TOP news March 18

Vladimir Putin for the commissioning ceremony of Balaklava and Tauride TPP / Kremlin.ru

Digest "Polit.ru" is a brief selection of the ten most noticeable news of the outgoing day. Today, large -scale military exercises with NATO began in Georgia, the FAS announced numerous violations in the Universiade procurement, and NASA reported a meteorite exploded above the Kamchatka.

In Georgia, large -scale military exercises with NATO began

NATO exercises in Georgia / Flickr.com

The exercises will be held on the territory of a joint training and evaluative center (JTEC). During the exercises, the country plans to visit NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The event will be attended by more than 343 military personnel from 24 countries, as well as representatives of international humanitarian organizations.

The US Ministry of Transport is suspected by Boeing of concealing information

The investigation was launched after the catastrophe of this type of Indonesian airline Lion Air in October 2018. Experts believe that Boeing could hide information about potential risks from the pilots associated with the use of a new automated system installed on aircraft and Max 9.

Egypt bought from Russia several dozen Russian Su-35

Su-35 / Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The agreement between the countries entered into force at the end of 2018, the supply itself will begin in 2020–2021. The cost of the contract is not specified.

Putin launched thermal power plants in Crimea

Balaklava (Sevastopol) and Tauride (Simferopol) thermal power plants with a total capacity of 940 MW was originally planned to be introduced in 2017. The launch was postponed due to sanctions. The first power units of both TPPs were launched in October 2018.

Ex-director of the camp "Syamozero" sentenced to 9.5 years in colony

Director of the Syamozero Park Hotel Elena Reshetova / rk.karelia.ru

In total, six people were accused in the case. The trial of the remaining court acquitted, considering the guilt unproven. On June 18, 2016, a group of 51 tourists who consisted for the most part of the 12-13-year-old pupils of the children's camp in the “Park-Hotel” Syamozero, who went on a trip, entered the storm. The victims of the elements were 14 children.

FAS announced numerous violations in the procurement of the Universiade

The main violations relate to the preparation of documentation for a particular customer and unreasonable deviations of applications. Purchases for the Universiade were not regulated by special federal legislation, as it was in preparation for the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 and the Summer Universiade in Kazan in 2013.

In Russia, 2% will index social pensions

A pensioner with a magnifying glass / pixabay.com social pensions are paid to disabled citizens who, for some reason, do not have the right to an insurance pension. Payments are assigned for disability, loss of the breadwinner, as well as for old age, in the event that a person who has reached retirement age does not have the necessary work experience.

FSB came to the chain of stores "Red caviar"

Sit shops "Red caviar" / borisik.ru

Events were held both in the Moscow offices of the company and in warehouses, as well as in some organizations in the Primorsky Territory and on Sakhalin related to the company. The departments have questions both in paying taxes and on the possible participation in dubious financial transactions.

In Moscow, they said goodbye to Igor Malashenko

Igor Malashenko's funeral / YouTube.com

The political strategist and former media manager Igor Malashenko died on February 25. The civilian memorial service took place in the ritual hall in the Troekurovsky cemetery. After the farewell ceremony, which lasted about 40 minutes, the funeral passed.

NASA reported a meteorite exploded above the Kamchatka

Flash of a meteorite / YouTube.com

The power of the explosion was 10 times higher than the explosion of the atomic bomb, which was dropped on Hiroshima. At the same time, in its power it is inferior to the explosion of the meteorite, which occurred in 2013 over Chelyabinsk.