Why the EU is lucky with gas from Russia, vaccination leaders. Highlights of the night

The HEAD of the German Wintershall Dea, Mario Mehren, on why Europe is lucky with Russian gas; in four Russian regions, more than 20% of residents were vaccinated against covid; the new position of the ex-head of Tuva is in the review of the main news on RBC

What the head of Wintershall Dea said about gas from RUSSIA

Europe is very lucky to have such a supplier of natural gas as Russia , said Mario Mehren, head of the German Wintershall Dea, in an interview with RBC. Piped gas provides a physical link between the seller and the consumer, which, unlike liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplied by sea, implies a stable supply. For example, a pipeline gas supplier cannot help selling it to Europe because prices in Asia are suddenly higher, as was the case with US LNG during the pandemic.

The head of Wintershall Dea also spoke about why the United States did not impose tougher sanctions against Nord Stream 2, about joint projects with Gazprom in the field of gas production and hydrogen production, and about preparing Wintershall Dea for an IPO.

Read the full interview on RBC:

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Four regions have vaccinated more than 20% of the population

Only in four Russian regions by mid-June, the proportion of those who received a vaccine against covid-19 exceeded 20% of the population, follows from RBC calculations. These are Chukotka, the Belgorod region, the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Mordovia. Since the previous RBC count in May, the number of Russians who received at least one dose of the vaccine has grown from 13.9 million (9.5% of the total population) to 19.9 million (13.6%).

The outsiders are still the republics of the North Caucasus - Dagestan (4.1%, last time it was 2.5%), Kabardino-Balkaria (respectively 6.2 and 3.5%) and North Ossetia (7.5 and 5, five%). In the Khabarovsk Territory, due to high demand and a shortage of the drug, vaccination against COVID-19 with the first component was suspended; earlier, the authorities of Chechnya, Bashkiria and the Sverdlovsk region complained about the shortage.

The ex-head of Tuva replaced the general of the UK in RusHydro

Sholban Kara-ool, who led the Republic of Tuva for 14 years, took the position of RusHydro's deputy general DIRECTOR for government and public relations, a federal official told RBC and was confirmed by the company. Until February 2019, this post was occupied by Major General of Justice Vladimir Markin, who previously headed the department for interaction with the media of the Investigative Committee.

The area of ​​responsibility of the ex-head of Tuva in RusHydro also included issues of the company's strategic development in the Siberian Federal District and coordination of measures to transfer its executive apparatus from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk.

What else happened:

According to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, if negotiations on security in Donbass with the President of Russia fail, the issue of Kyiv's further relations with the region may be submitted to an all-Ukrainian referendum. The European Council instructed the European Commission to study the possibility of introducing new sanctions against Russia, if necessary in the future. The call of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the EU countries to organize a summit with the participation of the President of Russia, for various reasons, is not supported by about ten leaders of the member countries of the association, BLOOMBERG reported citing a diplomatic source.

What events to follow today:

Russia will host an online graduation for schoolchildren; the President of Russia plans to address the graduates. In St. Petersburg there will be a holiday of graduates "Scarlet Sails"; the number of schoolchildren who were invited to Palace Square was reduced by 50% due to CORONAVIRUS restrictions In the United States, former police officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced for the murder of George Floyd.