Day: March 13, 2017

The Kremlin has responded to the threat to forbid her to participate in “Eurovision”

Russia

Dmitry Peskov Ukraine, acting as the country-organizer of “Eurovision-2017”, is obliged to follow the rules of the music competition, said press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. His words on Monday, March 13, the correspondent of “Tape.ru”. Thus, the Kremlin’s spokesman commented on the situation with the Russian party Yulia Samoilova, whom the Kiev authorities may refuse entry into the country for participation in “Eurovision” because of the singer’s travel to the Crimea. “In Crimea there were all, practically, probably not the people who have never been in the Crimea. This is the first. Second — it’s still international competition and the country-the organizer of the contest should follow the rules by which this contest is held”, — said Peskov.

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Moose raced down the slopes. Video

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Moose raced down the slopes. Video In the United States caught a large moose, which ran along at a ski resort, Izumi skiers and snowboarders. The video, which prongs rolling down the slope just a few meters away from the rest, was taken by a visitor to the resort of Breckenridge in Colorado Cheri Luther March 10th and then posted on Instagram. Luther continued to go down on her Board and just screamed in fright when the animal ran past her. As a result of occurrence of moose on the highway no one was hurt, reports AP. The resort took the opportunity to remind visitors about the need to be careful while riding, as the trail located in the wild. Publication from Cheri (@cherbearox) Mar 10, 2017 8:59 PST

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In Regardie began the first ever Department inspection of the combat readiness

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In Regardie began the first ever Department inspection of the combat readiness MOSCOW, 13 Mar — RIA Novosti. Started the first ever Regardie sudden check of combat readiness, according to the Department of Department on interaction with mass media and civil society institutions. “By decision of the Director of the Federal service of national guard troops, commander in chief of the national guard troops of the Russian Federation, army General Viktor Zolotov from 13 March 2017 is carried out unannounced inspections of combat readiness”, — stated in the message. It is noted that testing will begin in the Central Federal district and will continue in other Federal districts. In April 2016, President Vladimir Putin announced the creation of the national guard on the basis of internal troops of the Ministry of internal Affairs and has introduced bills about it to the state Duma. A key task of the new Agency

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In the South of Russia began a sudden check of troops

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In the South of Russia began a sudden check of troops ROSTOV-ON-DON, 13 Mar — news, Ivan Kapustin. Commander of the Southern military district announced the sudden check of combat readiness of troops in the South of the country, attracted about 6 thousand troops, 1.5 thousand units of equipment, reported RIA Novosti on Monday, the press service of YUVO. “The commander of the southern military district has launched a sudden check combat readiness of a number of formations and military units stationed in the Krasnodar and Stavropol territories, the Astrakhan and Volgograd regions, Karachay-Cherkessia and Adygea, as well as units of the Russian military bases in the republics of Armenia and Abkhazia”, — said the press service. The main goal is to check whether the unit is ready to perform the tasks as intended, and to assess the level of combat training Practical activities attracted about 6 thousand troops, 1.5

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Scientists have found that some people have the brain to age is still “young”

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Scientists have found that some people have the brain to age is still “young” Some elderly people on tests of attention and memory can surpass the young people of retirement age their brain works as well as 20-year-old, and sometimes better. As scientists have found, he looks no different from young. The exact cause of such preservation of the brain yet they can not name. “Superstrike” (superagers) is a term coined by the neurologist from Chicago Marcel Mesulam. So he called the elderly people, whose memory and attention, not just better than they should be at their age, and not inferior to the memory and care of young people 20-30 years. Aging, we begin to think slower, it is difficult to multitask and something to remember. This is due to the thinning of the cerebral cortex is very common, related to aging. NewsWomen’s memory was better In tests of memory

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The number of black holes in the milky Way

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The number of black holes in the milky Way Scientists from the University of California, Irvine (USA) estimated the number of black holes in the milky Way. Preprint of the study is available in edition “Tapes.ru”. In the milky Way scientists have counted a few million black holes, which are about thirty times heavier than the Sun. To such conclusions the authors came, using the observed ratio between the mass of a Galaxy and the stellar metallicity (content of elements heavier than helium). Scientists say that the smaller a galaxy is, the higher the proportion of black holes, which are heavier than the Sun 50 times. On the other hand, the share of black holes, which are heavier than the lights ten times, large large star systems. About one percent of black holes constitute a binary system. They, the authors, are of interest to gravitational-wave Observatory LIGO (Laser Interferometric Gravitational

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Zakharov told about the cut of the spire of the skyscraper of the Ministry of foreign Affairs for Souvenirs

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Zakharov told about the cut of the spire of the skyscraper of the Ministry of foreign Affairs for Souvenirs Old spire of the building of the foreign Ministry on Smolensk square cut into Souvenirs. About it told the official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova in the air “Our Radio”, reports the national news service (NSN). “You probably know that we have is the replacement of the spire on the building of the foreign Ministry. So, we took the old spire, sawed into 900 small pieces, and arrange these pieces as Souvenirs. Of course, we asked in advance what will happen with this metal. It turned out, he was absolutely unusable — corrosion and so forth,” she said. According to Zakharova, was “the unique limited series” of 900 small pieces, “each of which is authentic, has its own form”. Foreign Ministry spokesman also said that the new spire is

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Strasbourg reminded Russia about the need to respect the decisions of the ECHR

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Photo: 2017 AFP/ Patrick Hertzog The statutory organ of the Council of Europe – Committee of Ministers, having received from the Russian side, information on the decision of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation in the Yukos case, he intends to return to consideration of the fulfilment by Russia of decisions of the Strasbourg court, said the decision of the Committee placed at the disposal of RIA Novosti. It is noted that at the Committee meeting, the participants “expressed serious concern that the judgment of 31 July 2014 have not yet been fulfilled.” The participants “took note of information provided by the Russian Federations on the current situation in the light of the decision of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation of January 19, 2017”. The ECtHR in July 2014 ordered Russia to pay compensation of 1.9 billion euros to former shareholders of YUKOS oil company for violation

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China’s forbidden to insult the heroes of the revolution

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China’s forbidden to insult the heroes of the revolution People’s political consultative Council of China has added in the development of the civil code article on the inadmissibility of insulting the memory of the heroes of the revolution and the distortion of the history of the party’s exploits. “Insulting name, image, reputation or honor of the heroes and martyrs is to the detriment of the public interest and should be punished under the civil code,” reads the new norm, which should enter into force by 2020. The law is intended to help the Chinese authorities to deal with “historical falsifications”. Last year the Communist party of China several times made statements about the “information attacks” through the Internet to undermine the credibility of the government. “Today, some people use distorted facts and libel with malicious intent to discredit the honor and reputation of the heroes and martyrs, […] this is

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Times: Theresa may was appointed Minister for counter-Subversion

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Times: Theresa may was appointed Minister for counter-Subversion MOSCOW, March 13. /TASS/. Prime Minister Theresa may was appointed Minister for counter-Subversion in order to prevent possible cyber attacks during the next elections in the country. About it reports on Monday, the newspaper The Times. According to her, appointed Ben Gummer will “protect the integrity of democratic life in the UK”. British politicians, according to the newspaper, believe that Russia can interfere in elections in the United Kingdom, and also fear of fabricated news that could “destabilize democracy”. Foreign Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson on 12 March said that the UK has no evidence of Russia’s involvement in hacking attacks against Western countries. “We have no evidence that at the moment Russia has attempted to undermine our democratic process,” he said. It is expected that Johnson will go in the coming weeks in Moscow at the invitation of foreign

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