COVID-19

Russian Dunaev, who in the United States is considered involved in the development of the Trickbot ransomware virus, was sentenced to 5 years and 4 months in prison. In October 2021, he was extradited from South Korea, where he was stranded due to the COVID-19 pandemic A US court sentenced 40-year-old Russian Vladimir Dunaev to five years and four months in prison for allegedly introducing malicio...

Passenger traffic at Pulkovo at the end of 2023 amounted to more than 20.4 million people. The airport was the first among the largest to exceed the level of the record year 2019. Domestic tourism and the attraction of Asian airlines helped increase trafficPulkovo Airport served 20.4 million passengers in 2......

In 2023, the state, according to industry analysts, reduced costs for the purchase of medicines. The funds could be redistributed, among other things, to the needs of the army - these tenders are not published. The Ministry of Health talks about rising costsThe volume of drug purchases by the state in 2......

Пассажиропоток Пулково по итогам 2023-го составил более 20,4 млн человек. Аэропорт первым среди крупнейших превысил уровень рекордного 2019-го. Нарастить трафик помог внутренний туризм и привлечение азиатских авиакомпаний Аэропорт Пулково обслужил в 2023 году 20,4 млн пассажиров — это выше показателей 2......

In the permafrost of the Arctic and Siberia, there may be diseases from the past that will return due to warming, oil drilling, and increased shipping. Viruses have already been found in the region that were infectious after almost 50 thousand yearsA new pandemic could arise in the world due to strains of zombie viruses or Methuselah microbes frozen in the Arctic permafrost, they could return due ...

Исключение самозанятых пенсионеров из списка работающих позволит индексировать их пенсии и выплачивать им социальные пособия, подчеркнули в Минтруде. В настоящее время поправки проходят межведомственное согласование Минтруд России разработал законопроект об исключении самозанятых пенсионеров, которые платят добровольные взносы на пенсионное страхование, из списка работающих. Это позволит индексиро...

Russian fans have begun to become interested in tickets to the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The bulk of the tickets have already been sold, but travel agencies and intermediaries promise to provide them. Read about how the trips are organized in the RBC article.Russian fans began to look for an opportunity to go to the 2......

The US Senate and House of Representatives passed a bill to provide short-term government funding until March. The document averted a government shutdown, the threat of which loomed over the country for the third time since October.The US Congress passed a bill to continue funding the federal government until March, allowing the country to once again avert a government shutdown. In the Senate (the...

Tedros GhebreyesusThe concept of “disease X” is used to refer to any unknown disease, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, at a meeting of the Davos Forum. He drew attention to the increased interest in this topic. “Disease X is a designation for any unknown disease. We have been using it since 2......

Китайские исследователи имели почти полную последовательность структуры вируса SARS-CoV-2 как минимум за несколько недель до передачи данных ВОЗ, выяснила WSJ. Пекин эту информацию отрицал и призывал США не распространять слухи Один из китайских исследователей загрузил почти полную последовательность структуры вируса SARS-CoV-2, вызывающего COVID-19, за две недели до того, как Пекин официально объ...

One missed year with the premature death of a Russian brings damage to the economy in the amount of 226–513 thousand rubles. Annual losses are estimated at 15–24 trillion rubles, the Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences estimated the “price” of early mortality from diseases and accidentsPremature mortality of the population from major diseases and external causes costs the Russian economy ...

The average price for an economy class flight in Russia increased by 22.2% in 2023, Rosstat reported . In 2022, flights have risen in price by 15.6%The average price for air travel in an economy class cabin in Russia increased by 22.2% in 2023, according to Rosstat data. In December, it reached 7.6 thousand rubles. for 1 thousand km of flight. This is the sharpest increase since 2......

Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), in a conversation with Rospotrebnadzor, called statements about the threat of a new pandemic in 2024 unreliable , the agency’s press service told TASS . Earlier, WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus announced the possibility of a new pandemic emerging in May 2......

Statements about “disease X” may be based not on scientific, but on economic grounds, the press service of Rospotrebnadzor said. “The inclusion of 'Disease X' on the Davos agenda and a financially motivated line-up that includes large pharmaceutical companies indicates that the session's dialogue will revolve around increased investment. This is especially beneficial for large pharmaceutical campa...

The yet undiscovered but potentially dangerous “disease X” has been talked about since 2018. According to WHO estimates, its mortality rate may be 20 times higher than that of COVID-19 , which some experts called “disease X” back in 2020.One of the topics of the World Economic Forum, which will be held in Davos, Switzerland, will be “disease X,” which could potentially be 2......

