A single day of voting — 2017: Tomsk region

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In the fight for the Governor’s office in Tomsk region are involved four people © Pavel Smertin/TASS In February 2017 the current Governor of Tomsk region Sergey Zhvachkin wrote a statement on early resignation and was appointed acting. As a candidate of “United Russia” he will compete for the post of the head region with three candidates. Pass the municipal filter has been the representatives of the three parliamentary parties. Regional Deputy Natalia Baryshnikova nominated by the Communist party, engaged in party work. Regional Deputy Alexander Rostovtsev, put forward “Fair Russia” more than 20 years headed the Department of traumatology and orthopedics at the medical center of the city of Seversk. LDPR has put forward a 34-year-old Chairman of the Duma Committee on Federal structure and local self-government Alexei Didenko. Gubernatorial elections will be held in the region for the first time in 14 years. Oil and innovation The native

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Merkel is a thousand times accused of treason

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Angela Merkel From September 2015 against German Chancellor Angela Merkel was filed thousands of cases with charges of treason. On Wednesday, August 30, the newspaper Mannheimer Morgen. Prosecutors in Karlsruhe were forced each time to refuse to initiate criminal cases. “It became clear that the charges against the Chancellor were not baseless,” — said the press Secretary of the Prosecutor Frauke Kehl. The majority of complaints were received from members of the far-right party “Alternative for Germany”. They, in particular, was dissatisfied with the decision of Merkel to accept refugees from the Middle East and North Africa. Version of the far right, this decision threatened the internal security of the country. On August 26 the Chancellor refused to consider his decision wrong. “All the most important decisions in 2015 I would take again,” she said and stressed that Germany, being in a very difficult situation, has accepted refugees for humanitarian

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In the Federation Council commented on the intention of Ukraine to officially declare Russia an “aggressor country”

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Photo: RIA Novosti The first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Vladimir Jabbarov in an interview with RT, called the possible declaring Russia “aggressor country” another attempt of Ukraine to push the country and the Western world. “Ukraine is again trying to shift responsibility from blame on others. Ukraine is not fulfilling the Minsk agreements and it’s clear that it (the execution of the agreements. — RT) stalled through the fault of Kiev. Whether they prescribe it or not prescribe — for our country, nothing will change. We are not participants in the conflict in Ukraine, and to prove it is tired. This is another attempt to push Russia and the Western world using their problems in the South-East of the country”, — said the Senator. He noted that in the case of adoption by Ukraine of the norms of Russia as “aggressor state” relations between

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Russian paint a house without doors. The artist has studied how people from different countries portray the same subjects

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Russian paint a house without doors. The artist has studied how people from different countries portray the same subjects In November 2016, Google launched browser game of Quick Draw! — the user was asked to draw a certain object, and a neural network were to guess what it is. Thanks to the game Google has collected millions of images that can be analyzed. Artist Kyle McDonald of Los Angeles smashed the picture across countries and found out how typologically different drawings made by residents of different regions. Artist Kyle McDonald’s and Google employee Ian Johnson studied data from Quick Draw!, imposing on each other drawings of the same items across countries. And found chairs in the United States and Taiwan draw in different ways. looking at https://t.co/EEjtNwlgXY w @enjalot earlier this year, we made a surprising discovery: the US & taiwan draw chairs differently! pic.twitter.com/rzzlfdnlnx — Kyle McDonald (@kcimc) 28

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Smooth-coated otters taught each other to open the containers of food

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Smooth-coated otters taught each other to open the containers of food Smooth-coated otters focus on the behavior of each other in the solution of new tasks to them. To such conclusion the British scientists who watched as otters open containers of food. The researchers found that the use of social learning strategies otters affected by the closeness of the ties within the group. The article was published in the journal Open Science. For adaptation in the environment animals can use information obtained through their own experience, and can adapt their behavior from watching other dogs (social learning theory). It is believed that such adaptation behavior is used by all kinds of animals living in close social groups. However, such studies are often conducted on the example of the behavior of fish, birds and primates. Now there is evidence that the representatives of the weasel family also used the strategy of

