The second half of April is rich in memories of the distant and recent past. Alone among them are events that happened at the dawn of Perestroika started by Mikhail Gorbachev. They perfectly demonstrated how the new General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee is the flesh of a child who has grown his system as he is scared to death of the publicity, which then made the slogan of the era.
We are talking about a catastrophic accident at the Chernobyl NPP on 26 April 1986, which touched not only the RSFSR, Ukraine and Belarus, but also many European countries.
Then on Saturday night in 40m the unit has an explosion completely destroyed the reactor and a protective wall. There was a big fire. A mixture of sand, metal, waste water and fuel flowed through the underground cavities of the structure. In the air were thrown out the radioactive elements of isotopes of uranium, plutonium, iodine-131, cesium-134, strontium-90. The materials of the technical characteristics of nuclear power plants, improper personnel actions, the constructive errors of a dangerous object can be found, if desired. Much more important is the fact that the leadership of the NPP did not put in the time notified of the incident by the administration, which in turn tried his best to hide the disaster from the public and from other countries.
As a result, in the city of Pripyat, evacuation of the population was announced only 36 hours after the explosion. But TASS announced that “the reactor is damaged” on April 28. In Belarus, In Ukraine there were mass festivities in honor of may day. At that time, Western TV channels is constantly monitored the movement of air flows over the USSR and Europe, people took their summer-dressed children for a walk, sit on the grass, fished.
Immediately after the explosion from acute radiation disease received 134 persons. Firefighters, which had the share to extinguish a nuclear fire had no special means of protection: they were simple canvas robe and staff respirators, which protect exclusively from soot and carbon monoxide. Everyone who worked on the roof of the turbine hall received high doses of radiation, 28 of them died within a couple of months. About how already in the 6th Moscow’s radiological hospital dying, these people, there is a poignant play of Vladimir Gubarev “Sarcophagus”.
According to the world health organization directly from the impact of the accident killed not less than 4000 people. Among the liquidators who worked there for many years – another 10 million In Europe recorded 10 thousand of congenital malformations in newborns, 10 thousand cases of thyroid cancer. This is not the limit – pathology, received the body along with the radiation is passed from generation to generation. Thus, the impact of the Chernobyl disaster on humanity was more terrible than the death in the nuclear fire of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
How much is the Ukrainian woman-pilot?
Last week the Russians were sincerely glad that justice still exists in this world. The Hague court finally decided that our country did not have anything to pay shareholders defeated at the beginning of the 2000s YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky. No doubt, for leaky budget this is good news, because a huge amount of Russian money invested in the economies of different countries and with some political will, we could be taken: in a lump sum or in installments. This threat was all settled.
But what strange thoughts the timing of the decision suggest?
Very much suddenly seemed a review of Russian aircraft (though not all) of Syria. Immediately subsequent visit to Russia by U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry, talk with him, as it should be by rank, Sergey Lavrov, and the President, in such a blissful mood that he didn’t even prepared the speech-writers jokes amused respectable public.
A sharp shift from a dead point of the question about the liberation of the Ukrainian pilots Hope Savchenko, sentenced in Russia to 22 years in prison. And the President was allowed to talk to prisoners and the hunger strike she stopped. Even the speaker of the upper house of the Russian Parliament has allowed to make a statement about the political will to complete this process. Now we can only guess whether the Russian authorities will be obtained for Savchenko 2 Russian soldiers just convicted in Ukraine for being in the country with guns to 14 years of imprisonment, or the rates will be raised.
We can only guess, these two concessions to Russia enough that she “forgave” $ 50 billion or soon will be followed by other equally high-profile change in policy or the economy.
This was not since the cold war
The incident with the flight of the Russian su-24 in the vicinity of the American destroyer “Donald cook” has been developed. First, the Russian defense Ministry reported that it was a random convergence, from where our pilots manage to get out. Then he began to leak information that the su-shki slighted the ship a potential enemy for several days and the purpose of this strange mission was an attempt to bring down the system of prevention and guidance of Americans. Those, in turn, has reminded that, according to unofficial rules of the military, this reduction of distance is about to open fire on defeat. How it could react in Russia. Naturally expressed people involved in extreme sailing (without destroyers) and horse riding. In all probability the phrase: “Donald cook” has approached our borders and they are not to depart” is to change the instructions and regulations of the sailors.
A subsequent skirmish between the military agencies were limited to charges each other of provocations. Meeting at the meeting of the Council Russia – NATO, occurred on Wednesday, only emphasized the “deep contradictions”, and did not lead to anything.
Alexander Bastrykin against “pseudoliberal values”
Not liking him and thinking and statements of citizens about held in the spring of 2014 referendum in Crimea. In this regard, according to Vladimir Putin’s classmate, should be tightened control over the Internet, in particular on the personal correspondence of citizens. The latter, of course, linked exclusively with the fight against extremism and terrorism, but published in the Journal “Kommersant-the power” is clearly seen refer to the hybrid war with Russia, almost the entire world.
Bastrykin once again supported the creation of the state ideology, the prohibition, by analogy with China, on the electronic media. From his point of view, it is necessary to establish strict control over the work of all youth, cultural, religious associations and to require their activities to the proper level of patriotism.
