In the regions of Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh and Smolensk, about three thousand soldiers of the combined arms army of the West Military District Guard (ZVO) started military exercises. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta. with reference to the West Military District press service.
It should be noted that units of the motorized rifle divisions Vislenskaya and Yelninskaya & nbsp; participate in maneuvers. Thus, they will develop the methods and tactics of performing combat missions within the framework of modern combined arms combat. The main emphasis in the exercises will be on the execution of control fire from small arms and standard armored vehicle armament. Additionally, the military will participate in marches with active opposition from simulated enemy reconnaissance and sabotage groups, and also exercise the skills of setting up and defending strongholds.
At the end of the maneuvers, all units will take part in a training battle. During it, the crews of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles will have to jointly hit targets at different distances.
It is known that around 300 units of military equipment will be involved in the training.
Earlier, the Russian Embassy said that Russia has the right to independently decide where to deploy its troops inside the country.
The Pskov District Court recognized five residents of the region as representatives of the indigenous Seto people, writes Novye Izvestia.
According to the applicants' representative, the legally established membership of the Seto people will allow the inclusion of citizens in the list of persons belonging to a small people for the exercise of personal rights and heritage.
It is noted that in all documents of applicants or their relatives, nationality is not indicated at all, or there are entries “ Russian '' ;, “; Estonian. & # 39; & # 39; At the same time, all five live in the traditions of the Seto people, know the language, celebrate national holidays and adhere to cultural life.
Setu & ndash; a small Finno-Ugric ethnic group living in southeastern Estonia, the Pechora region of the Pskov region and adjacent regions.
Earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on holding the Year of the Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of Russia in 2022 in the country.
Technical specialists have completed work on updating the software of the official website of the State Traffic Inspectorate, reports the press center of the Interior Ministry of Russia.
On the day before, the ministry warned of interruptions in the work of some online services. The specialists carried out an update to bring the hardware and software complex into compliance with security requirements.
All online services are now functioning normally. The traffic police website currently receives over 40,000 requests per minute.
Recall that in December of last year the information resources of the National Traffic Inspectorate were not available for several days. The reason for the emergency was utility failure.
On January 10, 2022, changes to articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on “Non-payment of funds for the maintenance of children or parents with disabilities” entered into force. Under the new rules, maintenance debtors will be held liable even for their partial non-payment. This is reported on the official website of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. & Nbsp; & nbsp;
“ Even though the family has broken up, the parent's responsibility for the upkeep and upbringing of the child is not taken away. And those who have repeatedly violated their obligations to pay child support will face criminal penalties, '' & mdash; noted the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin. & nbsp;
What administrative sanction threatens the partial payment & nbsp; alimony? & nbsp;
Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses (article 5.35-1) introduce administrative liability for partial non-payment of maintenance for minor children or disabled parents. Previously, only those who completely refused to pay child support were fined. Henceforth, the punishment & nbsp; & nbsp; extends & nbsp; to citizens who have not paid alimony to the end. They are faced with: & nbsp; & nbsp;
compulsory labor up to 150 hours;
or arrest from 10 to 15 days;
or a fine of 20 thousand rubles.
The penalty is applicable in the event that the delay in payment without valid reason is 2 months or more. Only full repayment of any debt can become a ground for disclaimer.
When does criminal liability come?
In the event of a repeated violation of the obligations to pay alimony (including for the partial fulfillment of their obligations) and to incur administrative liability & nbsp; & nbsp; comes criminal responsibility, notes the State Duma. According to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Article 157), in case of repeated evasion of the payment of alimony, a person is liable to:
labor correctional or forced up to one year;
or arrest up to three months;
or imprisonment for up to one year.
Why were new changes made to the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation?
The initiators of & nbsp; (the government of the Russian Federation) & nbsp; amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation analyzed & nbsp; judicial practice in recent years and discovered that the previously existing editions of the Penal Code and the Code of Administrative Offenses allowed an ambiguous qualification of acts of alimony. In particular, there have been cases where the partial payment by debtors of alimony (and of a much smaller amount than that established by the court) has been equated by prosecutors with full repayment of the debt. . & Nbsp;
“ So, on January 28, 2019, the Solneshensky district prosecutor of the Altai Territory, & nbsp; & nbsp; quashed the decision to initiate criminal proceedings made on January 25, 2019 by the investigator of the Department of Judicial Officers in the Solneshensky District of the FSSP Office of Russia in the Altai Territory , under part 1 of article 157 of the Penal Code regarding the debtor in connection with the non-payment of alimony for the maintenance of a minor child. The total amount of debt on this execution procedure is 302.5 thousand rubles. Based on the decision, the prosecutor indicated that the debtor made a one-off payment in the amount of 1.5 thousand rubles, which, according to the prosecutor, is a sign of the correct performance by the debtor of his maintenance obligations', states the explanatory memorandum note to the amendments to Article 157 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The adoption of the new amendments, according to the Government of the Russian Federation, will ensure the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of minors children or children with disabilities who have reached the age of eighteen years, and parents with disabilities. And also to exclude the abuse of unscrupulous debtors. & Nbsp;
Why can't you pay child support?
