Next year, Russians who will apply for new mortgages or large consumer loans may face the** requirement to provide a certificate of vaccination against the coronavirus**.

According to Izvestia newspaper, the banking community is considering an option in which the cost of a loan will be much more expensive for unvaccinated citizens. Such a scenario is possible due to special artificial increase in the insurance rate, warned the vice-president of the Association of Banks of Russia Alexei Voylukov.

And it is only humble beginning.

The cost of lithium compounds used in the production of batteries increased fivefold over the year, and in November alone it increased by 24.3%. Lithium reserves are concentrated in South America and Australia, but Chinese companies buy local raw materials for further processing and supply to foreign markets, so they have the opportunity to determine the pricing policy almost on a global scale. Directly, the reserves of lithium in China do not exceed 5–6% of the world, but in the supply chain of related raw materials, the country controls at least 60% of the market.

In the case of South Korea, Chinese companies are also supplying other minerals required for the production of lithium batteries. Cobalt prices have tripled over the year, and the cost of a ton of nickel for the first time since May 2014 in November exceeded $ 20,000.

Korean battery manufacturers, which are gaining more and more influence in the global market, are forced to rely on Chinese raw materials. Samsung SDI already had to raise the price of its cylindrical lithium batteries by 8% in November. LG Energy Solution will increase the cost of 21700 units by 10% from January in an attempt to offset the recent surge in commodity prices.

It is expected that we can see 50-70% inflation YoY in 2022 alone.

The North Atlantic Alliance is preparing for a large-scale armed conflict with Russia, said Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin at a briefing for military attachés and representatives of foreign embassies accredited in Moscow.

According to the deputy head of the department, Alexander Fomin, the North Atlantic Alliance used the events in Ukraine as an excuse to end interaction with Moscow.

"The military construction of the bloc has been completely re-aimed at preparing for a large-scale, high-intensity armed conflict with Russia," Fomin said.

And the living will envy the dead.