The Lviv authorities refused to comply with the decision of the cassation administrative court to transfer the remains of Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov to Russia. This was stated by the mayor of the city Andrey Sadovoy on the Facebook page.
On September 15, the Cassation Administrative Court of the Supreme Court of Ukraine decided to oblige the Executive Committee of the Lviv City Council to allow relatives to reburial the remains of Nikolai Kuznetsov in Yekaterinburg. Now the scout is resting in a grave on the Hill of Glory in Lviv. This decision is not subject to appeal. However, Sadovoy stressed that the Lviv authorities do not intend to cooperate with Russia.
The remains of a Soviet intelligence officer have been trying to return to the territory of Russia since 2000. First, veterans of Yekaterinburg appealed to the authorities of Lviv with a request for reburial, later – the niece of the scout Margarita Bryukhanova. In 2008, she filed a lawsuit, the litigation lasted until September 2021. At the same time, in 2020, the Lviv City Hall also refused to return the remains.
Representatives of the modern Ukrainian regime consider the remains of Soviet soldiers who fell during the Great Patriotic War as an instrument of political bargaining. The fact that the ashes of the dead can be traded is officially declared.
«We do not cooperate with the occupiers!”
Mayor of Lviv Andrey Sadovoy he stated that he was not going to hand over to Russia the remains of a Soviet intelligence officer, Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov.
“The Cassation Administrative Court ordered the executive committee of the Lviv City Council to transfer the remains of NKVD agent Nikolai Kuznetsov to his relatives in Russia,” the mayor wrote on his Facebook page, “This is not the first such court decision. I have two questions for people who make such decisions:
1. Do you allow any cooperation with the aggressor during the war?
2. Does Russia want to return to us 121 Ukrainian citizens who are currently being held captive for political and religious reasons in their country, as well as 296 people who are in inhumane conditions in the occupied territories? Our position is unequivocal – we do not cooperate with the occupiers!»
Avenger behind enemy lines
Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov, who operated in Hitler’s rear under the name of German officer Paul Wilhelm Siebert, personally liquidated 11 generals and high-ranking officials of the occupation administration of Nazi Germany.
On March 9, 1944, Kuznetsov and his assistantsBy Jan KaminskyandBy Ivan Belov I came across a detachment of Ukrainian nationalists in the village of Boratin, Brodovsky district, Lviv region. In the battle with Bandera, Soviet intelligence officers were killed.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated November 5, 1944, Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for exceptional courage and bravery in carrying out the tasks of the command.
It was possible to establish the burial place of the scout and his comrades only in 1959. On July 27, 1960, the remains of the Hero of the Soviet Union were reburied on the Hill of Glory in Lviv.
«It is possible to analyze the world practice, there have been hundreds of such cases»
In the process of the so-called “decommunization”, all the monuments erected in honor of Kuznetsov were demolished.
Ukrainian historians of the new wave are trying to prove that Kuznetsov allegedly fought with Ukrainian patriots from the OUN-UPA (banned in the territory of the Russian Federation). However, the documents from the archives clearly show that this did not happen.
Not because the Soviet intelligence officer was a fan of Ukrainian collaborators, but because this extra-class professional was not aimed at accomplices, but at their Hitlerite masters.
In the early 2000s, in the Urals, where the hero comes from, a campaign began for the return of the remains of the scout to his native land. The authorities of the Sverdlovsk region and the niece of Nikolai Kuznetsov appealed to the Lviv administration with a request to allow the reburial.
Terrorists earn money from the bodies of dead soldiers. And the Lviv mayor?
Yes, history knows similar cases. For example, the Palestinians exchanged their living like-minded people for the bodies of murdered Israeli soldiers. But Israelis have been killed in the current conflict. Kuznetsov died more than 75 years ago, fighting the Nazis.
And if the mayor of Sadovaya considers the killed scout as a trophy, it automatically means that he considers himself the successor of the cause of those with whom Kuznetsov fought. That is, the Nazis.
