Afraid to get out: in Primorye, the invasion of Amur tigers

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Afraid to get out: in Primorye, the invasion of Amur tigers Amur tigers out in the settlements of the Primorye territory in search of food. Amur tigers have begun to reach out to people in Primorye, appearing in the settlements. Local authorities urged residents to exercise caution and refuse to walk in the dark. Because of the sudden threat to close the children’s section. During the download an error has occurred. Primorsky Krai is undergoing an invasion of Amur tigers is listed in the Red book of predatory animals that live mostly in the foothills of the Sikhote-Alin mountains and in the forests along the banks of the rivers Amur and Ussuri. This February animals EN masse come to settlements that they wouldn’t normally do, and attack the livestock. Also tigers become the victims of dogs. Usually the visits of predators to humans due to the depletion of fodder in

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The Kursk official has threatened to blow up the hospital, to speed up the admission

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The Kursk official has threatened to blow up the hospital, to speed up the admission Department of the MIA of Russia in the Kursk region opened a criminal case about obviously untrue report on act of terrorism (part 2 of article 207 of the criminal code) against the employee of one of the municipal departments of city administration Shchigry Alexey Goncharov, threatening to blow up hospital. As explained in a press-service UMVD, the information about the threat was reported to the police on the morning of 11 February: “It has been checked and confirmed not found. The identity of the caller established, he was taken to the police. The suspect explained that he had made a false report being dissatisfied with the hospital”. The sanction of article provides till five years of imprisonment. According to preliminary data, the official threatened to blow up the hospital due to the fact that

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Matvienko asks to install an embargo on the export of wood from Russia

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Matvienko asks to install an embargo on the export of wood from Russia MOSCOW, 12 Feb — RIA Novosti. The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko has proposed to introduce a temporary embargo on the export of timber from Russia. “We just do not understand, will not take public action, maybe stop for some time, the timber for the border?” she said at the meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Matvienko asked the Prime Minister to instruct to check all the lease forest areas in the country “on the legality of their detention”. According to the speaker, almost the entire forest industry in Russia is in the “informal sector”. As an example, she cited the felling under the guise of health protection. The head of the upper house of Parliament the reason for this situation considers the shortcomings in the legislation. Matvienko has proposed Medvedev to immediately draft a

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NATO plans to deploy new nuclear missiles in Europe

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NATO plans to deploy new nuclear missiles in Europe BRUSSELS, 12 Feb — RIA Novosti. NATO is discussing possible measures in the event of termination of the INF Treaty, but has no plans to deploy new nuclear land-based missiles in Europe, because he did not want a new arms race, said on Tuesday NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the eve scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday meeting of the defense Ministers of the Alliance countries. “At the meeting of defence Ministers we will discuss what steps NATO should take in order to adapt to the world with a large number of Russian missiles. And maintain an effective deterrence and defence. I’m not going to speculate on what are these steps,” he said at a press briefing. According to him, “all our steps will be coordinated, balanced and defensive, and we do not intend to stay in Europe, new nuclear land-based

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Matviyenko sees a threat in the excessive centralization of power in Russia

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Matviyenko sees a threat in the excessive centralization of power in Russia The Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko considers harmful attempts to control all the processes in the regions from the centre. In her opinion, it violates the principle of federalism established in the Constitution, and reduces the responsibility of local authorities. “Sometimes attempts of Moscow to regulate all aspects of activities of subjects of Federation, they are wrong, they are harmful from the point of view of interference in the competence of the actors, even the municipal authorities”, — said Mrs. Matvienko at a meeting with the leadership of the upper house of Parliament with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (quoted by “Interfax”). That excessive centralization is harmful for Russia, MS Matviyenko said. So, in November, speaking at the joint session of Council of chamber of Council of Federation and the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences,

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Two Chinese make a noise like 40 Japanese. Stereotypes about tourists from different countries