В докладе давосского форума первое место в списке краткосрочных рисков впервые заняла дезинформация. В перечне долгосрочных преобладают природные угрозы: изменения климата, потеря биоразнообразия, нехватка ресурсов Дезинформация и ложная информация впервые возглавили список самых больших краткосрочных глобальных рисков, в то время как экстремальные погодные условия и критические климатические изме...

The agreement was confirmed by the leaders of the US House of Representatives and Senate . The overall level of spending was agreed upon at $1.59 trillion, including $886 billion for defense. The 2024 budget must be approved by both houses of Congress.Both chambers of the US Congress have reached an agreement on funding the government in 2......

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized due to complications after medical intervention, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said. Austin was hospitalized on Jan. 1 due to complications from a “routine medical procedure.” No other details were provided; the minister himself did not comment on the situation. “He is recovering well and expects to return to full duties today,” the Jan. 5 post...

Due to the increasing incidence of COVID-19 around the world, we should continue to wear masks and get vaccinated, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, said on the social network X (formerly Twitter). According to him, the incidence of coronavirus and flu has been increasing for two weeks and this trend is expected to continue. He encouraged people to get tested and...

By the end of February, millions of tablets of the antiviral drug Paxlovid, on which European countries spent $2.2 billion, will be unclaimed due to the expiration date.In Europe, $1 billion allocated for the purchase of Pfizer antiviral drugs against COVID-19 was “wasted” because, due to strict control over the dispensing to patients, millions of tablets remained unclaimed and had already expired...

In December, more than 10 thousand people crossed the US border from Mexico every day, almost 60% through cities in Arizona and Texas. Mexico City previously announced agreements with Washington “for the benefit of our peoples and states”In December, 225 thousand migrants arrived at the southern US border from Mexico, which was the highest monthly figure since 2......

The Ministry of Health has extended the temporary operating procedure for medical institutions to prevent COVID-19 until January 1, 2025, according to the department’s order published on the legal information portal. “In paragraph 7 of the order... the words “until January 1, 2024 ” should be replaced with the words “until January 1, 2......

Экс-замглавы МЧС Гуровича приговорили к пяти годам колонии по делу о превышении полномочий, связанному со строительством мобильных госпиталей в Иваново и Мурманской области. Он был под арестом с июля прошлого года Мосгорсуд приговорил к пяти годам лишения свободы бывшего заместителя главы МЧС Андрея Гуровича по обвинению в превышении полномочий (ч. 3 ст. 285 УК). «Назначено наказание в виде пяти л...

Красная площадь будет закрыта с 18:00 31 декабря до 8:00 1 января. Исключение сделали для катка возле ГУМа, он будет работать по расписанию. Причины такого решения МВД не называет. В прошлом году площадь закрывали из-за COVID-19 С 18:00 31 декабря до 8:00 1 января Красную площадь закроют для посещения, сообщило столичное управление МВД. Исключение сделают для катка у ГУМа. Площадь закрывали и в пр...

Here is the final issue of the RBC newspaper for 2023. Unlike previous years, we decided to devote it not to the results of the outgoing year, but to forecasts for the near future, moreover, generated by Russian artificial intelligence systemsThe project participants included five such systems from leading Russian players in different fields - Sberbank, Tinkoff, Yandex, MTS and the National Resear...

The postponement of the launch of Samsung and TSMC factories in the United States “hit the ambitions” of Biden, who expected to saturate the domestic semiconductor market. Now factories are likely to open after the US elections, writes Bloomberg South Korean Samsung Electronics Co. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) decided to delay the start of production at its factories in the Un...

In 2023, the UK tax authority applied to close 2,391 organizations due to unpaid taxes, more than 3 times the figure for the same period in 2022. HM Revenue & Customs in London In the UK, the number of applications for the closure of companies due to unpaid taxes has sharply increased, Bloomberg reported . Over the past year, HM Revenue & Customs has filed for closure of 2,391 companies over unpai...

Число случаев заболевания COVID-19 в мире за месяц выросло на 52% по сравнению с предыдущим 28-дневным периодом, сообщила в отчете Всемирная организация здравоохранения (ВОЗ). С 20 ноября по 17 декабря было зарегистрировано 850 тыс. случаев заболевания коронавирусом. По информации ВОЗ, 3 тыс. из них закончились летальным исходом — это на 8% меньше по сравнению с предыдущим месяцем. Количество случ...

When beds become vacant, they are immediately occupied by new patients; this situation persists for a month, said the head of the hospital, Sergei Zabirov. Over the month, the incidence of COVID in the city increased by 62.4%.The Covid hospital at the St. Luke Clinical Hospital in St. Petersburg has run out of free beds, the head of the unit, Sergei Zabirov, told TV channel 78. The hospital is des...