In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the first flight of the second prototype of the promising aviation complex of front-line aviation (PAK FA), known as a fifth-generation fighter, took place. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the defense-industrial complex. "The flight lasted 57 minutes. The Honored Power Piegor Sergei Bogdan was piloted by the fighter. All tasks scheduled for the first flight were successfully solved," the agency’s interlocutor said.

The Czech automaker Skoda, controlled by Volkssswagen AG, presented his new logo in Geneva. The logo after “rebranding” looks simpler: the emblem has become larger, the words “skoda, auto” were removed from it and added blue, Auto Evolution reports. Together with the new Schildik in Switzerland, the premiere of the Vision D concept car, which gives an idea of ​​the direction of design, in which cars of the Czech brand in the future will develop.

On Thursday, the Moscow City Court sentenced the participants to the next daring and cruel gang of neo-Nazis, who committed serial murders of foreigners, as well as arranged terrorist attacks in the markets, burned service cars of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and tried to burn foreign girls alive . Anton Vasiliev, a 23-year-old participant in the Autonomous Slavic Resistance, was found guilty of attempts on the lives of several people and committing a series of explosions in Moscow.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill called for modernizing Russia with reliance on moral principles and historical experience. "True modernization is always based on moral principles ... Modernization without moral measurement turns into unbridled pursuit of worldly benefits and pleasures, soulless technocracy gives rise to mutilated relations between people," the patriarch said at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the abolition of serfdom in Russia.

The Russian government denied reports of the suspension of Russian-French negotiations dedicated to the purchase of the French helicopter carriers of Mistral. The press secretary of the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Peskov told the Echo of Moscow radio stations that information on blocking negotiations is not true. According to Peskov, during the negotiations, certain “working moments” really arise, but this is quite natural for such a large -scale project.

The "System-Clats" has acquired 100% of the shares of OJSC "Hotel" Beijing "from VAO Intourist, the company said. The company will deal with the Peking reconstruction project, as a result of which a 3-star hotel should become 5-star. According to the source of the Interfax agency, close to the negotiation process, the transaction amount amounted to about $ 60 million.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Thursday again went down to the subway. The mayor examined the tunnel under construction at the Sretensky Boulevard station, which would allow passengers to immediately go to the city, and then moved to Turgenevskaya and, together with ordinary passengers of the subway, drove to the "Mira Avenue". Passengers who were on this train, seeing and recognizing the mayor, immediately took out mobile phones and began to shoot Sobyanin.

On Wednesday, the City Court of Kolrin in the county of Londonderry issued an accusatory verdict of a 48-year-old Sunday school teacher Hazel Stuart. In 1991, she insidiously dealt with her husband and wife of her lover. Moreover, these killings were disguised as suicide, so the truth was revealed only decades later. For double murder, Stuart will serve a life sentence in prison, writes The Daily Mail .

Rostelecom and the MTS, MTS, MegaFon and Vimpelcom Sotniy operators signed an agreement on which they will already be able to use the Skartel infrastructure, which provides wireless broadband Internet access using the WIMAX technology under the YOTA brand, and in 2014 will be able to buy out 20% of the shares in an option. "Scartela". According to RIA Novosti , the document was signed by the heads of these companies in the presence of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

At once on several Islamic sites, on Thursday, another video message from the leader of the Caucasian militants of Doku Umarov, who recognized all the Russian Muslims to Win Jihad, a sacred war. Umarov said that Jihad is the greatest act of Islam, which in the current conditions "becomes mandatory for all of us." Umarov speaks against the backdrop of a snowy forest, next to him are two young people, one of whom is holding a Kalashnikov assault rifle with an under -barrel grenade launcher.

In the first race of the Biathlon World Championship, which started on March 3 in Khanty-Mansiysk, the Russian team consisting of Svetlana Sleptsova, Olga Zaitseva, Evgeni Ustyugov and Ivan Cherezova took only the sixth place in the mixed relay. Gold medals in this discipline were won by the Norway team, which included Tura Berger, Ann Christine Flutland, Ole Ainar Bjorndalen and Tarya Be.

Moscow “Spartak” on Thursday reached the quarterfinals of the Russian Football Cup, confidently outplaying the Novosibirsk “Siberia” with a score of 2: 0 in the away match. The victory of the red and white brought the exact blows of Artem Dziuba and Pavel Yakovlev, as well as the confident game of the goalkeeper Andrei Dikan, who left his gate intact. Dziuba distinguished himself in the 11th minute after the Corner draw, an 18-year-old bride and white, Emin Mahmudov gave him the burning gear.

The suspect in the transfer of WikiLeaks by the Secret Materials of the US Government, the ordinary American Ground Forces of Bradley Mainwinka, additional charges have been charged on 22 points. This was officially announced by the press service of the Pentagon. According to her testimony, to the first grade to manning, which is contained in prison on the basis of the U.S.

Construction work on the Tower of the Federation in the Moscow City complex will be started in May 2011, the chairman of the board of directors of the Mirax Group Corporation Sergey Polonsky said at a press conference on Thursday. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" . The construction of the "Federation" began in April 2004, and it was supposed to end, according to the project declaration, in the first quarter of 2010.

Russia will not allow neutralizing its strategic nuclear potential. This was stated on the eve of Wednesday, following a meeting of the Russian-NATO Council (SRN) in Brussels, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation in the Alliance Dmitry Rogozin. Earlier, the Pentagon representative James Miller, speaking in Congress, said that the alliance itself should be liable for the defense of the territory of NATO, and Russia - for its territory.