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Vice-Mayor of Novosibirsk Tereshkova said residents do not complain about the penis-shaped ice rink the shape of which among the Russians has caused associations with the penis. Vice-Mayor Anna Tereshkova shared her opinion in a conversation with the radio station “Moscow speaking”. A skating rink made in a similar shape has been opening near Teatralny Square for several years. According to the vice-mayor, residents did not criticize the facility. “Residents do not complain about the wonderful skating rink in the Theater Square! There were crazy queues to ride it that year. There was not a single official appeal, “Tereshkova said. The appearance of the ice rink sparked a discussion on the network in December 2019. Local residents saw pictures from a quadrocopter and called the site “a phallic symbol of the city” and “New Year's message of the authorities to the people.” Local authorities reacted to the discussion, noting that

Stoltenberg expressed support for Kiev and appealed to Russia to reduce tensions and noted that the alliance is open for dialogue with Moscow. This is reported by the German edition Welt. According to him, NATO continues to monitor the situation on the Ukrainian border and support Kiev, “so that the country can defend itself from aggression.” At the same time, Stoltenberg noted that he does not consider information about the accumulation of Russian troops near the border to be a bluff. Earlier, the NATO Secretary General refused to support Kiev in case of war. He drew attention to the fact that the collective defense of the North Atlantic Alliance does not extend to Ukraine. According to Stoltenberg, NATO is already providing sufficient assistance to the country in other ways. This is expressed both in the political and in the military plane. On November 22, the head of the Main Intelligence

The Spelling Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences called for the revocation of the draft new rules of the Russian language and thoughtless innovations ”. This is reported by “Kommersant”. The members of the commission believe that the document “completely lacks the scientific apparatus.” They posted on social networks an open letter to the Ministry of Education, in which they urged to withdraw the project. The appeal says that the new initiative relied on the “Rules of Russian Spelling and Punctuation” reference book, but during the development of the document its principles were significantly distorted. At the same time, the guide itself was published by the Vinogradov Institute of the Russian Language of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2006 – it is considered the most famous and authoritative. 22 out of 34 members of the commission put their signatures under the letter. The Ministry of Education promised to

Maria Zakharova caught the West of institutionalizing interference in the internal affairs of Belarus political repression and the development of civil society in Belarus and called it a buildup of the situation in the country. She wrote about this in her Telegram channel. Materials on the topic00: 01 – 25 October “Young people are aimed at Europe” Belarusians follow the Ukrainians aspiring to the EU. How can Russia keep them? 00:02 – July 14 “He called himself the savior of Europe” Lithuania was flooded with refugees. What awaits the EU and how is Lukashenka involved in this? According to the diplomat, Western states do not spare funds to support independent media and various “funds to help Belarusians”. However, in her opinion, this is just an attempt to convince the Belarusian citizens that “abroad will help them”. “These are not three thousand migrants at the border, for whose fate there was

South Korean authorities want to oblige the unvaccinated to pay for part of the treatment for COVID-19 for treatment for coronavirus infection. This is reported by RIA Novosti. According to a source close to the authorities, with the help of the innovation they want to increase the level of vaccination against COVID-19 in the country. At the moment, the indicator has reached 79.4 percent of the total population and 91.2 percent among adult citizens. However, the authorities considered the indicators to be insufficient. “This was discussed, the government will consider the legislative aspect and how citizens will accept it. When we collect opinions, in December it will be possible at the next parliamentary session to edit the content of the bill that the government pays for treatment, “a source told Newsis. In South Korea, the state fully pays for the treatment of citizens on the basis of the law on

A 30-year-old resident of Moscow was hospitalized with thallium poisoning metals. This is reported by the Telegram channel “112”. According to the emergency service, a 30-year-old woman and her husband developed symptoms of poisoning in early November. The couple sought medical help and underwent tests, which eventually showed the content of the toxic substance in the body. At the moment, the woman was transferred to the general ward under medical supervision. It is noted that her husband works in law enforcement agencies. “It is possible that the cause of the poisoning was professional activity,” the message says. In May 2021 in Moscow, an eight-year-old boy from a large family was poisoned with drugs and was hospitalized. Law enforcement agencies have promised to find out how the child ended up with the banned substances. The guardianship authorities were to take care of the parents.

Virologist Chepurnov: the omicron strain is very different from the Wuhan COVID-19 The recently discovered COVID-19 strain, dubbed “omicron , is very different from its Wuhan ancestor. Alexander Chepurnov, head of the laboratory for especially dangerous infections of the Federal Research Center for Fundamental and Translational Medicine, spoke about the danger of the new strain in an interview with “360”. The specialist noted that now practically nothing is known about the new mutation of the virus. “The sampling is in different countries, that is, [scientists] periodically take samples of the virus and sequenced them entirely in order to understand in which direction the process of genetic changes is going. Therefore, from time to time, science becomes aware of such variations that have more or less changes, “the virologist explained. According to him, when studying the omicron strain, scientists have identified significant changes in many important areas that form the immunological

In the Vladimir region, the paramedic is threatened with dismissal and the prosecutor's office for rescuing the patient colleagues are threatened with firing for saving a girl who has been diagnosed with 80 percent lung damage due to COVID-19. It is reported by “state of emergency. Capital “. Related materials 00:01 – 12 November ” There will always be dissent “Some Russians deny coronavirus and do not want to be vaccinated … How to convince them? 00:01 – November 25 “Almost a miracle happened” The coronavirus has disappeared in Japan. When this happens in Russia – the biologist answers According to the medical worker, the ambulance had to transport a patient with extremely low oxygen saturation for several hours, as they refused to hospitalize her in all regional medical institutions due to a lack of places. The head physician of the City Hospital Lyudmila Zhukova demanded to take the girl

Bloomberg: Moscow is letting the West know it is ready to use force, but this is unlikely Sending troops to the Ukrainian border could be a hidden meaning for the West, Bloomberg said. Journalists from the United States suggest that in this way Moscow makes it clear that it is ready to use force if necessary, but this is highly unlikely. the plans of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who is said to be “excellent at bluffing and keeping the West on its toes.” the newspaper writes, noting that in the current situation, the Russian leader must “demonstrate willingness to fight” in order to prevent the expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance, which he sees as a “real threat to the security” of the country. November 22, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Ukraine Kirill Budanov said that Russia is preparing to attack Ukraine and is

Ukrainian historian: The Volga region has nothing to do with the formation of the Russian ethnos and mastered by the Ukrainians, says the historian, vice-rector of the University “Ostroh Academy” Pyotr Kraluk. He spoke about the key role of the Ukrainian people in the development of the Volga in the newspaper Den. Telling his interpretation of the history of the Volga region, Kraluk said that it was allegedly difficult for the Russian state to develop the Volga River basin “with the help of the Muscovites”. Therefore, Moscow officials gave preference to the Cossacks, whom Kraluk identifies with the Ukrainians. The first Russian emperor Peter I specifically insisted that Ukrainians be settled in the Volga region, the vice-rector wrote. The further history of the region is also connected mainly with Ukraine, according to Kraluk. The historian calls the “Ukrainian factor” in the Pugachev uprising one of the main ones, and then