Several amendments have been introduced to the Russian State Duma at once, expanding the concept of “foreign agent” and introducing various fines for those given this label. In addition to what appears to be fines for anyone who writes about a foreign agent without indicating that the organization or individual in question falls into this category.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. The voting results are published on the website of the chamber. As Vice clarifies , most likely, the Senate will not approve the bill. The publication calls the results of the vote of the House of Representatives "a historic symbolic moment." The bill includes, among other things, the abolition of sentences handed down by federal courts in cases related to marijuana trafficking.

The most sincere interview of the great actress is in the new episode "Tell Gordeeva" Leah Akhedzhakova is a great actress and a person who is not afraid to speak sincerely when others are silent, whether it is about Crimea or protests in Belarus. She did not talk to Katerina Gordeeva about politics, but she told about the roles that she had not been able to play, friendship in the theater, fear and life on quarantine.

The former head of Rosnano, Anatoly Chubais, was appointed special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for relations with international organizations to achieve sustainable development. Decree of Vladimir Putin published on the Kremlin website. The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, when asked by Interfax what international organizations he was talking about, answered: “UN”. The Decree enters into force upon signing on December 4.

The growth of consumer prices in Russia for 11 months of 2020 amounted to 4.05%, Interfax reports, citing Rosstat data. Thus, inflation in January-November exceeded the forecast of the Russian government, according to which inflation will be 3.8% for the whole of 2020. In addition, the rise in prices is approaching the upper limit of the interval given by the Central Bank - 3.9-4.2%.

It turns out that vaccination is easy to start, but difficult to finish. We tell you what we know about superspreaders. Barack Obama is ready to be vaccinated Good evening, This is Meduza's newsletter about the coronavirus during the pandemic. It is published on weekdays instead of Evening Medusa. If this letter was sent to you by someone you know and you have not yet subscribed to the mailing list, subscribe here . If you are reading this on the website, share the link on social networks.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Do you know a joke? Since 2013, pensions have grown by 6 thousand rubles, that is, from $ 300 to 193. Everything is very bad with them? The detailed answer of the economist Maxim Buev At the end of November, the State Duma extended the freezing of the funded part of pensions - now until 2023. When a similar decision was made in 2014, it was assumed that the freezing of pension savings would end in 2021.

Just take a look at the Flotid from the Nadzhinarnyvs! Their larvae (they are nymphs) resemble cotton balls - all thanks to wax threads sticking out in different directions. And without these threads, the flitida looks completely like a revived popcorn. Andreas kay But all the same flitids, but from a different angle. David Weiller And finally: in the case of the danger of flitida, they are ejected to hell. Smithsonian Channel

The Russian authorities do not hide the statistics of deaths from coronavirus, and the differences in the data of the operational headquarters and Rosstat are due to different methods of calculation. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. Both in the spring and now, certain foreign respected media outlets that operate on the territory of the Russian Federation claim that the statistics on detection and mortality in the Russian Federation are unreliable.

Production problems involving Sputnik V’s second dose complicate Russia’s plans for mass coronavirus vaccinations Maxim Sheremetov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Russia has currently stockpiled at least 500,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, but no more than 200,000 have been approved for mass release Earlier this week, Vladimir Putin vowed that Russia will produce 2 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine, known as “Sputnik V,” in the coming days.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov weighs in on negative attitudes toward Russian officials Dmitry Serebryakov / TASS During a press conference on Friday, December 4, journalists asked Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov to comment on the results of a new survey conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM). Responses to the survey indicated that the majority of Russian citizens believe government officials aren’t doing their jobs.

Interpol has removed Dmitry and Alexey Ananiev, the former owners of Promsvyazbank, from its wanted list. In Russia, the brothers stand accused of multi-million-dollar embezzlement and theft. According to Kommersant, the Ananiev brothers were removed from the list on November 6. This decision was made by the independent Commission for the Control of Interpol’s Files (the CCF), following a complaint from the brothers’ lawyer.

The New York Times (NYT) film critics have compiled their lists of what they think are the best films of 2020. Manola Dargis and Anthony Oliver Scott selected ten films each. The Dargis list includes two Russian films - "Dylda" by Kantemir Balagov and the documentary film "Gunda" by Viktor Kosakovsky. Dargis called "Dylda" a "dazzlingly directed drama", Balagov, according to her, "breaks the hearts" of the audience.

The Ramensky Court of the Moscow Region arrested Stas Reshetnikov (Reeflay), in a criminal case initiated after a girl died during his stream. Reshetnikov was taken into custody for a period of two months, reports .

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