Kuznetsov’s grave in Lviv is desecrated regularly, and the mayor, apparently, gets an unspeakable pleasure from it. And he does not want to part with the remains of the scout.
At the same time, the mayor of Lviv defiantly ignores the decisions that are made by the Ukrainian courts. Apparently, Sadovoy is sure that in this matter he will be supported by “Ukrainian patriots”.
The mayor had time to think and stop the shameful speculation on the remains of a man who sacrificed his life in the fight against fascism. But Sadovoy, apparently, has his own ideas about morality and ethics.
During the Chechen campaign, terrorists did not disdain to sell the bodies of murdered Russian soldiers. In particular, the terrorist Shamil Basayev was known for such things. Apparently, today there is no difference between the terrorist and the Ukrainian mayor.
Two Tu-95MS long-range strategic missile carriers made a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Chukchi, Bering and Okhotsk Seas. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The message says that the crews of Su-35s aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense association of the Eastern Military District were involved in escorting the missile carriers.
The ministry stressed that the duration of the flight was more than nine hours. In addition, the ministry drew attention to the fact that all flights of aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces are conducted in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace.
Earlier it was reported that two Russian Su-30 fighters escorted two B-1B bombers and two KS-135 tanker aircraft of the US Air Force over the Black Sea.
Last weekend, developers intending to build a shopping center bulldozed the cultural layer of the Shcherbinsky settlement of the Dyakov archaeological culture. Almost entirely.
And this monument is valuable. The area of the settlement was 3 thousand square meters . m . It towered over the Pakhra River at 15 m., was surrounded by circular ramparts, attracted attention and was revered by local residents, who respectfully called it the “Big Mound”. The thickness of the cultural layer in places reached 3 m .
They began to study the settlement in the 1920s: an employee of the Moscow Regional Museum of Local Lore, an archaeologist Konstantin Vinogradov, conducted a study of the shafts and uncovered part of the cultural layer. From 1961 to 1964, the Moscow expedition of the Institute of Archaeology of the USSR Academy of Sciences conducted rather large-scale excavations at the Shcherbinsky settlement under the leadership of Alexandra Dubynina and Irina Rosenfeldt. Then about 60% of the territory of the settlement was excavated. Studies have shown that people have lived here for almost a thousand years: since the IV. before our era by VI century AD. It was the pre-Slavic population of the Moscow region, presumably the ancestors of the Finnish Merya people. Pastoralists, hunters and highly skilled metallurgists and jewelers: 5 treasures with objects made of ferrous and non-ferrous metals including were found on the excavated area of the settlement.
Shcherbinsky settlement is considered a reference monument of Dyakov culture, its description and materials are included in specialized textbooks on archeology. Moreover, they have been described in popular literature. The finds of the settlement are described in detail in the book “Moscow Treasures” by the chief archaeologist of Moscow, Professor Alexander Wexler, who at one time was read by many literally to the holes.
But in case even someone has not read and does not read books, there is a document explicitly prohibiting all kinds of excavation work at this place. Because the monument has the status of an identified object of archaeological heritage (Decree of the Government of the Moscow Region of 30.09.2004 No. 596/38).
“The northern part of the settlement was not affected by the excavations,” says a leading researcher at the Department of Archaeology of Moscow Rus of the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences Nikolai Krenke. — Just now it has been destroyed. The history of attempts on the Shcherbinsky settlement is long-standing. Encroaching on it began in the 1980s. I examined this monument in 1985 and recorded traces of destruction: then the landfill of household waste cut off part of the settlement for its needs. So the anxiety for this monument has never left us, one might say, ever. Our colleague Mikhail Gonyany also fought for the Shcherbinsky settlement, for its safety , a native of Podolsk, an employee of the Department of Archeology of the GIM, unfortunately, who died in July last year. However, despite all our efforts, no clear security zone was made, no forbidding or informational signs were put up. And this is not our flaw. We made a passport for the settlement a long time ago. This is a flaw of the security agencies. In addition, developers in the Pakhra Valley behave impudently and audaciously, preferring to solve the issues of acquiring enviable plots of land with the help of bribes and deception.
