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A major accident in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine killed more than 10 people A major accident occurred on a highway near Chernihiv, which killed 11 people. During the road accident, a passenger bus collided with a truck. The incident was reported by the State Emergency Situations Service (GSChS) of Ukraine. “On December 7, at about 7:55 am, a truck collided with a minibus near the village of Brusilov, Chernihiv region on the highway N-27“ Chernigov – Gremyach ” … as a result of the accident, 11 people died and 8 more were injured, “the rescuers reported. According to the State Emergency Service, the minibus was moving in the direction of Chernigov, and the truck – in the region. The accident could have been caused by a slippery road or traffic violations by one of their vehicles, rescuers say. The traffic police noted that this section of the road is

Economist Kolganov: The US and EU will not ban the exchange of the ruble, as the sanctions will harm them Professor, leading researcher and head of the laboratory of the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University, Andrey Kolganov, in a conversation with Lenta.ru, doubted that the United States and the European Union would impose restrictions on the exchange of the ruble. Blocking the conversion of the ruble into the dollar, euro and pounds sterling will significantly complicate international payments, which will negatively affect the economic development of Russia, since “we are highly dependent on international trade,” the economist said. However, first of all, concrete consequences will come for counterparties abroad who will not be able to receive payments in a freely convertible currency on time, he added. “It will be impossible to impose sanctions on us for this, because any such restrictions, adopted in the form of political decisions

Economists cut their forecast for UK economic growth to 5.1 percent for 2022 Britain may lag behind other advanced economies for the consequences of the omicron strain and the reduction in business investment. The Federation of British Industry (CBI) and the international auditing company KPMG came to similar conclusions. Their forecasts were published by The Guardian. CBI representatives are confident that the recovery growth of the British economy will slow down. They cut their growth forecast for 2022 to 5.1 percent. A more pessimistic prediction relates to low production volumes in the country and ongoing problems with global supply chains. Export recovery will be weak amid 2021 results, according to the CBI. The country's households will remain a key driver of economic stimulus, accounting for 90 percent of growth in 2022 and two-thirds of GDP in 2023. Households' ability to pay will also contribute to the savings they accumulated during

Deputy Chepa: Johnson's words about Russia's aggression are a continuation of provocations Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's readiness to use economic and diplomatic tools to prevent Russian aggression against Ukraine are a continuation of provocations. RT writes about this. He added that the West has made a kind of anti-Russian springboard out of Ukraine, which they are trying to use. At the same time, the deputy noted that, creating conflict and provocative situations, Western states risk “crossing the red line that Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin spoke about.” They try to justify their mistakes in advance, not understanding what the consequences may have such a policy, concluded Chepa. Earlier Johnson promised to continue to influence and pressure Russia with all available economic and diplomatic tools in the event of any aggression against Ukraine. In turn, the leaders of Great Britain, France, Italy, the