The UK has demonstrated a prototype of the new Black Night tank, which should compete with the Russian T-14 Armata, Focus magazine writes. According to the publication, the Russian tank is currently the most modern, so other countries are striving to improve their weapons. As noted, the UK is developing the Black Night based on the Challenger 2 created in 1994. It is planned to modernize 400 of these tanks, extending their service life until 2035.

Belarusian car carriers informed the Prime Minister of their country Sergey Rumas that they did not have enough permits for the fare issued by the Russian side, BelTA reports. Auto carriers when visiting the Prime Transport Companies to the Strav and LLC "Genti-Spedish" identified several problems for which the government’s help is needed. So, now Belarusian carriers have 75 thousand permits issued by the Russian side, but this amount is not enough.

The Ministry of Health offered the business to take part in financing four projects for the treatment of cancer as part of the implementation of the so -called Belousov plan. This follows from the proposals of the department that RBC got acquainted with. According to the source in the pharmaceutical market, the proposals of the Ministry of Health have already begun to enter private companies.

Great Britain will not provide Russia with data on the progress of the poisoning of the ex-colonel of the GRU Sergey Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury until Moscow answers London questions about this case more than six months ago, the British ambassador to the Russian Federation Lori Bridistow said. “In March, we asked Russia certain questions regarding the circumstances of the use of neuro -paralytic gas in Salisbury, ” Interfax quotes him. “We are still waiting for an answer to them.

From the speech of Vladimir Putin at the Valdai discussion forum, they traditionally waited for software statements - and waited. The President said that Russia is not afraid of the conflict with other countries, because the Russians are not afraid to give their lives for the Fatherland. “We are not afraid of anything at all. A country with such a territory, with a population who is ready to give life for the Fatherland,” Putin said.

The other day, Google announced that she would soon begin to charge a fee from manufacturers of Android devices for pre-installations for gadgets intended for the European market, Google's branded applications, including the Google Play store. Contrary to expectations, in some cases the size of this board will be very solid.

The farewell ceremony with 17 dead as a result of the explosion and shooting at the Polytechnic College on Friday, October 19, took place on the main square of Kerch. Coffins were carried by employees of the Ministry of Emergencies, accompanied by relatives. A few more dead will be betrayed by the land in their homeland - outside the peninsula.

The representative of the OSCE for media freedom Arlem Desir condemned threats to Novaya Gazeta journalists and called for ensuring their safe work. The corresponding application was published on Friday on the OSCE website, TASS reports. “Threats against the media workers are completely unacceptable, as they undermine independent journalistic investigations, sow fear and affect the freedom of expression and free flow of information,” the document says.

The editors of Novaya Gazeta, whose journalists have received threats from unknown persons over the past days, turned to the police in connection with threats to journalists. “We turned to the authorities, a check is carried out. According to its results, it will be known whether or not,” Nadezhda Prussenkova press secretary told TASS.

“There is no need to be afraid of Putin’s words about our common death. Epicurus teaches us that we should not waste time on fear of death,” writes the philosopher and publicist on his Facebook page. "Epicurus said: while we are, there is no death; when there is death, we are not. In the case of Putin, it sounds like this: until Putin pressed the button, we are. When it clicks, we will not be. Why be afraid of what we will not see?

The share of citizens who determine their position in society as "above the average" is only 10%. Moreover, since 1991, this indicator has doubled. However, the share of evaluating their position in society as “high” has not changed over the past 27 years and remained at the level of 3%, according to the website of the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM).

The condition of all nine children injured in the shooting and explosion at a college in Kerch and evacuated on Thursday to the Research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Traumatology and Surgery in Moscow is improving, including the extremely critical ones. As TASS reports, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova told reporters on Friday.

The Roscosmos Commission and the investigating authorities determined the possible guilty of damage to one of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicles, which could lead to an accident when sending a crew to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 11, a source at the Baikonur Cosmodrome told RIA . “The guilt of specific employees understand.

The Ministry of Justice appealed the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, obliging Russia to pay Pussy Riot to Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Toloconnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich almost 50 thousand euros. The court considered that the Russian authorities violated the four articles of the Convention on Human Rights, Moscow did not agree with the decision, RIA Novosti writes with reference to the press service of the ministry.

The Novosibirsk pensioner handed over to the Minister of Labor and Social Development of the region Yaroslav Frolov a modest gift set, bought for a no less modest pension increase - 89 rubles. The set included a rope, soap, matches and a pack of salt. The woman recorded a video in which she explains her act, it is posted in the public “civilian patrol” on the VKontakte social network on December 19.