According to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the valid reasons for non-payment of maintenance may be circumstances beyond the control of the payer, namely: & nbsp;
the non-payment of child support has occurred regardless of the person's will, for example, due to illness or disability;
the alimony was not paid through the fault of other persons: due to non-payment of wages, delay or incorrect transfer of alimony amounts by the bank ;
military service on conscription.
“ When assessing the relevant circumstances, the judge should take into account whether the person has had other opportunities (including money, property, other sources of income ) to pay funds for the maintenance of children or disabled parents '' underlined in & nbsp; The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. & Nbsp;
It is noted that disagreement with the established amount of alimony or the prison sentence in places of deprivation of liberty is not considered a valid reason for non-payment. & Nbsp;
On January 11, the Graduate School of Economics released the Quality Tracker for Admissions to Russian Universities in 2021, prepared by it with the support of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Russian Federation. It turned out that the USE pass mark for admission was lowered for the first time in 10 years.
How much has the USE pass mark been reduced and what is it now?
According to the report, in 2021 the pass mark on the unified state examination for admission to budget places for full-time bachelor/specialty programs in average in the country was reduced from 70.8 to 70.3. In the regions, this indicator drops even more: by 0.6 points. At the same time, the authors note, the quality remained above the 2019 level.
Moreover, in all other groups the growth in quality continued, including paid admission to regional universities, the document says.
Why has the USE average pass mark decreased?
This is due to the fact that, according to the authors, in 2021 the Russian Ministry of Education and Science allocated more places funded from the budget and mainly to regional universities. The indicator increased by 9%. Therefore, even those who had not already passed the points competition were able to enter the budget places.
However, the concessions did not affect the paid places. The situation there is completely different: in 2021 in the country compared to 2020 in the country, the average score increased by 0.4, and in the regions (excluding Moscow and St. Petersburg) & ndash; of 0.3.
The number of places funded by the budget, according to the authors of the follow-up, increased compared to 2020 in the main state universities by 22.2 thousand and their branches & ndash; per 3.7 thousand.
The authors of the report summarize: a total of 526.1 thousand students are enrolled in the observed universities (28.1 thousand more than in 2021). Of these, 346.6 thousand people went to economic places, paid – & mdash; 179.5 thousand & nbsp;
How is tracking done?
The Higher School of Economics has been conducting such studies annually since 2010 with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science. The follow-up takes into account not only the quality of knowledge of the candidates registered in the first year, but also the notoriety of the universities where they enter.
According to the report, the quality of admission is assessed by the average score of the candidate registered in the first year based on the Unified State Examination. The results of Olympic winners, schoolchildren who entered without an entrance exam, count as 100 points.
The report's authors covered 838 universities in their study. Among these: & nbsp; 404 heads of state, 345 branches and 89 non-state universities. This did not affect “universities of power and creation, where exam level is not a key selection parameter,” the document says. In two years, the number of non-state universities has decreased by 13%. & Nbsp; According to the authors' hypotheses, the pandemic played a big role in this: “ The weakness of the sector, deprived of state support, has clearly manifested itself in a pandemic: the weaker universities continue to exit the market. & # 39;
The Japanese Ministry of Defense intends to begin large-scale development of electromagnetic guns capable of shooting down hypersonic missiles from fiscal year 2023. Their practical tests are expected to begin in about five years. . The state budget proposal for fiscal year 2023 plans to allocate 6.5 billion yen (over $ 56 million) for these purposes.
The action of the weapon is based on the use of technology, also referred to as the 'railgun'. It allows the projectile to be accelerated thanks to the electromagnetic field. At the first stage of firing, the projectile integrates with the electrical circuit, moving between two contact rails (hence the name of the installation). To fire, the gun needs a short-term supply of high voltage and current, which cannot be provided by a simple connection to the power grid.
The US Navy was actively developing rail guns, which, when tested, successfully shot down hypersonic targets. Preliminary research has already achieved a launch speed of over 2,000 m/s, which is said to be higher than current hypersonic missiles.
In 2005, development of a combat railgun for use by the US Navy by General Atomics and BAE Systems began. However, in the United States, these studies were abandoned. In 2017, the Pentagon, having spent more than $ 500 million on this project, decided to shut it down. The project was officially closed in June 2021, and the US Navy announced that funds from its budget would be used to develop hypersonic missiles and other advanced weapons.
Difficulties arose in creating particularly powerful but compact sources of electricity, which are necessary to equip ships with such guns. That is, the costs required were incomparable with the results obtained.
