Roscosmos plans to build a permanent base on the Moon

According to the head of Roscosmos Anatolia Perminova, the first Russian space tourist travel to the ISS in 2009. Who is this not a tourist Perminov said.

Remember that today Roskosmos sent to the ISS already five commercial tourists, who spent 10 days in orbit, for which he paid 20 to 25 million dollars.

According to Perminova, with a potential of Russian tourists so far is not complete.

"All that I can say is that this is a serious, respected businessman. Moreover, young, "Perminov said.

Recall that last Roskosmos sent into space American tourist Charles Simonyi.

Today, we know only that the Russians paid flight asked Sergei Polonsky, head of the construction firm Mirax Group, and Eugene Ischenko, a former mayor of Volgograd. But none of them agreed to pay 20 million dollars for the flight.

According to Erik Anderson, executive director of the company Space Adventures, a commercial parties involved in issues relating to flights to the ISS on Russian spacecraft, the cost of "ticket" to the ISS in the near future will be substantially increased.

Until now commercial flight to the ISS with a Russian crew cost 20 to 25 million U.S., but by the end of this year the value of the contracts will rise to 30 million dollars, in the 2008-2009 year, the ticket cost is 40 million dollars.

Anderson said that the main reason for increases in the cost of the flight is the depreciation of the dollar. For example, when the contracts were first commercial flights in 2002 for $ 1 given 32 years, and is now working with the dollar below the mark of 25.5 rubles.

In addition, negotiations are under way with potential lunar tourists, but the moon flight already cost 100 million dollars. Flights to the Moon to do with the spacecraft Soyuz.

At a celebration in Moscow from the Crimea NATO friends come

At the invitation of the Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov to Moscow to participate in ceremonies commemorating the 860 th anniversary of the Russian capital comes five people, including the President of the Parliament and Chairman Anatoly Gritsenko Sovmina ARK Viktor Plakida. Apparently, these people Yuri considers best friends in Moscow and Russia, but that otherwise would not have them and inviting.

There can be a mistake, because Crimea is in the heart is more complex political processes in the Black Sea, and in particular in the context of Ukrainian-Russian relations, but also has an important place in the minds of many Russians. Therefore, appropriate to a certain facts related to the political positioning Party regions in the Crimea as a whole and invited to Moscow by representatives of the political forces and Gritsenko Plakidy in particular.

So, in 2006, Party of Regions has been in the Crimea strong support of voters and took control of virtually all the local authorities. The number of voters exceeds the majority of Ukrainian Crimea area, but because during the elections was of special interest to virtually all political forces in Ukraine. Already it is clear that the peninsula is the redistribution of votes between the so-called pro-Parti force regions, and the KPU - PSPU.

Following elections in 2006 "regionaly" in the box "For Yanukovych!" received the largest faction in the Supreme Soviet of Crimea - 44 seats out of 100 and, together with the blocks "Not so!" "People's Opposition", KPU and the party "Alliance", formed the majority. Crimea Parliament head of the Partido regions Anatoly Gritsenko. Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea became Viktor Plakida, Sinn formally, but is considered a personal protégé "blue and white" Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of Crimea.

According to the Crimean media Gritsenko travelled several times to agree to the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, who, according to the Constitution of Ukraine, says the head of the government of Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Before taking office, President of the Council of Ministers headed by DP Plakida NEK "Ukrenergo" and collaborated with the current Speaker of Parliament books on energy in 2001 - 2002, when he was head of the Lenin raygosadministratsii Crimea.

With an administrative resource, Party of Regions would fight for a repetition of last year's success. However, the situation has changed dramatically since "regionalov" to the real power. Along with the lack of evidence on the improvement of the lives of Arizona, voters now recall Crimean team Yanukovych populistic promises to provide Russian a second state language and behaviour management books during feodosiyskih developments and advances to the Crimean Tatars and providing honors fascists.

It is an example of evil Party Crimean regions particularly striking because Party won a vote of confidence solely by several pro-government slogans, including on the status of Russian language and NATO. But when it came to decisions, when you can actually recognize the Russian language, as has been done in some no more pro than Crimea region of Ukraine, Gritsenko Plakida and turned the issue into a legal broadcast and sent to Kiev. Meanwhile, the problem of language raises serious problems for the Tri-ranging from the lack of written in Russian annotations to drugs to court costs and Notaries, advertising and other things.

It turned out that the draft decree on vital to the Crimea language issue was only six : to give Russian the status of a regional language in the Crimea to hold a consultative referendum. But Crimea Parliament led Gritsenko adopted a so-called compromise ruling and sent it in Kiev. Rather than adopt the Russian language the status of autonomy, Gritsenko, and the company did knowingly provalnuyu combination, they suggested Kiev to change 15 laws of Ukraine.

