The Japanese clinic presented a plan for preclinical trials of “Sputnik V”

History Russia has registered a coronavirus vaccine

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Japan reported that the Hibiya Kokusai Clinic has officially presented a project for preclinical trials of Russian vaccines “Sputnik V” and Sputnik Light, reports RIA Novosti.

The clinic's press release states that vaccination with the Russian drug will be paid for and will not be considered official human immunization.

“Test la vaccination aims to study aspects such as elevation of antibody level, shelf life of efficacy, as well as safety testing, — to be specified in the statement.

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Murashko, said that all data on Sputnik V transferred to WHO. The visit of World Health Organization specialists to Russia is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022.

Earlier, the head of the WHO health emergencies program Michael ‎Ryan reported that more than half of the world's population is fully vaccinated against coronavirus. According to him, they received two doses of the vaccine.

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Will farmers start using artificial rainfall?

Weekly “Argumenty i Fakty” No. 4. Crack in Education 01/26/2022 Expert Answer 0 + –

– Good idea, – believes the ecologist, doctor of biology Dmitry Zamolodchikov. – Artificial precipitation technology has been developed since the late 1940s. For a long time they were mainly used to prevent unwanted rain or hail – for example, when holding festive events in cities. There is now increasing interest in their use where precipitation is required. For example, last year, in the United Arab Emirates, experiments were carried out to cause rain using drones during extreme heat.

But to apply these technologies large scale in agriculture, more research is needed. on their potential, by taking economic indicators.

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Shoigu tasked with establishing a company for the maintenance of army drones

The head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, instructed the management of the Kronstadt company, which produces military drones, to establish a company for the maintenance of these devices.

According to the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense, on January 27, Shoigu inspected the first Russian factory for the production of military drones in Dubna, near Moscow.

He it is assumed that the service company will provide shipping services and a full cycle of equipment maintenance.

During a visit to the factory, the Minister met is acquainted with the first flight model of the Orion attack drone, equipped with a satellite communication module, which makes it possible to significantly increase the flight range of the reconnaissance vehicle. 

Add, this year Russia plans to complete the creation of new air defense models “Pantsir-SM-SV”, “Bypass-Air Defense”; and Typhoon-Air Defense. Also in 2022, the Russian army will receive the first Gibka-S short-range air defense systems.

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With SARS – remotely. Muscovites will receive sick leave without a visit to the clinic

From January 28, residents of the capital with symptoms of SARS can take the opportunity to benefit from an audio medical consultation with remote opening of a work stoppage . The corresponding decree was signed by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. The order for this account was also issued by the Moscow Department of Health.

Aleksey Bezymyanny, director of the directorate for coordinating the activities of medical organizations in Moscow, told AiF.ru the current situation in the capital's polyclinics, how the flow of patients is distributed and in what cases it is possible to open a remote hospital.

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What is the situation in Moscow polyclinics today? Is it difficult to get to the on-call doctor, are there queues?

Polyclinics in Moscow have switched to an improved mode of operation to receive patients with symptoms of SARS. Queues are not created in polyclinics, because these spaces are expanded, it is not one and two rooms. They are even located on different floors. And it is not difficult for a patient to get to a doctor. He/she can go alone to any polyclinic without an appointment, or pre-register at his/her for a certain time through the portal or in the EMIAS.INFO application or on  mos.ru. Thus, come at a specific time, and make sure that it will be accepted at that time.

What are the security measures that I apply in the clinics?

In addition to dividing the flow of patients according to the diagnosis, we also distribute respirators to protect the respiratory organs. What is very important, the premises are treated with disinfectants, there are antiseptics and equipment that filters the air.

What happens if a large number of patients arrive at the same time?

If a large number of patients arrive, they will be dispersed in specially designated reserve waiting areas. These are both halls and separate offices, which are specially arranged in case of increased flow. Here, patients can expect to see a doctor while maintaining social distancing. What is also very important is that the last two weeks have seen that not all patients needed care due to the severity of their condition. Some patients have cold symptoms that can be treated at home. And since January 28, according to the decree of the mayor of Moscow, with symptoms of SARS, Muscovites can receive both a remote audio consultation from a doctor and open a certificate of disability at distance without going to a clinic. To do this, it will be possible to submit an application in electronic form on the mos.ru portal. Based on the results, the doctor will contact the patient, arrange a consultation, issue an electronic prescription and automatically open a certificate of incapacity for work for SARS for 7 days. The closure will also be done remotely, it will not be necessary to come to the clinic for this, it will be possible to obtain an audio consultation, and, depending on the results, to close the disability file. /p>

What is the best thing to do now if you are not feeling well: call a doctor or go to the clinic yourself?

