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Russian President Putin will hold talks on November 30 with Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks on Tuesday, November 30 with Vietnamese leader Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The meeting in Moscow was announced by the press service of the Kremlin, writes TASS. During the talks, the leaders intend to discuss topical issues of a comprehensive strategic partnership between the countries in various fields, including political dialogue, trade and economic, military-technical , scientific and technological cooperation, as well as humanitarian contacts. In addition, the presidents will exchange views on the regional agenda, the Kremlin specified. On November 25, Serbian President Aleksandr Vucic held talks with Vladimir Putin in Sochi. It was noted that the topics of partnership in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres were to be discussed. In addition, it became known that Vladimir Putin will visit India on December 6. During the

The Governor of the Irkutsk Region Igor Kobzev proposed to recognize mining as a business of cryptocurrencies – the head of the region is ready to provide them with separate sites for industrial activity, Interfax writes. “As you know, I turned to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation [Alexander Novak] and consider [mining] as an entrepreneurial activity … The government has its own opinion on this matter, it looked at it, supported us, “Kobzev said. Recognition of mining as a business will oblige miners to pay for electricity at higher rates. In October, the governor complained to the authorities about the “underground” miners. Kobzev announced an “avalanche-like increase in energy consumption” in the region, the level of which has already increased tenfold compared to 2019. The head of the region expressed concern that the state of the networks does not allow such an increase in load. According to

Former Foreign Minister Ivanov: the USSR collapsed due to the lack of a plan for the transition to a market economy Former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said that the collapse of the USSR occurred not because of foreign policy, but because of economic problems within the country. He named this reason in an interview with Kommersant. As Ivanov noted, despite the popularity of the first and only president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, he lost popular support due to socio-economic policies and empty counters. “I believe that these are internal problems, primarily related to the economy. We actually did not formulate, at least I did not see or hear it, a clear plan for the transition from a one hundred percent centralized Soviet economy to a market one. There was a spontaneous collapse, which led to what it led to, “said the ex-Foreign Minister. Earlier, the head of the

President of Belarus Lukashenko instructed the army to prepare a response in case of NATO aggression against the country. To this end, Lukashenka convened a meeting on military security issues at the country's defense ministry. BelTA informs about it. “Plans for any of their actions (external aggressors, whom Lukashenka considers NATO and Poland – comment of Lenta.ru ), the plans of our counteraction must be. We have every opportunity to keep our nose downwind, as the people say, and react to their every movement with a weapon. This is the purpose of our today's event, ”the president said to the military. Lukashenko several times previously drew attention to the accumulation of NATO armed forces, including tanks and armored vehicles, near the western borders of Belarus. Related materials 15: 25-19 November Border stand. Migrants on the border between Poland and Belarus – about a breakthrough to Europe, life in a camp

The Moscow Housing Inspection did not allow an illegal redevelopment of an apartment in the Strogino area Enterprising Muscovites wanted to “cut” living space in order to make six apartments out of one, but were punished. This was reported on the website of the mayor of the capital. One of the local residents filed a complaint about illegal work in the house on Marshal Katukov Street. She stated that a dwelling with an area of ​​about 100 meters was “cut” into six studios, each one had communications, thus creating an extra load on the common building engineering systems. Inspectors of the Moscow Housing Inspectorate conducted an inspection, the suspicions of the Muscovite were confirmed: the owners really almost remodeled one apartment at six. The workers installed partitions with metal doors, placed additional bathrooms, made a kitchen in each room. Administrative protocols were drawn up against all the owners, and citizens

Governor of the Kemerovo Region Tsivilev: no gross violations were found in the mines in the region which you can close them. This assessment was given by the governor of the region Sergey Tsivilev, his words are quoted by TASS. Earlier, Tsivilev introduced an emergency situation (ES) in the region after the explosion at the Listvyazhnaya mine, which killed 51 people. >