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Phobos failure mirrors problems in space industry – cosmonaut
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Phobos failure mirrors problems in space industry – cosmonauthttp://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=291062 MOSCOW. Nov 30 (Interfax-AVN) - A shortage of skilled personnel is one of the main problems facing the Russian space industry, said Russian cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Georgy Grechko. "What is our main trouble? The [federal space agency] Roscosmos chief spoke about it recently, although it is an open secret for specialists: the staff employed are either over 60 or under 30. There is no intermediate age group," he told Interfax-AVN in a comment on the Russian space industry's failures in 2011. "A generation was lost for the space industry, when it was struggling to survive," Grechko said. "People, most of them young, energetic and talented, would seek higher earnings in other places. The space industry could not offer them any decent salary. Incidentally, even now salaries are not high enough in the space industry, and they are sometimes below the average federal or regional levels," he said. Concerning the failure of the Phobos-Grunt mission, he said, "We last launched such a sophisticated system some 25 years ago. Think what the 25 years mean for the space industry. A shift of generations occurred," Grechko said. No continuity was observed in the industry, he also said. At one point, the Soviet Union would launch spacecraft to Mars and Venus at a pace of one per two years. A more busy schedule is unfeasible, given the astronomical conditions and the mutual location of the planets and the Sun, he said. "Experience would be accumulated and know-how tested. But then a gap of 25 years followed. By the way, the United States, Europe and even India intensified the exploration of the planets and achieved impressive successes then. We are starting these interplanetary automatic missions virtually from scratch in terms of the modern technological level," Grechko said. sd jv (Our editorial staff can be reached at eng.editors@interfax.ru) Azerbaijani MPs to observe elections in Russiahttp://www.news.az/articles/politics/49810 Wed 30 November 2011 07:09 GMT | 8:09 Local Time On 4 December, elections will be held for the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation. A group of MPs of the Azerbaijani Parliament will visit Moscow and Saint Petersburg to observe the elections. C hairman of the Agrarian Policy Committee Eldar Ibrahimov and MP Azay Guliyev, will monitor elections from OSCE PA while MPs Sabir Hajiyev and Elkhan Suleymanov from the PACE. Other parliamentarians Elton Mammadov, Mirkazim Kazimov, Arastun Javadov and Rufat Guliyev will join the process from the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS while Elmira Akhundova and Fuad Muradov, from the observation group of the CIS Executive Committee. The MPs will be present in constituencies and observe the process of elections. The visit will end on 5 December.
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http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/285115.html MOSCOW November 30 (Itar-Tass) —— A State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoy was found an injured party in the murder case of the former Federal Security Service officer Alexander Litvinenko in London and an attempted murder of Dmitry Kovtun, spokesman for the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin told Itar-Tass on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Lugovoy refused to comment on the issue to Itar-Tass. “I leave it without any comments,” he said. British legal authorities accused a State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoy of participation in Alexander Litvinenko’s poisoning in 2006. After the murder of the former FSB officer the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office launched an investigation in the murder case of Alexander Litvinenko and an attempted murder of Dmitry Kovtun. The Prosecutor General’s Office has conducted an investigation into the details of the murder of the former FSB officer that proved that “Litvinenko died of radioactive nuclide poisoning and Kovtun, who met with Litvinenko in London in October 2006, was found to have the disease caused by radioactive nuclide poisoning.” The criminal case was opened under Article 105 Part 2 for murder and Article 105 Part 2 and Article 30 Part 3 for an attempted murder of two and more people. Lugovoy was a witness in this criminal case. 11:20 30/11/2011ALL NEWS
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/285099.html MOSCOW, November 30 (Itar-Tass) —— The investigators proved that Andrei Lugovoy was poisoned with polonium during his communication with the former Federal Security Service officer Alexander Litvinenko in London, spokesman of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin told Itar-Tass on Wednesday. “The investigation proved a Russian citizen Andrei Lugovoy got poisoned with polonium-210 during his communication with Alexander Litvinenko in London in October-November 2006,” he said.
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti)Russian investigators have opened a criminal case into a murder attempt against Andrei Lugovoi, the former KGB bodyguard who was accused of poisoning Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 in London, a police source said on Wednesday. “The decision about opening the case has been recently made,” the source said. No official comment is available. Lugovoi has declined to comment on the issue. Litvinenko, a former KGB officer and outspoken critic of then-president Vladimir Putin, died in November 2006 in a London hospital after being poisoned with the radioactive substance polonium-210. British investigators have until now accused Lugovoi of the murder and demanded his extradition, sparking a major diplomatic row between the two countries. Russia has rejected British requests to extradite Lugovoi, citing its Constitution, which does not permit the extradition of Russian nationals. The row led to a drastic deterioration in bilateral relations. Lugovoi has denied all the charges. Experts believe that Lugovoi, who gained immunity from prosecution after joining Russia's right-wing LDPR party, could have concocted the story about a murder attempt against him. “Any information about a murder attempt on a politician ahead of the polls inevitably benefits him politically,” Alexei Mukhin, the head of the Center for Political Information said. “I have no doubt that the information about his murder attempt and the case opened into it is a thoroughly planned PR campaign.” Directory: gifiles -> attach attach -> British Forces – Akrioti, Greece Griffin Fighter Squadron (84 Squadron raf) MoD announced possible Typhoon and Tornado arrivals to the base France attach -> Russia 110204 Basic Political Developments attach -> Unclassified//for official use only attach -> Adaptability Sustainment attach -> Pop-up 1 ("C" Chechnya) Header Text: Emir of the Caucasus Emirate Doku Umarov Image attach -> Russia and Islam are not Separate attach -> Chapter 13: The Northern Caucasus attach -> Russia 100209 Basic Political Developments attach -> The evolution attach -> The devolution Download 317.41 Kb. Share with your friends:
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