The height of the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday morning was increased by about four kilometers, RIA Novosti told the Smennaya attendant ZUP. "The operation, which began at 4:32 Moscow time, was regularly held. The station’s flight orbit was increased by about four kilometers," he said. The planned correction of the ISS orbit was carried out using the engines of the spacecraft “M-50 Progress” spacecraft to it.

The rivals of the Russian national team in the North American group of the approaching hockey cup of the world - the team of Canada and the USA - met on Thursday in the control game in Ottawa. Canadians won with a score of 3: 1 and took revenge for defeat with the same score two days ago. Venzan Lekavalier, Joe Sakik and Brad Richards were recorded at their own expense, and the Americans have a goal of prestige in Chris Drury.

The first death penalty in India in 13 years led to accidental death of at least two children who, out of curiosity, decided to "play" into hanging, CNN reports. Two weeks ago, 41-year-old Dhanande Shatterji, accused of raping and killing a schoolgirl, was executed after hanging after a 13-year stay in the suicide cell.

All ships that came to the British naval base "Devonport" to participate in the days of the naval forces, launched flags in connection with the day of mourning in Russia .

On the morning of Thursday, trains on the Kaluga-Riga line moved with an increased interval due to a traffic light malfunction on one of the distillations. According to Interfax, passengers are asked to use ground transport, and many follow this recommendation. Trains stand in tunnels for 5-10 minutes. A large number of passengers accumulate on the platforms. The department of the metropolitan subway Interfax reported that in the near future the problem would be eliminated.

A group of relatives of the brigade of flight attendants from the Altai branch of Siberia Airlines, who died in a plane crash in the Rostov region, flew on Thursday from Barnaul to Moscow, Siberia reports on its website . Until the very departure, relatives were under the supervision of medical specialists. In flight, they are also accompanied by a doctor, the report said.

Russian Andrei Moiseev won the Olympic tournament in modern pentathlon. The Silver Award was won by the Lithuanian athlete Andreyus Radneprovskis, and the bronze - Czech Libor of Kapalini. The program of modern pentathlon includes jumps, running, swimming, shooting and fencing. Moiseev did not start too well - after shooting from a quick -firing pistol, he took only the 19th position.

Vitaly Smirnov, vice president of the International Olympic Committee, believes that the Olympic Games are not a place for showdowns. The main task is the Olympic Committee of Russia and all national sport federations to do everything to ensure a good performance of athletes. According to ITAR-TASS, he stated this on Thursday at a press conference in the Olympic press center. “All showdowns should be later,” Smirnov believes.

European astronomers opened the Super Earth - the smallest of 125 well -known planets outside the solar system. This was reported in a special press release by the Southern European Observatory . The new planet, which has not yet received an official name, was found in the orbit of the Arae star, which, in its physical characteristics, is very reminiscent of the sun.

The head of the MFI Menatep Platon Lebedev for slander is ready to sue the first deputy prosecutor general Yuri Biryukov and Komsomolskaya Pravda, which published his interview . This was reported by RIA "Novosti" from the hall of the Meshchansky court of Moscow.

In the Chechen Republic, the law of masks on the streets of cities and other settlements is outlawed. As the acting Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya Ruslan Alkhanov said on Thursday, he signed an order that orders to “open fire to defeat against everyone who will appear in the formidable and other settlements in masks.” "Law enforcement officials have nothing to hide their persons if they act in accordance with the law," he said.

Vladimir Putin uses a timeout that took the West after the end of the expansion of NATO and the EU in order to build a functioning model of integration for the post-Soviet space. After the process of rapid reunification with Belarus was not successful during his first presidential term, at the beginning of the second term the Kremlin head is trying to integrate with Ukraine.

In the City Court of St. Petersburg, which is being considered the case of the murder of the State Duma deputy Galina Starovoitova , on Thursday the testimony of a member of the Council of Lyudmila Harusova was heard on Thursday. Initially, Harusova was not announced in the list of witnesses and did not go through the case file. However, according to her, knowing about the process, she turned to the prosecutor's office with a request to interrogate her.

The Spaniards Iker Martinez and Javier Fernandez won the Golden Olympic medal in sailing. In the overall standings of the “49th” class, representatives of Spain, following the results of sixteen races, were ahead of their closest pursuers of Ukrainians Rodion Luki and Georgy Leonchuk, who ultimately won silver. The British Chris Draiper and Simon Hiskoks laid the bronze medal in the piggy bank of their country. The Spaniards won two races, twice finished the second and one more time - the third.

The futures oil prices have sharply decreased following the results of trading on Wednesday. The barrel fell into 3.9%, the price of Brent oil in London approached 40 dollars per barrel, which has become the lowest level over the past three weeks. According to Reuters, on the ip barrel, the Brent mixture with delivery in October fell in price by $ 40.68 dollars. In New York, WTI oil fell by $ 1.74 to $ 43.47 per barrel.