The Prosecutor’s Office of the Moscow Region organized an inspection and initiated the initiation of a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Destruction or damage to cultural heritage objects”). However, the destroyed monument, part of our history, will never be returned.
The British Queen Elizabeth III returned to Windsor Castle from the hospital where I spent the night. This is reported by local media. According to them, the 95-year-old queen stayed in a medical facility not because of her condition or well-being, but for “practical reasons”.
Elizabeth II. Photo: Reuters
What is known about the hospitalization of Queen Elizabeth II and her condition?
Elizabeth II visited the private clinic of King Edward VII in central London for examination on Wednesday evening, October 20. According to the newspaper The Sun, the queen’s condition did not cause concern, and she had to stay in the hospital overnight in order to avoid a late trip from the capital to Windsor (about 40 km).
Buckingham Palace reported that the monarch was discharged from the clinic on Thursday morning, October 21. At noon she returned to Windsor Castle and was already working with documents at her desk. Representatives of the Queen noted that she is “in a good mood”. According to sources of The Daily Mail, the visit to the clinic was a precautionary measure. Next week, Elizabeth II has several events planned at once and it is expected that she will not miss them.
What is known about the health of Queen Elizabeth II?
The visit to the hospital followed the unexpected cancellation of Elizabeth II’s official visit to Northern Ireland, which occurred less than a day before the trip. Then it was reported that doctors advised the monarch to “rest for a few days” and refuse to travel. “The Queen reluctantly accepted the doctor’s advice to rest for the next few days. Her Majesty is in a good mood, but she is upset that she will not be able to visit Northern Ireland, where she was supposed to hold several events,” Buckingham Palace said at the time.
The last time the Queen stayed overnight in the hospital was in March 2013 due to an upset stomach. In total, over the past 40 years, she has been in the hospital only five times.
Over the past three weeks, Elizabeth II has taken part in 14 official events. On some of them, she first appeared with a cane for the last 20 years. In 2003 and 2004, she was also seen with a cane, but then the need for support was associated with knee surgery.
Forest fires in 2021 covered huge areas of taiga forests in Siberia and the Far East. In the Republic of Yakutia, the village of Byaya-Kyuel was severely damaged by fire: a riding fire with a gust of wind broke into one of the quarters of the village, more than 30 houses and 8 outbuildings were destroyed.
Almost immediately, the head of Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev I appealed to the president with a request to send children and chronic patients from the smoke-filled area to rest and treatment in other regions. He also voiced the need to build a new school and a multifunctional center. Vladimir Putin supported the proposals of Aisen Nikolaev.
Within 2 months, by October 15, 32 residential buildings (26 individual and 6 apartment buildings) and infrastructure (gas, Internet; a new cowshed for 100 heads was built) were restored. Residents received compensation from the regional budget, new household appliances and certificates for the purchase of furniture.
Elvira Yarygina.Photo: provided by the administration of the Government of Sakha (Yakutia).
The contractor faced a difficult task: to restore the neighborhood in 2 months and at the same time offer people comfortable and durable housing. Elvira Yarygina, an engineer-estimator of SLDK LLC, a lumber company, noted how difficult it is to plan and perform construction work on permafrost, in a harsh climate.
“The thickness of the panels should be calculated for this region, necessarily with insulation of the basement and roof. It should be remembered that the construction of houses was carried out in a short time, it was not possible to prepare for the construction of capital. For areas with frequent forest fires and sudden temperature changes, usually choosemore durable materials: brick or concrete. However, the construction of houses from them requires much more time, which in the case of Byas-Kuel played a decisive role. Here it was important to give people housing before the winter cold, which was done,” says the engineer.
