Western countries entered into a new cold war with Russia out of fear of Moscow's strengthening due to its capabilities and resources.

Moscow Exchange (MOEX). Share prices of metallurgy and mining enterprises at 22.12.2023, 12:29 MSK

In Moscow, two Chinese citizens wanted to take pictures of a panorama near the Polytechnic Museum on a Mavic 3 Pro quadcopter and ended up in the police. This was reported by the Baza publication in the Telegram channel.

The vast majority of Russian state-owned companies could be privatized, according to the head of the BEAC, German Gref. He is quoted by TASS.

Severing diplomatic relations with the United States is one of the possible options that will lead to the saddest consequences, he said in an interview with Lenta.

By the end of November 2023, daily oil supplies from Russia to Turkey, a member of NATO, turned out to be a record and reached the level of 400 thousand barrels.

Moscow Exchange (MOEX). Share prices of electric power generation enterprises at 22.12.2023, 11:59 MSK

In Estonia, kindergarten students were banned from singing New Year's songs in Russian. Delfi writes about this.

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