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US Ambassador Sullivan on refusing to issue visas to Russians: not so much a decision as a fact US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan commented on the situation with the termination of the issuance of visas to Russians. He spoke about this in an interview with RBC. According to him, the refusal to issue visas to the United States to Russian citizens was “not so much a decision as a fact.” He noted that earlier, the Washington Embassy in Moscow had a consular section, which employed 60 people who issued immigration and non-immigrant visas. However, due to the expulsion of American diplomats and a law banning the hiring of local workers, the department now employs fewer than five people, the ambassador added. “We simply do not have people to do this work,” the American diplomat said. At the same time, Sullivan stressed that this situation causes him very great regret.

Washington won the regular season match, Ovechkin scored 750th goal in the NHL Washington Capitals beat “ Columbus Blue Jackets “in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular championship match. This was reported by the Lenta.ru correspondent. The meeting took place on the night of Sunday, December 5, and ended with a score of 3: 1 in favor of the hosts. As part of the winners, one of the goals was scored by Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin. For this striker, this goal was the 750th in the regular league championships. According to this indicator, it is in fourth place. There are 16 goals left before the third-place Czech Jaromir Jagr. This season, 36-year-old Ovechkin has played 25 games in the NHL regular season. The Russian has 20 goals and 19 assists.

RT: Russians are on average ready to spend up to 13 thousand rubles on New Year's gifts relatives and friends. This is reported by RT with reference to a study of the SuperJob service. According to the survey, the average budget of Russian residents for these costs is 13 thousand rubles. At the same time, Moscow is ready to spend an average of 17 thousand rubles, in Khabarovsk and Rostov-on-Don – 16 thousand rubles, and in St. Petersburg – 15 thousand rubles. At the same time, residents of Novosibirsk (12.3 thousand rubles) and Samara (12.2 thousand rubles) have the most economical budgets for gifts. It is noted that the majority of respondents (66 percent) are going to buy gifts for their relatives … 32 percent of those surveyed said that they would give something to their loved ones, and 19 percent – friends. 16 percent of Russians are planning to

An American jumped out of a moving plane, injured his leg, and then locked himself in the airport An American jumped out of a plane at Phoenix Sky International Airport in the state of Arizona. The plane was moving towards one of the exits, CNN reports. The man used a hatch in the tail section of the aircraft, fell onto the runway and escaped with a leg injury. Then he locked himself in one of the airport rooms. The pilot immediately stopped the plane and notified the air traffic controllers. “After a few minutes, the firefighters were able to persuade the man to open the door, where he was then examined, provided the necessary assistance and taken to a local hospital, he injured his lower limb,” said the representative airlines. Earlier in the United States, a passenger tried to break into the cockpit after landing, and then left the board

Izvestia: Fraudsters Use Fake QR Codes for Phishing with this document. Sergey Golovanov, the chief expert of Kaspersky Lab, told Izvestia about this. According to him, Russia began selling codes that lead to phishing pages that imitate official resources. The purchase of real codes of vaccinated Russians has also spread on the black market. Experts warned that the purchase of a fake certificate entails criminal liability (part 3 of Article 327 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), with a punishment of up to one year in prison. At the same time, the use of someone else's or fake QR code is still not a punishable act due to gaps in the legislation. However, lawyer Yulia Kremer noted, if the QR code contains a hyperlink to a vaccination certificate with a number, date of birth and the date of vaccination, such a code will be considered an official document,

Naftogaz: Germany's decision on Nord Stream 2 is a mockery of EU rules Head of Ukrainian Naftogaz Yuri Vitrenko called the decision of the German Federal Network Agency (BNA) on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline “a mockery”. This was reported by the Euractiv edition. According to him, Nord Stream 2 cannot be certified in Europe, because it allegedly does not comply with the rules of the European Union (EU). Vitrenko, commenting on the decision of the German operator to allow the operator Nord Stream 2 AG to create a German subsidiary, noted that Ukraine is against such an approach. He noted that the certification of only part of the pipeline is a mockery of the EU rules. “And we hope that this will not happen,” the head of Naftogaz said. In addition, Vitrenko added that the pipeline should be filled with alternative gas suppliers along its entire length. Earlier,