Political events of the year in the world. Broadway is evolving: comics as a new creative path. Chinese twins reunite after being separated ten years ago
2017 is 365 happy days. Each event will not only surprise you, but also please you. We bring you 15 of the best things that happened in the world this year. Do not lose this article, because the charge positive emotions guaranteed for a long time!
Laundry Lottery
A New Jersey man named Jimmy Smith was watching television on a fine May day when he saw a news report about a $24 million lottery held in New York City. The hosts said that the winner has not yet appeared, but the lottery ticket is expiring, so there is still time to get the money.
Interesting fact! In New York, lottery tickets expire one year after the draw.
Jimmy Smith went to his closet and checked the pocket of an old shirt where he'd stuffed a stack of tickets. It is surprising, but among the pack he found a ticket that gave a comfortable life.
Broadway is evolving: comics as a new creative path
Surely many of the readers have heard of the famous Comic-Con festival, which is held every year in San Diego. The event also gathers comic book fans who cosplay their favorite heroes and characters, get acquainted with the actors and learn all the news from the world of cinema and cartoons. This is truly a major project not only in America but throughout the world.
In January 2017, Broadway Con was held in New York, which focuses not on comics and films, but exclusively on Broadway shows. This festival occupied the center of Havits and was held for three days. Next year, for the third time, the event will bring together thousands of guests. Prepare a phantom mask, because they are waiting for you there!
Religious communities unite
Last January, a mosque in Texas was burned to the ground. mysterious circumstances. However, no one had time to come to their senses when all the churches and synagogues, despite religious differences, offered money, strength, and even land to mobilize the center. These communities have donated more than a million dollars to restore the mosque.
A similar situation happened when communities collected first aid supplies and sent them out to people affected by Hurricane Harvey.
We've got Team Tams and it's not a drill
Go to the store, get the famous bag, unwrap a Tam Tam bar, bite into it on both sides, and draw a strong Americano through it like a straw. And don't forget the pink chocolate, which is sure to surprise you!
Music behind bars
Rhiannon Giddens is best known for being the famous voice of the famous "Carolina" and an actress on the TV show "Nashville". In February 2017, the woman collaborated with a Carnegie Hall music program called "Music Connections". Rhiannon Giddens hosted an educational music program for inmates at Sing Sing Prison. The performance was also attended by a student of the artist, who wrote his own song about domestic violence.
Jackie Robinson Gets His Own Museum
This man broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in the 1950s. In doing so, he became a hero not just like Brooklyn Prout, but as a tireless civil rights activist. For many years, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, founded by his family in 1972, worked towards the goal of opening a museum in Lower Manhattan. In April 2017 it happened! The Robinsons began the process of putting together a collection of memorabilia for the public. Dedicated baseball fans toss vintage photo for the museum.
Unicorn food!
Starbucks jumped on the trend in April 2017 with their Unicorn Frappuccino. They seemed to follow the example of foodies on Instagram, who like to spread bagels, confetti and milkshakes of amazing beauty. There is a version that this cocktail is the tail of a Unicorn because of its colors. At the same time, Starbucks uses only natural food colors to make the drink. Thanks to this, a delicate color scheme was created that attracts the attention of millions of customers. Particularly pleasing are the reviews of regular customers who believe that this drink is a harmony between body and soul.
Chinese twins reunite after being separated ten years ago
Adoptive parents of Audrey Dering told their daughter the most intimate secret at Christmas. They reported that the girl had a twin, who was also taken into the care of an American family. The family tried and tracked the girl Gracie Rainsberry with foster family in several states.
The sensational news delighted the whole country. Ten-year-old girls met on the popular TV show " Good morning, America". If you look at their reunion, you definitely cannot remain indifferent.
Frogs against swine flu
Doctors have been looking for ways to fight the flu virus for a long time. And the frog, which was recently discovered in South India, may be a whole new key to this deadly struggle. Scientists have tested the sticky liquid from the backs of frogs without harming them! They discovered an amino acid that literally kills the flu virus. If research proves it's safe for humans, then we could all become virus-killing machines!
Pets
People who love their puppies and kittens know that pets can lift their spirits and even calm them down. But a host of recent studies now offer scientific proof that interactions with dogs, cats, horses, fish, and even crickets can improve mental health over time. Everything happens because a person takes care not only of himself, but also of a small fluffy, grateful and warm friend.
Muscat love
It began as a strange incident in a Las Vegas parking lot: someone threw the animal out of the car and drove away, and witnesses called the special service for the control of stray animals. But main feature stories that it was not a simple animal, but something crossed from a kangaroo and guinea pig. As it turned out, this strange creature is nothing but maroy - large rodent, which occurs most frequently in South America. The local veterinarian checked him out and then sent him to live in Arizona with an experienced woman, because she will definitely take care of the animal.
