October 20, 2017 – Page 6 – Russian Reality

Musk has talked about building a spaceship to fly to Mars

October 20, 2017 RR Uncategorized

Musk has talked about building a spaceship to fly to Mars MOSCOW, 20 Oct — RIA Novosti. Rocket and spacecraft BFR, intended for flight on Mars will initially be tested during short flights from one point to another on Earth, said Elon Musk in discussions with users of Internet forum Reddit. “We will start the development of the BFR with the construction of a full ship that will take short flights between two points on Earth, rising to a height of several hundred kilometres and flying the same distance. These tests will be simple enough to ship — they do not require a heat shield that will allow us to have a large stockpile of fuel on Board and depriving us of the need to use powerful engines Raptor is designed to fly in deep space,” said the entrepreneur. At the end of September this year, Elon Musk, founder of

The Ministry plans to introduce an environmental tax on cigarette butts

October 20, 2017 RR Uncategorized

The Ministry plans to introduce an environmental tax on cigarette butts The Ministry of health of Russia proposed to introduce an environmental tax on cigarettes for manufacturers, according to a draft of the “concept of state policy on combating tobacco consumption for the years 2017-2022 and beyond”. “Waste of such tobacco products as cigarettes are the most common type of waste and harming the environment”, — reported in the concept. Recall, the new anti-Smoking concept health Ministry suggests ban on Smoking hookahs and wapow Russian restaurants and cafes. The document is submitted for the consideration of the government and is intended to generate the Russians have a healthy lifestyle. According to experts of the Ministry, VAPI and Shisha is no less harmful than regular cigarettes.

950 million has been saved by the residents of the Moscow region in the framework of the project “Social discount”

October 20, 2017 RR Russia

Vladimir Posazhennikov 950 million rubles has been saved by the residents of the Moscow region on the social discount in the first nine months of the current year. About it “lente.ru” have told in the regional Ministry of consumer market and services Friday, October 20. “The stores are participating in the project “Social discount suburbs”, embossed 66 million checks from social promotion”, — said the Minister of consumer market and services Vladimir Posazhennikov. The programme involves the provision of discounts from five percent to 3 14 363 stores popular retail chains. The Minister noted that this year, many stores offer a ten percent discount. “Retail stores are invited to join our program, “Social discount suburbs” giving a discount of five percent holders of the social card of the inhabitant of Moscow region, you have real support to large families, the disabled, veterans, pensioners and other preferential categories of citizens”, —

The journalist “the New newspaper” Ali Feruz refused to grant asylum in Russia

October 20, 2017 RR Russia

Ali Feruz Basmanny court of Moscow upheld the refusal of the Chief Directorate for migration, Ministry of internal Affairs to grant temporary asylum to the correspondent “the New newspaper” Ali Feruz (real name Hudaberdi Nurmatov). About it reports on Friday, October 20, “the Media”. The defense intends to appeal the ruling. The journalist’s lawyer Irina Biryukova said that now they will decide on how to send it to a third country. According to the Express ruling of the European court of human rights (ECHR), Feruza prohibited to deport pending the consideration of his complaint to the ECHR. Now the reporter is located in the Moscow center of temporary detention of migrants. Feruza was detained August 1, next to the office and was taken to the police station under the pretext of identification. The next day, the Basmanny court took the decision to expel him to Uzbekistan on the basis of

The ban on “Hawthorn” extended

October 20, 2017 RR Russia

Russia has extended the ban on the sale of non-food alcohol-containing liquids, in particular the “Hawthorn”. The resolution, signed by the chief sanitary doctor of Russia and head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova, published on Friday, 20 October, at the Internet-portal of legal acts. The document applies to all non-food liquids with alcohol content above 28 percent of the total volume and at a price lower than the government threshold for alcoholic beverages. The ban will be effective in Russia for 180 days. An exception is made for perfumes and products for cleaning glass. On 9 October in Russia expired 90-day ban on trade of non-food alcohol-containing products. It was introduced after the mass poisoning bath concentrate “Hawthorn” in Irkutsk in December 2016. From poisoning then killed 78 people. Later it turned out that instead of ethyl alcohol to the concentrate was added poisonous methanol. The last time the ban was

