Arctic Mirage as the reason for discoveries. Baron toll and Kolchak in search of Sannikov Land

Arctic Mirage as the reason for discoveries. Baron toll and Kolchak in search of Sannikov Land Island in the Kara sea is named Kolchak, but recalls is not about the Civil war, and about the scientific feats of the future Admiral, in 1900-1902 years exploring the Arctic seas and discovered new lands. Desert island in the Kara sea was opened in 1901 and later named after its discoverer — Lieutenant Alexander Kolchak. In the Russian polar expedition the first years of the XX century Kolchak made real and recognized scientific feats, explored the Arctic seas and discovered new lands, and then returned there in search of missing comrades, tried to find the mysterious Sannikov Land. The myth of the Sannikov Land The myth of the existence of places where the Arctic becomes a likeness of the tropics due to the outside thermal waters, known by the science-fiction novel by Vladimir

Artist “melts” the old armchair, turning them into a piece of art

Artist “melts” the old armchair, turning them into a piece of art New life of old things. Danish artist Nina Saunders creates sculptures that are “drip”, “capsize” and “shed”. All anything, but they are made from old chairs and sofas, so it looks very surreal. View this post in Instagram Publication by Nina Saunders (@saunders_studio) 15 Sept 2018 7:56 PDT During the download an error has occurred. View this post in Instagram Publication by Nina Saunders (@saunders_studio) APR 26, 2018 at 6:26 PDT During the download an error has occurred. View this post in Instagram Publication by Nina Saunders (@saunders_studio) June 27, 2018 at 3:21 PDT During the download an error has occurred. Sanders nourishes a great love for things that have already served its purpose. She often works with old furniture and other items, and stuffed animals and mannequins. View this post in Instagram Publication of Maya Selway Fine

The Prosecutor’s office called the average amount of a bribe in Russia in 2018

The Prosecutor’s office called the average amount of a bribe in Russia in 2018 MOSCOW, 18 Jul — RIA Novosti. The average amount of bribes in Russia in 2018 amounted to 609 thousand rubles, said Tuesday the official representative of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Alexander Kurennoy. “The total amount of bribes in all cases under article 290 of the criminal code of Russian Federation (“Bribe”) amounted to 1.8 billion rubles, and the average sum of a bribe — 609 thousand roubles”, — he said on the Internet channel of the Ministry “Ether”. The Colonel added that from January to September of 2018, it was revealed 186 bribes in especially large size, i.e. more than 1 million rubles. The total amount of them amounted to 1.5 billion rubles, and the average size of more than 8 million rubles. During this period, 826 cases were detected bribe in the

The state Duma adopted the law on the termination of a number of criminal cases after reparation

The state Duma adopted the law on the termination of a number of criminal cases after reparation The law on the termination of a number of criminal cases after the damages received on Tuesday, December 18, in the state Duma. We are talking about minor crimes, such as fraud, intentional breach of contract in the field of business, as well as patent infringement, plagiarism, breach of trust or refusal to hire or the dismissal of people of retirement age. The law also refers to giving money or embezzlement, unpaid wages, pensions or benefits, but only if this is the first time, and if the culprit has returned all the funds in full, adding to them the compensation, said the TV channel “Star”. The objective of the changes are to protect the entrepreneurs from unnecessary harassment and improve the business climate. Earlier, on 24 November, Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to

Regional budgets will be harder

Regional budgets will be harder Inhibition of growth of the economy in 2019, will force more of them to take. In 2019 a profitable part of regional budgets will be threatened by the slowdown in economic growth, and expenditure — the government’s plans to increase income and combat poverty, warned the international rating Agency Fitch. After the practical absence of cumulative deficiency of budgets of subjects of the Russian Federation in 2018 in 2019 it may increase to 1-2% of revenues. “According to our expectations, the total budget of the Russian regions will be close to balanced in 2018. Improved budgetary performance in the past three years was caused by a reduction in expenses and positive dynamics of incomes, in particular income from tax on profit of organizations due to the recovery of the Russian economy”, — stated in the message of Fitch. However, in 2019, the cumulative deficit of

The state Duma adopted the law on penalties for involving children in uncoordinated actions