Depending on the patient's condition . If the patient just has SARS signs, there is no high temperature, he feels slight discomfort, he can come alone, then we recommend to come to the clinic by your own means.

Of course, if the patient does not come alone, if it is for example a patient with reduced mobility or an evolution severe disease, we advise you to call a doctor at home by calling 122.

How do I get to the doctor on duty?

The patient can come alone, without an appointment at any clinic, and can pre-register with  the polyclinic of the place of attachment for a certain time through EMIAS.INFO or the portal mos.ru.

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Ballerina Tatyana Legat, who danced at the Mariinsky Theater for 32 years, has died

Famous Soviet ballerina Tatyana Legat died on January 27 at the age of 88, reports the press service of the Mikhailovsky Theater.

Tatyana Nikolaevna Legat was born on April 8, 1934 in Leningrad. She is the great-granddaughter of the famous Russian dancer and choreographer Gustav Legat (1837-1895), founder of the dynasty of ballet dancers. Kirov (today – Mariinsky Theater). She then worked for about 10 years as a teacher-rehearsalist at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater in Moscow, after which she went abroad for almost 20 years, where she worked in American ballet schools and English. In 2009, Legat got a job at the Mikhailovsky Theater. 

“A tutor and teacher, in our theater she not only worked with the ballet corps, achieving purity of lines, positions correct and clear choreographic articulation, but also worked with soloists”;, — The theater said in a statement.

Earlier it became known about the death of the Soviet poet Yuri Poroikov, who wrote songs for Dolina and Boyarsky.

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Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev hospitalized with coronavirus

Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev, banned from service, has been hospitalized in Moscow with COVID-19. This was reported by RIA Novosti.

Kuraev said that during the week he had a temperature of 39 degrees. However, he later managed to knock her down, the protodeacon noted.

“Yesterday I called an ambulance and was hospitalized,” the protodeacon said. ;clergyman.

According to Kuraev, he was unvaccinated against COVID-19.

Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev is known for his criticism of the church. In December 2020, the diocesan court in Moscow decided to strip him of his rank, the religious figure admitting in his statements “signs of blasphemy against the Church”; and insults from the former rector of the Epiphany Cathedral Moscow Archpriest Alexander Ageikin, who died of coronavirus. In addition, the court found him guilty of slanderous activities.

Subsequently, Kuraev filed a petition with Patriarch Kirill to hold a second meeting of the Diocesan Court on the matter of the cast-off. However, in March 2021, the court found no reason to review the previous decision.

Previously, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation established a unified procedure for priests to visit patients in hospitals.

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The government intends to attract up to 600 billion rubles in climate projects

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation plans to attract up to 600 billion rubles for climate projects by 2024, said the deputy Prime Minister of Russia Victoria Abramchenko during a meeting with Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin. of “green” bonds in the amount of more than 400 billion rubles.

Deputy Prime Minister reminded that by 2024 a high-precision gas monitoring system greenhouse will be created in Russia. Thanks to this, scientists will be able to give an objective assessment of the absorptive capacity of the country's ecosystems and predict climate change. Monitoring will also help prevent negative consequences of climate change for residents and the economy.

According to Abramchenko, up to 600 billion rubles can be attracted to climate projects. investment. She noted that last year the “green” bonds totaling 94 billion rubles.

Earlier, the World Meteorological Organization said that 2021 was one of the seven warmest years on record.

Scientists have also warned that failure to make progress in the fight against global warming could cause global temperatures to rise, which will negatively affect conditions for the Winter Olympics. According to researchers, rising temperatures could lead to hosting the Winter Olympics from 2080 from the only Japanese city Nagano can replace the former host cities

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TV presenters Popov and Skabeeva contracted the coronavirus

The hosts of 60 Minutes on the TV channel “Russia 1” Evgeny Popov and Olga Skabeeva have contracted the coronavirus, the TV presenter said before the start of the program, live on the&# 39;video screen.

