New York’s most important museum considers selling works of art to pay salaries and expenses

By pandemic, the Metropolitan Museum of New York, better known as “the Met”, is studying selling works to survive. Last year it was closed for five months and opened slowly, with protocol and fewer visitors, at the end of August last year. This generated a strong impact on the coffers of the institution. It is … Read more

WHO considers that the coronavirus stabilized in Brazil

“The acceleration of the cases has stabilized, but there is still a very high number of cases and too high of deaths”Ryan said at a video conference press conference. In the last week 6,900 people died from the pandemic and 290,000 positives were diagnosed. Total, 111,100 people died by Covid-19 in Brazil, where more than … Read more

The Kremlin considers the results of voting on the Constitution a triumph

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov called the results of the vote on constitutional amendments a triumph. According to him, they testify to the confidence of citizens in the head of state. The new Constitution, according to Mr. Peskov, will become the foundation for subsequent reforms. “Definitely considered a triumph. In fact, … Read more

“In October, we were told that bats are somehow not relevant”

Professor of the Far Eastern University Mikhail Shchelkanov, a virologist, regularly monitors natural focal viruses, including coronaviruses in the Far East. He is the author of more than 500 scientific articles and monographs and is well known to colleagues in his field of science. But in his publications, he repeatedly went beyond the narrow professional … Read more

Give the Victory Crimea – Kommersant Newspaper No. 49 (6770) on 03/19/2020

On March 18, the Russian president flew to Sevastopol to mark the sixth anniversary of the reunification of Crimea with Russia, and as usual he met with the public, with whom he discussed primarily the coronavirus and the Constitution (they now don’t go without each other). Special correspondent of Kommersant Andrey Kolesnikov He believes that … Read more

Lavrov considers it absurd to link the relations of the European Union and Russia with the situation in Ukraine

The last few years have become for Russia and the European Union a “period of missed opportunities,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. According to him, it is absurd to connect the interaction between Russia and the EU with the settlement of the situation in Ukraine. The minister expressed his opinion in an interview with … Read more