Launch of the Atlas V rocket with the Landsat satellite in California

An Atlas V launcher equipped with a Landsat series remote sensing satellite has been successfully launched from the Vandenberg Space Force base in California. The launch took place on September 27 at 2:11 p.m. (9:11 p.m. Moscow time). It was originally scheduled for September 23, but the start was later postponed due to adverse weather conditions.

The new satellite is to replace the Landsat 7 probe, launched in April 1999, into orbit. The Landsat 9 satellite will operate in an orbit at an altitude of 705 km. It will transmit information on global climate change, monitor the situation of the planet's natural resources, including water and agricultural resources. Its equipment will allow the daily transmission of more than 700 images from the Earth's surface to the Earth.

Continuous study of the Earth's surface from orbit & mdash; a joint project of the US Geological Survey and NASA. The first of the Landsat series Earth remote sensing devices was launched in 1972.

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Summer residents near Moscow reminded of safety rules for waste incineration

The Moscow Regional Fire and Rescue Service has indicated what rules summer residents should follow when burning garbage on their plots. RIAMO writes about this.

It should be noted that it is possible to make a fire to burn garbage in a pit or pit at least 30 cm deep, with a depth of 30 cm. A volume not exceeding 1 cubic meter. mr.

It is allowed to burn garbage at a distance of at least 5 m from the nearest buildings. Within a radius of 10 m from the place of combustion & nbsp; there should be no combustible materials, dry branches and leaves. It is necessary to keep a sheet metal, water, shovel and sand nearby in order to quickly put out the fire in case of anything.

Summer visitors have been reminded that it is impossible to light an open fire in the strong gusty wind, on peaty soils and under the tops of conifers . Fire is prohibited if a special fire regime has been established in the territory.

It is forbidden to burn flammable and flammable liquids (except for ignition), as well as explosive substances and materials.

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In the last day, 21,559 cases of COVID-19 infection have been detected in Russia

In Russia, in the past 24 hours, 21,559 people were diagnosed with coronavirus. This is reported by the operational headquarters of infection control.

In total, during the pandemic, 7 & nbsp; 464 & nbsp; 708 & nbsp; citizens have received positive results on COVID-19. New cases were detected in 85 regions. 1,709 infected people do not show clinical manifestations.

17,368 people came out of their recovery in the past day. The total number of people recovered from coronavirus infection in Russia was 6,635,485.

852 deaths were recorded per day. Over the entire period of the pandemic, 205 & nbsp; 531 people have died from the coronavirus.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, more than 190.5 million laboratory tests for the coronavirus were carried out for the entire period, of which 309 thousand & ndash; during the last day.

Earlier the President of the Russian Federation & nbsp; Vladimir Putin & nbsp; expressed the opinion that the experience gained during the pandemic should be used to develop an algorithm of actions in the event of a recurrence of such threats.

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Experts say there is no fall boom in the secondary housing market

The demand for secondary housing across Russia has increased by an average of 4%. Expert of the analytical center Cyan & nbsp; Victoria Kiryukhina in a conversation with Rossiyskaya Gazeta said that there is no annual fall boom in apartment buying in the country.

According to Etazhi, demand for secondary housing has fallen by more than 20% in Samara and Perm. In Moscow, the number of transactions decreased by 20-30%. At the same time, demand in Chelyabinsk and Volgograd increased significantly – by 30 and 25%, respectively. But across the country, from May to September, there was no surge. not ready to lower it. Both sides try to find a compromise, but those who know how to negotiate win. Buyers manage to get a discount of up to 5% of the original cost of the home. & Nbsp;

The reason for the drop in demand is also the increase in mortgage rates. Buyers who were ready to make a deal six months ago are now putting it off to better times. & Nbsp;

10% of total demand transactions [since the start of 2021] “, said Sergey Shloma, director of the aftermarket department at Inkom Real Estate .

