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The pressure in the transition chamber of the Zvezda module on the ISS, where cracks were found, will be raised to 200 mm of mercury during the day, Roscosmos reported.

The state corporation noted that the compartment of the service module “Zvezda” is separated from the main volume of the ISS. The pressure there is maintained at the level of 150-200 mm of mercury. The work on increasing the pressure is planned and is not related to the multi-purpose laboratory module “Science”, where the pressure is normal.

Earlier, the station crew reported a drop in pressure in the chamber to 154 mm of mercury.

The general director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, stated that the situation is predictable and is not related to the docking of the MLM “Science”.

Recall that an air leak on the ISS occurred in September 2019. In August-September 2020, the crew closed the hatches in the station modules twice to check their tightness. It turned out that the leak site is located in the intermediate chamber of the Russian module “Zvezda”.

In March, the cosmonauts completed repair and restoration work in the module, covering two cracks with sealant, but the pressure did not stop falling in the future.

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The ISS crew reported that in the transition chamber of the Zvezda module, where there is an air leak due to a crack, the pressure dropped to 154 mm of mercury, writes Газета.ги.

As the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin wrote in his microblog on Twitter, the pressure reduction is predictable and is not associated with the docking of the multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) “Science”.

According to him, according to the reports of the main operators on the pressure in the intermediate chamber of the Zvezda module, it was 473 mm on July 14, 273 mm on July 20, 200 mm on July 25, 167 mm on July 28, and 160 mm of mercury on July 29.

During the active phase of work to eliminate the causes of air leakage, the pressure in the chamber was 405 mm of mercury.

In March, the astronauts completed repair and restoration work in the module, covering two cracks on the ISS with sealant, but the pressure did not stop falling in the future.

An air leak on the ISS occurred in September 2019. In August-September 2020, the crew closed the hatches in the station modules twice to check their tightness. It turned out that the leak site is located in the intermediate chamber of the Russian module “Zvezda”.

Russia and the United States have created a joint working group to find out the reasons for the incident.

Recall that on July 21, the MLM “Science” was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. On July 29, it docked with the “Star” module of the ISS. Subsequently, it became known that the engines of “Science” turned on unplanned. According to NASA, the incident did not pose a danger to the crew. Rogozin also said that everything is fine on board the ISS.

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky reported that when opening the hatch, a bolt flew out of the module “Science”.

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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree extending the simplified procedure for registering unemployed citizens until December 31, 2021. This was announced on July 31 by the press service of the Government of the Russian Federation. 

The message clarifies that citizens do not need to visit employment services on their own. The current procedure provides for the possibility to submit applications for registration through the website “Work in Russia” and to issue a benefit through a personal account on the portal of public services.

This year, the maximum amount of unemployment benefits is 12,130 rubles, the minimum is 1,500 rubles.

Earlier, the Ministry of Labor reported a decrease in the number of unemployed in Russia by 60% since the beginning of the year.The ministry added that qualified workers in the field of industry, construction and transport are now most in demand.

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The driver’s license will be automatically suspended when contraindications for driving are detected, medical organizations will transmit messages about this to the Ministry of Internal Affairs through the Unified State Information System in the Field of Healthcare (EGISZ), the newspaper “Kommersant” writes.

It is assumed that the innovation will come into force in March 2022. If the amendments to the law “On road safety” are adopted, the Ministry of Health will automatically send to the Ministry of Internal Affairs the certificates necessary for obtaining and renewing a driver’s license.

In addition, clinics will be able to transmit electronic messages about this through the EGISZ to law enforcement agencies when detecting diseases that are dangerous for driving. The traffic police will suspend the driver’s license. If a person still gets behind the wheel, he will face a fine of five to 15 thousand rubles. The list of diseases for which it is forbidden to have a driver’s license includes vision problems, disability of the limbs, alcoholism, drug addiction and other diseases, the publication clarifies.

If there are restrictions on driving, a person will be offered to get a new license with an appropriate mark. If it is forbidden to drive a car, the license is revoked.

The traffic police expressed the opinion that the innovation will help optimize the interaction of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which will have a positive impact on the state of road safety.

Earlier it became known that the Ministry of Internal Affairs plans to jam mobile phones when passing the driver’s license exam. This innovation is going to be introduced to exclude the interference of unauthorized persons during the exam.

At the end of June, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced plans to start using cars with a software and hardware complex from 2025 when passing the license exam.

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During the day, seven wildfires were eliminated in Yakutia on an area of over 77 thousand hectares, the press service of the GUMCHS of Russia for the region reported.

The ministry clarified that in the Khangalassky and Kobyai districts, the aviation of the Ministry of Emergency Situations is used. And for the protection of the villages of Byas-Kyuel and Kyryky, counter annealing is carried out, mineralized strips are laid along the villages, individual fire centers are eliminated.