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Two Chinese make a noise like 40 Japanese. Stereotypes about tourists from different countries MOSCOW, 12 Feb — RIA Novosti, Irina Ovchinnikova. Tourists from Russia — loud and rude, the Europeans politely, Israeli citizens are greedy, Chinese are always noisy? Stereotypes about tourists from different countries is so ingrained that few people expose their doubts, but in vain. Noisy and defiant “It is believed that on holiday Russian behave loudly and they are always seen and heard, but aliens is a different matter, they usually cultural, know the etiquette, says Catherine Sursa, guide from Kaliningrad. — However, as practice shows, it is often the opposite: foreigners, especially Germans and poles, break out of the clear framework, the holidays are extremely loud and defiant”. Catherine adds that the Germans, arriving in Kaliningrad, often do not abide by the rules of the road that they should not have in his native country.

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Citizens want to unite for a common idea

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Citizens want to unite for a common idea But while the don’t trust each other. The majority of citizens (75%) say that “ready to unite with other people for joint action if their ideas and interests coincide”. This follows from the study group ZIRCON. At the same time, more than half of citizens (57%) believes that the country is “more disagreement and disunity”. A major unifying factors for the Russians “are family values, patriotism, and professional affiliation,” says the sociologist. According to a survey by the research group TSIRKON, more than half of Russian respondents (65%) thinks that “in relations with people should be careful.” 4% difficult to answer. Only 31% believed that “most can be trusted”. A third of respondents (30%) believes that the country in General, “cohesion and harmony”, the majority are inclined to believe that society is “more disagreement, disunity” (57%). 13% difficult to answer. The most

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Comet, nebula, meteor and Galaxy got on one photo

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Comet, nebula, meteor and Galaxy got on one photo Similar picture can be obtained only after 200 years. Published the starry sky, which both captured the comet Virtanen, a star cluster the Pleiades, the California nebula and a meteor flying. Unique frame made professional astrophotographer and researcher Miguel Claro of Lisbon. A Comet, Meteor, Nebula and the Pleiades Combine into One Epic Space Photo https://t.co/rSxxofmanm pic.twitter.com/7yhJu7KfTx — Igor Os (@igor_os777) 11 Feb 2019. The was received on 15 December, but only published now in the publishing Space. In December, the comet Virtanen maximum closer to Earth — at a distance of 11.5 million kilometers. Next time she will come close to our planet, not earlier than 200 years. The comet could be observed not only in the telescope but to the naked eye. The bluish cluster of young, hot stars close to the center of the image is the Pleiades.

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Director of the Russian school was punished for a lesson on “concepts”

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Director of the Russian school was punished for a lesson on “concepts” The court convicted the Director of the school in the village of Pervomayskaya of the Primorsky territory, where children were removed from lessons to three local residents told them “by the rules” about sex education. On Tuesday, February 12, reported on the website of the Prosecutor General. “The Director of the educational organization […] subjected by the court administrative fine in the amount of 30 thousand rubles,” — said the Prosecutor’s office, noting that it violated the right of children to education, as they were called to talk during lessons. In addition, the reprimand was received by the head of Department of education of administration of Mikhaylovsky of the area. It was found that conducting a “lecture” faces don’t have to do with the bodies of crime prevention, do not have special knowledge in this field, and therefore

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Caught on video by police suspended from convoy escorts Vladimir Governor

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Caught on video by police suspended from convoy escorts Vladimir Governor VLADIMIR, February 12. /TASS/. The management of UMVD across Vladimir region was removed by police from the escort car of the Governor of Vladimir Sipyagin after caught on video of the incident with dangerous behavior on the road and boorish attitude to other road users, according to the website of Ministry of internal Affairs. On the Internet record it is visible as a patrol car accompanying the Governor on a working trip to Vyazniki-honking, brakes sharply in front of other cars on the track wagging. After that, the driver of the police crew was allowed insults at passing next to the driver. News, a Controversial convoy of the Governor: the traffic police have threatened punishment “In fact published on 11 February a number of online resources videos featuring police chief UMVD of Russia across Vladimir region the General-the major

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