Day: May 16, 2017

The Kremlin has refused to respond to Posner on the question of the legality of atheism

Russia

Dmitry Peskov The Kremlin will not respond to the question of the journalist Vladimir Pozner about whether legally in Russia to declare their atheistic beliefs. This statement was made by press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, quoted by the correspondent of”.ru”. According to the official, “this is probably a rhetorical question,” he relates to the judiciary and is not within the competence of the presidential administration. May 15, Pozner has commented on the decision of the court in the case of blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky. He was found guilty in particular of insulting religious feelings (article 148 of the criminal code) and given a suspended sentence. The Russian service “Bi-bi-si” has led several fragments of sentence. Among them were these: “[In the video Sokolowski] present the information contain the signs of insult to the feelings of adherents of Christianity and Islam, generated through the denial of God’s existence”, “[blogger] denies

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In Volgograd in the case of a gas explosion in a residential building detained three people

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In Volgograd in the case of a gas explosion in a residential building detained three people SOCHI, may 16 — RIA Novosti, Genevieve ed. Three people detained in the investigation of the criminal case initiated on the fact of explosion of household gas in an apartment building in Volgograd, told RIA Novosti the representative of SUCK in the region. On Tuesday afternoon in a four-storey apartment building, located on University Avenue, Volgograd, occurred cotton, which hit all backboard covering one of the entrances. On the spot found the bodies of three dead, 14 people were injured. “Detained the owner of the shopping pavilion and his father, as well as people employed, which directly carried out the work that led to the explosion, while he himself was not injured,” — said the Agency interlocutor. He added that investigators interviewed more than 30 people, including eyewitnesses, victims, employees of the management company

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The head of Sevastopol ordered the creation of a Commission for solving problems of gardeners

Politics

Dmitry Ovsyannikov Photo: RIA Novosti Acting Governor of Sevastopol Dmitry Ovsyannikov ordered to create a Commission to resolve land and property and other problems Sebastopol growers. About it it is spoken in arrived in edition “Tapes.ru” the press release of the city government. “We have to protect the interests of the horticultural society members primarily in the design of property rights, infrastructure development, inclusion of gardening partnerships in the future map of the city”, — said Ovsyannikov. The mayor also said that the Commission structure will be approved during the government meeting on 18 may 2017. It will be headed by the work of the Vice-Governor of Sevastopol Ilya Ponomarev, and will be composed of representatives of the government and the Legislative Assembly of the city. “The primary objectives of the Commission are: consideration of property and land disputes, issues of improvement areas and roads, as well as providing gardeners

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Lavrov told Putin about the meeting with trump

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The Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov © Valery sharifulin/TASS SOCHI, may 16. /TASS/. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin about his meeting with the US President Donald trump, as he usually does. The journalists said the press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov, commenting on media reports that allegedly the U.S. leader opened the meeting with some secret information. “He (the Minister) always reports on his contacts (with foreign leaders) President,” – said the press Secretary, answering a question about the details of last week’s meeting with Lavrov trump. While Sands did not give details of the conversation. “All we wanted to say about the interview, it was said Lavrov”, – he reminded.

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Zakharova called the decision of Parliament to ban St. George ribbon anti-democratic

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Maria Zakharova © Alexey Pavlicek/TASS MOSCOW, may 16. /TASS/. The decision of the Verkhovna Rada to ban St. George ribbon on Ukraine is anti-democratic and ahistorical. This was stated by the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “Seriously, the decision anti-democratic and anti-historical, questioning the basic possibility of any unification of the country, he wrote on his page in Facebook. – But, interestingly, next year Ukraine will celebrate Victory Day and to the March of the Immortal regiment?”. “Contest ended – that the Kiev regime and suffered, – said Zakharov. – To solve these problems neither strength nor will not. And repainting tigers money now and then.”

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Shocking contemporaries. As the birthplace of the great discoveries in medicine?

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Shocking contemporaries. As the birthplace of the great discoveries in medicine? Many medical discoveries were made thousands of years ago, but they still use modern doctors. Exciting discoveries in the history of medicine were many. And they are gradually allowed to unravel the real mystery called “the human body”. The clue various States of the human body was looked up slowly and painfully. Not all attempts by doctors to get to the truth perceived by the society and enthusiastically welcome. Often because doctors had to go to things that seemed wild. But without them it was impossible the further promotion of medical Affairs. Aephi has collected stories of the most brilliant medical discoveries, for which some of their authors have been almost persecuted. Anatomical features Structure of the human body as the basis of medical science has puzzled even the doctors of the ancient world. For example, in Ancient Greece,

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Russian students do not trust politicians and bureaucrats

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Russian students do not trust politicians and bureaucrats Two thirds of Russian students (66%) believe that corruption is the main problem of the country, which hinders its development. This is stated in the study “the Value orientations of the Russian students”, prepared by the laboratory for political studies Higher school of Economics. The study was conducted in February — March 2017 6055 among students in 109 schools. On the second and third places in the list the main problems — low quality of healthcare (so say 50%) and education (44%). 63% of students believe that the level of culture and education of people who are in power should be much higher than that of ordinary citizens. The list of 11 professions, which students do not trust, the first five places are occupied by deputies of the state Duma (66%) and local authorities (65%), mayors (62%), governors (61%) and journalists (56%).

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Found the most littered area in the world

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Found the most littered area in the world Found territory with the world’s maximum density of plastic debris on its surface. She was one of the most secluded and hidden from man Islands in the world. About the discovery reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. We are talking about the island of Henderson, located at a distance of 5000 kilometers from major population centers. It is so hard that people (researchers) are on it only every five to ten years. However, the island is located almost in the center of the South Pacific system of currents, making it a center of attraction for rubbish, coming from South America or discharged floating on the ocean ships. During the last expedition to the island of Henderson Jennifer Lavers and her colleagues at the University of Tasmania found that the concentration of plastic trash on the beaches comes

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