Day: August 31, 2017

The famous “kukuruznik” An-2 celebrates anniversary

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Antonov an-2, 1978 © TASS 31 August 1947 took place the first flight of the prototype CX-1 (biplane An-2). It lifted into the air on the factory airfield Eltsovka (Novosibirsk) test pilot Pavel Volodin. At an altitude of 1,200 meters he met two large circles and 30 minute flight had landed. Today the An-2 is listed in the Guinness Book of records as the world’s only plane, which carried more than 60 years. The story of “foal” Piston Soviet light multipurpose aircraft an-2 (NATO codification — Colt, translated “foal”) was developed in the 1940-ies by a team of experienced design Bureau No. 53 (OKB-153) at Novosibirsk aircraft plant them. V. P. Chkalov (now the Ukrainian state enterprise “Antonov”) under the leadership of General designer Oleg Antonov. The car was designed in particular for replacement of the obsolete agricultural aircraft U-2 (Po-2) and originally was called SKH-1 or of art. Among

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Peskov: Russia cannot ignore hostile actions of the USA in the address

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Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, August 31. /TASS/. The Kremlin regrets the unfriendly steps of the US against Russia, Moscow can not leave them unanswered. “We regret that it is not a constructive position of our colleagues in the United States, and of course we can’t ignore the unfriendly and sometimes hostile manifestations to our address”, – said the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.

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The mayor of Gdansk refused to dekommunizirovat street

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Pavel Adamovich The Polish mayor of Gdansk Pavel Adamovich said that it will not rename the streets of the city in the framework of the law on decommunization. It is reported by Polsat. “I’m not going to take any action. I have a very critical view on this matter. It seems to me that this violates the principle of independence of local self-government”, — said Adamovich. According to him, the renaming of streets and squares is the responsibility of local authorities, not Central government authorities. The mayor added that the authors of the Law on decommunization show inconsistency, since the effect of a legal act, for example, does not apply to the first built after the war, the freighter Soldek, now converted into a Museum. “It would need to be cut into blades for razors, but I don’t think that the national Maritime Museum can agree to that, although subordinate

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The government of Catalonia considered unreliable warning the CIA about the attack in Barcelona

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The Spanish government of Catalonia has confirmed that police in the region (the mossos d d Escuadra, Mossos d’esquadra) received a warning about an impending terrorist attack in Barcelona from the us Central intelligence Agency (CIA). On Thursday, August 31, said the adviser on internal Affairs of the regional government, Joaquim Forn, the newspaper ABC Cataluña. He stressed that the document was nothing but a “manipulative campaign of discrediting” of the Catalan police, which is “both inside and outside the country”. He noted that the law enforcement agencies of the region do not have direct ties with the CIA. According to Forno, the police received thousands of warnings, and they are studied by experts. He explained that the message about the impending attack on the Rambla was deemed not credible. The newspaper also quotes the text of the warning. It reads: “Received at the end of may unconfirmed information, the

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From the military warehouses in Israel, kidnapped 15 thousand rounds

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From one of the warehouses of the Israel defense forces (IDF), located in the South of the country, unknown stole more than 15 thousand rounds of 5.56 mm semi-automatic rifles. It is reported by Walla. The theft was committed at night on August 30. Attackers managed to break through the wall of the vault and make the boxes with ammunition, which was taken on several cars. Guarding the warehouse guards had noticed nothing. According to the publication The jerusalem Post, this is the third this year case of theft of army property from the warehouse. In may, a base in southern Israel was stolen 33 auto M16. The thieves were detained, but the military managed to return only part of the stolen weapons. Press Secretary of the IDF General Ronen, Manelis, said that this incident is very serious because the weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists and be

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Russian Consul General spoke about the prospects of relations between Moscow and Washington

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Photo: RIA Novosti The Consul General of Russia in new York Sergey Ovsyannikov believes that in the near future in Russian-American relations not expected anything positive, but even in this situation, the Russian diplomats continue to work. “Turning to the immediate prospects of us-Russian relations, would prefer to refrain from forecasts. It seems that common sense from the American side will appear, and injected into United States Russophobia stops. The Americans should be aware of the situation and begin to gradually back off. From what I see, hear and read of what goes on in Congress that says the us policy, yet nothing positive from the United States to expect we do not have. But in this situation, Russian diplomats still need to do their work” , — said Ovsyannikov in an interview with the newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda”. Earlier, Moscow has ordered to reduce the U.S. diplomatic mission in Russia

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Nebesa urged North Korea to abandon nuclear test

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Photo: RIA Novosti The Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia said that North Korea should abandon missile and nuclear tests for the sake of normalization of the situation on the Korean Peninsula. On Wednesday, August 30, reports TASS. “Once again, we’re talking about what’s missile and nuclear programs, the DPRK should be quickly and without delay discontinued. The launches of ballistic missiles North Korea pose a serious threat to shipping and air traffic in the region and threaten civilians, in this case, the citizens of Japan,” — said Nebenzia. The diplomat said that Russia calls for full respect for the resolutions of the UN Security Council, and Pyongyang should return to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, compliance with the rules of the IAEA and to accede to the Convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons. At the same time, he said, “members of the security Council must seek a

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Service free ads Yula is launching a new service in the real estate market

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Service free ads Yula is launching a new service in the real estate market The innovation will allow users to sell directly from your smartphone. Service free ads “whirligig” created by Mail.Ru Group, launches a new unique product on the real estate market, which will allow you to change the current market conditions. Now users will be able to conduct the whole process of the sale of the apartment through the Internet after placing ads prior to the electronic transaction. It is planned that the innovation will allow “Julia” to the end of the year to become one of the market leaders classifides real estate. Thus, the new vertical in the service will simplify the sale of apartments and will provide the possibility of carrying out transactions without the involvement of intermediaries. Users will be able to Transact directly from smartphone. This process includes the preparation of apartments for sale,

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Effects of hurricane “Harvey” in one photo: before and after

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Effects of hurricane “Harvey” in one photo: before and after In the result of heavy rains that brought hurricane “Harvey”, a large part of Texas was under water. At least 20 people were killed, many houses destroyed. In the southern United States was hit by hurricane “Harvey” — the strongest over the last 13 years. One of the first impact of elements took a 10-strong town of Rockport. A significant part of Texas was under water. At least 20 people were killed, more than 30 thousand took refuge in temporary shelters, many houses were destroyed. BeforeAfter State authorities fear that the hurricane Stasi before tropical storm will not stop, and are looking forward to continuing rains and the risk of flooding at least another week. The disaster has reached the Louisiana, and heavy rains promise in neighboring States.

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