In a package of changes in the Ukrainian law Crimea Parliament to the country's leadership to make an all-Ukrainian referendum on the issue of making Russian the second state language status. It was also proposed to establish a regional Russian language in the territories where it is the language of the majority. Crimean deputies also voted to appeal to the Cabinet of the need for NII development and operation of Russian language and the languages of national minorities in Ukraine.

Having such a document, Crimean regionaly shifted its promises to Kiev. ARK Parliament decided that made its utmost. About the response of President Yushchenko in the Crimean "initiative immediately called the then first deputy head Arseny Yatsenyuk. "The President has repeatedly stressed that it is all speculation," said in an interview Yatsenyuk agency "Interfax-Ukraine".

Meanwhile, Speaker of Crimea Anatoly Gritsenko cynically assured that 186 deputies from the Party of regions in the High pleased that the voters call control and vote for the status of Russian language will be. It Gritsenko aware that changes once in 15 laws is difficult, and if ever the case and came to the 15 th Amendment, the site of the first series grow new legal incidents.

In turn, people's deputy of Ukraine, the head of the Coordinating Council of Russian compatriots Leonid Grach insisted that the legal side is the law of Ukraine "On the Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, approving four articles of Russian language autonomy. "Many opponents of Russian language are trying to say that they were all" tsekovy and mekovy, allegedly, had to write the word "State". But this term in the Autonomous Republic could not be applied. In it, and autonomous. But to have a the autonomous status of a language can, "says a politician. - May and have read the law carefully. The question is that the constitutional status of the language need to be implemented and protected, and all of the autonomous republic. But the puppet leadership of the Supreme Council and the government in the Crimea able to do so when the stigma of the gun in all respects? Where neither polez, whether in the land case, whether criminal, does this go against the leadership of the Crimea of the same corrupt, which is a regime headed by Yushchenko? "said in Interviewed by KPU news Leonid Grach.

Moreover, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Viktor Plakida believes that the Crimean officials must know the state language, and I am confident that, over time, they learn it. This Viktor Plakida said at a press conference in Simferopol on September 12, 2006. "The official language should be mandatory for all who work in public office, and I think that if some of us are not very good knowledge of the language, we are correct, it is a matter of time," said Premier Crimea. Victor Plakida also assured Ukrainian journalists wishing to obtain information and documents of the Council of Ministers of Crimea in the national language, which was also "no problems".

The leader of the resistance in the Crimea, Leonid Grach, who made his great contribution to the fight against terrorism, but said that the Party of Regions joined the action only after when, in fact, the case was made. Leonid Grach asked to draw attention to the fact that the Party of Regions come only when Americans have gathered ado and decided samodeportirovatsya. "The Americans have taken this decision, as angry people, seeing that they block everywhere : in the port, and the military sanatorium. So, if history is a curious detail : the official leadership of Crimea, surrogates Party regions, the same President of the Supreme Council Anatoly Gritsenko, and the same Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea Viktor Plakida accompanied American group while officially brought to apologize. So back in June was clear : who is who. All of this for me a clear indication of the betrayal of their country, "he stressed, adding, что "если провести мониторинг прессы, радио и телевидения, то станет очевидно, что такие особи, как Гриценко, Плакида, Киселев и иже с ними, нигде и ни за что американцев публично не критикуют. Может, разве что, между собой критикуют, что allegedly, grants have less. And so for the cause to criticize, the one in the party should not criticize the Americans regions. Hence the answer to all questions about their antiNATOvskoy position, "said Grach.

Another sign of treachery interests of their voters from the Crimean "regionalov" media feel flirtation Anatoly Gritsenko and Victor Plakidy with Crimean Tatar Mejlis. While in the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea Faction Kurultay- Rukh "is formally opposed to the coalition government, leaders of Crimean Tatars have agreed with the local" regionalami "and even received several ministerial posts in the government.

It surely feels Majlis and materially. The total FY without problems contributed officials and businessmen Crimean Tatar descent, including President Bahchisarayskoy Uzgen Ilmi Umerov and director of energy company Sovremennik "Lennur Settarov, not to mention the generous Diaspora in Turkey and America. At early elections Crimean Tatars are going to go with the "Our Ukraine" a giant that is expected to strengthen the pro-presidential party on the peninsula.

But all this Crimean "regionalov not confused.

