America asks her not to close Russian space
U.S. will pay Russia $ 70.7 million for each flight rockets "Soyuz", necessary for the United States - reports Fox News. This happened against the background of U.S. President Barack Obama plans to toughen sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine and Crimea.

While politicians argue about the struggle with Russia, NASA claims that "long-term relationship" with the Russian Space Agency policy "no effect" - either in terms of withdrawal of U.S. satellites and U.S. cargo delivery, nor in the ISS project, either in terms of manned flights
(quoted in part) .
But if you refuse to work with RF NASA (though the amount of private launches does not provide the American space program, even a quarter) - for the U.S., in fact, the window will snap into space. Especially that all (!) Rocket motors on all own civil media NASA designed and made ​​in KB them. Khrunichev. So, thinking about sanctions or threatening them U.S. should not forget that one really wrong move - and space next 10 years America can only be nostalgic.

Hard Living on the edge of the earth

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Hard Living on the edge of the earth
From the author: Time Teriberke long stopped. Only a damp wind slowly doing his job - destroying facades, gnawing a piece of plaster and bricks. For the year that I was not here, emptied another two-storey house. But, in spite of everything, Teriberka lives.This village I love, there is some kind of its power and its beauty.

Rare footage of tsarist Russia in photos Maxim Dmitriev
Today I want to show you a truly rare footage of tsarist Russia made by Russian photographer XIX - XX centuries Maxim Dmitriev. It is believed that he took his first genre pictures of the country and was the founder of the journalistic genre of photojournalism.
People dining in the village Pralevke Lukoyanovskoye County:

10 Favorite Places to spend vacations
Russia
Jones traveled to St. Petersburg to learn the national fighting style of sambo, or self-defense without weapons. It was a serious sport with serious people, but outside of practice Jones experienced homemade vodka and a traditional Russian bathhouse. You can easily find both on a visit to this northern city, where the summer sun offers up long days and “white nights.” The baroque Winter Palace, home to the Hermitage Museum, is a must-see, as are museums dedicated to literary figures from Fyodor Dostoyevsky to Leo Tolstoy. Stroll along the Neva River, visit St. Isaac’s Cathedral, which still shows evidence of shelling from the siege of Leningrad during World War II — and take in a ballet at the Mariinsky Theater.

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