Andrei Okhlopkov, Deputy Director of the Operational and Space Infrastructure (Tsenki) Center for the Cosmic Infrastructure (Tsenki), who oversees the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region, praised this facility and justified giant expenses invested in its construction. “Such a cosmodrome is not anywhere else,” he said in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant . “Clean walls, stained -glass windows in the buildings, you can get up to its full growth everywhere.

At the World Kerling Championship, the group stage ended in the Canadian Swift Carrent. The Russian team in its final match in Extrand ended the Denmark team with a score of 10: 7 and made it in the playoffs of the world championship. Our team with eight victories with three defeats took third place in the group tournament. The same indicators have the owners of the tournament - Canadians. The national teams of Switzerland and Japan won nine victories.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation proposed to establish labor migration between the Russian regions, so that it is not inferior to migration between the Russian Federation and foreign countries. “Serious unemployment in our country,” said the Vice Speaker of the Duma from United Russia Andrei Isaev. "Hasters, foreign workers who occupy workers come here places. This is largely due to the fact that our workers are not mobile.

The militants of the Islamic State terrorist group (IG, Daesh , is banned in the Russian Federation), possibly associated with the organizers of terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, prepare new attacks in Europe, which are at different stages of planning, CNN reports with reference to sources engaged in the fight against terrorism.

Oil prices on Friday are reduced by the second consecutive day on data on the jump in the USA and due to strengthening the dollar in relation to other currencies, Interfax reports. May Brent oil futures on the ICE FUTURAS London Exchange by 8:00 Moscow time fell by 0.1% - up to 40.44 dollars per barrel. Quotes of futures for WTI oil at May at the Trades of the New York Modern Exchange (NYMEX) by the indicated time decreased by 0.8% to 39.46 dollars per barrel.

Western Christians celebrate passionate Friday March 25. And the Catholics of the whole world on the eve entered the so -called Easter Trienism - the culmination of the Great Lent and the core of the entire liturgical year. In most countries, with a predominance of the Catholic population, days from the Great Thursday to Easter Monday inclusive are the weekend. On the eve of Pope Francis, following the traditions of the great Thursday, made a rite of ablution of the legs.

US Secretary of State John Kerry immediately after a visit to Russia went to Brussels, where three -day mourning continues in connection with the terrorist attacks on March 22 . The head of the State Department arrived in the Belgian capital on Friday morning. During a visit to Belgium, the US Secretary of State should meet with the country's Prime Minister Charles Michel, King Philip, as well as the chairman of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker, writes Le Figaro with reference to AFP.

Citizens of Russia are gradually changing their attitude to Joseph Stalin, finding more and more positive features in his methods of government. The Levada Center conducted a sociological survey, which showed that more than half of the Russians believe that Stalin played a positive role in the history of the country. According to Vedomosti , a positive assessment of Stalin’s activity, according to March 2016, is given by 54% of respondents.

The French police discovered weapons and explosives in the apartment of a detained citizen of France, suspected of preparing a new terrorist attack in Paris. The searches took place on March 24 in the evening in the northern suburbs of the French capital Arzhantay, the French radio station France Info reports. During the search, explosives of triacetonatripexide (TATP), previously used by terrorists during explosions in Paris in November 2015, were found.

Two people were detained in Germany on suspicion of involvement in explosions in Brussels, reports Der Spiegel . According to the publication, Samir E., detained in the vicinity of Dusseldorf, belongs to the movement of the Salafis in the earth North Rhine - Westphalia. He, like one of the Brussels suicide bombers - Ibrahim Bacraui, was delayed in the summer of 2015 on the border with Syria. Both were deported on one plane in Amsterdam, from where they had previously went to Turkey.

Beijing lawmakers adopted the day before a new resolution on the issue of family planning. Now citizens who have entered re -marriage and had one child from the first marriage union can have two more children. In addition, those who had two or more children before the second marriage received the right to have a child in a new family, reports The Global Times .

The Khalid brothers and Brahim Bacrai, who participated in attacks in Brussels, were in the list of terrorists compiled by the US authorities. This was stated by Reuters an unnamed source in the American leadership. Also, special services from the United States managed to establish the identity of the third terrorist who was on the picture from the video surveillance camera at the airport - a man in a white jacket and a black hat was also included in the terrorist list, Sky News reports.

The program developed by a group of researchers from the University of the Future in Hakodat (Japan) with artificial intelligence not only created a novel, but also demonstrated outstanding literary abilities. According to The Next Web , the authors of the "writer" sent his creation to the Khoshi Singiti literary prize, a Japanese fantasy writer. In total, 1450 works were evaluated in the competition, 11 of them - in whole or in part - were created by automated systems.

The return of the Ukrainian military personnel of Nadezhda Savchenko, convicted by 22 years, by the Rostov court in the case of the murder of journalists of the VGTRK, to his homeland is "theoretically possible", however, the legislation of the Russian Federation must be complied with the legislation of the Russian Federation. The head of the administration of the President of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov spoke about this position of the Russian authorities, Interfax reports.

The Investigative Committee of Russia confirmed information about the former shareholders of Yukos, which recently appeared in the media. According to the representative of the TFR Vladimir Markin, investigators are already close to prove that the shares of the oil company were purchased illegally by shareholders, Interfax reports. “This is the case when“ well, they still know. ”But they can’t prove,” Markin remarked.