This is fox news!
The PBS series Nature released a trailer for their shows called Fox Talex in October 2017, which featured a stunning sight: fox puppies found hidden cameras. At first, small animals simply sniffed out something, and then they completely began to squeal and gnaw at expensive equipment. What they showed us in the trailer is unimaginable and amazing, because their voices can only be compared with the sound that a dolphin makes.
Have you been to CatCon?
Broadway Con will definitely not do it for you! Every August, Los Angeles hosts a cat version of Comic Con. Only there are not only animals, but also people dressed up as cats. Recently, a rapper performed at the event, who literally screamed about his favorite. And there are also seminars, but, you guessed it, also about cats!
Eclipse!
People bought special glasses, made plans and booked tourist trips to watch it. amazing phenomenon. Despite the fact that in some parts of the country the eclipse was poorly visible due to cloudy weather, the nation was delighted and enchanted, looking at the sky.
Little revolution in Detroit
In August 2017 one non-profit organization in Detroit bought vacant lots and filled them with "tiny houses". They look like fashion houses, the size of small trailers. Although they are pleasant at first glance, they are not intended at all for housing the average citizen. The organization erected these houses in order to rent them out to those who find themselves in a difficult situation, especially for children from orphanages. This way they can support public order, as well as move in a direction that will allow them to build a successful and comfortable life.
The outgoing 2017 was full of bright and memorable events. The abundance of political reshuffles, corruption and media scandals in the past year have largely influenced abrupt change geopolitical situation in the world. Armed conflicts in Syria, the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine have changed many international relationships. But on the whole, the year was successful for Russia, full of positive events within the country and abroad.
We remind you that 2017 was declared the Year of Ecology in Russia in order to attract public attention to issues environmental development Russia, conservation biodiversity and ensuring environmental safety.
Also at the beginning of the year, the President Russian Federation launched the Bovanenkovo-Ukhta-2 gas pipeline and the Zapolyarye-Purpe and Kuyumba-Taishet oil pipelines.
At the end of January, flight tests of the MiG-35 multifunctional fighter began.
From February 1, 2017, every citizen of the Russian Federation can receive a "Far Eastern hectare" free of charge and participate in the development and development of the territories of the Far East.
From February 27 to 28, the Russian Investment Forum was held in Sochi, where 377 agreements and protocols of intent were signed for a total of 490.3 billion rubles.
Also, February of this year was remembered for the triumphant performance of the Russian national team at the XXVIII World Winter Universiade in Kazakhstan, which takes place from January 29 to February 8.
Construction of a plant with a BREST-300 reactor began in March in the city of Seversk, Tomsk Region. Experimental and demonstration power complex with a fundamentally new BREST-300 reactor plant, which will operate in a largely closed cycle with regeneration and production nuclear fuel in close proximity to it.
On April 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched exploratory drilling of the northernmost well on the Russian Arctic shelf, Tsentralno-Olginskaya-1.
In April 2017, Russian physicists created the world's first quantum blockchain. It is a distributed data storage system protected by quantum cryptography.
In connection with the ban of the Ukrainian side on the entry to Kyiv of the Russian performer Samoilova, the Eurovision-2017 contest was held without the participation of Russia.
The government fulfilled 165 orders of the President of the Russian Federation out of 218 under the "May decrees".
Putin signed the Decree "On the announcement of the Decade of Childhood in the Russian Federation."
The new Russian civil aircraft MS-21 made its first test flight on May 28.
From June 1 to June 3, the 21st St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held, in which 14 thousand people from 143 countries took part, about 400 agreements were concluded, and their total amount turned out to be fabulous - 2 trillion rubles.
On June 23, the President launched the docking of the shallow and deep parts of the Turkish Stream.
Russian students became winners of the International Championship of Higher educational institutions in programming "International Collegiate Programming Contest - 2017".
From June 17 to July 2, the Confederations Cup 2017 was held in Russia.
Also in June, a method for the treatment of phantom pain was developed. Russian students have created a special Phantom MD application, which is installed on a smartphone and with the help of glasses virtual reality helps people who have lost a limb stop feeling phantom pains.
In the city of Moscow, on July 1, a renovation program was launched in Moscow - the demolition of obsolete housing: an unprecedented scale resettlement program from five-story buildings will affect 4.5 thousand houses with a total area of 25 million square meters, in which 1.6 million people live . The implementation of the renovation program will improve the living conditions of more than 10% of Muscovites.
From July 7 to 8, Vladimir Putin visited the German city of Hamburg to attend the G20 summit, which discussed the development of the digital economy.
