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By Bloomberg Many Western experts believe that some of the potential sanctions that could be imposed on Moscow in the event of an invasion of Ukraine, including Russia's disconnection from the SWIFT payment system, are extremely problematic.

The measures could disrupt global operations. energy markets and other Russian export goods, the agency specifies.

Another concern is the prospect that Russian authorities will cut off gas supplies, with Russia now providing about 40% of supplies to Europe.

Despite these risks, the White House is pushing the EU to impose sanctions on Russia's energy and banking sectors if the Russian military invades Ukraine. Such sanctions are now being discussed in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and the EU in general. At the same time, European politicians believe that hasty imposition of sanctions could undermine diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis, the agency said. Washington believes that these measures need to be coordinated in order to “build confidence” in Russia's efforts to detain.

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Representative of the Moscow City Duma Jabloko Sergei Mitrochin was released from the police department after his arrest. His assistant Maria Chuprina announced it.

“He was accused of Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Procedure Code of the Russian Federation (organization or holding a public event without giving notice of the public event in the prescribed manner),” she said. Mitrokhin was detained on Thursday, December 16 in Khamovniki district at a meeting with voters on the issue of traffic reform.

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Working in Russia on the creation of a new mobile ground missile system for Strategic Missile Forces. This was stated by the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel General Sergei Karakaev.

“A new mobile ground-based missile system is being developed,” the commander told Krasnaya Zvezda.

The commander did not say what characteristics the new complex would have and what its name would be. Today, the Strategic Missile Forces have the following mobile (mobile ground) complexes. These are the old RS-12M Topol complexes, as well as the modern RS-12M2 Topol-M and RS-24 Yars complexes.

In addition, strategic missile forces include stationary missile systems or silo-based missile systems. These are RS-18 Stiletto, including those with Vanguard warheads, RS-20 Voevoda (Satan according to the Western classification), Topol-M and Yars. A 200-ton Sarmat missile is being developed to replace the old Soviet RS-20 missiles.

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Member of Pussy Riots Maria Alekhina was detained at her house in Moscow by police. TASS reports with reference to the girl's lawyer Daniil Berman.

According to the defender, Alekhina was stopped and detained by the police, then transferred to the ward. The reasons for the arrest are still unknown. It is possible that this is due to the earlier arrest of Lyudmila Stein.

It has previously been revealed that Deputy Ljudmila Steinová was detained by the police and transferred to the Tverskoye Police Department. The MP was suspected of promoting Nazi symbols, for which Russia has administrative responsibility.

Recall that both Alekhina and Stein were previously sentenced to prison terms for violating hygiene and epidemiological standards during an unauthorized assembly in January 2021.

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US President Joe Biden has signed a law to increase government debt limits.

The White House Press Service has issued an emergency statement saying the document was signed by the US president as a law. The US sovereign debt limit will increase by $ 2.5 trillion to $ 31.4 trillion.

Recall that earlier lawmakers approved a short-term increase in the government debt limit of $ 480 billion to prevent insolvency. This measure was valid until 3 December. However, without the signing of a law on new limits in the United States on December 21, there could be a delay. On the eve of the US House of Representatives, it supported raising the public debt limit after approval by the Senate.

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Draft introduction law The mandatory requirement for QR codes to visit public places after successful completion of the first reading in the State Duma of the Russian Federation was sent to the regions, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the government. The chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, spoke about this.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation approved this document at first reading today. But after consideration, he was sent again for further discussion in the regions of the country for a month.

The State Duma will therefore reconsider the bill in a month. As Volodin noted, every effort must be made to maintain a balance between protecting citizens from coronavirus and respecting their rights.

In accordance with the draft law, citizens will be able to participate in mass events, shopping centers, catering establishments until 1 June 2022 only in the presence of a QR code, which will be issued on the basis of a coronavirus vaccination certificate, the disease or the presence of medical contraindications to vaccination.

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Kremlin D spokesperson D Peskov said there was uncertainty about the possibility of contact between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky.

According to Peskov, it is difficult for the parties to link these issues. bilateral Russian-Ukrainian relations with the internationally important economic project Nord Stream – 2. “Peskov added that it is not clear not only the possible agenda of the meeting, but also the decisions to be taken as a result of contacts. that Vladimir Putin is open to dialogue, provided that this dialogue is clear, prepared and focused on achieving a concrete result.

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