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At the plenary session of the State Duma, the draft federal law “On agricultural products, raw materials and foodstuffs with improved characteristics” developed by the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia was adopted in the third reading. The law will come into force on March 1, 2022. The main difference between organic products and products with improved characteristics is that they will use intensi...

March sanctions of the US State Departmentaimed at dual-use products, including MS-21, says the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov. He reminded The head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, explained in an interview with RBC the meaning of the sanctions imposed in the spring by the US State Department against Russia. On March 8, the State Department included Russia in the list of countries where the export of ...

Russia is gradually emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic , but the dangers and concerns about this remain. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with families awarded the Order of Parental Glory, the broadcast was conducted by the Russia 24 TV channel. “We are gradually getting out of this situation (coronavirus pandemic. -), but nevertheless, there are still enough da...

The resumption of flights to the UK and additional trains to Belarus, Israel and Turkey ease the quarantine. The main news about coronavirus is in the RBC review June 1, 11:35 Moscow time Coronavirus Russia Moscow World +8994 (per day) 4.7 million Recovered 0 +9500 (per day) 5.1 million Infected 0 +372 (per day) 121 .9 thousand Died +2393 (per day) 1, Federal and Regional Virus Control Headquarter...

The Association of Travel Agencies of the Republic of Tatarstan fears that the suspension of air traffic with Turkey may be delayed for a longer period than until June 21. The authorities believe that the inhabitants of the region will not have a shortage of destinations for recreation Turkish inaccessible coast “The closure of Turkey will have a negative impact on the work of the travel agencies ...

According to the analysis of the world production of turkey meat, conducted by the consulting agency AGRIFOOD Strategies, Russia in 2020 showed a record growth of the industry by almost 20 percent and rose from 5th to 4th place in the world ranking of the largest producers. According to the results of the current year, Russian turkey breeders can enter the top three. While global turkey meat produ...

Russia resumes railway communication from the Belarusian cities of Polotsk and Gomel to Moscow from June 10. This was reported to RBC from the operational headquarters for combating COVID-19 . “From June 10, railway communication with Belarus will be resumed on the Gomel-Moscow and Polotsk-Moscow routes on a daily basis, as well as the number of cars in the Lastochka trains on the Moscow-Minsk rou...

Restrictions on flights to Tanzania have also been extended Russia is extending the suspension of flights with Turkey and Tanzania until June 21 inclusive due to the situation with COVID-19 in these countries. This is stated in the message of the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus infection. “Given the difficult epidemiological situation in Turkey and Tanzania, it was decid...

Air traffic with the UK will be resumed from June 2, and from June 10, flights will begin to depart for Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Lebanon and Morocco. Also Russiawill increase the number of flights with several more countries Russia will resume regular passenger flights with the UK and increase the number of flights with 1......

Europeans who have received a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19, should be allowed not to take PCR tests and not to be quarantined while traveling in the EU, says the European Commission The European Commission has recommended that EU countries ease existing anti-COVID restrictions for those who will travel within the EU this summer, the organization's website says. First of all, these m...

Dmitry Medvedev, chairman of the United Russia party and deputy head of the Security Council of Russia, suggested considering the possibility of introducing free public transport for schoolchildren. He stated this at the Big Family Council forum. “We need to look at a whole range of other ideas. For example, I mean the introduction of free public transport for all schoolchildren,” he said. Medvede...

Smokers at risk due to COVID-19, Israel has banned travel to Russia, Egypt is easing restrictions. The main news about coronavirus is in the RBC review May 30, 11:00 Moscow time Coronavirus Russia Moscow World +7386 (per day) 4.7 million Recovered 0 +9694 (per day) 5.1 million Infected 0 +355 (per day) 121 .2 thousand Died +2547 (per day) 1.1 million Recovered ......

If infected with coronavirus, smokers face a higher risk of severe illness because their lungs are already damaged, Rospotrebnadzor said. Smoking and the use of tobacco products increase the risk of contracting the coronavirus COVID-19 . This is stated in the statement of Rospotrebnadzor, timed to coincide with World No Tobacco Day. “Tobacco use increases the risk of contracting the virus through ...

The wife and daughter of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was sentenced to 20 years in the United States for drug smuggling, Victoria and Ekaterina asked US President Joe Biden for clemency. This was announced by the lawyer of the Russian Alexei Tarasov, reports TASS. “The letter was sent addressed to US President Biden, a copy of the letter was also addressed to Secretary of State [.........

