ShareOn February 24, on the orders of Vladimir Putin, the Russian Armed Forces began special military operation on the territory of Ukraine. The world responded to this with unprecedented sanctions, and foreign companies with their withdrawal from the Russian market. Every evening we inform you regarding the main events of the past day. Today we sum up the results on August 9th.
Southward flight ban extended
The Federal Air Transport Agency has once once more extended the temporary regime of flight restrictions at 11 airports in the south and central part of the Russian Federation. This time until August 17th. The airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol and Elista have been closed since February 24.
Russian Foreign Ministry blocked on Twitter
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Twitter has been blocking his account in English since August 5. According to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, the blocking of the account began due to a post with a quote from the Ministry of Defense regarding US involvement in the emergence of the coronavirus.
Rector of Moscow State University offered an alternative bachelor’s degree
Rector of Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy listed the main principles for the formation of a new education system in Russia. He believes that it is necessary to return the specialist’s degree, to replace the educational postgraduate study with a scientific one, and to allow students to enter the magistracy following the specialist’s degree. Bachelor’s degree is proposed to be retained where necessary.
“I proposed to move on to the new, to rise up a new level in our education system, to make the overwhelming majority of the fundamental sciences a specialist, he is six years old, well, maybe five in some cases,” RIA Novosti quotes him. — There are several specialty areas where a bachelor’s degree is sufficient, but this does not mean that programs need to be copied, it should be our bachelor’s degree, well thought out.
That Russia will gradually withdraw from the Bologna system, which implies the level training of specialists, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education reported in May. In June became knownthat the Bologna Group announced a decision to stop the representation of Russia and the Republic of Belarus in all structures of the Bologna process on April 11.
EU cuts gas demand
In the European Union, new rules have come into force to reduce gas demand by 15%. 25 out of 27 countries voted in favor of the new rules – only Poland and Hungary voted once morest. The deal involves a number of exceptions, primarily for the Baltic countries – their power grids are not synchronized with the European system and are heavily dependent on gas.
IKEA has announced the last date of the sale
IKEA has announced the end of the last sale in Russia: it will end on Monday, August 15, at 20:00 Moscow time. Orders placed before this time will be processed, issued or delivered by the end of September at the time agreed upon when ordering.
The company announced the final withdrawal from the Russian market on June 15, 2022, arranging a goodbye sale first for their employees, and then for everyone else.
Russians banned from visiting the Château de Vincennes
Due to a special operation in Ukraine, the French authorities have banned Russian citizens from visiting the Château de Vincennes. This is reported by French publications. It is clarified that the castle is not only a historical and architectural landmark, it also houses the archive of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces.
