Day: November 25, 2021

In Australia, a man who was blind from birth received the license to drive an off-road motorcycle From birth blind Australian Chass Moller-Nielson ) was able to obtain a driver's license to drive an off-road motorcycle, reports ABC News. To make his dream come true, the man needed the help of a friend. The Navigator rode alongside his blind companion and gave directions and route information through the microphone and headphones built into their helmets. “The most important thing you can do is set key points, such as 'you are on this part of the course,' and then just steer left or right,” Moller-Nilsson said. How fast to travel and he decided how to brake himself. So far, a team of friends have been doing simple bends and turns, but plan to increase the challenge over time. The couple are currently riding a dirt bike track at the Queensland Motorcycle

Kommersant: the head of the landfill Kapustin Yar Kislov was sent under house arrest about the loss of 300 tons of fuel, put under house arrest, writes Kommersant. Corruption scheme The Major General became a suspect after testimony given by his former subordinate – the ex-head of the 161st School of Technicians of the Strategic Missile Forces Colonel Alexei Prudnikov is appointed. He revealed a corruption scheme in the army and admitted that he had transferred fuel for sale for a bribe in the amount of 1.9 million rubles. He allegedly shared the money with his boss. In addition, Prudnikov revealed two more episodes of bribery on the part of Kislov. Prior to that, Prudnikov had been in custody for six months and refused to cooperate with the investigation. On Wednesday, November 24, after a petition by an investigator, the 235th Garrison Military Court decided to send him under house

Izvestia: banks requested access to the Ministry of Internal Affairs database on invalid Russian passports Russian banks requested to give them access to the Ministry Internal Affairs (Ministry of Internal Affairs) with invalid passports of citizens, writes Izvestia with reference to a letter from the National Council of the Financial Market (NSFR) to the government, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Central Bank. This need arose due to the cancellation of the mark in the passport about previously issued identity cards. Banks were no longer able to check the full credit history of Russians, so they asked to provide them with access to documents. An incorrect risk assessment of a potential client threatens the flourishing of fraud. The main difficulties of the current situation, the banks attributed errors in the calculation of creditors' scores for a citizen, the impossibility of providing the entire credit history and the use of

Immunologist Kryuchkov: Russians can be revaccinated nine months after vaccination Nikolai Kryuchkov in an interview with radio Sputnik called the duration of protection of vaccinations against COVID-19 in young people. According to the specialist, according to the latest data, there are relatively high levels of antibodies, in which revaccination can be postponed. “However, there is no definitive answer yet, since studies of the relationship between the level of antibodies and their protective properties are still underway,” the immunologist said. At the same time, if it is possible to collect a sufficient amount of data, then some Russians may not be revaccinated through six, and nine months after vaccination or illness. “For some young and healthy people without chronic diseases, most likely, after the end of the research, the protective period will be even longer, maybe even eight or nine months,” the specialist explained. Kryuchkov concluded that vaccination is the only

Zakharova: The United States is well aware of Ukrainian hackers, but Washington is silent about this Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova was outraged by the fact that the United States ignore Ukrainian hackers, focusing on Russian cybercrime. She indicated in her Telegram channel that Washington is well aware of the existence of non-Russian hackers, but this topic is being hushed up. According to Zakharova, over the past month, Europol and Eurojust conducted a series of operations to find and arrest hacker groups that have been operating since at least 2019. One of the groups killed about two thousand people in 71 countries of the world, including America, and the damage amounted to $ 120 million. “Russian hackers? Finally. But no, surprise: they all turned out to be Ukrainians. But where are the statements of Western partners about “Ukrainian hackers” and their attacks? Where are the threats of sanctions? So

Roscosmos: cross flights of Russian and US cosmonauts will begin no earlier than autumn 2022 Cross flights of Russian cosmonauts on US Crew Dragon ships and American astronauts on board the Soyuz will begin no earlier than the fall of 2022, Sergei Krikalev, executive director of Roscosmos for manned programs, said in an interview with TASS. “In principle, if we manage to agree on all the necessary documents The earliest cross-flights can begin in the fall of 2022. It is possible that the crew will be clarified further, “he explained, adding that the roles in the crew of the Soyuz MS-22 are also being clarified. Krikalev noted that the issue of cross flights requires agreement with the government, which is currently doing Roskosmos. Now the crew includes cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev, Anna Kikina and Dmitry Petelin. Earlier it became known that Roskosmos and NASA would discuss the issue of cross-flights of