Previously, experts explained how to bring down the price when buying a home. A potential buyer can compare and refer to apartments with similar characteristics. in a dialogue with the seller, offer 'live' money or hire an appraiser. & nbsp;

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COVID-19 reduces chances of getting pregnant, including with the help of IVF – Izvestia

Trace of a novel coronavirus pandemic that has spread from China

` `We analyzed data from our patients who had been ill with COVID-19, before illness (according to previous IVF protocols) and after, and we have seen that severe infection results in decreased ovarian reserve in women from the end of childbearing age (after 37 years). & # 39; & # 39; , & mdash; she says.

The expert noted that the fears of some specialists that, in view of the IVF procedure, vaccination may further strengthen a woman's immunity and cause the embryo rejection are unfounded.

Dolgushina explained that it is worth bearing a child two to three weeks after the introduction of the second component of the vaccine, since full immunity to the virus will be formed .

In addition, pregnancy should not be postponed for a long time, because & nbsp; immunity to the virus may be short-lived.

Previously, Natalya Pshenichnaya, Deputy Director of Clinical and Analytical Work of the Central Epidemiological Research Institute of Rospotrebnadzor, & nbsp; gave & nbsp; an example when a baby whose mother suffered from COVID-19 in early pregnancy developed a serious eye defect. Scientists could not find any other explanation for this phenomenon. Pshenichnaya clarified that after the mother is infected with COVID-19, the child develops a defect similar to that if a woman has contracted rubella. & Nbsp;

period from 22 weeks. However, it is best to do this during the planning phase. & Nbsp; & nbsp;

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The stands are approved. It is forbidden for a mine dweller to patch roads that nobody repairs

Retired from & nbsp; the city of Shakhty Alexander Titov tired of driving on de & nbsp; bad roads and & nbsp; to start doing superficial repairs himself. But & nbsp; Gorduma accused him of arbitrariness. AiF.ru met the & nbsp; unrecognized and nbsp; asphalt worker found out how her story ended.

Agronomist & nbsp; & mdash; asphalt worker

Alexander Titov pulls out a homemade cart from the & nbsp; garage, on which he & nbsp; hauled pieces of asphalt to fill the holes & nbsp; on & nbsp; roads.

“ I invented the asphalt paving technology myself, I did everything by eye, but & nbsp; is carefully preserved, & nbsp; & mdash; says retiree AiF.ru. & mdash; & nbsp; The pit was laid with pieces of asphalt, covered with asphalt crumbs, this construction of the machine was rolled like a roller. The equipment was taken from the road repair site, there is a lot of waste. I & nbsp; resolved & nbsp; & mdash; why should i be lost, i better do a good deed for my beloved city. ”

Alexander Titov rose to fame in Shakhty through his volunteer work. Photo: AiF/Vitaly Kolbasin

A 65-year-old former agronomist fills holes in & nbsp; roads for seven years.

“On the road to the dacha there was a hole at a tight bend. The drivers couldn't see it well, so those who didn't know it hit it, got beat the headlights, damaged the wheels. I covered it with gravel, broken brick, leveled. With this and started my volunteer hobby, & nbsp; & mdash ; explains Alexander Titov.

In August, at & nbsp; Retiree Shakhty posted a shocking series of small pit repairs in & nbsp; the third largest city in the Rostov region & nbsp; & mdash; it is home to nearly 230 & nbsp; thousand. residents.

It & nbsp; “ asphalt '' pits on & nbsp; adjacent to & nbsp; city ​​roads & nbsp; & mdash; Derjavin, Sadovaya, avenue of the Victory Revolution. The activities of the volunteer have received public approval. The taxi and bus drivers thank him and wish him well. Passers-by shake his hand.

“ You & nbsp; I was not & nbsp; once saved from a & nbsp; deep pit & raquo ;, & nbsp; & mdash; a female driver once told him.

