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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

Collins English Dictionary named NFT as the main word of 2021 Collins English Dictionary recognized NFT (non-fungible token) , 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

“Kommersant”: the head of the landfill Kapustin Yar Kislov was placed under house arrest in a criminal case Oleg 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

Foreign Policy: US Leader Biden in Congress Seeks the Elimination of Sanctions Against SP-2 to remove sanctions from the United States defense budget against the Nord Stream 2 (NP-2) gas pipeline. 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

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