Media: air pollution in new Delhi after Diwali has reached alarming levels

October 20, 2017 RR Events

Media: air pollution in new Delhi after Diwali has reached alarming levels NEW DELHI, October 20. /Offset. TASS Evgenie Pahomov/. The condition of the air in the Indian capital new Delhi after the festival of lights, Diwali, when the townspeople blow up on the streets of firecrackers and fireworks reached the degree of “very bad”. As reported on Friday by the TV channel NDTV, the level of air pollution in some areas of the city are exceeded in tens times. According to the channel, which refers to information of the meteorological Department, the mass concentration of particles with diameters less than 2.5 µm (PM2. 5) amounted to 878 micrograms per cubic meter of air, and the concentration of particles with diameter less than 10 microns (PM10) — 1179 micrograms per cubic meter at the rate for Delhi 60 and 100 micrograms per cubic meter, respectively. In some areas of the

The ex-Governor of Novosibirsk region has sentenced to three years probation

October 20, 2017 RR Events

The ex-Governor of Novosibirsk region has sentenced to three years probation The former Governor of Novosibirsk region Vasily Yurchenko, who the court found guilty of abuse of office, sentenced to three years probation. The Central district court of Novosibirsk sentenced to three years probation, former Governor of the region Vasily Yurchenko. This publication reports the Investigative Committee of Russia. Yurchenko, moreover, deprived of the right to occupy leadership positions. The former head of the region charged with part 2 of article 2 286 UK RF (exceeding official powers). The court found that Yurchenko hurt the company “Gaztranskom” in the form of lost income by RUB 14 million, as well as areas in the form of income and taxes by 4.3 million rubles. the Company is fully owned by the Novosibirsk region. As informs SK, the ex-Governor as a result of the action that goes “beyond the limits granted him official

The Russian Embassy advises US to check out the “allies” to intervene

October 20, 2017 RR Politics

The Russian Embassy advises US to check out the “allies” to intervene Washington should look involved in the interference in elections in the United States among the “friends and allies”. So, the Russian Embassy in the United States commented on the statement by the permanent representative of the United States to the UN Nikki Haley at the Institute of George Bush. Earlier Thursday, the U.S. representative at the world organization said that Russia allegedly uses intervention in the elections as a method of warfare, as a strong economy and army. The Embassy once again said that Moscow does not interfere in the internal Affairs of the United States and have repeatedly stated this. “I would like to remind the colleague, Nikki Haley, and that those who interfered in the electoral processes in the United States, and the most open and unceremonious manner, it would have to be officially declared allies

CNN: the RT has not fulfilled the requirement of the US authorities to declare itself noagenda

October 20, 2017 RR Politics

CNN: the RT has not fulfilled the requirement of the US authorities to declare itself noagenda NEW YORK, October 20. /TASS/. The RT has not fulfilled the requirements of the U.S. authorities to plead foreign agent. This is stated in the article published Thursday on the website of the American channel CNN. The chief editor of RT Margarita Simonyan reported earlier that US authorities demand from RT to recognize itself as a foreign agent before October 17. According to CNN, the documents of the Ministry of justice indicate that this was not done. The article includes a statement by the representative of RT in the English language, which implies that the lawyers of the channel is “doing everything possible” to avoid this check, and “the dialogue continues”. CNN notes that, according to interviewed experts in the field of American laws concerning the registration of foreign agents, is not yet clear

In Austria announced the final results of early parliamentary elections

October 20, 2017 RR Politics

In Austria announced the final results of early parliamentary elections VIENNA, October 20 — RIA Novosti. The social democratic party of Austria bypasses the right-nationalist Freedom Party in the parliamentary elections, receiving 26.9 percent of the votes according to the results of final counting of the ballots, told reporters the Minister of internal Affairs Wolfgang Sobotka. Right-wing party, who previously held second place gets 26% of the vote. The Austrian people’s party remains the leader of the vote, gaining 31.5 per cent, the Minister added. Sunday in Austria held early parliamentary elections.