. In support of this, Sivkov pointed to the operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of old T-72 tanks and the use of NATO combat training standards, which have proven themselves ambiguously in hostilities in Iraq and Afghanistan. At the same time, he stressed that in seven years the moral readiness to fight has grown among Ukrainian soldiers. According to the expert, this happened due to the fact that during this time the command was able to

State Duma deputy Zatulin: the situation in Ukraine will be destabilized in Kiev, not in Moscow and relations with compatriots Konstantin Zatulin in a conversation with “Lenta.ru” said that the situation in Ukraine would be destabilized in Kiev itself, and not in Moscow. Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with the German newspaper Die Zeit that Russia is “pulling troops” to the Ukrainian borders, which is a “real threat.” The minister also said that Moscow is trying to destabilize Ukraine and Europe. Readers of the newspaper in the comments called Kuleba's statements “hysteria”. The devil is happening that “This hysteria is not the first day, and it is involved in internal political circumstances. If the president of the country has already publicly accused [Ukrainian businessman Rinat] Akhmetov and others of preparing a conspiracy, moreover, he names the dates when an attempted coup should take place, and

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska argued with the Central Bank about inflation and rates Central Bank on inflation and rates. His words are quoted by RBC. “You are constantly moving the demand curve down, and it seems to you that in this way your equilibrium point will also shift. But we need to provide an offer, ”he stated. Deripaska believes that at current rates, there will be no increase in supply. He is confident that now it is necessary to increase the supply, pour money into logistics so that goods “move faster.” nothing more than a lie. According to the businessman, the Central Bank should be made responsible not only for monetary policy, but also for the country's economic growth. Deripaska has repeatedly called for expanding the Central Bank's mandate, believing that in this case the regulator will be forced to change the way to fight inflation. The billionaire insists on