Russian researchers from the beginning of space exploration launched 42 dogs into space, RIA Novosti told RIA on April 7, 2011, the head of the State Research Institute of Military Medicine of the Ministry of Defense Igor Bukhtiyarov. Dogs tolerate heights, overload, vibration and other factors well, but the hardest thing is to accustom them to finding in the capsule, said Bukhiyarov. However, some animals could not adapt and were removed from participation in tests.

Laureates of the Nick National Cinematographic Prize for 2010 were announced in Moscow - the main film award in Russia, the CIS and Baltic countries. Established in 1987 by the Secretariat of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR at the initiative of Julia Gusman and Viktor Merezhko, “Nika” was first awarded according to the results of the vote, in which all members of the Confederation of the Union could participate.

The radical Islamic movement Hamas announced the ceasefire in the gas sector, BBC reports on Friday. According to the Maan agency, other Palestinian armed groups followed the example of this movement. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Gaza Sector published a message that states that such a decision is aimed at "preventing the Israeli escalation against the Palestinian people." On April 7, the situation on the border of the Gaza and Israel sector was sharply heated.

Nursultan Nazarbayev, re-elected for a new presidential term, gave an oath and officially took office as president of Kazakhstan, reports News-Kazakhstan . The inauguration was held in the Independence Palace in Astana. The ceremony was attended by ambassadors of foreign states. According to the laws of Kazakhstan, the parliament, led by Prime Minister Karim Masimov, will put his powers to the newly elected president. Recall that early presidential elections took place in Kazakhstan on March 3.

The leadership of the Ufa hockey club Salavat Yulaev intends to point to the door to the coaching tandem in the person of Vyacheslav Bykov and Igor Zakharkin. According to Sportbox.ru , the decision of the bosses of SE should not affect the positive results of the starting series of the Gagarin Cup final, where the team will play with Atlanta near Moscow.

The Ministry of Communications is not going to prohibit the work of Skype, Gmail, Hotmail data transfer services in Russia and any other foreign services. This was said by RIA Novosti by the head of the department Igor Schegolev. According to the head of the department, there are no plans to cancel or close any foreign services working in Russia.

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In Abkhazia, fighters of the sabotage group of the anti-terrorist center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, who fired at the Russian military, were killed, RIA Novosti told the FSB press service. According to the department, the border outfit of the border control of the FSB of Russia in the Galsky district of Abkhazia was fired by unknown when checking an abandoned house. As a result of the shootout, the head of the department died.

As a result of an armed clash on the Georgian-Abkhaz border, Lieutenant Colonel Kvitko, who served in the border control of the FSB of Russia in Abkhazia, died. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the administration of the border with Georgia of the Galsky district of the Republic. The border control of the FSB of Russia in Abkhazia has not yet commented on what has happened.

The Moscow City Hall agreed on the opposition rally on April 10 on the Revolution Square, reports on Friday, April 8, RIA Novosti . In turn, the authorities did not allow the procession in the center of the capital. According to the representative of the mayor’s press service, the rally should be held from 14:00 to 15:30, it is expected that 300 people will take part in it.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Economic Development to submit proposals for anti-dumping measures regarding the import of power equipment. RIA Novosti sides this from a meeting on the development of energy mass building, which took place in St. Petersburg.

Moscow President Andrei Borodin and his adviser Lev Alaluev sold their shares of the Bank of Moscow. They owned a share of 20.3 percent. Borodin himself announced the transaction " Interfax " by phone. He did not disclose to whom and for how much the shares were sold, citing the fact that it was a commercial secret. “I do not experience satisfaction from the transaction,” said Borodin RIA Novosti in response to the question of whether his price arranged.

On Thursday, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution, according to which on April 12 it is declared an International Day of Human Fleet to Cosmos, RIA Novosti reports. The document states that the flight of Yuri Gagarin, which took place on April 12, 1961, became a “historical event”, which “opened the way for exploring space space for the benefit of all mankind”. From now on, this day will be celebrated at the international level.

The unknown portrait of Immanuel Kant was found in Perm, in the storerooms of the Perm State Art Gallery. He became one of the main exhibits of the exhibition “The measure of things: the image of a person in Russian art”, which opened on April 7, 2011 in Perm. This was reported by the Moscow School of Political Studies, the founders of which Yuri Senokosov and Elena Nemirovskaya became the co -organizers of this vernissage.

Ufa Salavat Yulaev outplayed Atlant submarine in the first match of the Gagarin Cup final. The match took place in Ufa and ended in the first overtime with a score of 2: 1. Andrei Kuteikin scored the victorious puck for the owners from the programs of Vitaly Proshkin and Sergey Zinoviev already in the second minute of overtime.