Category: World

Over 100 Rosneft-class students became finalists of the program for gifted children children – a joint project of Rosneft and the Educational Foundation “Talent and Success”. The final round is attended by 108 Rosneft-classes students from 16 regions of the company's presence, who have scored the largest number of points based on the results of the distance competition. In total, 1,038 students from Rosneft-classes have registered to participate in the program this year. Rosneft told Lente.ru about this. The final stage of the program for gifted children is a career guidance event for high school students. With the help of VR and AR technologies, they will have to create exhibits for a virtual museum dedicated to the history of the development of the oil and gas industry. The finalists will work as part of project teams led by teachers from the Sirius Lyceum and experts from Rosneft enterprises. Based on

Far Eastern mortgages can be extended to teachers and doctors in early 2022 scientific workers will be introduced to the government by the end of the year, said the director of the department for the implementation of this project, Ilya Petrasov, reports TASS. As the official noted, the order to expand the program was previously given by President Vladimir Putin. As planned by the authorities, mortgages at two percent will begin to be issued to teachers, doctors and scientists who have worked in the Far East for at least five years. Thus, three more categories of Russians will be able to obtain a cheap loan for housing. Petrasov expects that in early 2022 it will be possible to expand the number of Far Eastern mortgage recipients by 7-9 thousand people. He said that in the Far Eastern Federal District, mortgages can be taken not only at two percent, but also

The Sun: Tom Cruise underwent a facelift due to changes in his appearance Hollywood actor Tom Cruise was suspected of plastic surgery due to new paparazzi photos showing changes in his appearance. The pictures are published by The Sun. The 59-year-old celebrity was filmed at an airfield in Duxford, UK, where he trained to fly a military fighter in preparation for the film Mission: Impossible-8. A smiling man was captured in black jeans, a dark down jacket and a New York Yankees baseball cap. that Cruz's face was noticeably plump. In addition, journalists drew attention to a small scar that appeared on the actor's cheek, and believed that he had undergone cosmetic or surgical intervention. It is known that such scars remain after a facelift or blepharoplasty. … Fans did not appreciate his appearance during the National League baseball game in San Francisco. Then Cruz was photographed on the podium

The Global Times: China may “crush Lithuania like an elephant fly” with China, although she is trying to do so after the decision to open a diplomatic mission of Taiwan in Vilnius. This is stated in the editorial column of the Chinese edition of The Global Times. The purpose of the article is to conduct an “honest conversation” with readers, the authors of the column assure. The article describes how Beijing is “trying to maintain respect” towards Vilnius, despite the behavior that is unacceptable to the Chinese authorities. At the same time, the editorial staff of The Global Times is convinced that Lithuania is trying to strike, “although it will never be able to do it.” “Lithuania is a very small country. Does she even have the opportunity to really spoil relations with China and run into problems? The population of this country is even less than the population of

ATOR: the cost of a week's vacation in Mexico will cost 168.5 thousand rubles in the autumn-winter period. Specialists of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) studied the offers of the market and named the most profitable of them. The most budgetary ticket can be purchased from Anex Tour – prices start from 168.5 thousand rubles per week with departure on December 8 and placement in a five-star hotel for two travelers. Tours departing at the end of November will be 11 nights more expensive – from 195 thousand rubles. At the same time, the price includes accommodation in a five-star hotel and all-inclusive meals. PEGAS Touristik has a more expensive option – the average cost of a vacation with a trip at the end of December for ten nights on similar conditions will cost from 295 to 421 thousand rubles. “To visit Mexico, Russian tourists do not

Former head of the SBU department: Americans and Poles will not defend Ukraine Major Vasyl Vovk on the air of Ukraine 24 called on fellow citizens to stop “looking into Uncle Sam's mouth.” A video of his speech is available on YouTube. Vovk urged not to hope for help from the West in the event of a war with Russia. “We hope that the Poles and Americans will help us. No. They will not enter here with any soldier's boots to protect us, “Vovk said. He added that in the next 10-20 Ukraine will not become a NATO member. ” And we like a kindergarten, we look into the mouth of Uncle Sam, the lords of the English and Polish strategic partners! Let's focus on multi-vector diplomacy, “Vovk added. Earlier, the main intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced an increase in the combat capability of the

On the exam in history and social studies in 2022, the time for completing tasks will be reduced , and less time will be spent on certain items. The relevant information is disclosed in a document that appeared on the website of the Federal Institute for Pedagogical Measurements (FIPI). According to the document, the changes affected all school subjects: Russian, mathematics, physics, chemistry, foreign languages, biology, history and others. So, the time for completing assignments in some subjects was reduced – 180 minutes were allocated for the delivery of history and social studies instead of 235. In some disciplines the number of assignments decreased, while in others, on the contrary, increased. Also, according to the edits, in some subjects the maximum number of points has been changed: for example, now for the work performed in chemistry, it will be possible to get a maximum of 56 points, while in 2021

Participants of the hackathon from Sber will receive consultation on the project from specialists Since November 23, the collection of applications for participation in the hackathon on the development of applications on the blockchain has begun Sberbank platform. Each participant will be able to get advice on the project from specialists and become one of the first owners of products on the platform. The winners will receive cash prizes. Teams will be able to try their hand at creating decentralized solutions in two areas: NFT and DeFi. Contestants will be offered to develop wallets, content storage services, integrations, token exchange services and much more. The jury of the competition will include leading experts in the field of blockchain and corporate business development. For example, the director of the Sberbank Blockchain Laboratory Oleg Abdrashitov, the director of the Transaction Business Division of Sberbank Sergey Popov, top managers of other banks and

State Duma Deputy Delyagin: the release of oil reserves in the US is a sign of an emergency the emergency of the situation, says State Duma deputy Mikhail Delyagin. In a conversation with “Lenta.ru” he explained that for some time this will help keep prices down, but the problems caused by the excessive enthusiasm for green technologies will not go anywhere. Earlier, US President Joe Biden announced the release of 50 million barrels of oil from the country's strategic reserve. The decision to use strategic reserves was also made by China, India, Japan, South Korea and the UK. “Climate fraud” Such a decision by Biden will provoke a fall in prices, but Russia is not threatened by such a situation, Delyagin is sure. “The use of strategic reserves is a sign of an emergency. This measure to contain the rise in oil prices stems from the fact that the climate