Only the authorities in Crimea Gritsenko and Plakidy prompted widespread and unpunished grips the land, then quickly validated local authorities, and only when authorities Gritsenko and Plakidy Crimean Tatars will be able to implement a long-standing dream of re-fascist collaborator Kyrymala remains in the Crimea. In the same power was the toughest battle Slavs with Crimean Tatars Bahchisarae. Widespread fighting between Crimean Tatars and traders in the market, which was attended by about 600 people, 300 from each side, happened on August 12 in Bahchisarae. Police filed criminal charges of fighting.

on August 13 last conciliation meeting on the situation in Bahchisarae with Chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea Anatoly Gritsenko and music Prime Minister Viktor Plakidy and Deputy Chairman of Mejlis of Crimean Tatar people, deputy Rada Refat Chubarova. As a result, the market lost Slavic Crimean Tatars, and the restoration of Muslim shrines here and there, and riots broke out, no longer remembers. But the ancient Orthodox church in Golubinke was given Crimean Tatar community, as explained to the first person of autonomy "for the sake of peace on the peninsula."

Regarding land acquisition, the head of government Viktor Plakida music by the selective application of the law on criminal responsibility for the seizure of land. In his view, the law should not apply to the so-called "clearings protest, seized in the vicinity of Simferopol thousand hectares.

According to Plakida, on the Crimean Tatars, continuing to build homes in the occupied areas, "must be addressed at the negotiating table." So he told the Black Sea and television agency, "New Region", which drew attention to the fact that the earlier Crimean authorities decided to include land illegally occupied by Crimean Tatar invaders in the border areas. Then it was on land Simferopolskogo, Alushtinskogo, Sudakskogo, Yalta regions and the city of Simferopol.

According to the Republican Committee for Land Resources, the number of land allocated for the construction of private housing Crimean Tatars, already exceeding real need. According to the committee, to 244 thousand Crimean Tatars require 61,000 stations at the same time, the returnees have received 76,000 holdings.

While authorities have made concessions samozahvatchikam and constantly offer new options for building lots, Crimean Tatars do not even want to live in towns and already serviced telling carry home from the townships Bahchisarayskogo area for foreign lands in the suburbs of Simferopol.

More than 19,000 from 382 sites available to individuals under the individual's name, not used. Of the land Crimean Tatars in Greater Yalta 461 not developed land in Alushta - 707, in Sudak - 545 and-916 of Feodosia. The total number of niche plots, which were provided by the individual construction in 2006 was 18000 869. Of these, half a Crimean Tatars and milliarderu- "regionalu"?

A May 18, 2007, all the media autonomy on the issue of deportation, said the behavior that day Gritsenko and Plakidy. For example, the newspaper "Crimean Time" (No. 54, 19 May) described in detail the central Crimean Tatar rally held that day in Simferopol, titled "Crimean Tatars" worshiped "fascist structures and demanded the release from prison of criminals." She said that the central compositions rally was a blue shield with the inscription "news" and portraits of five heroes of the Crimean Tatar people, headed by Kurtseitom Abdullayev. The men were sentenced to prison terms for the slaughter, massacre them in a bar "Cotton" in Simferopol. " Other mixed : "restoration of the peninsula Crimean Tatar national autonomy, giving Crimean Tatars land, etc. The resolution also wrote that" the executive branch and local government system Crimea oppose any initiative aimed at ensuring the rights of the Crimean Tatar people " There newspaper is incredulous : "Why then came to the rally leaders of autonomy-Speaker Supreme Soviet of Crimea Anatoly Gritsenko and Prime Minister Viktor Plakida? ...

And we understand! It is after this meeting, despite the protests of the Crimean public, Bahchisarae were buried Edige Kyrymala (Shinkevicha) delivered by plane from Germany. Kyrymal was the only Third Reich government spokesman Crimean Tatars.

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Russia Sold Toilet To US For $19 Million

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- NASA has agreed to pay $19 million for a Russian-built toilet system for the international space station.

NASA said it would cost even more to build its own system, plus astronauts already use a similar one at the space station.The space station toilet physically resembles those used on Earth, except it has leg restraints and thigh bars to keep astronauts and cosmonauts in place.

Fans suck waste into the commode.Crew members also have individual urine funnels which are attached to hoses, and the urine is deposited into a wastewater tank.The new system will be able to transfer urine to a device that can produce drinking water.

