New Zealand is the first country in the world to legalize drug safety screening at music festivals and other public events. It is reported by Vice. This initiative was approved by the country's parliament - 88 deputies voted "for" and 33 "against". According to New Zealand human rights activists, the innovation will save dozens of lives.

In 11 EU countries, 44 cases of infection with the Omicron strain of coronavirus have been identified. It is reported by Bloomberg. According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), all 44 cases of omicron infection are asymptomatic or mild. “At the moment, there have been no cases of severe illness or death from a new strain of coronavirus,” the ECDC said.

The ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal, was finally charged in a new case, the investigation has been completed. It is reported by RIA Novosti. According to the lawyer, Furgal will begin to familiarize himself with the case materials from December 2. The case of fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code) and the organization of a criminal community (art. 210 of the Criminal Code) will be taken to court. under these articles Furgal was charged five days ago.

Mikhail Saakashvili first spoke in court of himself Mikhail Saakashvili in court. Photo: Irakli Gedenidze / Pool / TASS On December 2, on Thursday, Saakashvili will have to appear at a court hearing in a series of episodes in connection with Gostrasts for clothes and cosmetologists, who, both his supporters and opponents, ironically call the “case of jackets”.

The cost of Brent oil has fallen below $ 70 per barrel for the first time since the end of August. This is evidenced by the data of the ICE London Exchange. Screenshot of the Ice Exchange. At 20:12 Moscow time, the cost of the futures amounted to 68.75 dollars. The January futures at the same time cost $ 70.49. The cost of Brent is reduced from last week. It was affected by reports of the new strain of the coronavirus "Omicron".

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the unblocking of Afghanistan's accounts in Western banks. online by He stated this at the investment forum “Russia is calling!”, The event was broadcast TASS. “Now is not the time or place to characterize the Taliban*, but the Taliban is in control of the situation in the country. It is necessary to help the Afghan people, at least to unlock the Afghan money, which is on accounts in Western banks, primarily in the United States.

After the promotion, the St. Petersburg metro builders again promised to pay off salary debts - "until the end of the year" Metrostroevtsy gathered at Smolny at the annual action demanding to pay off salary debts. February 2019. Photo: Elena Lukyanova / "New Gazeta" “The problem is not new: as Metrostroy had to have salary debts to the workers since 2018, they remained,” said Rinat Galiev, foreman of the new, forehead of the “new” team leader.

Police in St. Petersburg have detained four people suspected of selling coronavirus vaccination certificates. The suspects were engaged in illegal activities in the city clinic, according to the Fontanka publication. According to the investigation, the group was organized by a 25-year-old former investigator of the Investigative Committee. He worked for about a year in various divisions of the UK.

The disgraced founder of the Middle Ural Monastery Sergius was sent to the colony for 3.5 years Nikolai Romanov (former father Sergius). Photo: Valery Sharifulin /TASS Today, the Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow found Nikolai Romanov (former father Sergius from the Central Ural Monastery) guilty of declining to suicide, arbitrariness and violation of the right to freedom of religion and sentenced him to imprisonment for three and a half years.

In the Czech Republic, the head of the Football Federation of Belarus Vladimir Bazanov and his wife were detained in connection with suspicion of violating the rules of entry into the country. This is reported by the Czech edition Deník N. The police detained Bazanov before the match between the women's football teams of the Czech Republic and Belarus at the qualifying stage of the World Cup in the city of Opava.

The FSB expelled from Russia a teacher of St. Petersburg State University Michael Fris for cooperation with a bard college*. Reprisals with "unwanted" continue Faculty of Free Arts and Sciences of St. Petersburg State University. Photo: TheoryandPractice.ru The deportation of the American could go unnoticed. But the sudden disappearance of the teacher of the Faculty of Free Arts and Sciences of St.

Alexander Lukashenko in an interview with RIA Novosti announced plans to visit Crimea with Russian President Putin and specified that this trip would mean recognition of the peninsula as part of Russia. Screenshot: RIA Novosti “Crimea de facto, I even said this, de facto, this is the Russian Crimea. Then there was still, there was no referendum, I do not remember. After the referendum, Crimea and de jure became Russian.

The US authorities forced Moderna to give 60% of the doses of the coronavirus vaccine for the needs of the COVAX program, but tens of millions of doses remained in warehouses, said the Executive Director of the Corporation Stefan Bansel in an interview with the Financial Times. Photo: Marco Verch / Creative Commons According to Bansel, these doses were intended to provide vaccines against the coronavirus of the poorest countries. “It was mainly the political decision of the rich countries.

Police officers held a preventive conversation with a first-grader who put out the Eternal Flame in Kronstadt with snow. about this RIA Novosti writes with reference to the press service of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. “On November 29, the Kronstadt police received a message that a child had extinguished the flame of the Eternal Flame at the memorial on Anchor Square with snow.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said that due to the peculiarities of the “omicron” strain of coronavirus, it was decided to limit the effect of the PCR test not to 72 hours, but to 48. writes about this. RIA Novosti The head of Rospotrebnadzor explained that such a decision was made due to “increased infectiousness and the potential ability to cause a much faster response of the body” in the new strain.