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Former football player of the national team Andrei Kanchelskis was threatened with reprisals because of the debts of “Navbahor” Kanchelskis turned to the police and said that he was threatened with reprisals because of the debts of the Uzbek club “Navbahor” to him. This was reported by the Telegram channel “Mutko against”. The incident took place on November 22 in the Moscow cafe “Oasis”. Three unknown persons in medical masks approached the ex-player of the national team and asked if he worked in Uzbekistan and whether he was really offered to pay 1.6 million euros for his work at the Navbahor football club. After positive answers to these questions, threats began to sound against the athlete. The men offered the man to agree to the payment of only 80 thousand euros. In case of refusal, the unknown promised to “make him disabled.” The footballer did not agree to the conditions.

The World Bank improved its forecast for Russia's GDP growth in 2021 to 4.3 percent percent, the World Bank predicts in its new report, which is at the disposal of “Lenta.ru”. At the same time, the success of the Russian economy is assessed more optimistically than before: according to the May forecast, it was expected that Russia's GDP growth by the end of the year would amount to 3.2 percent. By the middle of the year, economic activity in Russia exceeded the pre-pandemic peak of 2019. According to the organization, in the second quarter of 2021, GDP growth accelerated (plus 3.5 percent over the previous quarter), and output recovered to pre-pandemic levels. According to analysts, the improvement in indicators is primarily associated with a sharp rise in consumer demand. The services, retail and transportation sectors have contributed most to economic growth. Removing some of the covid restrictions allowed Russians to

World Bank: Consumption in Russia showed the highest growth in ten years showed the largest quarterly growth over the past decade, follows from the World Bank report, which is at the disposal of “Lenta.ru”. Consumption from April to June was nine percent higher than from January to March. Experts from the World Bank associate the record in spending with the implementation of deferred demand (postponed indefinitely the intention to make a purchase) after the weakening of covid restrictions. When restrictive measures were in force in the country, residents earned less and went to stores less often, and in the second quarter, circumstances allowed them to dispose of funds more freely. the energy sector and the development of domestic tourism due to outbound restrictions. It is the growth in consumer demand that has led to the fact that the economic activity of Russians has already exceeded the previous maximum set in

The World Bank has linked the main risks of the Russian economy to the pandemic and inflation Russia's economic growth is threatened by the risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic and inflation. This is stated in a new report by the World Bank. The document was received by Lenta.ru. The low level of vaccination of the population can lead to new covid restrictions and thereby reduce the economic activity of Russians, and the likely increase in the rate by the Central Bank will slow down GDP growth, according to the organization. In the fall of 2021, Russia was swept by a new wave of COVID-19, which has already slowed economic growth after the summer take-off, mainly in regions with low vaccination rates. Another outbreak required new restrictive measures, for example, the introduction of non-working days in October-November. The risks are increased by the spread of the new omicron strain, which

Deputy Drapeko was delighted with the release of the new album of rapper Oksimiron Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Culture Elena Drapeko , real name – Miron Fedorov) is releasing a new album. She confessed this to the radio station “Moscow Says” on Wednesday, December 1. “I am very glad that Oksimiron is releasing her new album, because, as far as I remember, probably for ten years we have not had such news was “, – said Drapeko. The MP wished the hip-hop artist success and good luck. “I'm sorry, I don't belong to the generation that listens to rappers,” Drapeko complained, assuring that she would try to listen to the artist's third studio disc. Earlier, Drapeko said that Oksimiron did not use the lyrics of his songs to the propaganda of narcotic substances. The release of the third studio album of Oksimiron, the name of