Despite the fact that in Russia the word “extremism” is increasingly understood just political dissent, it is clear that it is very useful before the parliamentary elections and then the presidential elections.
The President’s press Secretary has not given comments on the article due to the fact that the Kremlin is not done with her yet to see.
In Russia there can be a lot of suicides
And even if they are, the media should be lit by no more than one such incident per day. Such recommendations for the media in the near future will prepare the CPS.
From the point of view of officials, such materials are too strongly influence people with suicidal tendencies, forcing him to do something that can never be would not be realized without external stimulus. Also in the list of the new rules will include a ban on the publication of materials about suicides on the front page, with mention of the place of the incident. Strictly contraindicated even a hint of romantic or heroic component of the offense.
Overall, nothing special: no material, no problem. Why do people have to know why the heads of the families from despair and poverty kill their children, why deprive yourself of life the victims of pedophiles or police lawlessness. Why? We are all good: peace and prosperity.
Russian anti-drug Crusader will catch Interpol
The national court of Spain has addressed in the Interpol with the request for assistance in the capture of one of the defendants in the case by the Tambov gang, which investigators are already not the first year. Links with international organized crime is suspected the Deputy head of the Russian service on control over drug trafficking the General-the Colonel Nikolay Villages. All attempts to invite him for questioning during the investigation, nothing has led, in Spain, he refuses to go. Refused the Russian authorities to cooperate with the investigation and in the event of the arrival of its representatives in Moscow.
Nicholas of Villages according to the Spanish Themis had numerous contacts in the St. Petersburg criminal authorities, who arrested in Spain in 2008.
Alexey Kudrin long to persuade it was not necessary
Since the last presidential election, Vladimir Putin resolved a complicated dilemma: how to restore the position in the power structure of Alexei Kudrin, whom Dmitry Medvedev when he was President publicly dismissed the Minister of Finance. And, in fact, Dmitry Medvedev, who is the Prime Minister and No. 1 in the queue receivers first person in the Direct line of Kudrin was offered to head the Board of the Center for strategic research, who has to figure out how to lead the country out of the structural economic crisis.
On Wednesday, Alexei Kudrin officially expressed its acceptance of the new position.
Except for food, not enough for anything
According to the results of numerous surveys, the experts came to the conclusion that for the first time since the 2008 crisis, the Russians stated that they had to spend on food more than 50% of their income. The changes in the consumption structure notice not only the poor but also the middle class that previously did not consider this item of expenditure main in my life. Now other expenses are minimized in expectation of further deterioration of economic conditions.
A gift to married couples from the Supreme court
Until recently it was believed that when emerged overdue debt to the Bank, the latter may recover the amount owing not only to the borrower directly, but also with his wife (spouses). It is clear that it did dangerous couples separation without filing for divorce. New rules to attract “soul mate” payments can only be conclusive if we can prove the joint use of resources: in other words, pay loans purchased a coat, the husband may refuse.
On the other hand, will immediately appear enterprising citizens who are typing out a mortgage, auto loan, other impressive amounts that will be all this to give his beloved wife, and to calmly deal with the procedure of personal bankruptcy.
Crimean oxymoron
Republic of Crimea and the hero city of Sevastopol do not cease to be a source of variety of news in Russia.
- The Ministry of justice of Russia has made the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people to the list of organizations whose activities are suspended due to the conduct of extremist activity. This organization has existed since 1991, he led educational and cultural activities in their native language, in all international organizations was recognized as the official representative of the people, who in 1944 was deported from places of compact residence for alleged mass desertion from the red army in 1941.
- One of the journalists of Ukrainian mass media “Radio Liberty” charming Madame Prosecutor was prosecuted for incitement to undermine the territorial integrity of Russia. While an unnamed fault of the defendant is that he prepared the material that the Ukrainian activists once again attempt to block the Peninsula. By the way, in Russia such articles practically lost interest.
- Educated in the spirit of humanity and humanism Sevastopol adolescents due until an unspecified conflict with 3 homeless was severely beaten by the latter, and to cover his tracks doused the body with gasoline and set them on fire. It was in one of the abandoned stalls.
- And the naughty. In the Crimea plan to install a monument to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is planned to carry out 3-year anniversary of the annexation of Crimea to Russia. First step is the hardest. Idea can get Russian support.
“I want such, as Putin”
The capital of Tatarstan became famous posted online by video. As of April 21, he has already scored more than 1200 thousand views and over 30 thousand likes. String trio accompanies the girl in the middle of Kazan sings a funny song, the main meaning of which is the phrase: “I want such, as Putin”.
And finally, about the original title of our review. Madeleine Albright, first woman U.S. Secretary of state (1997-2001), commenting on the lightning-fast deployment of Russian troops in Syria and an equally unexpected conclusion, exercises of the Russian pilots near American warship in the Baltic sea, said that “Putin supports the nationalism in the country in order to hide the fact that Russia is actually just Bangladesh with a nuclear Arsenal”. State Duma Deputy and part-time TV presenter Alexei Pushkov said: “the US and allies are forced to reckon with Russia”. By the way, Madame Albright raised the self-esteem of Russians, who often compare their Homeland with Honduras. For comparison, Honduras occupies 104-e a place in the ranking of prosperity of the countries of the world, and Bangladesh – 103-E.
