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The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft and tourists from Japan launched to the ISS From the Baikonur cosmodrome The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and Japanese tourists Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano took off to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Soyuz-2.1a rocket, Roscosmos reports. The launch took place at 10:38 Moscow time. Docking of the spacecraft to the small research module “Poisk” of the Russian segment of the ISS is scheduled for 16:41 Moscow time. Japanese tourists must spend 12 days in space. Their return to Earth is scheduled for December 20. Soyuz MS-20 will also deliver about 162 kg of useful cargo to the ISS, including scientific materials, equipment, hygiene products and food. In December, RIA Novosti reported that the crew of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, which includes space tourists from Japan, was accompanied by the song “Grass at the House” by

Telegraph readers accused the White House of stupidity because of threats to disconnect Russia from SWIFT due to threats to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT international payment system. Subscribers shared this opinion on Twitter. Users commented on the Telegraph publication that US President Joe Biden warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about the possible introduction of a “nuclear option” of sanctions against Moscow. At the talks that took place the day before, on December 7, in a closed online conference, the American leader said that in the event of “Russian aggression” against Ukraine, Moscow could be completely isolated from the global payment system. “Nuclear is always a meaningful word that can be threatened by someone in international politics. I expected this kind of nonsense from the administration of [former US President Donald] Trump, not from the current one, ”wrote user Andrew Plummer. Other subscribers to the publication pointed out that“

Actress Liya Akhedzhakova stood up for foreign agents for the Star of Theatergoer award at the Star of the Theater-Goer Award. The artist's words are quoted by News.ru. The award ceremony took place at the Vakhtangov Theater on December 6. On it Akhedzhakova received an award in the category “Stage Legend.” Then the Investigative Committee began checking for possible insult to the veterans in the production after a complaint from the “Officers of Russia” organization. Akhedzhakova complained about certain groups of people who, according to her, portray themselves as “veterans” or “offended patriots” and try to “prevent theatrical performances.” “Some group of insulted patriots comes to the theater, not having watched the play, he demands to eradicate mistakes in it. They threaten that if the director and the artists do not do this, they will bring the person into the auditorium. And this person from the bottle he brought with

Kosachev said that the US accusations about Putin's attempts to restore the USSR are speculation absurd speculations that are intentionally thrown into public space. This is how the vice-speaker of the Federation Council, Konstantin Kosachev, answered them, RIA Novosti writes. He noted that the United States has one task – to make the rival justify itself, while at the same time proving its innocence and innocence. The senator suggested that Russia should not fall for such simple traps, “especially when they are voiced not even by the second, but by third parties.” Earlier, Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said that Washington is afraid of the USSR Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the same time, she once again warned Russia against “invading Ukraine” and added that the confrontation with the Ukrainian army would cost “a lot of blood.” In June 2021, Vladimir Putin found similar problems in the United States

The Polish police reported finding the body of an illegal migrant at the border with Belarus The body of a dead illegal migrant was found at the border of Belarus and Poland. Presumably, he came from Nigeria, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the police of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. The body of a man was found in a forest near Olkhovka, Narevsky district, about nine kilometers from the border of Belarus. He had a backpack and a Nigerian passport with him. The possible cause of the death has not yet been named, the body has already been transferred to forensic experts who will find out. Since the beginning of 2021, nine bodies of illegal immigrants have been found on Polish territory. The border guards also recorded about 40 thousand attempts to illegally cross the border. This is ten times more than in 2020. The Polish authorities and representatives of other

In the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region, the body of a conscript was found The body of a soldier who served in the Taman division was found … This is reported by REN TV. According to the channel, the 19-year-old conscript is a native of Cherkessk. The circumstances of his death are being established. Earlier it became known that the cases of the death of two conscripts in the military unit were classified in the Sverdlovsk region. In two days in the closed-type settlement (ZATO) Svobodny, where the 42nd Missile Division is stationed, two soldiers died at once. The military prosecutor's office conducted an investigation and said that it had identified cases of hazing, but not in the units where the conscripts had died.