The participation of all Russians in vaccination against coronavirus is necessary to create herd immunity in the country. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Health of Russia Mikhail Murashko on the air of the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on TV channel "Russia 1". “It is everyone's responsibility for themselves and for those around them. It is necessary to create collective immunity...

Additional vocational education helps the unemployed in St. Petersburg to get a new specialty The coronavirus pandemic has seriously tightened the situation in the labor market. Restrictions on the work of companies have significantly worsened their economies: many had to close, and those that remained have to actively reduce costs, including by optimizing the number of staff. At the same time, fi...

In India, the increase in infection rates has decreased, in Britain the version of the virus leak from the laboratory was considered plausible, Sobyanin explained the increase in the incidence in Moscow. The main news about coronavirus is in the RBC review May 30, 11:00 Moscow time Coronavirus Russia Moscow World +7386 (per day) 4.7 million Recovered ......

After the end of the May holidays in Moscow, there is an increase in the incidence of COVID-19 , since on non-working days people “didn’t really want” to go to hospitals and turned to doctors only after the end of the long weekend, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin explained on the air of the Rossiya 1 TV channel ". “After the May holidays, there was a surge in detections and hospitalizations, because ...

David Sassoli believes that the EU should step up pressure on Russian officials, while at the same time establishing closer contacts with civil society, as well as supporting dissidents,NGOs and independent media David Sassoli After the imposition of sanctions against Belarus due to the incident with the Ryanair aircraft, the EU should consider further sanctions against Russia, said the head of th...

In this way, the authorities want to help the economy of the island, which has lost a significant part of its tourism income due to the pandemic. 8,000 people are planning to "resettle". The government expects The Indonesian government plans to send a quarter of the employees of eight government agencies to Bali to work remotely. It is reported by The Jakarta Post. This measure is designed to supp...

Zakharova explained,that reports about the requirement for those living abroad to issue international passports at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and come to Russia in connection with this appeared due to an inattentive reading of the new regulation Reports about a change in the procedure for issuing a passport for Russians who live outside the country that appeared in the media do not correspon...

Metropolitan Hilarion Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, believes that the coronavirus is of artificial origin. He stated this on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel. “I emphasize that this is not the opinion of the Russian Orthodox Church, this is my private opinion. I think that this virus (coronavirus. -) is...

The situation with the coronavirus in Moscow has stabilized, a lottery for those vaccinated has been organized in California, and tests of Sputnik V on children will take four months. The main news about coronavirus is in the RBC review May 29, 11:00 Moscow time Coronavirus Russia Moscow World +9250 (per day) 4.7 million Recovered ......

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the talks in Sochi expects to agree with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the full resumption of air traffic between Russia and Belarus. His words are quoted on the website of the head of state. Lukashenka noted that there is a railway connection between Belarus and Russia, but restrictions on air transport remain. “But I think the President and I wi...

Additional vocational education helps the unemployed in St. Petersburg to get a new specialty The coronavirus pandemic has seriously tightened the situation in the labor market. Restrictions on the work of companies have significantly worsened their economies: many had to close, and those that remained have to actively reduce costs, including by optimizing the number of staff. At the same time, fi...

In Russia, 17 million people received at least one dose of the vaccine, in California they organized a lottery for the vaccinated, the Kremlin decided to "patiently explain" the need for vaccinations. The main news about coronavirus is in the RBC review May 28, 11:20 Moscow time Coronavirus Russia Moscow World +9385 (per day) 4.7 million Recovered ......

Mikhail Mishustin and Roman Golovchenko By imposing sanctions on Belarus, Western countries want to bite Russia, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin, TASS reports. “I want to emphasize that at the same time [Western countries] want to bite Russia,” Golovchenko said. How economically connected Belarus and the West. Infographic...

However, the French authorities will not issue new tourist visas yet. This is due to closed borders between countries due to COVID-19. The French Consulate General in Moscow will renew five-year visas for those whose validity expired during the coronavirus pandemic. This was reported on the website of the diplomatic mission. To do this, you must submit a request to the Consulate General. To apply,...

The State Council of Finland allowed another category of foreigners to enter the country. Participation in entrance examinations in Finnish educational institutions is recognized as a good reason for crossing the border. According to Yle, this item has been added to the paragraph on pressing personal circumstances. Пограничная служба Суоми уже внесла соответствующие изменения в свои инструкции. «С...

Almost 17 million Russians have already received the first component of the coronavirus vaccine, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told reporters, RIA Novosti reports. “Almost 17 million,” said Murashko, specifying that we are talking about those who received the first dose. On May 10, President Vladimir Putin announced that 21.5 million citizens had been vaccinated against COVID-19 . Later, Prime ...