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The court arrested the general director of Gazprom Gazoraspredelenie Krasnodar Alexei Rudnev on the receipt of a commercial bribery in the amount of over 20 million rubles. Along with him, three other defendants in the case were arrested, RIA Novosti reports, citing data from the court file. The Investigative Committee (IC) reported that a criminal case was opened against Rudnev, his deputy Alexander Savostyanov and deputies directors of the company's branches in Sochi, Gelendzhik, Anapa and Krasnodar. They are suspected of commercial bribery.

Biologist Baranova: COVID-19 disappeared in Japan due to a “tainted” delta strain In Japan, the coronavirus disappeared because a “tainted” delta strain has spread across the country. Ancha Baranova, a biologist and professor at the School of Systems Biology at George Mason University (Virginia), said this in an interview with Lente.ru. Since there was one delta in Japan, mutations have accumulated in it, according to Japanese colleagues in the nsp14 protein. And this protein determines the ability of the virus to correct mutations. But since nsp14 itself “messed up”, it could not fix anything, errors began to multiply uncontrollably. And, in the end, the virus came to a sad finish for itself. Ancha BaranovaBiologist She added that the “spoiled” delta strain in Japan provoked the emergence of derivatives with weakened mutation-correcting functions. According to the biologist, in Japan, compared to European countries, there was not a great variety of strains

FP: US leader Biden in Congress seeks the elimination of sanctions against Nord Stream 2 Congress to remove sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from the United States defense budget. This is reported by Foreign Policy. According to the publication, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and other high-ranking officials of the Biden administration last week personally addressed some US Congressmen by phone with a call for the abolition of amendments to the defense budget, which suggest sanctions against the companies involved in the project. The publication notes that, in particular, in this way the US administration is trying to prevent the imposition of sanctions against companies from Germany involved in the project. This step “caused anger on the part of the Republicans in Congress.” According to the head of the press service of the State Department Ned Price, the new restrictive measures will be introduced on the basis

RBC: Google is moving servers to Russian data centers due to the data storage law The American company Google has begun Russian data centers. According to RBC, this issue was discussed at the end of March at a meeting in the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, dedicated to the preparation for the entry into force of the law on the storage of personal data. One of the participants in the meeting said that Google stores information on the territory of data the center of his company. “Google is [now] our client. We have a secure parastatal enterprise, “the source said, adding that at first Google” did not allow anyone to approach their counters “- only its own employees who came from abroad had access. According to Anton Platonov, General Director of StoreData, the company began to conclude agreements for the placement of equipment in Russia more than a year

Daily Mail: Botswana, South Africa, Hong Kong recorded 10 cases of B.1.1.529 strain Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong recorded ten cases of infection with a new strain of coronavirus called B.1.1.529. It is assumed that it can become the most dangerous variant of infection, writes the Daily Mail. The new COVID-19 strain, which was warned about in Britain, contains 32 mutations, some of which indicate its high transmissibility and resistance to vaccines. In addition, B.1.1.529 has more changes in its spike protein than other variants of the coronavirus. University College London geneticist François Ballou suggested that the new strain would be better at evading antibodies than “ delta “option. The many mutations in B.1.1.529 suggest that the virus originated in an immunocompromised patient with HIV or AIDS. “The strain should now be monitored closely, but there is no need to be overly concerned unless it will not start to

Kommersant: the head of the landfill Kapustin Yar Kislov was placed under house arrest in a criminal case Kislov was placed under house arrest in a criminal case on the loss of 300 tons of fuel that belonged to the department. This is reported by Kommersant. The publication writes that the Major General was accused of corruption thanks to the testimony of his subordinate, the former head of the 161st School of Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Rocket Forces) technicians, Colonel Alexei Prudnikov. He admitted that he handed over the fuel for sale for a bribe, which he shared with his boss, and also reported two more episodes of bribery on the part of Kislov. It is noted that Prudnikov went to cooperate with the investigation after six months in custody. On Wednesday, November 24, the 235th garrison military court in Moscow placed him under house arrest. An investigator of the

Russian MMA fighter Yan set his sights on a duel against ex-UFC champion TJ Dillashaw fights with American T. Jay Dillashaw. The post of the Russian is available on Twitter. The 28-year-old Russian fighter posted a processed photo where he stands opposite Dillashaw in the Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) octagon. Thus, Ian is aiming for a bout against the former organization's bantamweight champion. Ian is the interim UFC bantamweight champion. On October 30, at the UFC in Abu Dhabi, he won a victory over Corey Sandhagen. Initially, he was supposed to share the octagon with Aljamain Sterling, the holder of the bantamweight belt. However, the American withdrew from the fight, citing health problems. Ian lost his UFC belt in a fight with Sterling. The Russian struck a forbidden blow and lost the fight. Sterling became the first champion in UFC history to win a title this way. 35-year-old Dillashaw has

US President Biden honored the memory of the victims of the Holodomor and supported the sovereignty of Ukraine Holodomor in the country, according to the White House website. Biden paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor, stressing that the people of Ukraine coped with this “horror”, “showing spirit and resilience, and ultimately created a free democratic society.” . “Recalling the pain and victims of the Holodomor, the United States also declares its support for the Ukrainian people today and firm support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” the US President emphasized. The US leader added that it is necessary to prevent similar tragedies in the future and help those who are “under the yoke of tyranny.” On November 23, it became known that the United States was going to send military advisers to Ukraine. However, White House spokesman Jen Psaki declined to comment on

A schoolboy poisoned 11 children in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine with a pipe cleaner “Mole” a criminal case was opened, RIA Novosti writes. One of the students of a school in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine brought a tool for cleaning pipes “Krot” to the class and gave it to his peers to try. As a result, 11 people were poisoned, the children were diagnosed with mucosal burns and were urgently hospitalized. At the moment, doctors assess the condition of minors as satisfactory, two of the schoolchildren were discharged and went home. Law enforcement agencies have opened a case against the parents of the alleged perpetrator of the poisoning under the article “Improper performance of duties to protect the life and health of children.” The family is raising two more children and is registered. The father and mother can be imprisoned for up to three years. Earlier, students and

Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation Polyansky: any ideas that infringe on the veto in the UN Security Council are unacceptable First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia Dmitry Polyansky stated that any idea that infringes on the veto in the United Nations Security Council is unacceptable. His words are quoted by TASS following the meeting of the UN General Assembly on fair representation and expansion of the Security Council. “The use of the veto or the threat of its use more than once saved the UN from being drawn into dubious adventures,” the diplomat emphasized. Polyansky added that the institution of the veto is an important factor that pushes the members of the Security Council to seek balanced solutions. Currently, five permanent members of the organization (Russia, USA, China, Great Britain, France) have the right of veto. Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the UN Security Council for the