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President of the Russian Federation Putin will discuss with the government the level of salaries of state employees on November 24 the level of wages of certain categories of state employees. This is reported by TASS with reference to the Kremlin press service. On November 24, Putin will hold a regular meeting with members of the government of the Russian Federation. The main topic of the meeting was to ensure the level of wages of certain categories of public sector workers established by presidential decrees Press service of the President of Russia The President said that the salaries of employees in the public sector should be transparent and fair, it is necessary to take into account the income of each individual specialist, “and not only the average indicators.” Putin with members of the government on February 10. The head of state emphasized that the flaws with the salaries of this

SWIFT: the ruble returned to the top 20 most popular currencies in the world, increasing its share to 0.2 percent The ruble returned to top 20 most popular world currencies, increasing its share to 0.2 percent in international settlements. This is evidenced by the data of the SWIFT interbank transfer system, RIA Novosti writes. In September, the ruble dropped out of the rating, giving way to the Hungarian forint. According to Vasily Karpunin, the head of the information and analytical content department of BCS World of Investments, Vasily Karpunin, the restoration of its positions by the ruble last month was affected by several factors, including the rise in prices for commodities and the position of the Russian currency in the Eurasian Economic Union. < p> “The ruble is still the main regional currency in the EAEU space. In addition, the ruble is now one of the highest real interest rates

RUDN Deputy Dean Grigoriev: lonely Russian pensioners are entitled to social services benefits for lonely Russian pensioners. The specialist explained that the country has a system of state support for lonely people of retirement age, which consists of two parts: material and social services. The first is expressed in cash payments – compensation for a landline telephone, targeted social assistance, payments for holidays, subsidies for utility bills, explained Grigorieva. Each region has its own payments. However, the main emphasis in the support system for single pensioners is made on social support, when a social service employee visits them several times a week and helps with cooking or cleaning the apartment, the deputy dean explained. According to her, each region can establish its own support systems, for example, compensate payments for a landline phone or help in the form of cash payments, the provision of food or things, as well as

TASS: The S-500 and S-550 air defense systems will become the basis of Russia's anti-missile and anti-space defense -550 based on the S-500 air defense system “Prometheus” will provide anti-missile and anti-space defense of strategic objects of Russia together with its predecessor. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source close to the Russian military department. According to the agency, the S-550 will not replace the S-500, since it is a lighter version of the latter. It will face other combat missions, somewhat different from those performed by “Prometheus”. “Forceful methods of impact on threatening objects will also be different,” the source added. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the S-500 and S-550 systems will become a platform for a new air defense system and together will cover the country's strategic facilities from hypersonic targets. “Together with the S-350 Vityaz system and short-range systems, they will work

Roskomnadzor: since 2020 51 facts of censorship of the Russian media by foreign social networks have been recorded Since 2020 Roskomnadzor has recorded 51 facts of censorship of materials their official accounts from foreign Internet sites. This was reported to RIA Novosti in the press service of the department. According to the department, the most often censored materials are Sputnik, RT and Anna News. 59 letters were sent to foreign sites demanding to remove restrictions, to date they have been removed in 17 cases. In addition, there have been cases of censorship in relation to the official accounts of the State TV and Radio Company “Tavrida” (“Vesti Krym”), as well as network publications “Crimea 24”, “Politics Today” and others. “Starting from 2020, Roskomnadzor keeps records of the facts of censorship of materials of Russian media and their official accounts on the part of foreign Internet sites (social networks and video