Thank you & nbsp; & mdash; warning

The Shakhty City Duma reacted to the activities of the volunteer with a letter to & nbsp; his address. His work, in & nbsp; gasoline, has been recognized as illegal and & nbsp; dangerous & nbsp; & mdash; both for itself and for motor traffic.

“ I express my gratitude for & nbsp; non-indifference and & nbsp; attention to problematic areas of automotive work, & nbsp; & mdash; wrote to him g lava from the city of Shakhty & nbsp; & mdash; Chairman of the City Duma Andrey Gortsevskaya .

Then in the & nbsp; letter, the volunteer recalled the & nbsp; federal laws “ on & nbsp; road safety '' and & nbsp; Code of & nbsp; Administrative violations. The meaning in & nbsp; is that its activities may be subject to sanctions.

The pensioner received a letter from the city Duma. Photo: AiF/Vitaly Kolbasin

“ The letter of & nbsp; indicates that there are fines for & nbsp; road damage & nbsp; deliberate interference with the creation of traffic, including contaminating the roadway with foreign objects. In all & nbsp; case, I & nbsp; have not & nbsp; breaks these rules, & nbsp; & mdash; said an unauthorized finisher. & mdash; & nbsp; Before repairing the pits, I am advised to seek permission from & nbsp; at & nbsp; Department of Municipal Economy.

In a conversation with the correspondent of & nbsp; AiF.ru Alexander Titov draws attention to & nbsp; the following details.

“ Before repairing, I was careful that no transport was, and & nbsp; if it appeared, then & nbsp; went to the side of & nbsp ;, so as not to & nbsp; interfere with the passage. I have removed all the pits on the side roads and the quarter wide roads, where there is no heavy traffic. & # 39; & # 39;

Controller of the People

News about & nbsp; that the volunteer was banned from superficial repairs quickly spread in the & nbsp; city.

Au & nbsp; moment our conversation with the & nbsp; & quot; asphalt worker & quot; the inhabitants of the city came and & nbsp; traffic police officer.

“ To & nbsp; Alexander Vasilyevich appeared on & nbsp; order of the prosecutor's office, which is not satisfied with the way the city administration carries out road repair & nbsp; & mdash; citizens are forced to clear the pits themselves on the & nbsp; roads & raquo ;, & nbsp; & mdash; explains AiF.ru inspector of traffic police of the city of Shakhty for & nbsp; road surveillance Sergey Gorbunov .

A retired volunteer handed the inspector a disc with a & nbsp; photo report on & nbsp; results of his raid. On & nbsp; he comments and & nbsp; characteristics of & nbsp; dangerous pits.

“ Here is my phone for you, we will cooperate, you will see a hole & nbsp; & mdash; signal, & nbsp; & mdash; the traffic police inspector communicates with & nbsp; Alexander Titov. & mdash; & nbsp; I & nbsp; will transfer the information to the administration of & nbsp ;. There are regulations on & nbsp; repairing roads, if they do not arrive & nbsp; to eliminate the defects, then & nbsp; we will influence them & nbsp; through the prosecutor's office! & Raquo;

The inspector suggested that the retiree be a people's comptroller.

К & nbsp; our conversation is joined by a neighbor of the volunteer Lyudmila Viktorovna .

A retiree on his Oka knows all the abysses of the city of Shakhty. Photo: AiF/Vitaly Kolbasin

“ I live with & nbsp; Alexander Vassilievich in & nbsp; an entrance, & nbsp; & mdash; explains an inhabitant of the Mines. & mdash; & nbsp; It & nbsp; well done, stubborn, do not stray from the & nbsp; problems, pits on & nbsp; several times up close. At least someone would help him! On the contrary, comrades in the administration building say that he is forbidden to fill the pits, because this is how they keep his health, like, so that the car does not crash ! strong>retired, Nikolay Vazhenin . It & nbsp; gave his compatriot a piece of paper with & nbsp; the addresses where there are open hatches on the & nbsp; roads.

