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Virologist Altstein: the omicron strain can ease the course of COVID-19 and end the pandemic Virologist, MD, professor, chief officer The Gamaleya Center Anatoly Altstein told whether a new omicron strain of coronavirus could cause a new wave of pandemic by the New Year. The specialist shared his opinion in an interview with Sputnik radio. According to Altstein, the omicron strain will not have time to spread before the New Year, since this will take about six months for the virus. The specialist recalled that the delta variant appeared in the fall of 2020, but began to be widely encountered in May-July 2021. He also named the condition for the end of the pandemic: for this, the omicron strain should facilitate the course of COVID-19. “If the mortality rate of the coronavirus is comparable to the flu, then we will already assume that the pandemic is over. The pandemic has

Aviasales: St. Petersburg has become the most popular tourist destination among Russians Aviasales named the most popular tourist routes among Russians who want to go for New Year's holidays in another city or country. This is reported by RIA Novosti. Compatriots planning to spend holidays in Russia, most often buy tickets to St. Petersburg. A flight from Moscow to the northern capital for the New Year will cost customers five thousand rubles there and back, the company noted. To fly to Sochi in both directions will currently cost at least ten thousand rubles, to Kaliningrad – a little cheaper. A visit to Krasnodar will cost nine thousand rubles, and Mineralnye Vody – 11 thousand rubles. The listed cities turned out to be the most popular among Russians for winter holidays. As for foreign holiday destinations, Russians most often buy tickets to Turkey. Their cost is at least 19 thousand rubles

SBU Colonel Starikov: Ukraine needs to go to the EU or join the United Kingdom Kiev needs to decide whether to join the European Union (EU ) or join the United Kingdom. Oleg Starikov, a retired colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), made such a proposal on the air of the NASH TV channel, RIA Novosti reports. “We must first of all decide: either we are going to the European Union, or we are going to … United Kingdom? I am personally for. Let's call ourselves the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Ukraine. I am in favor, “- said the military expert. Starikov also proposed to be called the fifty-first state of the United States. He added that Kiev considers Great Britain and the United States as landmarks, but at the same time regularly expresses its intentions to join the European Union. According to him,

Washington Post: New Twitter CEO Agrawal Announces Reorganization rigor must start from the top, and changed the principles of the formation of departments. This became known to the Washington Post, RIA Novosti reports. “From” creation “,” design “and” product development “into teams organized by what they work on – revenue, consumer, technology” , – quotes the publication of Agrawal's letter to employees. As noted, Michael Montano and Dantley Davis will leave the company. Agrawal himself attributed the reorganization to a desire to clarify decision-making, increase accountability and speed up execution. “We've all discussed the critical need for greater operational rigor, and that must start from the top,” Agrawal said. Twitter reported its moves to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, according to the publication. > On November 29, it became known that the entrepreneur and software architect Jack Dorsey, who was the CEO and founder of Twitter, will leave the

Izvestia: The Ministry of Justice will develop roadmaps for the provision of free legal aid information system “Legal assistance”. The corresponding decree was signed by the Prime Minister of the country Mikhail Mishustin, Izvestia writes. The government said that in Russia there is no single approach to providing citizens with free legal aid. To understand where to find it, people have to study a lot of information. “At the same time, citizens often become victims of fraudsters who offer supposedly free legal aid. The experiment should help change this situation, “the department emphasized. The pilot project was launched in ten regions of Russia, including Tatarstan, Krasnodar Territory, Moscow, Rostov, Smolensk, Kemerovo, Irkutsk, Kursk, Tambov and Ulyanovsk regions … To this end, the Ministry of Justice, together with the participants in the experiment, will develop roadmaps for the provision of free legal aid using electronic services and draw up a list