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According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the highest level of air pollution in Russia is recorded in Krasnoyarsk, Magnitogorsk, Norilsk, Birobidzhan, Blagoveshchensk, Bratsk, and Chita. In total, 15% of the urban population lives in the cities with a high level of air pollution. Russia's men's volleyball team won the European Championships for the first time in four years. In the final of the championship the team of Sergey Shlyapnikov in an incredible heat match in five sets turned out to be stronger than Germany - 3-2 (25:19, 20:25, 25:20, 17:25, 15:13). The Ministry of Finance of Russia transferred $ 125 million to Bosnia and Herzegovina, this was the last debt of the USSR. Russia owed to Bosnia and Herzegovina, since the USSR did not pay off Yugoslavia for the supply of goods. At the same time, Russia wrote off billions of debts to the USSR. Such a rich country can certainly afford it /s In June 2017, according to the Joint Organisations Data Initiative, Russia produced 10.323 million barrels of oil per day, 253,000 more than Saudi Arabia. The third largest oil producer was the US (9.320). In December-July, about 40% of the Russian federal budget revenues were received from selling oil and natural gas. In January-May 2017, 679.2 thousand children were born in Russia (762.5 thousand in the same period in 2016) - the number of births fell by almost 11%. This is mainly due to the fact that young families are afraid of having children because of economic difficulties. More notes from Russia »
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