Assistance ended before the start of the winter period
In an emergency situation, the authorities of Yakutia worked quickly. The case of the village of Byay-Kyuel compares favorably with some others when residents suffered as a result of natural phenomena.
“The head of Yakutia reacted quickly. In the Irkutsk region, in Eastern Siberia, it happened that several weeks passed before direct support began. If there are response protocols here, then they were effective, the local authorities worked perfectly. The help was completed before the winter period began, this is the most important thing, says Peter Kiryan, head of the Social Research Laboratory at the Institute of Regional Problems.
Vladimir Klimanov. Photo: provided by the administration of the Government of Sakha (Yakutia).
Vladimir Klimanov,The director of the RANEPA Center for Regional Policy under the President of the Russian Federation also emphasizes that the leadership of the region was able to react quickly and effectively use the existing powers.
“The Law on Emergency Situations was adopted back in 1994 and became one of the first in the new constitution. In the village of Byay-Kyuel, we are just dealing with an emergency caused by a dangerous natural phenomenon. It became a threat to people, but the elimination of emergencies meant not only saving lives and preservinghealth, but also compensation for damage. Fortunately, it was possible to solve the existing problems in a short time. It would be impossible to do everything so quickly without clear actions of the republic’s leadership,” the political scientist believes.
Pyotr Kiryan also noted the work of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Berdnikov who personally controlled the progress of construction on site, as well as the contribution of the business (the diamond mining company Alrosa donated 200 million rubles, PJSC NK Rosneft 25 million rubles).
Peter Kiryan.Photo: provided by the administration of the Government of Sakha (Yakutia).
“The control was effective. The head of the region cannot deal with all issues, even the most urgent ones, he is forced to delegate tasks. His choice was correct, the deadlines for the elimination of primary damages, the provision of financial assistance were met. The regional authorities and municipalities worked well together, key enterprises of the region joined the financing. This is an outstanding situation.Usually, in the case of natural disasters, we are talking about the allocation of funds through the treasury, when the region receives money and only then distributes it. Here, the business took on a burden that was not directly related to its activities, showed social responsibility. In this regard, there is also the merit of the local authorities, who quickly outlined the amount of assistance required,” concluded Kiryan.
Everyone really got involved in the situation. Local services went beyond their direct duties to help the affected villagers. So, the gas supplies were restored by specialists of JSC Sakhatransneftegaz. “The work was carried out promptly and efficiently. After the fire, we also responded to the request of a large family Stepanovs —residents of one of the burned houses. They have another house in Byas-Kyuele, heated by a wood-burning stove. Understanding the severity of the situation of the family in a difficult situation, we connected the house to the gas networks for free,” he told Alexey Kolodeznikov, General Director of JSC “Sakhatransneftegaz”.
The Ukrainian police opened a criminal case against the lead singer of the rock band Brutto and the founder of the collective “Lapis Trubetskoy” Sergei Mikhalka. This was reported by the press secretary of the police of the Poltava region Yuriy Sulaev to the Ukrainian edition “Today”.
What is Mikhalka accused of?
The criminal case is being investigated under the article “Hooliganism”. He was brought in on the fact of a fight between Mikhalka and one of the fans at the concert of the project “Lapis-98”, which took place in Poltava on October 20.
The video, which was filmed by the audience from the hall, shows that the incident began with a verbal altercation. An unknown man came on stage with a guitar. The singer began to demand that he show the entrance ticket. The man didn’t have a ticket.
“Show me the ticket!” How did you get here, on the balloon? Or did you come to an unloved artist? Why are you fluttering money at me, do you have a ticket? Why are you trembling?»— asked Mikhalok.
After that, the rocker abruptly grabbed the man by the clothes and hit his head in the nose. Some viewers were outraged by what was happening, and Mikhalok tried to attack them. But there was no continuation of the conflict, and the concert resumed. The police arrived at the scene.
What threatens Mikhalka?
