Aeroflot is going to transfer all its Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft to its Rossiya subsidiary by the end of 2022, RBC reports, citing two sources in the Aeroflot group. Now Aeroflot has 54 superjets in its fleet. According to one of the interlocutors of the publication, the first aircraft will be delivered before the end of this year, and most (44 aircraft) - in 2021.

Scottish writer Douglas Stewart has won The Booker Prize, which is awarded for literature in the English language. He was recognized for his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, according to a tweet from the award. Stewart received a £50,000 award. In his book, Stewart recounts the life of a Glasgow boy who, in the 1980s, tries to support his mother as she struggles with alcohol addiction and poverty .

Residents of Russia practically cannot buy methylprednisolone, a hormonal anti-inflammatory drug that is included in the list of vital drugs. This was first reported by the Rheumo-COVID center, which supports patients with rheumatic diseases during the coronavirus pandemic. Patients with rheumatic diseases from different cities of Russia reported that methylprednisolone disappeared from pharmacies.

Public and cultural figures, businessmen, scientists and journalists issued an open letter in which they called on UNESCO to include the monuments of the Christian heritage of Nagorno-Karabakh in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The text of the letter was received by the editors of Meduza.

Russia’s Government Cabinet has submitted a bill to the State Duma on strengthening the Justice Ministry’s control over NGOs that have been labeled as foreign agents , empowering the authorities to dissolve these organizations or at the very least hinder their work. If the draft law is approved, nonprofits designated as foreign agents will be required to inform Russia’s Justice Ministry of all of the programs and events that they are planning to hold.

Rector of Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy signed an order to support students, teachers and researchers of the university during the coronavirus pandemic. About 30 million rubles were allocated for these purposes, Sadovnichy told TASS. By November 30, the university will prepare lists of contract students who need financial support. “I believe that this will make it possible to compensate for the possible costs associated with distance learning,” Sadovnichiy said.

Volgograd’s Central District Court has jailed three local residents — all of whom deny the collapse of the USSR and do not acknowledge the Russian Federation’s statehood — on suspicion of organizing the activities of an extremist group , the press service for the regional court system reported on Thursday, November 19.

New investigation reveals how a Moscow monastery’s mother superior built a family business empire Sergey Karpukhin / TASS / Vida Press Mother Superior Feofaniya Home to the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow, the Russian capital’s Pokrovsky (Intercession) Monastery is a popular pilgrimage site visited by thousands of people every day.

Law enforcement officers in Belarus have detained Katerina Borisevich, a journalist for the country's largest publication, Tut.by. On the evening of November 19, Borisevich left her home to go to the store, after which she stopped communicating. Some time later, Borisevich came home accompanied by security forces, and at about 7 p.m. local time, civilians and masked men took the journalist to the KGB pretrial detention center.

Ground-based telescopes have detected an asteroid that passed within approximately 350 kilometers of the Earth's surface. The incident occurred on November 13, but it became known only the next day - the first pictures of the asteroid were taken 15 hours after its approach to Earth. As N+1 notes , post-factum recording is not uncommon for fast objects approaching Earth from the Sun. Astronomers estimate that asteroid 2020VT4 is between 5 and 10 meters in diameter.

The Central District Court of Volgograd has arrested three local residents who deny the collapse of the USSR and do not recognize the Russian Federation as a state. They are suspected of organizing the activities of an extremist organization , the joint press service of the courts of the Volgograd Region reported. Three suspects were members of an organization recognized as extremist. The court's statement did not disclose its name.

A group of lawmakers from the Russian State Duma have proposed giving Russia’s state censorship agency, Roskomnadzor, the right to block access to websites that “discriminate against” or censor information coming from the Russian news media.

How the first Russian region lives, which returned quarantine. Why Pandemia postponed the victory over the measles. Every 17 seconds, one patient with Covid dies in Europe Good evening, This is the Medusa newsletter about the coronavirus during the pandemic. She comes out on weekdays instead of the "evening jellyfish." If one of your friends sent this letter to you and you have not yet been subscribed to the newsletter, subscribe here .

Residents of Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand met a hungry baby elephant in a field. He just decided to eat someone else’s sugar cane. Noticing the people, the baby elephant hid behind a pillar. Apparently, the baby had completely forgotten that, even though he was small, he was still an elephant. #I really don't see it. #Escape from the officer's backpack. Be still and the officer will see you. Once you're gone, then continue eating sugar cane.

The Ministry of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities of Russia plans to amnesty apartments that do not have residential status and prohibit their construction in the future.