The American Moderna published preliminary results of the tests of its vaccine. She has one, but a decisive advantage In the world markets, deja vu. This time, the American Moderna announced the intermediate results of the third phase of testing of its vaccine against the Covid-19, the effectiveness of which was 94.5%.

Positive news about coronavirus vaccines will be negative for the dollar: its role as a protective asset will decrease, the fall can reach 20% to the current level, Bloomberg writes with reference to the Citigroup forecast.

Politician Alexei Navalny filed a lawsuit to protect honor and dignity for the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, write “Open Media”. Navalny promised to file this lawsuit immediately after his October interview with Spiegel, in which he accused of involvement in his person’s poisoning President Putin. Peskov in response said that Navalny was given instructions “CIA specialists”, but he himself is, if not their agent, then a puppet.

Politician Alexei Navalny filed a lawsuit for the protection of honor and dignity against the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, Open Media writes . Navalny promised to file this lawsuit immediately after his October interview with Spiegel, in which he accused President Putin personally of involvement in his poisoning. Peskov responded by saying that Navalny is given instructions by “CIA specialists,” and that he himself is, if not their agent, then a puppet.

Politician Alexei Navalny filed a lawsuit for the protection of honor and dignity against the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, writes Open Media. Navalny promised to file this lawsuit immediately after his October interview with Spiegel, in which he accused President Putin personally of being involved in his poisoning. Peskov, in response, said that Navalny was given instructions by "CIA specialists", and that he himself was, if not their agent, then a puppet.

Sweden finally abandons the remnants of the policy of forming group immunity to coronavirus: today it was announced that the maximum number of gatherings was reduced from 50 to 8 people. The new measures come into effect on November 24, announced Prime Minister Stefan Löfven . In addition to the explicit restriction of gatherings, the Swedes were urged to deliberately limit social life, not to go to the gym and visit, and also not to receive guests.

One of the leaders in the vaccine race, the American Moderna, announced the very high efficiency of its mRNA-1273 RNA vaccine against coronavirus at 94.5%, reported . Bloomberg The effectiveness evaluation is based on the interim results of the third phase of clinical trials on 30,000 volunteers. In the group that received the vaccine, five people fell ill with coronavirus, in the control group - 90 people.

In October, China's economic recovery accelerated. China becomes the only major economy in the world to grow this year, writes Bloomberg. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, industrial production increased by 6.9% in October compared to the same period in 2019. Experts polled by Bloomberg expected growth of 6.7%. Retail sales grew by 4.3% against 3.3% in September. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.3%.

The optimization of the Russian public administration system with the reduction of vacancies for officials will begin on January 1, 2021 and end on April 1. today at a meeting with deputy prime ministers by This was announced Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The staff of the central offices of federal bodies is reduced by 5%, territorial bodies - by 10%. The payroll remains the same.

Russia will collect less increased “coronavirus” taxes from oil workers than it plans: in the current configuration, companies will have to reduce production, writes VTimes. The government will almost inevitably have to give them some relief. In the next five years, the oil industry will lose 650 billion rubles, the publication writes, citing a study by Vygon Consulting (we wrote about who else will be affected by the government’s “revenue mobilization” program here ).

Who is the main beneficiary of the pandemic? The Zoom service is one of the options that immediately come to mind. His business grew by hundreds of percent, the rating exceeded $ 100 billion. But it was worth the news about creating an effective vaccine against coronavirus - and Zoom shares immediately began to fall. Will he be able to hold the won position when his users stop sitting locked up? 9 years up to 100 billion The past week was really difficult for Zoom.

Rospotrebnadzor issued a decree according to which tests for coronavirus should be prepared no longer than two days - from taking the analysis to receiving the result by the person who passed it. The head of the department, Anna Popova, signed a document that obliges laboratories to prepare the results of PCR tests for COVID-19 no more than 48 hours. It is prescribed to discharge patients with coronavirus after one negative PCR test - both in inpatient and outpatient treatment.

The police plan to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the search for serial killers and suspects based on biomaterials from the crime scene. The project will cost the budget 55 billion rubles, found out . Kommersant The Ministry of Internal Affairs presented to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko a project for using AI to detect signs of serial crimes, the interlocutors of the publication said.

Russia is losing one of the few allies in the post-Soviet space - the pro-Russian President of Moldova, Igor Dodon, lost in the second round of the presidential elections to Maia Sandu, a supporter of European integration and partnership with the United States. Rapprochement with Russia was one of the main points of Dodon's election program.

Donald Trump will introduce new crackdowns on China in the last weeks of his presidency to “seal his legacy” and prevent the Biden administration from easily dismantling the sanctions regime, Axios writes , citing White House sources. The Trump administration plans to impose sanctions on government agencies and officials, as well as restrict trade with a large number of Chinese companies.