The injured man refused to write a statement on the artist. But at the disposal of the police there are eyewitness accounts and videos taken by viewers and published on social networks.
According to the police secretary Yuri Sulaev, if law enforcement officers establish Mikhalka’s guilt, he faces a fine of 8,500 thousand hryvnias (about 23 thousand rubles at the rate of October 22) or restriction of freedom for up to five years.
In March 1992, by a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, the State Central Airmobile Rescue Squad Centrospas was created. At the time of the creation of the detachment, there were practically no devices and equipment for rescue operations in Russia. However, 5-7 years after the creation of the Cetrospas detachment, the equipment appeared in Russia. Russia no longer needed the help of colleagues from abroad — already specialists of Centrospas began to be invited to eliminate the consequences of an emergency …
However, strong changes have taken place in Centrospace over the past year…
The specialists of the Centrospas detachment had the highest reputation among international search and rescue teams. This was due to the high level of training of specialists, competent organization of work using techniques and algorithms compiled on the basis of extensive experience in conducting search and rescue operations in various emergencies. The geography of rescue operations conducted by centrospassers is scattered all over the world: Antarctica, the countries of the African continent, India, China, Japan, Turkey… And, of course, Russia.
September 2004. Beslan. For almost three days, the militants held children at gunpoint, among whom there were even infants, whom mothers took with them to the holiday on September 1.
During the liberation operation, rescuers and doctors of the “Centrospass” under the cover of officers of the Central Security Service of the FSB “Alpha” and “Pennant” carried out children under bullets. Rescuers died in that operation Valery Zamaraev and Dmitry Kormilin, a rescuer was injured Kopeikin and doctor Skorobulatov.
— Our group of Centrospas rescuers, — says the doctor of the Centrospas squad Alexander Popov, — took out more than 180 people from school. We entered the school from the workshops, got into a long corridor. These meters seemed endless. Three times I felt like I was in the crosshair, but, thank God, I got through. I remember in fragments how I pulled a little girl out of this hell. She stroked my cheek all the time and said: “You’re ours, you’re good, you don’t swear like they do.” I tell her: “Ours is ours, just hide your hands…»
By the way, it was after the rescue operation in Beslan that the decision was made to create an airmobile hospital in the EMERCOM of Russia. Sergey Shoigu I set this task precisely for the doctors of Centrospas.
The explosion in Moscow. Photo: From the author’s archive
— Now we can lift two IL-76 aircraft into the air, for 20 victims each, — says Alexander Popov. — This is a normal full-time intensive care unit — for severe victims and extremely severe victims as well.
Later, the experience of the doctors of the Centrospas detachment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia was successfully adopted by the Ministry of Defense. But these are the affairs of bygone days. Since Shoigu became Minister of Defense (2012), changes in the Ministry of Emergency Situations have begun in personnel and financial nature. They also affected the Central rescuers. However, the changes did not happen immediately. For a while the squad held on…including on old stocks and enthusiasm.
Transnistria, 2015. Elimination of the cable car across the Dnieper. A very beautiful, very successful operation. And very difficult technically. The work was divided into two seasons. In the first season, rescuers removed the cables and trolleys. The weight of an empty trolley is about 750 kg. There were empty and full, only about fifty pieces. In the second season, the bridge was mined and safely blown up. Then the Mi-26, the largest helicopter in the world, came from Russia. With its help, sections of the bridge were pulled out, each weighing 15-17 tons.
This work was unique, no one had done this. Before the centrospas, Moldovans attracted other specialists, but they only estimated the project of dismantling this road at 50 thousand euros and said they would do it from a year to two. Professionals from the Centrospas squad did everything in two months, from the sheet and for a salary. This operation showed the capabilities of the detachment and the power of the whole of Russia.
