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Executive Director of ATOR Maya Lomidze: the tourist market is on a “thin line” news about the possible bankruptcy of 60 percent of tour operators and predicted the Russian tourist business “collapse into the abyss.” Her words are reported by Interfax. The speaker said that analysts do not confirm reports of massive bankruptcies of companies, so tourists can be calm. Nevertheless, she admitted that in recent months the market has been “on a fine line.” “And this is not connected with the financial condition, not with the stability of companies, but with the fulfillment of obligations for covid tours,” the expert explained. Lomidze noted that most of the agencies (70 percent) have already fulfilled their obligations – according to the Federal Tourism Agency, the total amount of debts to travelers initially amounted to 24 billion rubles, and now they have decreased to seven billion rubles. “According to our calculations, the

SberCIB: the salary of the middle class in Russia has grown to 42,900 rubles (according to the results of the third quarter amounted to 42.9 thousand rubles), and savings reached 54.7 thousand rubles per family member. This is stated in the study “Ivanov's Consumer Index” by SberCIB Investment Research. Average salaries increased the most among workers in heavy industry, taxis, transport and public catering – by 30 percent compared to the third quarter of last year. In agriculture, the growth was 27 percent, in retail trade – 22 percent. According to experts, wages have skyrocketed due to labor shortages. The middle class also has increased spending on groceries. In the third quarter of 2020, the conditional “Ivanovs” spent 37 percent of their income on food, a year later – 38.1 percent. At the same time, the share of those for whom prices are an important factor when choosing a store

Russian President Putin announced that he had made a nasal vaccine against coronavirus Russian President Vladimir Putin said that after re-vaccination against coronavirus “Sputnik Light made a nasal vaccine. He is quoted by TASS. The head of state specified that he tested the nasal vaccine on himself the day after the re-vaccination. “Exactly six months after the vaccination, my protective titers dropped and experts recommended a revaccination procedure, which I did a few days ago. First I gave it in the form of an injection, and the next day, after a conversation with Denis Yuryevich [Logunov], he himself gave me the second part of this procedure, namely a nasal powder, “he said. Putin also described the vaccination procedure: the doctor filled a syringe with powder and injected it into the president's left and right nostrils. The head of state admitted that he had not experienced anything at the time of

CNN: Trump Meets With Teen Rittenhouse Who Shot BLM Protesters two demonstrators at the Black Lives Matter protests (BLM, Black Lives Are Important). This is reported by CNN. Related materials 00:01 – November 6 “Whites are not culture!” How did the fight against racism in the United States lead to harassment and divisions in society? 00:01 – November 16 “They make scapegoats of whites” How does the fight against racism split America and lead it to civil war? According to the publication, the meeting took place at the Palm Beach resort in Florida. Trump said that the teenager who shot the protesters contacted him to get to know him. Subsequently, he came to the politician with his mother. “A really good young man. This is misconduct on the part of the prosecutor's office. He should not have suffered because of this in court, “concluded Trump. Earlier it was reported that

Military expert Litovkin: Russian military will easily resist a US nuclear strike Russia has everything it needs to repel a US nuclear strike … So Moscow's ability to fight back was assessed by the TASS military observer, retired colonel Viktor Litovkin in an interview with Lenta.ru. Related materials00: 00 – March 22 ” Our relations are nowhere worse “The US and Russia are on the brink of a new Cold War. Why is it not given importance in America? 00: 01 – January 26 “Let's postpone the crisis for five years” The United States is ready to extend the missile treaty with Russia … Why did Biden decide to make concessions? According to him, the fact that the US military has worked out the scenario of a nuclear strike on Russian territory can certainly be regarded as a threat, but Moscow has absolutely nothing to fear. “If this was a

MEP Maximilian Kra: the meaning of US sanctions against SP-2 is in pressure Russian gas pipeline “Nord Stream-2” – to put pressure on Europe. This was stated by a member of the European Parliament Committee on International Affairs, German MP from the Alternative for Germany party Maximilian Kra in a conversation with Izvestia. Related materials00: 01 – July 8 ” America is looking for external enemies “Why, 150 years after the Civil War, the United States again found itself on the brink of a split? 00:02 – October 13 ” Sanctions are for life “The US threatens Russia with new sanctions. Who makes these decisions and how? “The USA puts pressure on some European and, above all, German parties. It's no secret that Washington is wary of putting the pipeline into operation, ”he added. At the same time, the MEP did not explain the reason why the American authorities are