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Meerkats at a zoo in London enjoyed a special Easter treat on Wednesday
A roundup of what has happened over the past week. (through April 22)
The British royal family has about 800 official suppliers around the world. Many of them are located in the area of London known as the West End. This area is also home to the Burlington Arcade, which houses dozens of shops, including some of the certified companies that provide the royal family with everything it needs.
Over the past three years, board games have been experiencing a sort of Renaissance in Russia. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, many original games were produced in the country, but the market shrunk under the onslaught of computer games and stayed dormant for more than ten years. Today, with thousands of people searching for ways to escape the increased isolation of the cyber era and with growing disposable incomes to be spent on entertainment, the market is coming out of hibernation. The popularity of board games and public gaming sessions is skyrocketing.
Real Madrid waited 18 years to win back the Copa del Rey trophy, only to drop the cup and watch it get crushed under the wheels of a bus.
Russia’s State Nanotechnology Corporation, Rusnano signed a $67-million deal with German Nanostart Investment Company on Wednesday to developing high-tech business in the Perm Region. Rusnano and the Perm Region administration will each invest $25 million in the fund, Nanostart will invest another $17 million.
Over the past year alone Moscow was affected by different climate anomalies – last summer’s two-month heat wave, winter’s ice rain and recent April snow. Is it a tendency? If so, what may be next? Nikolai Yelansky, head of the trace gas laboratory at the A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, answers these questions and also claims that due to the growth of worldwide industrial production, weekly work cycles now can influence the global climate.
The First Aerospace Defense Brigade has repelled an all-out simulated air strike at the Ashuluk firing range in Russia’s Astrakhan Region. Four battalions operating S-300 Favorit SA-20 Gargoyle surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems knocked out drones in a difficult tactical situation.1
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born 85 years ago on April 21, 1926. She ascended the throne on February 6, 1952, after the death of her father, King George VI. The coronation took place on June 2, 1953, at Westminster Abbey.
Two rare white lion cubs, a rare black amur leopard and a rhino calf have joined the menagerie at the Serengeti Animal Park in northern Germany
The main recent trend in all the political and economic forums in Russia is shifting from commodities-based economy to high-technology and innovations. Moscow-based startup hub Digital October invited European venture capitalists to Global Innovation Partnership Forum to make this trend real and assess all the risks and opportunities of working with Russian venture funds.
Last week Thailand celebrated Songkran, the festival marking the Buddhist New Year
While Silicon Valley still flourishes due to the Russian brain drain, some Valley-based businessmen are returning to Russia, citing greater money opportunities here. Russian-born Kirill Makharinsky, who in his mid-twenties launched what is today a profitable internet company in the Valley, came back to Russia last year. Why it’s necessary to write letters to Steve Jobs and why startup communities are useless for fundraising, Makharinsky said in an interview with RIA Novosti’s Anastasia Markitan.
Russia has managed to avoid serious disruptions during the global economic downturn; the national economy will recover completely earlier than expected, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the lower house of parliament.
The Indian PSLV-C16 carrier rocket lifted off on Wednesday from the Satish Dhawan space center in southern India. The rocket orbited three satellites, including an Indian-Russian Youthsat.
The 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s flight into space was marked by celebrations all over the world. In Moscow, the festivities included concerts, exhibitions and events involving foreign visitors. One of them, the “Path of Gagarin” is being held in Moscow’s Federal Archive Museum.
An S-300 surface-to-air missile system destroyed an imaginary enemy’s fighter jet above the Ashuluk training grounds during military drills for the air defense forces and air forces in the Astrakhan Region. The exercises are being held as part of the military cooperation between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.1
The first drill for the parade of service people and rolling military equipment to participate in the military parade for the 66th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War on May 9, took place on St. Petersburg’s Palace Square on April 18.
The EcoBlogy forum in Moscow established a platform for environmental activists to exchange opinions on ecological issues and climate change and on the influence of the media and blogging in resolving environmental problems.