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Political scientist Kamkin: the future German chancellor will become a pragmatist and will avoid harsh actions Olaf Scholl a pragmatic chancellor and supporter of the “policy of small steps.” So the main qualities of the future leader of Germany were described by Alexander Kamkin, a leading researcher at the Center for German Studies at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, in an interview with Lenta.ru. Related materials00: 02 – 28 September Deficit of democracy. Power is changing in Germany. Who will lead the country to the future and what will it be like? 00:01 – September 26 “Merkel leaves bedlam behind” Pro-Russian nationalists are joining the Bundestag. How Germany will change after the elections?”It is not for nothing that in Germany they call him” Scholzmat “, that is, such a Werther robot by nature,” Kamkin said. In this he differs from former German Chancellors Willy Brandt (1964-1987) and

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

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

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