“ All hope is for & nbsp; Alexander Vassilievich, his government heard and & nbsp; reacts to & nbsp; its activities, & nbsp; & mdash; explains the man. & mdash; & nbsp; I also ask him & nbsp; to pay attention to & nbsp; traffic lights, where dirt is on & nbsp; knee & mdash; don't go to mummies with & nbsp; strollers and & nbsp; schoolchildren.

The paradox in & nbsp; is that people with & nbsp; opportunities, experience and & nbsp; financial capabilities sit in administration. And & nbsp; it turned out that the people of Shakhty barely noticed the work of the road workers, and & nbsp; remarked a retiree with a & nbsp; cart.

Volunteer electricians may appear

President of the City Duma & nbsp; & mdash; chapter & nbsp; d. Mines Andrey Gortsevskaya & nbsp; & mdash; talked to & nbsp; journalists. His is surprised by such colossal attention to the & nbsp; situation on the part of the media and the & nbsp; citizens.

& laquo; We thanked Alexander Vasilyevich for his work. Say we & nbsp; fine him & nbsp; & mdash; it & # 39; s not & nbsp; because it is not & nbsp; our authority. It is the authority of the city administration, and & nbsp; we & nbsp; & mdash; legislators. We explained to him what he can face. When you enter a & nbsp; route with & nbsp; heavy traffic, you must observe safety precautions. “

The volunteer repaired 30 holes on the roads and received dozens of thanks from his compatriots Photo: AiF/Vitaly Kolbasin

Andrey Gortsevskoy continued: “ We started from & nbsp; as the life of drivers and & nbsp; his & nbsp; & mdash; this is the most important. To carry out such works, you must have the appropriate authorization, put the traffic police in the & nbsp; and not to create traffic jams. Its activities may be subject to administrative fines. & # 39; & laquo; Its technology & nbsp; & mdash; old pieces of asphalt are covered with an old halyard & nbsp; & mdash; dangerous for traffic. We can also have volunteer electricians … We have to do this work within the framework of the legislation, so that there is order. & # 39; take pictures of the pits on the & nbsp; roads and & nbsp; control road works, instead of repairing streets in & nbsp; at your expense.

The head of the City Duma explained why the & nbsp; mines are in a deplorable state of roads

“ There are enough problems. & nbsp; There are 20 & nbsp; years, all coal enterprises of the & nbsp; city ​​were liquidated, on which the infrastructure was & nbsp; & mdash; these vestiges are still being felt. For the & nbsp; fix for & nbsp; city ​​budget allocated about 50 & nbsp; mln. rubles in & nbsp; year, which is very little. The city spreads over the villages where the mines operated, and this is another difficulty in the maintenance of the pavement.

Completed the five-year plan ahead of schedule

Alexander Titov has temporarily suspended his activities today. For repairs, it takes hot weather for the asphalt crumbs to 'grab' & # 39; & # 39; & # 39; s. like concrete, yes & nbsp; and & nbsp; there is no material nearby.

It & nbsp; & nbsp; his new role as public controller, he reacted with & nbsp; enthusiasm.

“ After an agronomist, I worked as an inspector-photographer in & nbsp; consumer services for the population, & nbsp; & mdash; remembers & nbsp; he. & mdash; & nbsp; During & nbsp; the times of the USSR carried a great social burden & nbsp; & mdash; was a member of the trade union committee, chairman of the labor protection commission. He achieved his 12th five-year plan in & nbsp; 3 & nbsp; years and & nbsp; 10 & nbsp; months, for & nbsp; that he received the title & bdquo; Excellence in consumer services for the population & ldquo ;. So for me to be a controller & mdash; it is a familiar state '.

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Putin called for reducing the number of tests and exams in schools

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for reducing the number of monitoring and verification works in schools, according to the Kremlin website.