There are many, infinitely many, of these rescue operations. Asia, Antarctica, Europe… And everywhere rescuers coped with their task — there were enough skills and funds. But the operation to eliminate the consequences of the explosion in the port of Beirut in 2020 became a kind of point of no return. Then the centrospassers were forced to stop work because of aluminum phosphide, a substance of the highest class of danger released from the depths of the rubble. Or rather, due to the fact that the rescuers did not have the necessary breathing apparatus.
Of course, after the Beirut operation, the centrospassers drew conclusions. They put it on paper. And we went to the Ministry with constructive proposals: to create a search and rescue unit in the Centrospas detachment dealing with chemical reconnaissance issues and equip the unit with modern technical means.
In 2020, the Ministry did not help with breathing apparatus. Breathing apparatus was given to the squad a year later, after the RenTV channel showed a story about dismissals in the squad. By the way, the devices are still not on combat duty. After the majority of competent professionals of the squad were fired and quit, there is no one to unpack, check, certify complex devices.
They leave and dismiss the best
From the letter of the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Andrey GurovichThe head of the emergency department of May 20, 2021, it follows that a number of paid services will be determined in Centrospace, as a result of which the elite squad will be able to earn 74 million rubles annually. The Deputy Minister hopes that the measure will expand the activities of the detachment and improve the material, technical and training base of the detachment.
For the implementation of these plans, Yevgeny Linetsev was appointed head of the Centrospas detachment instead of the former chief .Kirill Borodin —an international-class rescuer who knows the work of rescuers from the inside, who has 16 trips to earthquakes in different parts of the world.
Since the appointment of Linyantsev, many people have been fired and left themselves, among them veterans of the detachment. How justified is this and will Centrospass be preserved?
Let’s still try to understand the situation by listening to the opinion of those people who were dismissed from the Central Rescue Service by order of the new authorities.
Ossetia 2008 Photo: From the archive of the author
Dmitry Kondrashov
Honored Rescuer of Russia. An international class lifeguard. He has been in the squad since the first day of its creation, since 1992. The head of the Search and rescue unit (PSP). From 1992 to 2020, he participated in rescue operations around the globe.
2004. The collapse of the dome «Transvaal Park» in Moscow.
2005. Earthquake, Republic of Sri Lanka.
2013. Typhoon, Republic of the Philippines.
2020. An explosion in the port of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
For 29 years of service, he was awarded government and departmental awards.
He was dismissed from the Centrospas squad in early June 2021.
Dmitry decided to appeal his dismissal in court. According to the statement of claim of the plaintiff Kondrashov D. V. in the Ramenskoye City Court of the Moscow Region, on June 03, 2021, by order No. 252-OK, a disciplinary penalty was imposed on Kondrashov in the form of dismissal for a single gross violation of official duties on May 14, 2021.
Kondrashov does not agree with the actions of the employer:
On May 06, 2021 Kondrashov was sent to Noginsk, Moscow Region, for the period from May 11 to May 14, 2021;
On May 13, 2021, Dmitry’s group completed the tasks, and Dmitry Kondrashov left the place of business trip at 11 o’clock by prior agreement with the head of the group;
for 16 days Kondrashov worked as usual, he was not informed that an act of absenteeism was drawn up for him on May 14.
And the timesheets of the working time control for May 2021, approved by the head of the detachment Evgeny Linitsev, where 8 turnout business hours were put down for May 14.
But, as we already know, Kondrashov was dismissed by Order No. 253-OK of 04.06.2021. For absenteeism.
While the number was being made up: Kondrashov won the court. I wrote a statement of my own volition.
Pavel Staritsky
Lifeguard of the 1st class. He worked in the detachment from the first day of its creation, since 1992. At the time of his dismissal, he was the head of the search and rescue unit.
Participated in a variety of operations: evacuated the sick and wounded during military conflicts in Abkhazia and Grozny. I was looking for those who died during a plane crash on Norwegian Svalbard in 1996.
He took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the crash of the A321 aircraft of the Russian company Kogalymavia in the Sinai desert in October 2015.
Awarded government and departmental medals.
Dismissed on May 17, 2021.
