On Wednesday, on the 89th year of life, a businessman and philanthropist Dmitry Zimin, a scientist, the founder of one of the largest Russian mobile operators, Vimpelcom, died. After the sale of the Alfa Group business in 2001, Zimin took up charity work, his Dynasty Foundation sponsored the development and popularization of science in Russia, but in 2015 he was declared a foreign agent and stopped working in the country. 88-year-old Dmitry Zimin died in Switzerland, his son Boris said tonight.

The founder of Beeline and the Dynasty Foundation Dmitry Zimin died. We recall the main thing from his biography On Wednesday, on the 89th year of life, a businessman and philanthropist Dmitry Zimin, a scientist, the founder of one of the largest Russian mobile operators, Vimpelcom, died.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, criticized the program of continuous revaccination against coronavirus in developed countries. It diverts resources from primary vaccination in the poorest countries and increases the chances of dangerous mutations becoming fixed, he says.

The founder of VimpelCom and the Dynasty Foundation, Dmitry Zimin, who was involved in charity work and supporting fundamental science, died in Switzerland at the age of 88 from cancer. This was confirmed by his son Boris Zimin. A descendant of a merchant family and the son of a repressed family, Zimin graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute and worked in the field of defense radio electronics for decades.

Inflation in Russia for the week by December 20 accelerated to 0.32%, reported . Rosstat Two weeks before, inflation had stayed below 0.1% - 0.07% and 0.06%. Inflation in annual terms rose to 8.22%, food - up to 10.48%, writes the Ministry of Economic Development. Last week, food again made a big contribution to the price increase (0.54%), and among them fruits and vegetables, but for them the growth of almost 1.5% corresponds to the seasonal norm, the ministry notes.

Telegram has turned into a weapon of manipulation of the stock market. Based on the posts alone in anonymous channels, the owners of up to 100 thousand accounts make decisions on transactions - and this is according to the most modest assessment.

Boris Gryzlov, former speaker of the State Duma, chairman of the Supreme Council of United Russia, will soon be appointed Russian ambassador to Belarus, reported Interfax , citing a source. Gryzlov's candidacy has already been approved by the profile committee for CIS affairs, he will be able to take up his duties before the end of the year, the agency's source said.

The Almaz-Antey VKO concern, known for developing the S-300, S-400 and S-500 families of long-range air defense systems, presented an electric car of its own design, writes . RBC There are no full appearance photos yet, but this is a crossover called E-Neva. General characteristics are typical for modern electric vehicles - mileage on a single charge of 463 km (test cycle not specified), top speed of 197 km / h, acceleration to 60 km / h in 2.7 seconds.

Israel is the first country in the world to launch a fourth-dose revaccination program. The extra booster should help protect healthcare workers and the elderly from the new omicron strain, writes Bloomberg. As Prime Minister Naftali Bennett explained, "The citizens of Israel were the first to receive the third vaccine, and we continue to lead the way with the fourth vaccine." He ordered the authorities to prepare for a new nationwide vaccination campaign.

The Dutch prosecutor's office has demanded life sentences for the defendants in the case of the downed Malaysian Boeing MH17 in the Donbass, reports . Associated Press We are talking about three Russians - the ex-Minister of Defense of the self-proclaimed DPR Igor Girkin (Strelkov) and the ex-commanders of the GRU DPR Sergey Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov, as well as a citizen of Ukraine Leonid Kharchenko.

The American Forbes has calculated how much the richest people in the world have added in capital in 2021. It turned out that out of 2.6 thousand billionaires, almost 70% increased their fortune, and some became richer by hundreds and tens of billions at once. In 2021, the combined wealth of the top 10 richest billionaires in the world increased by $458 billion.

The risk of infection during an airplane flight has doubled or tripled due to the introduction of the omicron strain, David Powell, medical adviser to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), told Bloomberg. “Whatever the risk with Delta, we have to assume that with the advent of Omicron, the risk will be two to three times higher,” he said. According to him, business class is safer because it is less “packed” than economy class.

Intel has announced that it will put all unvaccinated employees in the US on unpaid leave from April next year. The company took this step following other global IT giants, such as Google. U.S. processor maker Intel has said that unvaccinated U.S. workers who have not received vaccination exemptions for religious or medical reasons will be required to take unpaid leave from April 4, 2022. This leave will last at least three months.

Intel has announced it will place all unvaccinated US employees on unpaid leave starting next April. The company took this step following other global IT giants, for example, Google. US processor maker Intel said unvaccinated US workers who do not receive exemptions for religious or medical reasons will be required to take unpaid leave starting April 4, 2022. Such leave will last at least three months. Last month, the company told its U.S. employees that Jan.

The Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson is preparing for the process of localizing the production of 5G base stations in the Russian Federation, learned Kommersant . The company does not rule out the possibility of launching its own plant in Russia. Sources of the newspaper say that Ericsson is considering two scenarios: to build its own enterprise or to find a Russian partner, on the basis of which production can be launched.