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Kommersant: Bastrykin appointed Colonel Korpusov, the Acting Chief of the Main Military Directorate of the Main Military Directorate of the Northern Fleet became Colonel Konstantin Korpusov, who headed the Northern Fleet Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR). Kommersant learned about the candidate for the post. According to the newspaper, the decision on this appointment was made personally by the chairman of the TFR, Alexander Bastrykin. It is Korpusov who may soon be approved in the new post by presidential decree. He is known for the fact that his unit was investigating the emergency with the nuclear submarine manned vehicle AS-31 “Losharik”. It burned down in July 2019 during underwater work in the Barents Sea, killing 14 sailors. Prior to his appointment as head of the ICR Northern Fleet Directorate, Korpusov was deputy head of the ICR Investigation Directorate for the Western Military District, which is located in St.

Deputy Razorotnev: Poor citizens with debts for housing and communal services can be involved in snow removal conversation with the TV channel “360” proposed to involve Russians who owe money for housing and communal services (HCS) to snow removal. According to the deputy, when the resources of communal services are not enough, ordinary citizens can be involved in snow-clearing work – in particular, those who have debts for housing and communal services. As Razvorotneva noted, among such people there are not only forgetful people, but also “really poor”. “There were cases in Moscow when they were offered to work as janitors on account of their debts. It seems to me that if we put the idea on a mass basis, it could well work, “the deputy emphasized. Housing and utilities expert, creator of the Dom-i-Dvor.rf project Pavel Stepura, in turn, said, that students or temporarily unemployed people may also be

Proofpoint: Hackers are increasingly hacking into PCs of text documents Hackers have begun to infiltrate victims' computers more often using infected RTF files. This was reported in a report by the cybersecurity company Proofpoint. In their study, experts noted the increasing incidence of hacking of PCs using RTF text documents. Such files are updated in such a way that after reading them, a specific url link is opened. After that, attackers can install malware on the victim's computer without attracting attention. The description of this hacking method says that it is most often used when attacking corporate users and various enterprises. This is due to the fact that company employees often exchange text documents on their work. Also, antiviruses usually ignore the infected RTF file. “This is not a complicated method – it is simple and reliable to use,” the authors of the report noted. Experts suspect hackers in the

A chicken strip of the form of a character from the game Among US appeared on sale in VKontakte Announcements sale of unusual shaped chicken strips prepared in the KFC fast food chain. The corresponding announcement appeared on the VKontakte Announcements portal. Seller Gregory Bereslavsky posted a photo of the product, the outlines of which resemble a character from the computer game Among US. According to Bereslavsky, the cost of goods will increase depending on the offers of buyers due to high demand. “Previously, McDonald's nuggets were sold on eBay for 7.3 million,” he recalled. According to the author of the ad, the owner of a strip of unique shape will be able to easily make money by reselling it. “Or you can keep it for yourself and go down in history!” – concluded the seller. In December 2019, a resident of St. Petersburg posted on the Avito platform an

Forgetful lottery player doubled his winnings by mistake and got 57 million rubles ticket and got rich by hitting the double jackpot. This was reported by the UPI news agency. 49-year-old Scottie Thomas from Fayetteville was going to participate in the lottery. The man admitted that he was lying and watching basketball on TV when the thought occurred to him that he had not had time to buy the required ticket. Then he bought it online and filled it out. The next morning, his son noticed that Thomas bought two tickets, and ended up spending four dollars (295 rubles) on goods. The player's forgetfulness doubled his winnings: each ticket brought him a prize in the form of lifetime payments of 25 thousand dollars (1.8 million rubles) per year. The man chose to take both prizes as a lump sum. In total, after paying taxes, he received 780 thousand dollars (57.8