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The court sentenced the wife of the ex-mayor of Tomsk Klein to two years conditionally for assault during a search the wife of the former mayor of the city Ivan Klyan, for attacking a law enforcement officer during a search in their apartment. This is reported by TASS. The defendant was found guilty of using violence against a government official. She received a two-year suspended sentence. The court established that in November 2020, Galina Klein attacked the security officer and inflicted an abrasion on his neck, preventing the investigation team from entering the apartment for searches. Then she tried to get rid of 1.3 billion rubles by throwing them out the window. A pillow with money and bank cards was caught by the ex-mayor's driver to hide in the car, but he was detained. Tomsk Mayor Ivan Klein was arrested on November 14, 2020. He is charged with exceeding his

The Polish Prime Minister discussed the introduction of a set of sanctions against Russia and Belarus with Britain British colleague Boris Johnson, among other things, discussed the introduction of a wide range of sanctions against Belarus and Russia in connection with the situation on the eastern border of Poland. The quote is given by RIA Novosti. “Boris Johnson and I discussed various mechanisms for overcoming this crisis. Unfortunately, one of them is a very clear, wide range of sanctions against Belarus, as well as, if necessary, against Russia, “the prime minister said. According to the politician, Warsaw and London consider the Russian side guilty of the migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border. In addition, she is blamed for the unstable situation in Ukraine and the rise in energy prices in Europe. Moravetsky has already accused Moscow and Minsk of attacking Europe with the help of migrants. He believes that what

The wife of the deceased in the Listvyazhnaya mine said that he will forever remain in her heart region Anna Anikina said that her husband was always cheerful, and to all problems he simply said “everything will be fine”. Her words are quoted by Izvestia on the Telegram channel. The woman noted that her husband was never discouraged and was a man with a capital “M”. Anikina refused to talk about her husband in the past tense – for her he will forever remain alive. Earlier, the miners who managed to escape from the Listvyazhnaya mine in Kuzbass spoke about the moment of emergency and their salvation. According to them, they were very lucky, as the workers went to change shifts and did not have time to go deep into the mine. The miners had enough self-rescuers to come to the surface, they specified. The incident in the Listvyazhnaya mine

Negotiations between the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia began in Sochi Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. This was reported on Friday, November 26, TASS reported. According to Putin, the purpose of the talks is to create conditions for the revival of Nagorno-Karabakh. He considered it positive that there are no full-scale hostilities in Karabakh, although there are occasional incidents. Putin added that Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia should strive to strengthen ties, not destroy. In 1991, Nagorno-Karabakh, mostly populated by Armenians, declared independence from Azerbaijan, which tried to return it by force. In 1994, the parties signed a truce, which was periodically violated. On September 27, 2020, battles began on the line of contact between Azerbaijan and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. A few weeks later, on November 9, the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan adopted a ceasefire statement. Baku regained control of part

WHO: sanitary measures must be observed to protect against the new COVID-19 strain The World Health Organization (WHO) recalled the precautions and prevention in connection with the emergence of a new strain of coronavirus B.1.1.529 and emphasized that in order to protect against COVID-19, it is necessary to be vaccinated and comply with sanitary measures. This was stated by the WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier, TASS reports. Related materials 00:01 – 25 November “Almost a miracle happened” Coronavirus disappeared in Japan. When this happens in Russia – the biologist answers 00:01 – November 12 “There will always be dissent” Some Russians deny the coronavirus and do not want to be vaccinated. How to convince them? According to him, in order to avoid the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus, it is necessary to reduce its circulation among people. “First of all, we are talking about wearing masks, about avoiding

Zelensky said that he expects guarantees from the new government of the Federal Republic of Germany on gas transit … This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a press marathon, which is broadcast on the page of the head of state's office on Facebook. According to him, Kiev hopes to get guarantees from Berlin to preserve the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine. He stressed that the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is the country's biggest tragedy, and expressed hope that the European Union (EU) will also fulfill all its promises to ensure Ukraine's energy security. Zelensky also put forward a demand for Germany to assist in resolving the conflict in Donbass and called for pressure on Russia to achieve a meeting in the “Normandy format”. Earlier it became known that the new ruling coalition of Germany agreed on the composition of the cabinet

Bloomberg: UK decided to save on railroad construction the most important projects for the development of the country's transport system, writes Bloomberg. Some local politicians accused the authorities of treason. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the Northern Powerhouse Rail program in January 2019. It included the construction of railways, the modernization of the railway infrastructure in Northern England, which was noticeably inferior to the more prosperous south of the country, as well as the improvement of rail links between regions throughout the country. As part of the program, a new metro station was planned in Manchester to expand the HS2 high-speed rail line. In mid-November 2021, the authorities decided to almost halve the program's budget of £ 34 billion ($ 46.5 billion). Due to cost savings, the construction of the Leeds-Birmingham high-speed line was canceled, and the road between Manchester and Leeds was only upgraded – a new modern line