Moscow flooded, records for mortality from COVID. Highlights of the day

After the heat, thunderstorms and showers came to Moscow, the first Russian airline stopped flying through Belarus, a record death rate has been set in Moscow and St. Petersburg since the beginning of the epidemic. Breaking news - in the review of RBC

Bad weather in Moscow

After a long heat wave that beat century-long records, showers and thunderstorms came to Moscow. The downpour that took place on June 28 turned out to be so strong that many streets were flooded in the capital, some metro stations were closed due to flooding. Due to flooded roads and fallen trees, there were bus and tram traffic interruptions in the city.

Consequences of the "super shower" in Moscow. Photo report Photo gallery 

Until the end of the day, not only heavy rain is expected in the city, but also thunderstorms, squally winds at speeds up to 23 m/s and hail, warns the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Lightning, which struck a transformer substation in Shchelkovo, partially de-energized this city near Moscow, and the water supply was also stopped due to the shutdown of the water intake.

Russian airline stops flights via Belarus

The largest Russian air cargo carrier, the private group Volga-Dnepr, refused to fly through Belarus. This happened after the European Union, Great Britain and the United States imposed sanctions against Belarusian companies, including the air navigation services provider Belaeronavigatsia, as well as after the UK Civil Aviation Authority banned cooperation with this provider.

Volga-Dnepr follows the instructions of the British aviation authorities, because it strictly complies with all international rules, a source close to the group told RBC. The HEAD office of the Volga-Dnepr Logistics BV group is registered in the Netherlands.

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Mortality records from covid-19 in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Over the past day in Moscow, 124 people have died from COVID-19 at once, according to data from the federal operational headquarters. In St. Petersburg, 110 people died from the disease on the same day. The number of deaths in Moscow has become a record for any region of RUSSIA since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. In St. Petersburg, the number of deaths in one day has reached an absolute maximum for this city, even in Moscow, a greater number of deaths has so far been recorded only once.

The number of deaths from COVID-19 in Buryatia also looks high. More than 20 people a day have been dying from the disease here for seven days in a row, while the number of infections detected in early June did not exceed one hundred per day. Over the past day, 309 patients with COVID-19 have been identified in Buryatia, which has become a new record.

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What else happened

The Kremlin did not see any violations during the Scarlet Sails festival in St. Petersburg, during which thousands of people gathered in the city center. Dmitry Peskov said that the holiday was held taking into account sanitary recommendations. The Central Bank is considering the possibility of raising the key rate at the next meeting, the range of a possible increase remains wide and ranges from 0.25 percentage points. to 1 percentage point, said the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina. Russia has spent more than 1 trillion rubles. in the healthcare system to fight the COVID-19 epidemic, said the head of the Ministry of HEALTH, Mikhail Murashko. In Moscow, approximately 2.5 million people received QR codes necessary for visiting restaurants and cafes in three days. 63% of applications for a certificate on the fact of vaccination were satisfied, the Moscow operational headquarters reported. 8% of those who applied for a QR code did not receive it, because they did not get vaccinated at all.