Putin called for this problem to be resolved in order to ensure a methodologically sound control regime of knowledge, as well as the relevance of the tasks of monitoring the quality of education.

The instruction is addressed to Rosobrnadzor, as well as to the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and regional authorities.

Earlier it was reported that the Department of Education would hand over homework checking to Artificial Intelligence. According to the ministry, this technology is expected to be introduced by 2030. In addition, by 2024, all schools in Russia will switch to paperless technologies in the organization of educational activities.

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The territory of science. What was interesting about the Technosreda festival?

History National projects

From September 25 to 26 at & nbsp; Moscow to & nbsp; VDNKh was held the All-Russian Festival of Technosreda Technical Achievements. The event has become one of the brightest events in the Year of Science and Technology. During & nbsp; two days it was visited by 150,000 Muscovites and & nbsp; guests from the capital, and & nbsp; online shows recorded more than 3 & nbsp; million views.

There were several thematic areas in the exhibition area, where the country's leading universities, research institutes and technology companies presented more than 500 scientific developments to a large audience. Also within the framework of the festival, it was announced the start of All-Russian registrations for participation in the scientific competition “ Science. Territory of heroes. & # 39; & # 39; The project was created by ANO “ National Priorities '' in collaboration with & nbsp; Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. Its main objective is & nbsp; & mdash; growing interest of young people in & nbsp; science and & nbsp; technologies, informing about & nbsp; educational opportunities & nbsp; employment in the & nbsp; scientific domain.

What have the universities presented?

First Moscow State Medical University named after IM Sechenova presented in the exhibition area a cardio chair, which, without the help of medical personnel, detects a violation of the function of the heart muscle and automatically detects life-threatening changes. Another development of the university & nbsp; & mdash; mini ECG, one of the & nbsp; world's most compact resuscitation systems.

Northern Federal University (Arctic) named after M.V. Lomonosov presented a project that has become his trademark and & nbsp; brought him fame abroad & nbsp; & mdash; Floating University of the Arctic. This unique sea expedition began in & nbsp; 2012 & nbsp; year. Today aboard the research vessel 'Professor Molchanov' there are young scientists. They explore the Arctic and & nbsp; acquire knowledge and & nbsp; skills in & nbsp; real northern conditions & nbsp; & mdash; in the seas of & nbsp; Barents, Kara and & nbsp; Blanche, including the route of the Northern Sea Route. With the help of VR glasses and an additional demo screen, viewers got to see how scientists are working on the & nbsp; ship.

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology introduced robot footballer Kondo-Pro to the structure of the human body and the sense organs. It is & nbsp; member of the robotic football team 'Starkit', which was created at & nbsp; Phystech in fall 2018 & nbsp; year. The team won the Humanoid League World Championship and became the best of the & nbsp; humanoid league.

Scientists from & nbsp; Russian State University im. A. Kosygin showed a virtual dressing room at the & nbsp; festival. A special program allows you to see what a person's clothes will look like without trying them on. Thanks to a camera integrated into the & nbsp; mirror, the program reads the key points, determines the desired size and & nbsp; finds virtual 3D models of the product in the & nbsp; base of the store. And the & nbsp; reflection in the & nbsp; mirror shows what a person looks like in & nbsp; these clothes.

Visitors to the Technosphere were able to see a small robot cleaning & nbsp; & mdash; invention of students of Novosibirsk State University Elizaveta Prishlyak . The young girl imagined a prototype of a robot that can, without human help, pick up garbage in the streets of the city, recognize it and sort it in & nbsp; depending on the type according to & nbsp; containers. A & nbsp; then & nbsp; & mdash; deliver for & nbsp; processing.

Scientists from the Perm National Research Polytechnic University demonstrated a robot named after Dobrynya. It helps visitors to fitness clubs and sports grounds to exercise properly. The robot has a built-in camera and computer vision, using neural networks, it communicates with people by answering questions. Dobrynya helped festival guests choose a workout on the & nbsp; simulator and & nbsp; gave consultations.

