Day: November 17, 2021

Scientist Stroikos: safer to test space weapons in low orbit Earth without posing a serious threat to the space assets of other countries. Such a safe method of destructive missile testing was named by Dimitrios Stroikos, a researcher at the London School of Economics and editor-in-chief of the international magazine Space Policy, in a commentary to Lente.ru. Another option is non-destructive tests, that is, those in which satellites are not destroyed. According to him, the trend towards testing these two types was outlined after the launch of anti-satellite weapons by China in 2007: then a lot of space debris was formed, which led to strong criticism of the Chinese authorities. For example, the Indian tests in 2019 were carried out at a low altitude: then space debris also formed, but in smaller quantities than after the recent Russian launch. “The development and testing of space weapons is an important trend,

The court dismissed the case of the ex-head of VSMPO-Avisma Voevodin, he was fined 30 thousand rubles made a decision to terminate the criminal prosecution of Mikhail Voevodin, the former head of the VSMPO-Avisma corporation, who is accused of abuse of power. The defendant's lawyer told Interfax about this. According to him, the case was closed, Voevodin was fined 30 thousand rubles. He also has to reimburse legal costs in the amount of 300 thousand rubles. The investigation filed a motion to discontinue the case. Voevodin was charged with abuse of power during the period when he was in charge of the corporation. From May 18, 2017 to January 31, 2019, contrary to the interests of the enterprise, he sold Feti titanium-quality shavings to four companies at a reduced price. The investigation estimated the damage to the corporation caused by Voevodin's actions at 53.7 million rubles. He headed VSMPO-Avisma from

Emily Ratajkowski admitted in her book that she was tired of being sexy for decades. Quotes from her book My Body are quoted by The Sun. The fashion model said that her parents watched over her appearance and clothes from an early age, and also taught her to capitalize on her attractiveness. According to Ratajkowski, as a child, she prayed and asked God to make her beautiful. “I saw beauty as a way to be special. When I became such, I felt the love of my parents most of all, ”she explained. Ratajkowski emphasized that she first encountered unwanted male attention at the age of 12 during a modeling casting at school. The agent, whose name was not disclosed, drew attention to the eyes of the girl in the pictures in the portfolio. “From this look, it’s clear that she is having sex,” he said. The model noted that she

The tiktoker danced in front of the McDonald's employee and angered the commentators The girl joked about her when she received her order, which angered many viewers and sparked controversy in the comments. The girl published a video with a prank on TikTok. In the video, a tiktoker who was at the wheel of a car drove up to the Macauto dispensing window. Having received a package with her order from an employee of a chain of fast food restaurants, the girl asked where her cocktail was. “You only ordered chicken nuggets,” a McDonald's employee told her. After that, the song Shake That Ass Bitch by the Splack Pack group played in the blogger's car, and the girl herself, in front of the employee of the cafe chain, performed a little dance in the car and drove away. The essence of the drawing was a play on words: the word

A resident of Ulan-Ude who asked Biden for a residence permit reached the United States A resident of Ulan-Ude Alexei Semyonov, who asked the president Joe Biden's United States residence permit, entered the United States. This is reported by Vostok-Teleinform. In June, the Russian recorded a video message to the American leader, in which he said that due to the coronavirus pandemic, his small business – a car repair shop – was closed. In addition, he became seriously ill and had gangrene cut out. Semyonov asked Biden as an exception to grant him and his family a residence permit in order to legally enter the United States. The politician did not respond to the request, and then the man decided to act independently. It is noted that first the native of Buryatia flew to Moscow, and from there to Mexico. After that, he drove to the US border, where he

In the Tver region, the driver rescued a cat thrown by a child on the road the driver saved the animal. The video appeared in the community “Overheard from drivers. Tver “on VKontakte. According to the author of the post, at first he thought that the boy wanted to cross the road. “But it turned out that the little kid cleared the chip, that there was no point in jumping under the car himself and you could just throw a kote,” the driver said. He also added that the child was accompanied by a drunk mother. The man stopped in front of the animal thrown into the road so that the cat could return to the sidewalk. He explained that he had posted a video for the authorities to verify the parenting of the boy's mother.

SK: in the Voronezh region, as a result of a fire in a residential building, five children and their mother died Olkhovatsky district of Voronezh region increased to five. The relevant information was published on Wednesday, November 17, on the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee (IC). The incident occurred early in the morning on the street of the Central village of Kostovo. Rescuers who arrived at the scene found the bodies of a 33-year-old woman and her five children: two girls aged 4 and 10 years and three boys who were 1 year 7 months, 3 years and 13 years old. Earlier it was reported about three dead children. On the fact of the incident, the investigators opened a criminal case under the article “Causing death by negligence of two or more persons.”