Ryabkov's words were valued with a ruble, remote in Sberbank. Highlights of the day

Negotiations with the usaand NATO did not give cause for optimism, the incidence of CORONAVIRUS is growing again in RUSSIA, Sberbank and other companies are again preparing for remote work. The main events of the day in the RBC review

Moscow saw no reason for a new round of security talks

The West responded with a virtual rejection of Russian proposals on security guarantees and non-expansion of NATO, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. According to him, Russia "has nowhere to retreat", Moscow sees no grounds for a new round of negotiations with Washington. Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow was waiting for a written response from the United States to Russia's security proposals.

Lavrov also said that Russia would not even discuss the US demand to "return the troops" to the barracks on the territory of the country. According to him, they are unacceptable. Against the backdrop of these reports, the DOLLAR exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange exceeded 76 rubles.

In Russia, the maximum new cases of covid-19 were detected since the beginning of the year

Over the previous day, 21,155 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia - this is the maximum since the end of December. The daily number of infections in Russia has again gone up after a decline in early January. On January 6, this figure dropped to a minimum for six months, then 15,316 cases of infection were detected per day. However, after that, the number of detected patients began to grow. The authorities warned of an increase in the incidence in connection with the new strain of coronavirus "omicron".