What have the research institutes shown?

The All-Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radio Engineering Measurements has developed devices capable of detecting synthetic colorants in beverages. Visitors to the Technosphere tested these devices during the master class on juices, wine, oils and & nbsp; gasoline.

Employees of the Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immunobiological Products named after MP Chumakov RAS demonstrated one of the & nbsp; stages of production of a vaccine against & nbsp; yellow fever & mdash; this is & nbsp; dozens of countries around the world. Yellow fever & mdash; a fatal disease common in tropical countries and transmitted by a mosquito bite. At & nbsp; festival, a lab assistant, dressed in a special protective suit, with a syringe mimicked the process of infecting chicken embryos for further cell culture.

The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research presented plans for the new NICA collider and the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope. The NICA collider will help scientists in the & nbsp; laboratory conditions to recreate a special state in & nbsp; in which our Universe was & nbsp; the first milliseconds after the Big Bang. And & nbsp; with & nbsp; using the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope, physicists are studying the processes that took place in the & nbsp; Universe in the & nbsp; distant past.

Science. Territory of heroes & raquo;

As part of the Tekhnosreda festival at & nbsp; VDNKh took place the launch of the second season of the project “ Science. Territory of heroes. & # 39; & # 39; This project consists of & nbsp; two key areas & nbsp; & mdash; information and education platform, including popular science content on & nbsp; Russian scientists, their & nbsp; research and & nbsp; developments, and & nbsp; video tours on & nbsp; scientific objects.

In addition, it was announced & nbsp; the start of the registration of all Russia in & nbsp; science competition for schoolchildren in grades 5 to 11 and & nbsp; university students. It & nbsp; will take place in & nbsp; three stages and & nbsp; will last until & nbsp; December 2021 & nbsp; year. Competition Sciences. Territory of heroes & raquo; & nbsp; & mdash; this is the opportunity to try modern scientific professions for & nbsp; and & nbsp; the essential & nbsp; & mdash; determine for yourself the trajectory of scientific development. Its winners will receive valuable prizes, in & nbsp; including gift certificates for & nbsp; computers, tablets and & nbsp; other useful equipment, and & nbsp; will also be able to make a & nbsp; travel & nbsp; & mdash; in the science campuses of major Russian universities.

Show “ Laba & # 39; & # 39; and & nbsp; Film Festival

On the site “ Tekhnosreda for children & # 39; & # 39; a lot of interesting things happened. There were master classes on & nbsp; assemble and & nbsp; program robots, virtual reality zones and & nbsp; helicopters, and & nbsp; the most anticipated event was the popular science show Alexey Ivanchenko , known to the viewer of the TV program “ Galileo ''. It & nbsp; showed the public unique experiences and & nbsp; The author & # 39; s amazingly spectacular: igniting soap bubbles directly on his hand, turning the flame into & nbsp; a tornado of fire and & nbsp; throw a hair dryer turned on in & nbsp; an aquarium with water.

; visited the Scientific Film Festival. They were shown both mid-20th century films and the most recent documentaries by Russian directors & nbsp; & mdash; Space Lobachevsky Ekaterina Eremenko and & nbsp; & quot; Robot, I & nbsp; love you? & Quot; Yulia Kiseleva . Screenings took place at & nbsp; Cinema Museum, where viewers could still watch the 'Vertical' exhibition, dedicated to the 85th birthday of Stanislav Govorukhin .

Au & nbsp; film festival, it was possible to see footage Sergei Eisenstein in & nbsp; in non-stop mode and & nbsp; see the scientific and memorial study of the great director, where his authentic things, drawings and manuscripts were presented. Also at the event & nbsp; worked two VR cinemas. In & nbsp; them, thanks to the most modern equipment, you could feel like a hero of films about & nbsp; Antarctica, the conquest of Everest, outer space and history.

