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The newest Russian anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) S-550 has begun combat duty, TASS reports, citing a source close to the Defense Ministry.

In total, over the year, Russian billionaires have become rich by $ 101.39 billion, their total wealth has grown to 576.72 billion, Forbes estimates.

Several hundred thousand people in the Chinese city of Yan'an have been ordered to stay at home due to the situation with the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 there.

Today marks one year since the start of the vaccination program in Europe.

From December 27, the new restrictions will take effect in Baden-Württemberg, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Political strategist Marat Bashirov said that Bloomberg's material about the build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine could be an attempt to sabotage the negotiation process.

Poland may build a defensive structure on the border with Ukraine, said the head of the ruling party of the republic, Deputy Prime Minister for Security Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as between Russia and NATO, has reached a dangerous level.

The Lviv and Rivne regional councils of Ukraine appealed to President Volodymyr Zelensky with a request to rename Russia Muscovy, and Russians - Muscovites.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said that Russia and Europe with NATO should return to negotiations in order to avoid a military conflict.

Border service officers of Ukraine will strengthen sections of the border with Russia in the Sumy region with anti-transport ditches.

Recently, the Lithuanian police detained criminals who wanted to take eight people across the border.

According to the French police, no one was injured during the detention of the kidnapper.

Former Polish Army commander General Waldemar Skrzypczak has demanded the death penalty for a soldier who escaped to Belarus.

Czech President Milos Zeman has confirmed 36-year-old Pirate Party representative Jan Lipavski as foreign minister in the new cabinet only under the personal guarantees of Prime Minister Petr Fiala.