The Soyuz-2.1A launch vehicle with the spacecraft "Photon-M" 4, on board of which there are five geckones, flies-zipili, microorganisms and seeds of higher plants, started from the Baikonur (Kazakhstan) cosmodrome on Saturday night, Interfax reports with reference to luxury. The department clarified that at 00:58 Moscow time, the photon-M biosnutnik was separated from the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle and entered the target orbit.

The injured freestyleist Maria Komissarova, who at the Sochi Olympics received a spinal fracture with a displacement during a skirmishes , is included in the national team of St. Petersburg for the coming season, according to the Russian Freestyle Federation . From the Olympic stadium in the extreme park "Rosa Khutor", where the training was held, it was urgently delivered to the Krasnopolyansk hospital No. 8, where an operation was successfully carried out, which lasted 6.5 hours.

The election headquarters of the candidate for the Moscow City Duma deputies from the Civil Platform party, actor Leonid Yarmolnik, is preparing a lawsuit against the District ash, if the opposition Maria Gaidar is returned to the election race. The district election commission previously reported that the percentage of marriage in the signatures collected for nomination exceeded 20% .

The offspring of the ex-first racket of the world of American John Macinrome Kevin was detained in New York on suspicion of the storage and distribution of drugs. During a search conducted during the detention, the police found six packages with cocaine and about thirty tablets with narcotic substance, reports Wall Street Journal . Subsequently, Kevin Makinra was released on the bail that was introduced by his uncle, Patrick Macuinrome.

138 people remain in hospitals after the tragedy in the Moscow metro , a source in medical circles told Interfax . The condition of the five victims is still assessed as extremely serious, but one of them was removed from the artificial ventilation of the lungs. 14 victims are in serious condition, two of them are on hardware breathing. 22 people remain in the intensive care units, while 29 people were on the eve of intensive care.

Turkey initiated the issue of creating a free trade zone with the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev told reporters, RIA Novosti reports. The application was made following negotiations with the Minister of Economics of the Turkish Republic Nihat Zeibekchi. According to Ulyukaev, the Turkish minister made the initiative of closer cooperation with the Customs Union.

Already in 2014, the troops of the aerospace defense (East Kazakhstan region) should launch the Tundra spacecraft into orbit. From this moment, the deployment of a single space system (EX) will begin, one of the functions of which will be a warning about a missile attack. According to Kommersant , a combat control system will be installed on the “tundra”, and if necessary, a signal about the response of a response impact can be given through the device.

The Boeing 777 liner company Malaysia Airlines, apparently, was shot down, although he was not part of the zone prohibited for flights. This was announced by the Minister of Transport of Malaysia Liou Tiong Lai at a press conference before flying to Kyiv, where it is sent in order to personally monitor the course of the investigation. On the eve of the OSCE it indicated that the separatists interfere with the work of experts at the site of the disaster, which took the lives of 298 people.

For the fourth time in a row, the Russian boxer Yegor Mehontsev won the professional ring, crushing the rating match in the third round, which took place in Macau, the Philippine Mike Mirafuente. In the category up to 79.38 kg of Mekhontsev, he continues not only to perform without defeats, but also ends his battles with a knockout. The Russian successfully made his debut in professional boxing in December last year, disclosing to the Atlantic City of American Pi Jay Khagas.

The Dutch bike lover Martin de Jong, playing for the Malaysian TSG team, escaped death on the Lainers of the Malaysia Airlines airline: according to the Spanish sports newspaper Marca , he was supposed to fly from Malaysia on the MH370 flight, which disappeared in March this year. He also planned to return to Malaysia from Amsterdam by the MN17 flight, but at the last moment he found a cheaper ticket.

The Russian Foreign Ministry on its website has published a list of dozen Americans who are prohibited from entering Russia. The most senior - Congressman James Moran, also included people who, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, are involved in torture in the prisons of Abu Graib and Guantanamo. “After without any explanation or warnings in Washington, they announced the“ blacklist ”of the State Duma of the Russian Federation A.S.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin said on Friday on the air of Gromadsky TV that the "black boxes" of the Malaysian Boeing 777 are located in Ukraine, Ukrainian Pravda reports. "The boxes were found, and I hope we work on this that they will be transferred to the government commission ... they are in Ukraine," he said. According to Klimkin, there are standard mechanisms for the investigation of such tragic cases.

The journalist Sarah Fert, who fired from the Russian Today, channel, in an interview with the British Press Gazette, told why she decided to leave the TV channel: they issued an unsuccessful evidence of an Ukrainian army of the Boeing 777 Air Airlines in the Donetsk region. The head of the channel Margarita Simonyan in his blog in the Live Journal claims that the Fert received the proposal of a new job two weeks ago.

Pavel Astakhov, Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation for the Rights of the Russian Federation, asks the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to take under personal control the investigation of the death of a five-year-old boy adopted from Russia and allegedly understood by his foster father. He named the name of the victim - Maxim Kichigin died at the hands of Marallale.

The ex-football player and ex-head coach of the Brazilian football team Dung can again take a vacant position in the national team after leaving the national team Luis Felipe Skolari , with whom the Brazilians became only fourth at the home world championship . According to the media, Dunga has already begun negotiations with the Brazilian Confederation of Football.