“237 tons of water were drained during the day, 40 firefighters were transferred to hard-to-reach foci,” the report says. In total, more than two thousand people and about 300 pieces of equipment are involved in extinguishing forest fires in Yakutia. The content of chemicals in the atmosphere is being monitored.

The fire season is open in all regions of the Russian Federation. The emergency mode has been introduced in ten regions, a special fire protection regime is in effect in 65 subjects.The most difficult situation with fires is observed in the Sakha Republic.

Earlier, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand, said that the difficult fire-dangerous situation in Yakutia and Karelia is associated with frequent periods of anticyclonal and abnormally hot weather against the background of global warming.

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NASA representative Daniel Huot said that the United States and international partners have committed to provide funding for the International Space Station until at least 2024, RIA Novosti reports.

“NASA and our international partners have committed to funding at least until 2024 and will work with their stakeholders on the possibility of future plans for the ISS,” he said.

Recall that the previous US administration announced its intention to stop state funding of the ISS after 2025, assuming that after this period, the station will be supported by private companies.

Earlier, the general director of the state corporation “Roscosmos” Dmitry Rogozin reported that the first ship under the single-turn scheme is scheduled to be sent to the ISS in 2022.

Recall that Roscosmos plans to launch a new orbital station that will be able to stay in near-Earth orbit forever. АиФ.ги I understood the meaning of the term “eternal station” and the future of the ISS.

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The press service of the French operator Arianespace reported that the Ariane 5 heavy launch vehicle successfully launched the European satellite Eutelsat Quantum into a geostationary transition orbit, Interfax reports.

Eutelsat Quantum is the world’s first reprogrammable commercial satellite.

The Brazilian satellite Star One D2 was also launched with the rocket.

The launch was carried out from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana on Friday at 23:00 Paris time.

Earlier, the general director of the state corporation “Roscosmos” Dmitry Rogozin said that the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure can begin work on creating a launch complex for the Soyuz-5 rocket at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

According to Rogozin, the negotiations on the Baiterek project were successful and all the main disagreements were resolved.

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The scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation, Roman Vilfand, warned that in early August, an abnormal heat wave will come to some regions of Russia, TASS reports.

According to the forecaster, the temperature in some regions will reach 39-41 degrees.

“The temperature is significantly higher than normal, the anomaly is above 7 degrees, in the Lipetsk, Tambov, Voronezh regions since Tuesday. It will be 33-36 degrees there. In the Volga Federal District, the weather will also be very hot in almost all regions-these are the Saratov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Penza, Orenburg regions, Chuvashia, Mordovia, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mari El, he said.

In addition, a strong heat wave will also come to the Volgograd, Rostov regions, the Krasnodar Territory and the steppe regions of the Crimea.

Earlier, Lyudmila Parshina, head of the laboratory of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation, said that the weather in the last month of summer will be warmer than usual in almost the entire territory of Russia.

According to her, 20-26 degrees are expected in the central regions during the day, at night it will be mainly plus 10-15 degrees. Although some days may be hot, when the temperature exceeds 30 degrees.

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Plot A new type of coronavirus pandemic that has spread from China

The head of the service for the prevention and control of infectious diseases at the University Hospital of Geneva, Didier Pitte, said there was no evidence of a leak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, RIA Novosti reports.

“In fact, we have no evidence that this or other viruses were created in laboratories. This has been discussed a lot. Especially because it all happened in China. But they always forget to say that the first destructive bacterium that escaped from the laboratory did it in the United States. And it happened in a laboratory with an extremely high level of security, ” he noted.

The scientist stressed that the question of the possibility of a leak from the laboratory in Wuhan is more political.

Previously, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)He reported that there is evidence that the first cases of coronavirus infection in the country date back to December 2019.

At the end of 2019, an outbreak of a disease caused by a new type of coronavirus was reported in China. It was recorded in the city of Wuhan, located in Hubei Province. On March 11, WHO declared a COVID-19 pandemic in the world.On March 29, China announced the stopping of the coronavirus epidemic.

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The press service of the SU IC of the Russian Federation for the Samara region reported that the prosecutor of Syzran Vadim Fedorin is suspected of receiving a bribe in the amount of 3 million rubles, TASS reports.

It is reported that a criminal case has been initiated against Fedorin under Part 3 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Attempt to receive a bribe on a particularly large scale”.

According to the investigation, on July 30, Fedorin received three million rubles in his office office for committing deliberately illegal actions.

It is noted that an intermediary tried to transfer the money to him.

Earlier it was reported that the deputy head of the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Buryatia, Andrey Bardakhanov, was detained on suspicion of corruption.

According to law enforcement officers, on Wednesday, in one of the hotels in Irkutsk, Bardakhanov received 15 million rubles from the lawyer of the accused in the fraud case, which is being investigated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Buryatia.

Earlier, the head of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning was detained in Sochi, who is suspected of receiving a bribe of 75 million rubles.

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