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Berezovsky called investigators, which his interrogators participated in the murder of

When questioned by investigators Russian Prosecutor in the case Litvinenko, Boris Berezovsky accused of the murder of a former employee of Russian Federal President Vladimir Putin and businessman Andrei Meadow, and his interrogator investigator called accessory to the crime.
According to Berezovsky, speaking on the airwaves of "Radio Echo of Moscow" , "I have arguments why Putin ordered this crime, why nature has been executed; The facts, rather than talk on the topic. " "I gave these arguments investigator saying, and said that it is also an accessory to the crime and has also arguments," said Berezovsky.
Questioning was within four hours of them three and a half hours, we were talking about my business and my business friends and partners ", he said. "I consider this as an attempt to hide the real culprits, Putin and Meadow, and all those who participated in this crime." "I gave him (the investigator) correspondence with the military prosecutor's office in Russia in 1998 and correspondence Litvinenko, when he received the command to kill me. These documents are attached to the case investigation of the murder of Litvinenko, "said the businessman.
Berezovsky noted that sees him as a "farce" because the substance of the issues raised only last : "I was asked what accounts for a Litvinenko in which business and with whom he has dealt, and most importantly, who inherited all of this is."
Berezovsky said that the original film, which is inscribed questioning is Skotland-arde, and a copy of it : "I wrote him that the media in Russia did not distort the information about the interrogation," explained businessman. "My position is : I will meet with the investigators because want to help in the investigation Skotland-ardu. I do not believe in a parallel investigation of the Russian saying, because it is driven by such considerations in order to hide the real culprits, allow trace of the real criminals, "said Berezovsky.

Why rush Iran war?

A sustainable impression that in the past 12 to 13 months, Iran is pushing escalation of military tension around its nuclear programme. No evidence enough. This marked more rhetoric Iranian political and military elite when it comes to Iran's nuclear program. This continued demonstration of the "enemies of Iran" military power in the same context. This demonstrative refusal of the IAEA and the UN Security Council to return to the negotiating table to solve the problem. This seizure Iranian Navy sailors British eve of the adoption of the UN Security Council's last resolution on Iran, which tightened sanctions.
According to many experts, following the election in the summer of 2005 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad President Tehran explicitly stated its claim to the role of regional leader. To do so, recall a statement Ahmadinejad, made more than a year ago, with the requirement for the international community to recognize Iran "regional superpower." Positioning his country in that capacity, Tehran made a bet primarily on the acquisition of nuclear technology, as well as the rigid rhetoric of hatred at winning sympathy "Arab street" to the Middle East.
Tehran also did not hide their intentions with a view to, if not displace the United States permanently from the region, at least, reduce their credibility in the eyes of the same "Arab Street". In Tehran, were confident that the United States is deeply mired in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now they are no longer up to Iran. This was the perfect situation to show finally the "big Satan USA" pathetic "paper tiger".
But apparently in Tehran clearly overestimated their potential. Israel and the FTAA Iran policy in the Middle East has received unconditional support from the "Arab street", which is expected in Tehran. Yes, and the United States suddenly announced a "new strategy" in the region, which they have already enough is enough "interventions" Iran in the internal affairs of its neighbours. In Tehran can not but realize that the infamous Iranian nuclear dossier could serve as a very important opportunity for the realization of the primary objective of the "new" dollars. But he said Washington as a valid argument already creating in the Persian Gulf 4-5 carrier strike group. Tehran vporu seek ways away, but how to do it in order not to spoil the image of a "regional power"?
The Islamic Republic of Iran, of course, has every reason to become a regional power, and the world would only be so if it had not followed the neighbours sick sore. The Iran certainly have every right to develop peaceful nuclear power, which no one thinks encroach. But Iran is exploiting the NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons) insist on the idea of presumption of innocence. Tehran deliberately omits that the NPT is a presumption, but the other way around. NPT, in the opinion of experts, as provided for a presumption of "inevitability of a nuclear weapons when all of its parts" from the simple truth : man is weak, and the temptation is great. The world is not convinced that Iran stand the temptation of developing their own nuclear weapons, if not in a position to clearly explain the IAEA should develop its nuclear technology.
Iran is directly political action. These many experts attributed the recent seizure by Iranian Navy 15 British seafarers. This action was carried out on the usual, in such cases, a standard pattern when one of the parties (in this case, the Iranian) uses podvernuvshisa reason to be at increased.
This time move apparently failed. The UN Security Council challenge to Iran adopted for the first time and voted unanimously on the Iranian resolution on the tightening of the sanctions. Perhaps Tehran is worth reflecting, but should be further provoke war?

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Bush : defeated in Iraq, the United States would "moral vocation in the world"

United States can not afford to let its defeat in Iraq, and "the imposition of" Congress date of the United States Army from the country would lead to "disastrous consequences" for the United States, said George Bush. "If we do not let all their determination to defeat evil in Iraq, the United States would lose its moral vocation in the world," said President Bush on Wednesday, speaking in Washington. The head of the White House strongly criticized the Democrats for the Congress a bill for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq in March 2008. "The imposition of such a specific and a randomly selected date of the withdrawal would be catastrophic," said President of the United States. He said that the premature departure of American soldiers, Iraq could become a haven for terrorists, who would then be able to launch an attack against the United States. "If we leave before completing the case, the enemy of us come here," said Bush.