“Today, for the first time, I will host our favorite program with a positive test. In the morning, I was forced to “isolate. I don't have any SARS symptoms yet. So I'm following the doctors advice: plenty of fluids and don't panic,” — Popov said.

He clarified that his wife and co-host Olga also tested positive. Both are vaccinated, so they assume the disease will pass into a mild form. 

Later, the TV presenter told RIA Novosti that he was isolated at the hospital hotel, and Skabeeva — at home.

“There are two of us, and it's clear that at some point the two should have hooked up. So it hooked up the second year, I 39;almost said war, the second year of the coronavirus, — remain in the hospital for several days. He is now in perfect health.

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Where does water come from on Earth? Scientists have solved a long-standing scientific mystery

In the scientific world, there is still no consensus on the origin of water on our planet. Some believe it was brought by asteroids or comets around 4 billion years ago, at an early stage in the formation of the Earth. Other – that it was released from the bowels of the earth as a result of chemical reactions.

In an article recently published in the journal Physical Review Letters, Professor Skoltech Artyom Oganovand his Chinese colleagues support the second hypothesis. They name a substance that could hold water in the depths of a young planet at a time when it has completely evaporated from its surface in catastrophic collisions with other celestial bodies. It should be noted that this substance does not exist on modern Earth, but scientists were able to predict it. 

Why didn't the ocean evaporate?

Every schoolboy knows the importance of water for the emergence of life on earth and its evolution. This chemical compound performs the most important functions – for example, the seas and oceans stabilize the climate. If this did not happen, it would be harder for life to gain a foothold on the planet and mass extinctions of organisms would occur more often. Moreover, even small amounts of water soften the rocks, penetrate them, and when they freeze, they destroy them. This provides plate tectonics, which in turn is responsible for the shape of continents, earthquakes, volcanic activity, etc.

Despite the important role of water in the history of the Earth, scientists do not know where it came from in a volume so large that it was enough for the world ocean . It's a long scientific mystery. “It has been speculated that comets could bring us water, but, apparently, the importance of this source is very small. The fact is that the isotopic composition of the water on Earth and in comets differs significantly, ”says Professor Skoltech, crystal chemist Artyom Oganov.

Since water does not come from outer space, it means that it somehow comes from the bowels of the earth, from the minerals it contains. In this case, it is unknown how the ocean was able to survive the turbulent stage of Earth's history, when the planet was red-hot, subjected to a massive bombardment of asteroids and even collided with another celestial body that gave birth to the moon. All of these cataclysms were supposed to permanently evaporate liquid water from the surface of the planet. Scientists did not know of such a substance that could keep it at great depths for millions of years and release it in calmer times.

And now they were able to name it and to derive its chemical formula. It is magnesium hydrosilicate, Mg2SiO5H2.

What is surprising about this discovery? 

The work was carried out by Russian and Chinese researchers. Artyom Oganov is known as the author of the USPEX crystal structure prediction method. Using this method, Chinese scientists led by Nankai University professor Xiao Dongused computer simulations and predicted the existence of the compound Mg2SiO5H2 on early Earth. It is stable at high temperatures and pressures (more than 2 million atmospheres – as in the earth's core) and could theoretically be present in the intestines even before the formation of this core, when the planet was chemically homogeneous.

Magnesium hydrosilicate contains 11% water by weight. After the core formed and separated, the pressure in the mantle dropped and this mineral, according to the study authors, decayed, releasing a huge amount of water. It took about 30 million years: during this time, iron concentrated in the center of the Earth (everyone knows that the core is made of it) and expelled silicate minerals from there to an area of ​​lower pressures, where they proved unstable and dilapidated. Thus, magnesium oxide and silicate, which make up the mantle, were formed, as well as water, the gradual release of which to the surface took another 100 million years. Scientists know that already 120 million years after the appearance of the Earth's core, there were oceans on the planet.

Artyom Oganov points out that the discovery made is surprising in that “matter that existed at a real moment on the scale of the history of the planet had an enormous impact on the evolution of Earth”. Moreover, it is very important for understanding the evolution of other celestial bodies. “Take, for example, Mars. It is too small to provide pressures at which magnesium hydrosilicate is stable, – says the scientist. – This explains why there is so little water on Mars. Also, the water which is, most likely, was brought by comets. 

