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Izvestia: chain restaurants in Russia announced a price increase of up to 15 percent in 2022 In Russia, large chain restaurants, including which Shokoladnitsa, Novikov Group, Tigrus Group and Black Star Burger announced massive price increases of up to 15 percent in 2022. This is reported by Izvestia. According to the participants of the Russian market, they are likely to raise prices for dishes next year. While they are talking about an increase in their cost by an average of 5-10 percent, and in some cases they do not exclude an increase of 15 percent. President of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers (FRiO) Igor Bukharov noted that on prices, in particular, the growth in the cost of logistics services is reflected. Next year, dishes may rise in price by at least another 10 percent, he said. According to the CEO of Black Star Foods, founder of Free Dog and

Biologist Baranova: there is no chance for the disappearance of COVID-19 in Russia according to the Japanese scenario a scenario where the incidence has sharply declined due to an alleged breakdown in the coronavirus mutation is practically unrealistic. Ancha Baranova, a biologist and professor at the School of Systems Biology at George Mason University (Virginia, USA), made such an assumption in an interview with Lente.ru. Baranova explained that in Japan there was most likely one drift of the delta strain, from which the further spread of the coronavirus began, while in European countries there were a lot of these drifts. Thus, strains of coronavirus develop in Europe from many different roots, and there cannot be a “breakdown” of the mutation, as happened in Japan. “The only sign by which we can say that delta dominates in Russia , and there are no other strains – this is information about sequenced

NASA Head Nelson will visit Moscow and meet with Roscosmos CEO Rogozin Head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) Bill Nelson spoke in an interview with SpaceNews about plans to visit Russia and meet with Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin. Earlier, Nelson and Rogozin discussed crew safety issues at the International Space Station (ISS). NASA continues negotiations with Roskosmos both on the long-term future of the station and on the nearest agreement on the exchange of seats for the Soyuz spacecraft and the commercial crew, the head of NASA noted. “We will continue these discussions and, possibly, we will have something to announce when I arrive in Moscow, “he said, noting that a specific date for his trip has not yet been set. Earlier it was reported that Russia conducted tests on November 15, as a result of which an inoperative Russian spacecraft “Celina-D”, which has been

NASA head Nelson: the Russian anti-satellite weapon test does not affect cooperation on the ISS NASA) Bill Nelson assessed the prospects for American cooperation with Russia on the International Space Station (ISS) after conducting an anti-satellite weapon test. His words are quoted by the SpaceNews portal. “He said that the tests would not have a negative impact on the prospects for continued cooperation with Russia on the ISS,” the article says. NASA continues to discuss with Roskosmos the future of the orbital station in the long term and cross flights to it on Russian Soyuz and US ships. A dialogue on the topic of cooperation is planned during Nelson's visit to Moscow, but the exact date of the meeting is still unknown. On November 15, Russia conducted tests that hit the inactive Russian Tselina-D spacecraft in orbit since 1982. A spokesman for the US State Department said that Russian tests

Russian Ambassador to the United States on sanctions against MIPT: Washington's statements do not stand up to criticism The Ministry of Trade, in particular directed against the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). He stressed that Washington's statements about the threat to the national security of the United States from the organization do not hold water. The message was posted on Facebook by the diplomatic mission. “The administration continues its destructive line of breaking ties in areas that have nothing to do with politics. Each new restriction is a missed opportunity to normalize bilateral ties, “the diplomat emphasized. Antonov recalled that MIPT really trains technical specialists, including for the military-industrial complex, but how this threatens the national security of the United States, one can only guess. The ambassador concluded that, as usual, no facts were provided to Moscow. Earlier it became known that the US Department of Commerce included

In the UK, £ 130 million in loans went to dubious companies coronavirus care. In total, about 130 million pounds (almost 13 billion rubles) were received by dubious small businesses, writes Bloomberg. For example, the company of one of the richest financiers in the UK, John Beckwith, received a subsidy of 3.7 million pounds, although the company has long does not function. Also, a loan of 4.7 million pounds was made to the company, which was founded just two days before the funds were received. A million pounds was received by a firm that was not operational before the pandemic and then voluntarily liquidated less than a year later. The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which oversees the issuance of emergency loans, noted that “we continue to crack down on fraud and will not tolerate those who try to deceive the British taxpayer. ” Among the borrowers, the

19FortyFive: Rusting US Navy ships compared to Soviet Navy – the sea fleet (Navy) of the USSR. Columnist John Rossomando gives a similar comparison in the American edition of 19FortyFive. “Last month I visited the Norfolk Naval Base, the headquarters of the US Atlantic Fleet. What I saw frightened me and reminded me of stories about the rusting Russian fleet in the days after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, “the author notes. Rossomandol writes that the rust streaks he noticed on the ship in Norfolk, symbolized the decline of American naval yards due to decades of neglect, mismanagement, and inadequate use of manpower. “Ships like the nine-year-old Medgar Evers, named after a slain civil rights activist [Medgara Eversa], the Arlington amphibious warship named after those killed at the Pentagon on 9/11, and the Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser, whose number was hidden, were rusting at the docks. They were

Autoexpert Subbotin: fines for washing car windows at home are an exaggeration of journalists dispelled the myth about fines for washing the windows of a car near the house. “It was never possible to wash cars in the courtyards, they just now impose a separate fine for it, and the journalists thought that if you wiped the glass or the license plate then it will be equivalent to washing. Nobody will equate, they just decided to intimidate and catch the hype, because wiping the numbers and headlights is like sneezing into a handkerchief, ”Subbotin explained. Earlier, Za Rulem reported that 1 In March 2022, new amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses will come into force, according to which wiping glasses, headlights and license plates in the yard will be equated to washing a car and will be punished with a fine in the amount of 300 to 5,000 rubles.

The Collins English Dictionary named NFT as the main word of 2021 , which translates into Russian as “non-fungible token”, the main word of 2021, writes The Guardian. The creators of the dictionary called NFT a buzzword that was regularly sounded throughout the year. According to Collins' definition, NFT is “a unique digital certificate registered on the blockchain and used to register ownership of assets such as a work of art or collectible.” the expressions “double-vaxxed” and “hybrid working”. The latter came up in the speech after people gradually began to go to the offices for several days a week after working remotely. Collins also shortlisted climate anxiety, which translates to “climate concern.” The Oxford Dictionary previously recognized vax as the word for 2021. The dictionary's compilers are confident that “no word captures the atmosphere of the year better than vax.” The root has spawned many derived forms that are

Exercises began in Chernobyl due to the migration crisis in Belarus , the press service of the National Police of the country reported. According to the head of the department, Igor Klimenko, on Wednesday, November 24, the exercises were conducted by officers and employees of the State Border Service, the National Guard and the National Police. “All scenarios of a possible escalation of the migration crisis in border towns and villages are being worked out,” he said. The measures are aimed at improving the coordination of the work of the security forces in the cities and districts neighboring Belarus. The trainings will last for two weeks, during which it is necessary to develop algorithms for possible actions of migrants. The head of the National Police of the Kiev region, Andrey Nebytov, recalled that military exercises are also held on the territory of Chernobyl. This, he said, complicates the task. The