Alexander Zheleznyakov Polit.ru reprints the analytical material of the actual member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky, member of the Cosmonautics Federation of Russian Alexander Zheleznyakov , originally published on the website of the journal " Cosmonautics News ". From the beginning of the space era has passed exactly 55 years. A considerable period for which humanity was able to advance quite significantly on the “path to the stars”. A lot has been done.

On October 7, 2012, the famous popularizer of mathematics, vice -rector of an independent Moscow University for International Relations Alexei Bronislavovich Sosinsky marks 75 years. His fate is worthy of a popular science novel, he was born in Paris, in a family of Russian emigrants. His mother is Ariadna-daughter of Viktor Mikhailovich Chernov (1873-1952), the first and last chairman of the Constituent Assembly.

Two women - a driver and a passenger - died in an accident in the Sverdlovsk region, hiding from the scene of the accident, the official website of the traffic police of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the region reports. The incident occurred at 7:00 in the city of Bogdanovich opposite the house No. 55 on Pionerskaya Street. A woman born in 1982 driving a VAZ-21124 car collided with a VAZ-2114 car opposite the house No.

Unknown criminals issued one charge from the RPG on the control and giving post of the police in Buinaksk “212-Manasaul” on Lomonosov Street, and then fired at the police from automatic weapons, RIA Novosti reports. The incident occurred at 05:00 a.m. Moscow time. There were four police officers at the post, none of them was injured. Fire was conducted from the territory of the Gors Vykanalkhoz, which is located on the outskirts of Buinaksk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to Muscovites for the fact that during his inauguration on May 7, the police completely blocked the center of Moscow for the presidential motorcade. He stated this in an interview with NTV "Central Television", which was dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the president . According to him, he often hears the sounds of crasons of dissatisfied motorists when moving around Moscow.

A military transport aircraft with 20 passengers of board broke up to the west of the capital of Sudan - the city of Hartum, reports Reuters with reference to the country's military command. According to the Arab television channel Al-Jazira , 12 military were killed during the disaster, 8 people were injured. They are in critical condition.

The US State Department called on the Russian authorities to find and punish the murderers of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The statement on behalf of the representative of the State Department Victoria Nuland was published on the official website of the American department by the anniversary of the death of Politkovskaya, which was six years ago on October 7, unknown in the elevator of his own house on Lesnaya Street.

Krasnoyarsk investigators opened 30 criminal cases against a local entrepreneur, who forged documents to obtain subsidies for the development of small businesses, the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. The woman provided for the administration of Krasnoyarsk for fake documents, according to which she was going to engage in coffee equipment.

A resident of the village of Shalushka, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, committed suicide on the day of his 70th anniversary, learning on the eve of the oncological diagnosis, the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region reports. A 1942 man undermined himself on a home -made bomb of gunpowder. The deceased left a note with a request not to blame anyone for what happened.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that it was not against the liberation of the ex-head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Interfax reports. According to him, one of the ways of the liberation of Khodorkovsky is a pardon, but this will become possible only after the appropriate petition from the prisoner. He also clarified that the release should not go to the detriment of the rule of law.

On Friday, on October 5, public discussions were held at the Ministry of Culture about the construction of the HCSI building on Baumanskaya.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev presented to President Vladimir Putin a book by Alexander Benois about Tsarskoye Selo, published in 1910, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the press secretary of the head of government Natalia Timakov. Medvedev congratulated Putin on the phone, as the head of state celebrates his birthday in St. Petersburg with his family. Recall that Putin is usually given dishes or animals.

Natalia Demina On October 7, 2012, the famous popularizer of mathematics, vice -rector of an independent Moscow University for International Relations Alexei Bronislavovich Sosinsky marks 75 years. His fate is worthy of a popular science novel, he was born in Paris, in a family of Russian emigrants. His mother is Ariadna-daughter of Viktor Mikhailovich Chernov (1873-1952), the first and last chairman of the Constituent Assembly.

The Prime Minister of Japan Esihiko Noda first visited the fourth energy unit of the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, where he examined the course of work to eliminate the consequences of the hydrogen explosion in March 2011, Kyodo reports. Rescuers informed the official that now there is a preparatory stage to extract spent rods with nuclear fuel.

The Japanese manufacturer Honda carries 268 thousand CR-V crossovers due to the risk of fire switch of the door machine from the driver's side in case of rainwater even with the ignition, AP reports on Sunday at night. The problem was identified in cars of 2002-2006. When water enters the electric gas, a short circuit and overheating occurs, which can lead to fire. The company reported only four cases of an electrical machine fire, as a result of which no one was injured.