Category: Russia

The Russian Ministry of Defense launched a satellite of the Kupol space system The rocket ” Soyuz-2.1b “successfully launched a military satellite into near-earth orbit, Interfax reports, referring to the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to the military department, the launch of the launch vehicle and the launch of the satellite into orbit took place in the normal mode. According to NASASpaceflight.com, we are talking about the Tundra spacecraft (Kosmos-2552), belonging to the Unified Space System (EKS) Kupol, which can detect rocket launches. Edition recalls that four such satellites were launched earlier. In May 2020, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin showed on Twitter the launch of Soyuz-2.1b with the Kosmos-2546 spacecraft, which, according to The Russian Nuclear Forces Project is the fourth satellite of the Kupol system. In December 2019, TASS, with Referring to the materials of the briefing by the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces,

Hockey player “Washington Capitals” Ovechkin made three assists in the NHL match Russian forward “Washington Capitals” Alexander Ovechkin made three assists in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match against the Montreal Canadiens. The statistics are available on the league website. In the current NHL draw, the 36-year-old hockey player scored 33 points (15 + 18). Thus, Ovechkin became Washington's record holder in terms of points scored in the first 20 games of the season. The Capitals beat the Canadiens. The meeting ended with a score of 6: 3. Washington are third in the Eastern Conference league table with 29 points in 20 games. Seattle are in the penultimate, 15th place with 12 points in 21 games. On October 26, Ovechkin broke another record in the NHL. In the match against the Ottawa Senators, he scored two goals. Ovechkin scored two goals 84 times in an away game, which

The Moscow Exchange Index rose 0.69 percent at the opening of trading The Russian stock market opened with the growth of the main stock indexes on Thursday, November 25. The Moscow Exchange index at the opening of the main trading session on the Moscow Exchange rose to 3977.92 points (plus 0.69 percent), the RTS index – up to 1678.2 points (plus 1.06 percent). Among the blue chips “Mosbirzh at 10:08 Moscow time, none of the companies went into the red. Most of all, the securities rose in price for TCS Group (plus 1.33 percent, to 6979.8 rubles per joke), Gazprom (plus 0.85 percent, to 341.07 rubles) and Novatek (plus 0.67 percent, to 1679 rubles). The ruble has slightly strengthened against major world currencies after several days of falling. The dollar exchange rate was 74.59 rubles (minus 0.38 rubles), the euro exchange rate was 83.7 rubles (minus 0.28 rubles). Bitcoin traded

ATOR: the cost of recreation in Krasnaya Polyana hotels for the New Year has risen in price by 50 percent New Year's – Hotel prices are up 50 percent on average compared to 2019. This was reported to the Izvestia newspaper by the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). Thus, the average cost of living in a hostel in a common room for six people in Krasnaya Polyana during the winter holidays is 3.2 thousand rubles for two tourists. Accommodation in a hotel is a little more expensive – the average price for a stay in a double room is eight thousand rubles. Accommodation in a three-star hotel will cost from 10 to 25 thousand rubles per night, in a four-star hotel – from 26 to 40 thousand, five-star – from 33 to 58 thousand. The highest cost will be the New Year's Eve in apartments with a continental

Whiskey connoisseur refused to leave the house for fear of contracting COVID-19 and losing his sense of smell Whiskey connoisseur from Edinburgh, Scotland to get out of isolation and lock himself at home for two years so as not to get sick with COVID-19 and not to stop feeling the taste of the drink. His story is published by the Daily Mirror. Related materials 00:01 – 27 December 2020 You can't escape the crown Secret escapes, dozens of concubines and revelations: how the royals spent 202000: 01 – April 5, 2020 “This is a serious test” Astronauts, hermits and sailors on how to survive self-isolation in the era of coronavirus Bowman, 31, decided to isolate himself even before the official introduction of quarantine, and in February 2020, together with a partner, locked himself at home. After the restrictions were lifted at the state level, the Scotsman decided to continue personal

Kommersant: Russian oil companies cannot increase production under OPEC + Russian oil companies were not ready to produce a large amount of oil in accordance with the current terms of the OPEC + deal, Kommersant writes. The reason for this is inadequate investment in drilling new wells. Several domestic oil companies spoke about the lack of production capacity in October and November. All of them are facing the consequences of insufficient funding to develop new wells in the face of production restrictions under the current OPEC + deal. It was resumed in May 2020 after several weeks of hiatus due to the inability to agree on the terms of the extension. According to the initial agreements, the total reduction in production was 9.7 million barrels per day and should have gradually decreased. To date, it has dropped to four million barrels per day and will continue to decrease by 400