Russian politicians commented on the refusal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba to use the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine for ideological reasons.

According to the Lebanese national agency NNA, Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Russian citizens Igor Grechushkin and Boris Prokoshev over an explosion in the port of Beirut.

Alexander Gorelov, deputy director for research at the Research Institute of Epidemiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, suggested that in a couple of weeks, Russians will face a new surge in the incidence of coronavirus.

The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation does not intend to replace full-time education in schools with distance learning.

Tour operators and air carriers after the announcement of the official date for lifting restrictions and restoring communication between Russia and Egypt will take several weeks to activate the programs and launch the first flights.

Former NSA and CIA officer Edward Snowden celebrated the New Year, as it should be in Russia, with a small feast, as his lawyer told.

After the news about the new WhatsApp rules, the founder of SpaceX, and more recently the richest man on the planet, Elon Musk, urged his Twitter followers to transfer communication to Signal.

As the KazTransOil company informs, Kazakhstan has resumed oil transit through Russia, oil pumping in the Atyrau-Samara section of the Uzen-Atyrau-Samara main oil pipeline has been fully restored.

Experts believe the messengers WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram are relatively safe.

According to Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development, in the capital, almost half – 42% - of those who received free vaccinations against coronavirus infection as part of civilian traffic are older citizens.