Bagapsh invited Russia to deploy in Abkhazia radar

Abkhazia invites Russia to host radar installation. This was stated at a press conference in Moscow head of the unrecognized republic of Abkhazia, Sergei Bagapsh, explaining that such a measure could be retaliatory step on Tbilisi plans for the deployment of an American aircraft in its territory.
"Georgia is a state of hostility towards us, in fact, a country that has been preparing to go to war with Abkhazia. And of the United States radar station on the territory of Georgia will be directed against Abkhazia. Therefore, we have offered to make Russia a similar station in Sukhumi, "he said. Bagapsh emphasized that the station is already in place, and there needs only to restore. "
"If someone does not comply with Istanbul agreement and its promises to disarm and the ABM Treaty, why should Russia do not do this," said Bagapsh.

Russian prisoner in Guantanamo might be sent home

The Russian side checks the information of the decision to transfer the sole prisoner citizen Ravil Mingazov from prison for prisoners of war at the United States base at Guantanamo Bay back to Russia. The RIA Novosti reported Adviser to the Minister of Defence of Russia, chairman of the interdepartmental commission for the Russian prisoners of war, internees and missing Vladimir Shamanov, who has been on mission in the United States.
"The issue in a commission on prisoners of war, internees and missing today is not compromised because the information is unsubstantiated, and the commission is a tool of intergovernmental relations. Thus, the Commission does not yet have the right papers, even though we informed (of the decision) and the litmus test (information), "said Major.
Like other prisoners of war, Ravil Mingazov was at Guantanamo in the fall of 2001 at the time of the U.S. military operations in Afghanistan against the Taliban regime. Total detained while eight Russians, Rasul Kudayev and Ruslan Odijewa of Kabardino-Balkaria, Shamil Hajiev and Ravil Gumarov from Bashkortostan, Ravil Mingazov and Airata Gumarov of Tatarstan, Timur Ishmuradov from the Tyumen region and Rustam Akmerov from Chelyabinsk.
In early 2002, representatives of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office confirmed the nationality of the detainees and sent American authorities requests for their extradition. After a long try, in the end, seven U.S. prisoners deported to their homeland on Feb. 28, 2004.

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Georgia promises to protect their citizens civilized manner

Georgia will do everything to protect the rights of its citizens, said on Tuesday journalists Foreign Minister of Georgia Gela Bezhuashvili before government meetings. "We appealed to the international organizations and said that Georgia chooses the legal way. If other countries to protect the rights of its citizens by military means, we have the rights of its citizens protected civilized legal means, "Bezhuashvili said.
The Ministry of Justice of Georgia on March 26 made public suit in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg against the Russian Federation. "The applications on the thousands of grave violations of human rights of Georgian citizens and ethnic Georgians in the deportation from Russia," said an official statement issued by the Ministry.
According to unofficial data in the file from the Georgian side of the testimony deported citizens, copies of documents that indicate the legality of their stay in the territory of the Russian Federation. In addition, there is testimony to the deportees, which indicate the inhumane treatment of detainees Georgians isolators Moscow police. Public Prosecution has photographs and evidence from the Georgians who had been denied medical treatment in the Moscow trial. In connection with the application of Georgia in the European Court of Human Rights Bohashvili Vissarion on Tuesday make a formal statement.

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South Korean scientists announced that they had successfully cloned two wolves

South Korean scientists in 2005 successfully cloning two wolves endangered species, says on Monday the French media. Animals born in October 2005, but the team of scientists National University of Seoul, under the leadership of Lee and Byung-chun Shin Nam-shik announced only on Monday.
"This is the first in the world cloning wolf, but we have so far no report of our work," said Shin Nam-shik. "Animals are healthy and growing well," he added.
The results of their research will be published in the March issue of the international journal "Clonage et cellules soushes." The scientists National University of Seoul is the first in the world cloning dogs, in August 2005. But their achievements have been called into question because of counterfeiting of their leader, Professor Hwang Woo-suk results of cloning human embryonic stem cells.
Dr. Hwang Woo-suk was deprived of all university and academic titles and degrees after he was found guilty of forgery two sensational reports. In 2004, the scientist said that the line derived stem cells from human embryos derived from cloning.
Then, in 2005, the journal Science published an article that reported on the development of 11 colonies on the basis of stem cells of donors and the genotype identical donor. Later, an examination confirmed the authenticity of the cloning of a dog team.

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