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Instead of landfills – parks. How are landfills collected?

Field National projects

September 25 & nbsp; to & nbsp; Chelyabinsk, on the site of the old city dump, an eco-race was held. On the territory recovered in the metallurgical district, a track was built with a length of 5 km. Young athletes and & nbsp; lovers of an active lifestyle responded to & nbsp; an invitation to participate in & nbsp; ECO RACE & nbsp; & mdash; the competition was therefore launched. They showed not only endurance, but also agility, flexibility, strength, because on the track there were two dozen different obstacles and you had to overcome everything.

Deputy Minister of Ecology of the Chelyabinsk region Vitaly Bezrukov said that this race was organized to increase the interest of the younger generation in the problems of their environment.

The Chelyabinsk landfill was located within the city limits, just 700 m from the residential development and 2 km from the Miass River. It worked for 70 & nbsp; years, up to & nbsp; 2018 & nbsp; year, and & nbsp; “ became famous & # 39; & # 39; to & nbsp; the whole country as the biggest d & nbsp; Europe: zone & nbsp; & mdash; 74.5 & nbsp; hectares, height & nbsp; & mdash; 40 & nbsp; m, volume & nbsp; & mdash; 17.5 million cubic meters.

Thanks to the national project “ Ecology & # 39; & # 39; work on the & nbsp; neutralization of sound & nbsp; detrimental impact on l & nbsp; environment in & nbsp; 2019 has finally started. The federal environmental operator (company Rosatom) completed them this year, applying the most advanced global solutions.

The whole area has been recovered. A sarcophagus was built, which isolated the waste, not allowing the release of landfill gas into the air and & nbsp; leachate drains into the ground. Reinforced edges prevent landslides. The soil is poured over the top & nbsp; & mdash; in & nbsp; as a result, a green hill appeared at the site of the landfill.

Measurements of the mobile laboratory of the public body AntiSmog; showed that the impact of this more recently dangerous object on the city atmosphere has been reduced to zero. And & nbsp; the race participants enjoyed it with their noses.

In the city as a whole, where more than one million people live, emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere after reclamation have decreased by 30%. And & nbsp; with & nbsp; considering the fact that the landfill leachate releases have also ceased, we can say that the water and land poisoning has been avoided.

Residents will decide

As part of the federal project “ Clean Country & # 39; & # 39; (part of the national project & laquo; Ecology & raquo;) work is now underway on & nbsp; reclamation of the landfill in & nbsp; another city of over a million & nbsp; & mdash; Nizhny Novgorod.

It unloads Shuvalovskaya & nbsp; & mdash; one of the most problematic objects of accumulated environmental damage. Waste from & nbsp; will be extracted and & nbsp; separated. Small fractions will be transformed into & nbsp; soil-recultivator and & nbsp; will be returned, and & nbsp; the large ones will be delivered to & nbsp; place of waste storage. To date, they have extracted & nbsp; 145 & nbsp; thousand. tons, clearing 2 & nbsp; hectares of territory of & nbsp; 17. Work is continuing 24 hours a day and & nbsp; it is planned to finish them by here & nbsp; the end of next year.

“ What happens here will be decided by the residents themselves. They may want to see a public space, park, or tree plantation. It is important that there is never again discharge & raquo ;, & nbsp; & mdash; says deputy governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Andrey Betin .

Slightly less Shuvalovskaya landfill in & nbsp; Sudak & nbsp; & mdash; he & nbsp; occupies 11 & nbsp; hectares of land, and & nbsp; the volume of waste accumulated here since & nbsp; many years is 410 & nbsp; thousand. Cubic meters. She, like & nbsp; other landfills in Crimea, will also be liquidated, and & nbsp; work is proceeding ahead of schedule.

And & nbsp; in & nbsp; the Saratov region up to & nbsp; 2024 must recover unauthorized landfill in & nbsp; which is also the industrial area of ​​Engels is huge: it covers an area of ​​26.6 & nbsp; hectares.