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The HRC at a special meeting discussed the problem of waste disposal

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The HRC at a special meeting discussed the problem of waste disposal The Council under RF President on development of civil society and human rights Council (HRC) held a special meeting devoted to ensuring the rights of citizens to health protection and favourable environment for the handling of household waste, reports on Wednesday, the correspondent RAPSI from the building of the presidential Administration. MOSCOW, August 30 — RAPSI. After the event, the representative of the HRC announced the collection of proposals for the preparation of recommendations to the President. Important task is to ensure that the views of the public and experts in making specific decisions about the construction of plants for processing of garbage. In the HRC, we believe that in the long term it is necessary to take all measures to build a civilized system for dealing with waste in Russia. At the meeting a presentation was made

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On suburban roads will increase the number of complexes of fotovideofiksatsiey

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On suburban roads before the end of the year will employ more than 1.4 thousand complexes of fotovideofiksatsiey, Deputy Minister of transport and road infrastructure of the Moscow region Igor Korolev. His words are on the website of the regional government on Wednesday, August 30. “Extra complexes, and thus increasing the number of fixation speed on the roads near Moscow, allows to discipline the drivers. In the place of installation of the complexes reduces the number of accidents with serious consequences of 25-30 percent,” — said Korolev. Just before the end of the year on the roads of Moscow region will work 1237 200 stationary and mobile complexes, the Minister said. According to him, the mobile station allows you to record speed violations on different road sections due to the movement of the complex. In September 2014 on suburban routes, new system of video fixing “Avtodoriya”. Cameras record not a

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The suburbs named a leader in the development of social infrastructure

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The authorities of the Moscow region demonstrate an effective approach to social infrastructure development, said Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets. Her words given in the press release received by the editors”.ru” on Wednesday, August 30. “Today, the suburbs is the absolute leader in the development of social infrastructure. This year in Moscow will be introduced 17 new schools. This amount of schools does not impose any one subject of the Russian Federation”, — said Golodets at the opening of the regional center of motherhood and childhood in Naro-Fominsk. Attending the event, the head of the region Andrei Vorobyov said that only the current and next month for rent five perinatal centers. “We have learned now to build great schools, bright polyclinics and perinatal centers. It is important to fill their staff and teachers, and doctors,” he said. Perinatal center in Naro-Fominsk built as part of the Governor’s program “public Health

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The Russian Ambassador to the US spoke about the upcoming mission

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Anatoly Antonov New Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov sees its task is to improve relations between the two countries and to convey to Americans that we must not quarrel, but to interact on a partnership basis to our mutual benefit. He said this to “Kommersant”. “I will work quietly, professionally, openly, trying together with his colleagues in Moscow and Washington to stabilize and then to improve Russian-American relations,” he said, adding that it is important to ensure that communication between the two countries were equal, pragmatic and mutually respectful and mutually beneficial. “I will strive to convey to the Americans that we are not enemies, but should be partners for the benefit of the interests of Russia and the USA”, — said the Ambassador. According to Antonov, he goes to Washington with a working attitude. The main task of Ambassador, he called the maintenance and protection of the

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The OSCE appealed to the foreign Ministry of Ukraine due to the expulsion of the Russian journalist

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The OSCE appealed to the foreign Ministry of Ukraine due to the expulsion of the Russian journalist The practice of expulsion of foreign journalists from the Ukraine is an alarming fact and needs to be stopped. This is stated in the letter of the OSCE representative on freedom of the media of ARIMA of Desir to the foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin, excerpts of which are published on the website of the organization. The OSCE statement noted the fact of expulsion of Kiev of the journalist “the First channel” Anna Kurbatova, which, as it became known yesterday, will not be allowed re-entry to Ukraine. “Expulsion of journalists and ban their entry to Ukraine is disturbing and unnecessary measures, especially because these steps are opaque and cannot be challenged,” reads the letter of the OSCE representative to Klimkin. Desir reminded the foreign Minister that the OSCE members have committed themselves

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