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in Geneva,” O’Brien said in a statement on Twitter. “The United States is serious about arms control that will keep the entire world safe. We hope that Russia will re-evaluate its position before a costly arms race ensues,” he said. New START — the last major nuclear reduction treaty between the United States and Russia — limits each country to 1,550 nuclear warheads. The U.S. negotiator, Marshall Billingslea, said earlier this week that Russia had agreed to a freeze during a temporary extension but Moscow issued a denial. If President Donald Trump loses the November 3 election, New START would expire days into the term of Joe Biden, who supports an extension. The United States had been holding out without success for China — whose nuclear arsenal is rapidly growing but still far smaller than those of the U.S. and Russia — to enter negotiations on an expanded, three-nation deal.
A remote working period for businesses in Moscow will be extended until November 29, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ​said in a post on his website on October 28, and online learning for secondary school students will continue until Nov. 8, ​Reuters​ reported. “There is no need to introduce new restrictions today,” said Sobyanin. “But at the same time, it is premature to soften existing restrictions, as they could lead to destabilization of the situation.” ​The coronavirus situation in Russia is continuing to deteriorate, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova ​told a meeting on October 28of senior government officials and President Vladimir Putin, ​Reuters​ reported. Golikova said there was a critical situation in 16 Russian regions, where hospital beds were at more than 90% of capacity. Russia’s defense ministry said on Wednesday it would send army medics to a region in the Urals hit by a surge in COVID-19 cases, after doctors there made a public plea to Putin for help.
Russia plans to move in line with soft carbon regulations via the introduction of a monitoring system​, but there are no plans to establish a carbon tax in the country, VTB Capital wrote on October 22 citing the announcements of the Minister for Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov during the Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC). As reported by ​bne IntelliNews,​ thenewcarbontaxborderlevyonimportedgoodsbeing considered currently by the European Union for 2025 ​could cost Russian exporters €33bn between 2025 and 2030​. Reshetnikov attributed his decision not to introduce any similar measures to the key focus being on preventing cost inflation and stagnating demand by not transferring price growth onto consumers.
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The growth of average life expectancy in Russia since 2009 through 2019 is over 4.5 years. "​It is necessary to preserve this positive dynamics," the president emphasized noting the direct connection between life expectancy and regular exercise. The current life expectancy for Russia in 2020 is 72.57