And the Chinese researcher Xiao Dong suggests that this scientific work will help in the study of planets outside the solar system: “For an exoplanet to be habitable , you need a stable climate, and for that there must be both oceans.It was believed that the mass content of water on a terrestrial planet, regardless of its size, should not exceed 0.2% Our results suggest that on massive planets of this type (the so-called super-Earths) things are probably different.There the pressures that stabilize hydrated magnesium silicate exist outside the core, and these planets can retain large amounts of water in the mantle indefinitely. This means that they can have continents and oceans with much higher water content than expected. />

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What type of “Belgorod” nuclear submarine is to be handed over to the Navy this summer?

Transfer of the special-purpose nuclear submarine “Belgorod” to the Russian Navy project 09852 (Poseidon nuclear drone carrier) is scheduled for the summer of 2022. It is assumed that this event can be timed to the Day of the Navy, which will be celebrated on July 31.

Where does the information come from?

We notice immediately that the #39;information about the transfer of the nuclear submarine was given to the media by sources — there is no official confirmation. 

Long term

It was originally planned that the submarine would be returned to the fleet in 2020, but the deadlines were later postponed to 2021, and then to 2022- th year. In particular, in July 2021 it became known about the completion of the first stage of sea trials. It was assumed that the submarine would be handed over to the Navy before the end of 2021, but the deadline was again been moved.

On December 25, the general director of Sevmash reported that the nuclear submarine “Belgorod” will complete state tests in 2022. It was also reported that “Belgorod” after the transfer to the fleet it will serve in the #39;Pacific Ocean. 

The submarine was launched in April 2019. During the ceremony, the boat's propellers were carefully sheathed — according to open sources, their unusual design provides “Belgorod” exceptional calm.

Build history

The submarine was created in 1992 as a nuclear submarine — cruise missile carrier (APRK) “Belgorod” project 949A “Antey”. In 1994 its construction was suspended due to underfunding. The decision to resume construction was made in 2000 after the death of the same type of APRK K-141 Kursk.

Subsequently, the construction was again suspended, and in December 2012 the ship was refitted under special project 09852. As such, the boat went from a door -multipurpose missile, designed primarily to combat formations from surface ships, to a special ship. -submarine for — carrier of Poseidon-type submersibles; and deep-sea nuclear stations (small special-purpose nuclear submarines with a large depth of submersion, designed to work on the ocean floor).

During the restructuring, the length of the boat increased from 154 to 184 meters, which made “Belgorod” the longest submarine in the world. The width of the hull, on the contrary, decreased due to the abandonment of the launchers of the Granit anti-ship missile system.

Unique weapons

The main weapon of the rebuilt submarine will be nuclear torpedoes (special underwater vehicles) “Status-6” (“Poseidon”). “Belgorod” will become the first carrier of Poseidons in the Russian Navy. Unmanned underwater vehicles with nuclear power plant “Poseidon” for the first time officially presented by the President of Russia on March 1, 2018.

Poseidon underwater vehicles are unmanned robots with a nuclear power plant — it has an unlimited range and is capable of diving over a kilometer deep. They can be equipped with both a conventional warhead and a nuclear warhead. Device “Poseidon” have a low noise level and high maneuverability.

It is assumed that “Belgorod” will carry up to six such torpedoes with a depth of immersion of 1000 m and a range of 10,000 km. Due to the great depth of immersion, these torpedoes are less vulnerable to modern and advanced anti-submarine weapons, making them a reliable weapon for a nuclear retaliatory strike.

According some reports, the Poseidon reactor uses liquid metal as a coolant. It allows you to install silent magnetic pumps in the primary circuit and provides a rapid increase in power when switching from high-speed “squatting mode”.

Nuclear underwater vehicle “Poseidon “hits the target in three steps. First, the nuclear submarine delivers the drone to the place of departure, the device dives to a depth of 1 km and already close to the enemy coast, accelerating to a speed of up to 200 km/h , rises to the surface and detonates a nuclear charge.

Some Russian experts say that against the Poseidon complex; there is practically no “antidote”.

https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/13525603

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