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| According to the Rospotrebnadzor report "On the state of sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population in the Russian Federation in 2020", an unacceptable carcinogenic risk was recorded in the following cities: Nizhny Tagil, Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk, Mednogorsk, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Omsk, Lipetsk. | In June 2021, abnormally hot weather set in most of European Russia. On June 23, the temperature record of 1948 was broken in Moscow - +37.4 degrees Celsius. On June 22, the temperature record of 1917 was broken in St. Petersburg - +32.9 degrees Celsius. | In April 2021, according to CIAN, the average price of 1 sq. m in new buildings in Sochi has reached 200,000 rubles (about 2,700 USD), while the demand has increased by 70% over the past two years. The unstable economic situation, fluctuations in exchange rates, and a decrease in bank deposits rates are among the main reasons. | According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, oil reserves in Russia, at the current level of production, will be enough for the next 59 years, natural gas - 103 years. In 2020, oil and gas condensate production decreased by 8.6% (512.68 million tons). In 2019, Russia broke the post-Soviet record and produced 568 million tons. | In February 2021, according to the research center "Tinkoff Data", Russians' spending on purchasing apples fell by 60% year-on-year; carrots, oranges, cabbage, and bakery products - more than 40%; potatoes - 30%; flour - 13%; beef - 25%; pork - 13%. The cost of basic food products included in the consumer basket increased by 16% year-on-year. | More notes from Russia » |
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