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Viber: 70 percent of Russians prefer to watch free video content on the Internet The vast majority of Russians are not ready to pay for video content on the Internet. This data was shared with Lenta.ru by Viber, whose analysts conducted a joint survey with the RuTube platform. In particular, it became known that about 70 percent of respondents prefer to watch free content. Only 14 percent of Russians are ready to support video producers if the video is of high quality. At the same time, only every fiftieth resident of the country (two percent) said that any work should be paid, regardless of quality. Experts from Viber and RuTube also found out what part of Russians are interested in the work of video bloggers. Only every fifth resident of the country (20 percent) pays no attention to such content. The overwhelming majority of Russians (60 percent) choose content in

President of Belarus Lukashenko chaired a meeting at the Ministry of Defense in military uniform non-standard shoulder straps – not stars are placed on them, like all military personnel, but a coat of arms. The video recording of the meeting was published on the Telegram channel “Pool of the First”. Lukashenko regularly appears in public in uniform with special shoulder straps. So, in June 2021, he arrived in the same uniform in the Mogilev region, and at the Victory parade on May 9, 2020, he appeared surrounded by the military with gilded shoulder straps. As noted in 2004, “Independent Military Review” , Lukashenka wore a military uniform to work meetings back in the early 2000s. “The shoulder straps of the Belarusian commander-in-chief have no stars, but with large coats of arms in the middle (just a marshal or generalissimo!); this year the coats of arms are slightly shifted from the

“Lenta.ru” published the memoirs of Vasily Biryukov, who served with Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and about the girls in the partisan detachment. “Lenta.ru” cites excerpts from previously unpublished memoirs of Biryukov. On October 31, 1941, a group of young people arrived at the disposal of military unit 9903, which specialized in reconnaissance and sabotage activities. This group included Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. The recruits were selected by a special commission under the command of the unit commander, Major Artur Strogis. Out of 3000 volunteers, about 2000 people were enrolled in a secret detachment. Most of the recruits were girls. The future partisans, who were sent by the Moscow City Committee of the Komsomol, were immediately warned that they might be awaited in captivity. Biryukov revealed in his memoirs that in the intervals between operations, the partisans communicated with the girls. He noted that Kosmodemyanskaya, seeing a serious guy in him, offered him friendship. “I

Reztsov: Garanichev and Eliseev were rightly expelled from the national team for the World Cup biathlon at the second stage of the World Cup in Östersund, Sweden is fair. This is what happened in an interview with a Lenta.ru correspondent, assessed by the three-time Olympic winner Anfisa Reztsova. According to her, both athletes are now not at the level required to compete in the main team. She added that she does not know what result Garanichev and Eliseev will show in the Cup of the International Biathlon Union (IBU). Reztsova also found it difficult to explain how Garanichev could have forgotten the sticks before the start of the sprint. “It's just impossible,” said the athlete. Earlier on Monday, November 29, Garanichev and Eliseev were transferred to the second squad of the Russian national team, which will play at the IBU Cup in Norway. In the main team, they were replaced