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Deputy Mayor Rakov: 1.4 million elderly Muscovites were vaccinated against COVID-19 In Moscow, 1.4 million elderly residents were vaccinated against COVID -19. This number was named by the deputy mayor of the capital for social development Anastasia Rakova, reports on Monday, December 6, TASS. Muscovites over 60 were vaccinated with at least one component of the coronavirus vaccine, the deputy mayor specified. In addition, according to Rakova, over 5.7 million people in Moscow were vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 680 thousand residents of the Russian capital decided to re-vaccinate. The deputy mayor advised all residents of Moscow to get vaccinated. Especially, in her opinion, people at risk should take care of their health. Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the stabilization of the situation with the coronavirus. Over the past week, the number of hospitalizations of patients and the detection rate of cases of infection in the capital have not

Russian President Putin's plane landed in New Delhi … This is evidenced by the data of the website Flightradar. It is noted that on Monday, December 6, the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India was planned. It is expected that the countries will conclude agreements in the spheres of defense, space, transport, science, technology and education. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov flew to India the day before. It is specified that the talks between the heads of the foreign policy and defense departments of the countries will be held in the “two plus two” format. They will discuss key regional topics, including the situation in the Asia-Pacific region and Central Asia. Indian Defense Minister Rajnathu Singh reported on Monday, December 6, that during a meeting of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission on military and military -technical cooperation in New Delhi, Russia and India signed a number of agreements, contracts

In Chelyabinsk, Professor Viktor Olefirenko was sentenced to 4.5 years for bribes of 1.7 million rubles 4.5 years in prison for the former head of the department of the Ural State University of Physical Education, 68-year-old professor Viktor Olefirenko for accepting bribes totaling over 1.7 million rubles. This was reported on Monday, December 6, to Lente.ru by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office. According to the investigation, in the period from 2013 to 2020, the defendant repeatedly took bribes from students. For money, the Russian professor gave students positive marks for exams and put down credits. At the same time, students did not have to attend lectures and seminars at all. Olefirenko has worked with students for more than 40 years. He himself graduated from Ural State University of Physical Culture, where he later taught. He worked at the department of theory and methodology of sports games since

President Vladimir Putin flew to India for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to India for talks with Minister of the country Narendra Modi. RIA Novosti reports. The agency notes that this will be the first summit between Russia and India after their talks between Putin and Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Brasilia in November 2019. This is also the second foreign trip of the Russian leader since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier, Russian Ambassador to New Delhi Nikolai Kudashev said that during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India, agreements in the spheres of defense could be concluded between the countries , space, transport, science and technology and education. The diplomat stressed that this is not a complete list of the bilateral agreements being prepared between Moscow and New Delhi.

Stanford University launched virtual reality training Stanford University launched virtual reality training. This was reported on the institution's website. Professor Jeremy Bailenson initiated the opening of the educational program in the new regime. The course is called “Virtual People”, it is dedicated to the development of modern technologies. The training takes place in an online format using VR helmets. In order to start teaching in a new capacity, the university specialists chose special equipment and software called Engage. The class consists of a group of students and a teacher who can interact with each other in a virtual environment. Each lesson is limited to 30 minutes in order to avoid sickness and nausea after using a VR headset. “The only thing that limits the student in VR space is their own imagination,” said Baylenson's assistant lab assistant Cyan DeVo. Stanford clarified that in preparing the program, they interacted with Meta

Market researcher Sean Farrell linked the fall in bitcoin to the behavior of large holders bitcoin prices. The expert said that the collapse of its value in early December is associated with the behavior of institutional investors such as funds, banks and investment companies, writes Bloomberg. It was in the best interest of these large holders to withdraw from assets before filing annual accounts in order to improve their profit margins.