— The new management wanted me to go to Moscow every day, — says Staritsky, and it’s frankly inconvenient for me, the road only takes 2.5-3 hours in one direction.
By the way, rescuers used to work “2 days after 8” (2 days of duty, 2 days of reserve, during which rescuers improved their qualifications). And they worked in Zhukovsky near Moscow.
The rescuer was given two reprimands, one after the other. And the Centrospass detachment protected its commander PSP. Everyone was against the dismissal, which was repeatedly stated to the head of the squad. And Linetsev even pretended that he heard his subordinates…
But in the end, Staritsky was called to the personnel department with the words: “You are being transferred to Moscow for a five-day stay due to your high professionalism and many years of conscientious performance of your duties.”
Pavel refused to be transferred. On May 17, an order was issued to dismiss Staritsky from the Centrospas detachment.
While the number was being made up: The Staritsky court won. I wrote a statement of my own volition.
Pakistan 2005 Photo: From the archive of the author
Gennady Melnikov
First class lifeguard. Rescuer of the Elbrus SS 1996-2002. Rescuer of the Centrospas squad 2002-2021. KMS in rock climbing, KMS in mountaineering, MS in rescue all-around. He was awarded government and interdepartmental medals.
He took part in all rescue operations that fell on his duty shift. Here are some examples.
2009. The accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP.
2011. India, height 6300. Evacuation of the body of a tourist who died in the Himalayas.
2015. Earthquake in Nepal, Langtang village was demolished to zero. Rescuers got to the place of emergency, risking their lives.
2020. Lebanon. Explosion in the port of Beirut…
On August 20, 2021, Melnikov was fired, just like Kondrashov and Staritsky, and by no means of his own volition. By order (No. 419-OK dated 08/20/2021), which followed after the rescuer refused to sign a new employment agreement with which he did not agree. On the day the order was issued, the rescuer was awarded for the operation carried out in Beirut.
Melnikov’s case is in court.
* The specialists of the Centrospas squad were capable of a lot. They could get a person out from under the rubble when specialists from other states were powerless; find lost ones high in deserted mountains; carry out technical operations of unique complexity. They could have done a lot. And they really helped people. But rescuers are powerless against the system. At the end of this year, the Centrospass in the form in which the whole world knows it should cease to exist.
There are things that should not be done under any circumstances. It is impossible to destroy the Centrospas squad — a brand with a world name. The hope of people in trouble.
Maybe it’s not too late to understand that it’s impossible to transfer an elite unit to commercial rails? Maybe it’s not too late to bring the specialists back to the squad and provide them with everything they need to work?
The United States expresses concern about China’s development of hypersonic weapons, reports TASS.
This was stated by Deputy White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre during a conversation with reporters.
According to her, Washington is convinced that the strengthening of China’s military potential leads to an increase in tension in the region and beyond.
Jean-Pierre also stressed that the American administration “will continue to express its opinion” on this issue.
Earlier it was reported that China successfully conducted a secret test of the latest hypersonic missile, an analogue of the Russian “Petrel”, which was able to circumnavigate the Earth and hit the target, which at first the US intelligence did not know about.
On the eve of the Pentagon also reported on the conduct of three successful tests in the framework of the development of hypersonic weapons of the United States. Reuters, in turn, reports that these tests were postponed due to problems encountered during the launch of the launch vehicle.
The Syrian Ministry of Justice reported that 24 people convicted of deliberately setting fire to a forest were executed last year, BBC News reports.
It is reported that the arson attacks were qualified as “terrorist acts”.
It is noted that eleven more people were sentenced to life imprisonment, and five minors were sentenced to prison terms from 10 to 12 years.
Earlier, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported that a fire in the peat bogs in Yekaterinburg could have occurred due to arson.
Experts of the department believe that arson is the most likely cause of fires in peat bogs.
The report says that due to the fires, a fire-technical examination was organized. According to its results, the materials will be transferred to the investigative authorities.