Reference The key objective of the Federal Project “Clean Country” of the National Project “Ecology” is to reduce the environmental damage associated with the landfill of household solid waste and to reduce environmental risks related to the accumulated facilities of harming the environment. Until 2024, it is planned to recover particularly dangerous objects – the landfills of Krasny Bor and Usolye-Sibirskoye, as well as the territory of the former Baikalsk pulp and paper factory. In addition, an interactive information system will be created: according to reports from individuals and public organizations, they will timely identify and eliminate unauthorized landfills throughout the country.

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Record rate. The cost of electricity in Europe is peaking

Electricity in France and Germany saw a record price hike: futures contracts renewed their maximum and were rated at 110 euros per MWh. Experts are convinced that this is not the limit: by the end of the month the prices for Europeans will get even higher.

Rising tariffs for EU residents are associated with 'green' energy, which many have argued for. But you have to pay for everything. For games where gas and coal, for example, come at the expense of increased costs. In addition, many sociologists believe that society's games of well-being and self-actualization should be paid for by growing feelings of addiction.

International relations experts write that Europe is falling into a dead end, but at the same time when the problems start it starts to blame someone from outside. And more often than not, for whatever reason, the 'defendant' is Russia. So, for example, in the European press there are now a huge number of reports that it is unfair to pay Russia so much for gas. But at the same time, no one wants to remember that in November 2010, Vladimir Putin had warned participants of the Berlin forum: “ I do not understand at all what you are going to use for heating. .. You don't want gas, you don't develop nuclear power. … Are you going to heat with wood? But firewood & mdash; that too must go to Siberia. & # 39; & # 39; & nbsp;

Going to Siberia is not an option for Europeans. Siberia and its riches to live in Russia. Only there will be no wealth if you listen to European intellectuals and energy systems development specialists like Anatoly Chubais . During a briefing by the Association for the Development of Renewable Energy, he spoke of the need to rethink the goals of the Russian energy sector, “ thanks to a well-constructed strategy '' the price of energy produced by the sun and the wind has already approached the usual price.

However, Siberia, where the heating season lasts 9 months, is not heated by solar panels and wind turbines, but by gas and coal. And if you don't heat, even the pipelines through which oil circulates, the revenues of which fill the country's budget, will freeze. There will be no gas, no metals, no defense products, only wind turbines and clean energy will be left. But at the same time, you will have to pay dearly for the energy.

Experts are convinced that in issues as complex as energy and infrastructure, one should not listen to the young representatives of environmental movements, which for the most part constitute them. We are talking about those who speak with burning eyes about saving the planet.

These activists are often used as a screen, experts say, but in reality they haven't grown up to understand the problem. At the moment, there is a redistribution of world markets and the formation of more and more restrictions on the products of the basic industries of Russian exports: oil, gas, coal, metals.

Russia is currently preparing for the introduction of a new carbon tax. But it's not just about the industry, experts say. The Institute for Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences estimated what would happen if such a tax was introduced on the “ European ''. level (50 euros per tonne of carbon dioxide). Heating prices will increase by 80%, electricity prices & mdash; by 25%. These are the European standards.

But, if you listen to the 'green' supporters energy, without it nowhere: we will miss our historic chance, we will be deprived of technologies. Seems like you just need to submit to fate and European ideas about what's right and wrong.

But Russia has always been wrong for Europeans. After all, to defend the national interests of Russia & mdash; this is wrong from the point of view of Europeans. But that's exactly what Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov , Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak , Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov are doing now, on the eve of the next UN climate conference. & Nbsp;

At the Tyumen Oil and Gas Forum, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov said: “ Russia should to do it only way, and not the one that the Western partners, in particular, impose on us. Of course, Russia will take into account all trends, but I want to stress that we must not be deprived of our natural advantages. “

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