The state Duma adopted the law on penalties for involving children in uncoordinated actions MOSCOW, 18 Jul — RIA Novosti. The state Duma adopted the law on liability for involvement of minors in an unsanctioned rally. The initiative was submitted to the lower house in may, authors were deputies from “United Russia”. They proposed amendments to the Code of administrative offences. For involving children in the unauthorized action provided for fines of from 30 to 50 thousand roubles, compulsory work for up to 100 hours or administrative arrest up to 15 days. For officials the penalty is greater — from 50 to 100 thousand rubles, for legal entities — from 250 to 500 thousand rubles. The explanatory Memorandum States that such cases are within the exclusive competence of judges, and the protocols will be the police. The amendment is designed to protect the lives and health of children, the document

The artist draws detailed maps of cities with bird’s eye

The artist draws detailed maps of cities with bird’s eye Each work takes several months. British artist Carl Lavie and photographer Lorna Le Bretones created a massive art project called “69 cities of the UK.” View this post in Instagram Publication of Sketchnthecity (@sketchnthecity) 13 Dec 2018 in 11:07 PST During the download an error has occurred. In 2016 they travel around the country and within a few months carefully studying the city, exploring them on foot, making sketches and taking photographs of attractions and the fine details. As a result of joint hard work get amazing black and white drawings, but rather detailed plans of cities, with roads, houses, parks and other facilities. But this is not the schematic drawings, but real three-dimensional paintings showing the city from a bird’s eye view from a certain angle. The last work of Charles and Lorna — six-foot canvas with streets and

Scientists: the pterosaurs resembled fluffy dragons

Scientists: the pterosaurs resembled fluffy dragons And yet these animals had feathers. Pterosaurs, which appeared 200 million years ago, belong to a reptile. They are called flying lizards. These are the earliest vertebrates to have learned to fly. Scientists assumed that more or less know what were the pterosaurs. In particular, it was believed that these distant relatives of dinosaurs on the skin was fluffy similar to wool fibers. This ancient ‘hairy dragon’ may have sported primitive feathers https://t.co/d0FTVBMflA pic.twitter.com/pjTrNUx0yL — PrGareth (@PrGareth) 17 Dec 2018 But now a new study shows that these fibers may have been a kind of primitive feathers. It would change the idea that the first native speakers of feathers was some dinosaurs. Paleontologists Michael Benton from the University of Bristol and Baoyu Jiang of Nanjing University in China, and their colleagues studied fossils of two pterosaur the size of a pigeon, found even earlier

Africa will appear in Moscow and St Petersburg. Russia plans to build a garden city

Africa will appear in Moscow and St Petersburg. Russia plans to build a garden city Russian export centre (REC) supported by the Ministry of industry and trade of the Russian Federation held a complex business mission of domestic companies in Egypt. The mission was timed to coincide with the first international African exhibition on the Intra—African Trade Fair in 2018, one of the largest on the continent. How it all began? In may this year, Russia and Egypt signed an agreement on the creation of industrial zones (RPZ) for our companies in the Suez canal in Port said. It is expected that it will become a logistics hub, a platform for the export of Russian products to the countries of Africa and the Middle East. This will be the first Russian industrial zone abroad.Vasily Asmakandil Minister of industry and trade “It is important for us. EBL is a kind of

The defense Ministry denied information about the death of the former head of the GRU of Sarguna in Lebanon

The defense Ministry denied information about the death of the former head of the GRU of Sarguna in Lebanon The Russian defense Ministry denied Western media about the death of the former head of the Main intelligence Directorate (GRU) Igor Sergun in Lebanon in 2016. It noted that this stuffing information was circulated with the filing of the justice Department. “Rumors that the deceased 3 January 2016, the Hero of Russia Colonel-General Igor Dmitrievich Sergun was in Lebanon — conspiracy nonsense”, — quotes the Agency “Interfax”. The U.S. justice Department previously published the proceedings of the interrogation by the FBI former adviser to the President of the United States Michael Flynn. From documents follows, that the head of the GRU Igor Sergun died in 2016, not in the suburban house of rest, and in Lebanon, writes “the Newspaper.ru”. Sergun was born March 28, 1957, in the Armed forces from 1973.