The creation of the aircraft-from the ideas that hovering in the air to the launch of production production-is a very laborious and long-term process, which occupies an average of 6-8 years and can cost a dozen billion dollars. And one of the most important and complex stages in the creation of the aircraft is the aerodynamic design of the wing at the stage of preliminary design of the aircraft.

The annexation of Crimea to Russia caused the mass death of drug addicts in connection with the abolition of replacement therapy. It is reported by AFP . According to Michel Kazachkin, a special representative in AIDS in Eastern Europe, out of 805 people who, before the accession of Crimea to Russia, received replacement therapy, “from 80 to 100” have already died. The main causes of deaths, according to him, were suicide and an overdose. “People were put before an impossible choice.

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NATO recorded an increase in the number of Russian military equipment in the east of Ukraine. This was stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, reports Reuters . According to him, we are talking about tanks, artillery guns and other heavy military equipment. NATO Secretary General also noted that the alliance has been monitoring Russian troops in Ukrainian territory for several months.

The prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea Natalya Poklonskaya announced a significant increase in food prices in the region. She noted that if the courts recognize the increase in prices for goods by artificial, entrepreneurs are waiting for the punishment up to imprisonment, Interfax reports. “From December 1, especially in January of this year, the increase in prices above 30% for certain groups of essential goods was recorded.

US President Barack Obama stated in the annual message to Congress “On the Regulation of the Country” that Russia was in isolation, and its economy was torn to shreds. Obama said: “Last year, when our allies and our allies worked hard on the introduction of sanctions, some believed that Mr. Putin's aggression is an example of a skillful strategy and strength. Today, America is strong and one with our allies, while Russia is isolated, and its economy is in shreds.

In December 2014, Ukraine first reduced the share of Russian gas in the country's gas balance to 33% and is able to reduce it in the future. This was stated by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Interfax reports . According to him, this may lead to a complete rejection of the import of Russian gas. “If the Russians will behave as they behave, they will finally lose the Ukrainian market,” Yatsenyuk said.

The widow of the founder of Apple Steve Jobs Lorin Powell is in a romantic relationship with the former mayor of Washington Endrian Fenty. Photographers photographed them with vacationers together on a yacht near the Kaiman Islands, reports The Daily Mail . In the photo, 51-year-old Powell and 44-year-old Fenty tanned together on a yacht and have lunch in the company of friends.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced the presence of more than 9 thousand Russian troops in eastern Ukraine. He reported this during his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “More than 9,000 Russian military are located in Ukraine. If this is not aggression, then what is aggression? ”, The Ukrainian president said.

Former American basketball player Shakil O'Neill became a reserve police officer of Florida, AP reports. In this position, he will not receive a salary and use social benefits - its main task will be social activities. In particular, a basketball player will act as an example for children. O'Neill ended his career as a basketball player in 2011. He became the champion of the National Basketball Association four times.

Google Inc. And Fidelity Investments invest $ 1 billion in SpaceX in exchange for a 10%share in the company engaged in the development and launch of spacecraft, reports Associated Press . The SpaceX leadership refused to publicize the details of the agreement, however, the investment of Google and Fidelity will help the founder and owner of SpaceX Elon Mask to implement an ambitious plan for sending people to Mars in the next 12 years, as well as the construction of the city on the Red Planet.

“Polit.ru” publishes a video clip of a meeting with an astronomer and a popularizer of science, senior researcher at the Sternberg State Astronomical Institute Vladimir Georgievich Surdin. Conversation on the topic "Meteorites - heavenly guests: welcome or uninvited?" It took place on January 15 as part of the Public Lectures project “Polit.ru” in the I.S. Turgenev. The full video version of the lecture can be seen on the channel "Polit.ru" in YouTube.

The federal budget deficit amounted to 328 billion rubles in 2014, this is evidenced by the data of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. This figure corresponds to 0.5% of the country's GDP, which is estimated at 72.3 trillion rubles. The income of the treasury in 2014 amounted to 14.5 trillion rubles at expenses in the amount of 14.8 trillion rubles. 90% of the income were collected by the Federal Customs and Federal Tax Services.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has decided to shorten his visit to Switzerland, said on Twitter . presidential press secretary Svyatoslav Tsegolko Tsegolko wrote: “Poroshenko is in constant contact with our military. Just now The Chief of the General Staff and the Minister of Defense reported on the situation in the area of ​​Donetsk airport, as well as checkpoints 29 and 31. Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Turchynov flies to the ATO zone tomorrow.

Tikhon Kraev Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine in the "Norman format" Today in Berlin a new meeting of foreign ministers of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine in the Norman format should be held in Berlin. But on January 15, a meeting was abolished in the same format of the heads of state - in the clear lack of a chance of progress. However, now it is not about progress, everything is already the other way around - in the Donbass an exacerbation .