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A mine exploded in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul This is reported by TOLO News. Related materials 00:01 – November 21 Land of War. Afghanistan was tried to conquer Britain, the United States and THE USSR. Why only the Taliban succeeded? 00:01 – October 20 “He who does not run away, he hides” How Afghans get used to a new life after victory Taliban. Report from Afghanistan The incident took place in the second police district. Said Khosti, a spokesman for the country's Interior Ministry, confirmed the explosion. According to him, the cause of the incident was a mine laid by the road. There is no information about the casualties yet. Earlier in Kabul on Dar-ul-Aman Avenue, near the Habibiye secondary school, a roadside bomb detonated. Five people were injured, no one was killed. Also, on November 23, a magnetic mine blew up the car of members of

Russian President Putin described the conversation with US President Biden as a protocol event Russian President Vladimir Putin called his upcoming conversation with US President Joe Biden protocol event. This is reported by TASS. During a meeting on economic issues with the government, Putin asked the Cabinet of Ministers to speed up the work process, since he still needs to catch the talks with his American counterpart, which will be held in a video call in a closed mode for the press . “I would ask you to work compactly today, because I still have a protocol event in an hour,” Putin addressed the meeting participants. A video call between the presidents of Russia and the United States is scheduled for 18:00 in Moscow on December 7. During the talks, Biden plans to highlight concerns about Russian military activities on the border with Ukraine, as well as highlight the US

Uralvagonzavod donated upgraded 2S7M Malka cannons to the troops »To the Russian Ministry of Defense. The military received vehicles with new communications equipment and observation devices. This was reported by the Uralvagonzavod concern. “The product has been replaced with gearboxes, distribution mechanisms and power supply units, updated observation devices, as well as intercom equipment and a radio station,” the message says. The improved supergun is based on the Soviet 2S7 “Peony” gun. The machine with a cannon of 203 mm caliber remains one of the most powerful artillery installations. “Malka” is designed to destroy enemy targets behind the front line. In November, the Polish edition of Defense24 evaluated the use of large-caliber artillery by Russian troops. The publication noted that the use of heavy self-propelled mortars 2S4 “Tulip” and self-propelled guns 2S7M “Malka” speaks of the pragmatism of the Russian military. In September, an unnamed source of Defense Blog reported

The Ministry of Internal Affairs told the details of the arrest of the police officer who shot at the Moscow MFC The Ministry of Internal Affairs revealed details of the arrest by the police officer of the man who was shooting at the Moscow MFC. The official representative of the department, Irina Volk, told Lente.ru about this. According to her, senior police lieutenant Georgy Domolaev was in the MFC building when he heard the bangs and the sound of a fire siren. He ran into the corridor, where eyewitnesses showed him a man who opened fire, and then went out into the street and walked away from the building with a quick step. The policeman caught up with him and detained him. The Ministry of Internal Affairs noted that the senior lieutenant was without a service weapon, and the suspect was armed with a pistol and a knife. Nevertheless, the

Analysts called the disconnection of Russia from SWIFT not scary for the country Analysts interviewed by Lenta.ru called it safe for Russia to disconnect the country from the global system of bank payments SWIFT. According to them, such a measure could be included in the next package of anti-Russian sanctions in the event of Moscow's military invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Moscow itself is unable to adequately respond to the new restrictions, experts say. The SWIFT system, created in 1973, allows banks around the world to conduct transactions, exchanging messages about the details of each transaction, and until recently had no analogues. The chief economist of the consulting company PF Capital, Evgeny Nadorshin, in a conversation with Lenta.ru, noted that the use of SWIFT is not a necessary condition for the functioning of the domestic banking system. Not fatal “By and large, this will certainly be a problem, albeit not a

The Talovskikh family from Novosibirsk won the street cartoons festival Street Cartoon Festival 2021. This is reported by “Vesti Novosibirsk”. So, Sergei, Svetlana and their daughter Katya Talovskiy filmed a three-minute cartoon “Cube” about a cat who decides to go in for sports and lose weight in order to catch a bird. According to the plot, in order to achieve its goal, the pet is engaged in simulators and jumps on a rope, while a crow watches its actions, laughing. As a result, the bird itself becomes so heavy that it falls from a tree branch onto the windowsill. The Street Cartoons Festival, which was held in the summer of 2021, was attended not only by children from all over Russia, but also by young creators from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Israel and Donetsk. The jury consisted of directors and artists of the Soyuzmultfilm studio, as well as teachers of