The $ 500 million project turned into a costly and unsuccessful advanced weapons development. The failure was so strong that there were statements like 'cannon railgun' this is an example of how innovation shouldn't appear. '
Research in this direction has been continued by Beijing. In February 2019, it was learned of the successful test of the railgun by the Chinese Army. A projectile from their electromagnetic cannon developed a speed of 2.5 km/s and hit the target at a distance of 200 km. Nothing is known about the further development of the project.
In spring 2021, the European Defense Agency announced the start of development of its own railgun.
Now it has become known that the Japanese military has decided to adopt the technology: the technology in this country is developed to a high level. Generally speaking, Japan has recently increased its defense spending, and in the field of weapons based on the use of new physical principles, it is trying to catch up with its neighbors.
Moreover, the Japanese themselves believe that their private companies are ahead of the United States in the development of such technologies. Japanese media did not provide any comparison with developments in other countries. Tokyo hopes to use them in the practical creation of low-cost electromagnetic weapons for naval forces.
However, the railgun is not very effective against hypersonic missiles and glider blocks capable of altering the flight path. The Japanese military does not yet even have theoretical developments that can be used to reliably intercept such systems. Japan is developing a rail gun system not to intercept missiles, but to prevent them from launching completely, the sources say. A defensive system using electromagnetic cannons will give the Japanese Army the ability to fight hypersonic weapons during the launch phase.
The budget for fiscal year 2022 provides for an endowment of 6.5 billion yen ($ 56 million or more 4 billion rubles) for the development of prototype gun equipment with rails for military use. The system is expected to be ready for actual use in the second half of this decade.
Most likely, the Japanese Defense Ministry & # 39; s Procurement, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) is investigating the technology basics underlying railguns.
The decision to revoke QR codes in the Orel region can be taken on January 13 at a regional headquarters meeting, the Governor Andrey Klychkov in a video message to citizens.
“ As agreed, at the regional headquarters, which will be held on January 13, I will make a proposal to cancel QR codes from January 15. They have fulfilled their task to a certain extent. Until the situation with the coronavirus changes, I think there's no point in saving them ',' ' did he declare.
The governor recalled that the coronavirus had not yet been defeated and urged residents to be vaccinated and revaccinated.
Last week the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Tatiana Golikova named the Orel Region among seven regions, where the level of herd immunity ranged from 72 % to 76%.
According to data from Stopcoronavirus.rf, since the start of the pandemic, 71,480 cases have been identified in the region. 67,256 of them recovered, 1,565 died. As of January 10, 106 cases were found in the region. 25 patients recovered. 8 died.
Publicist Viktor Shenderovich (recognized as a foreign agent) has announced his intention to leave Russia due to a possible criminal case.
On his Facebook page, he explained that he is leaving the country because & nbsp; because he is facing a criminal case in pursuit of the businessman & nbsp; Yevgeny Prigozhin.
According to him, he made the decision to “ wait outside. & # 39; & # 39;
Remember that at the end of December the Concord company; said she had filed an application with the Moscow police & nbsp; to initiate criminal proceedings under the 'defamation' article in relation with Viktor Shenderovich.
Previously, criminal proceedings were initiated under the defamation article about posting information on the Internet regarding former children's ombudsperson Pavel Astakhov and his sons.
Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center have successfully transplanted the heart of a genetically engineered pig into a human, writes The New York Times.
It is noted that the 57- year-old recipient suffered from life-threatening heart disease.
“This is the first successful human pig heart transplant.” The eight-hour operation was performed in Baltimore on Friday and the patient was doing well on Monday, according to surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Depending on the material.
Previously, American surgeons performed an operation to transplant a cultured kidney into the body of a genetically modified pig. & nbsp;
The organ was not rejected due to a special genetic modification of the tissues. The source noted that the operation was performed on a patient diagnosed with brain death who was connected to a life support device. & Nbsp;
The Rospotrebnadzor press service reported that the incidence of influenza and SARS in the first week of 2022 has decreased compared to the previous one, TASS reports.
“ During the first week of 2022 (03/01/2022 – 09/01/2022) in general, on the territory of the Russian Federation, the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections (hereinafter – ARVI) decreased compared to the previous (52nd) week of 2021, the number of subjects with excess epidemic thresholds in the total population decreased due to school holidays and non-working days on New Year's holidays & # 39; & # 39 ;, & mdash; The report says.
It is noteworthy that the epidemic thresholds of incidence of influenza and ARVI were exceeded in twenty regions of Russia.
Previously the director of the Gamaleya Center Alexander Gintsburg & nbsp; stated that the simultaneous use of influenza and coronavirus vaccines increases the effectiveness of drugs.
The director of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova & nbsp; said that the incidence of influenza in Russia has decreased 51 times compared to 2019.
