Moscow will not impose a curfew on New Year's Eve, as well as limit the sale of alcohol during the holidays, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on the air of the Russia 1 channel. Sobyanin stressed that there are also no plans to impose restrictions on the number of people at meetings.

Putin demanded to stop the increase in food prices for a week, TASS writes , citing a recording of a meeting on economic issues on the air of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on TV channel "Russia 1". Manufacturers and retailers have already pledged to meet the requirement. Economists are counting on the fact that there will be no real state control over prices.

Grocery stores in the UK are stocking up for a no-deal Brexit, and drug suppliers have been advised to set up a six-week supply of drugs, the Times writes, citing a supermarket spokesperson and a government source. Stores have received a recommendation to build stocks of products, writes the Times. “Supermarkets and the government are very concerned about panic buying.

In Russia, vaccination against coronavirus has begun. At first it was assumed that teachers, doctors and other people at risk would be vaccinated, but, as media reports , they often vaccinate everyone who wants to. Whether it is worth vaccinating, everyone decides for himself. Our colleagues at Reminder bring the known facts about the Russian vaccine to help you make an informed decision. We publish this article with their permission.

From December 16, the German authorities are going to close most of the stores, extend the ban on the work of schools and recommend employers to transfer employees to remote work, Reuters writes , citing a draft decision received from a government source. New quarantine measures are going to be introduced until January 10, and then they will decide whether to extend them. The draft government decree says that this is necessary to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

They tried to re-poison Alexei Navalny in an Omsk hospital before his flight to Berlin, when he was in a coma, writes The Times, citing anonymous sources in Western intelligence services. Those who tried to do this, the publication calls "agents of Russian state security." The Times writes that Russian intelligence officers set up a base in the office of the chief doctor of the hospital in Omsk, where Navalny was.