On July 20, the transfer of the newest domestic corvette of project 20380 "Perfect" to the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy took place.
The next day, July 21, a flying taxi was tested. Aircraft, presented at the exhibition, can rise into the air with a load of up to 120 kg and land on a parking lot designed for ordinary cars. Both unmanned and manned flights are possible. It was presented at MAKS-2017 in Zhukovsky.
On August 3, the President of Russia gave the command to pour the foundation for the construction of the Amur Gas Processing Plant complex. On the same day, Vladimir Putin took part in the commissioning ceremony for three hydroelectric units at the Nizhne-Bureyskaya hydroelectric power station.
On August 8, a new understudy bridge across the Volga was launched in Nizhny Novgorod.
September
Back to top school year 76 new schools opened in Russia.
AT Astrakhan region On September 7, the Zavodskaya solar power plant was opened.
On September 8, at the Zvezda shipyard, the President of the Russian Federation took part in the laying ceremony of the multifunctional ice-class reinforced supply vessels Vladimir Monomakh, Alexander Nevsky, Catherine the Great and St. Mary, which will be built here by order of the company Rosneft.
The nuclear twin-reactor icebreaker of project 22220 (LK-60) "Siberia" - "King of the Arctic" was launched on September 22, 2017 for further construction. The Russian Federation consolidates its tactical and strategic dominance in Arctic zone. There have not yet been such machines in the Arctic zone, and their competitors will not appear soon.
In Russia, they began to centrally purchase drugs against socially significant diseases: HIV infection, hepatitis and tuberculosis. According to the Ministry of Health, this has resulted in a significant reduction average cost treatment of one HIV-infected patient (from 160 thousand rubles to 84 thousand rubles), which allowed to increase treatment coverage from 39.5% to 46%, according to data for January-September 2017.
Launched this month All-Russian competition managers "Leaders of Russia" who will take over the management of the country in various areas after 2024.
From 14 to 22 October Sochi hosted the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students.
The WorldSkills-Russia national team took first place in the team scores at the 44th WorldSkills-2017 in Abu Dhabi (UAE).
On November 10 and 11, Vladimir Putin took part in the 25th summit of the Asia-Pacific economic cooperation” (APEC) in Da Nang (Vietnam), where issues of expanding cooperation in the field of the digital economy were discussed.
Aluminum returned to the wire. Almost 20 years after the ban, on November 13, the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation allowed the use of aluminum alloys in the electrical wiring of buildings and structures, which will reduce the cost of real estate construction.
On November 21, the Government of the Russian Federation allocated 20 billion rubles in 2017 to improve the quality of the urban environment as part of the national project Housing and Public Utilities and the Urban Environment.
Over 3 thousand public organizations November 22 received Grants of the President of the Russian Federation in the amount of 6.6 billion rubles. In total, in 2017, grants were allocated for the provision of grants from the President of the Russian Federation for the development civil society 3,213 winners, which is more than twice the number of winners of all competitions in 2016 for all grant operators. total amount of grants distributed in 2017 is 6,653.8 million rubles.
The opening of the new airport of Rostov-on-Don "Platov", named after the famous ataman of the Don Cossack army, took place on November 27. This is one of the most ambitious construction projects of 2017 in Russia and the largest infrastructure project Rostov region.
The State Corporation Rosatom celebrated its 10th anniversary on December 1, 2017.
Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves increased to $431 billion, the highest since 2014.
On December 7, Rostec State Corporation celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Russia, December 10 ahead of schedule launched passenger trains bypassing Ukraine. The length of the line is 122.5 km.
On December 8, Vladimir Putin launched the first stage of the Yamal LNG plant. Production, liquefaction and supply project natural gas on the Yamal Peninsula is aimed at solving large-scale tasks for the development of the Arctic and the Northern Sea Route.
On December 10, Rosatom State Corporation began construction of the Akkuyu NPP in Turkey.
In December, Russia successfully completed its participation in the antiterrorist operation in Syria at the request of the Syrian authorities. Russian weapons was successfully tested in combat conditions and its high technical level was shown, which helped to expand markets in Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
On December 11, in the presence of the presidents of Russia and Egypt, acts were signed on the entry into force of contracts for the construction of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant.
Crimean bridge through the Kerch Strait on December 20 connected the shores of the Crimea and Taman.
At the end of December, pilot operation of the 4th power unit of the Rostov nuclear power plant with a capacity of 1070 MW.
The commissioning of all 12 stadiums of the 2018 FIFA World Cup has been completed.
The outgoing 2017 was rich in various events, many of which have become significant and discussed. What is special about this year? What events that took place in 2017 have every chance to go down in world history?
In January 2017, Donald Trump took the oath and became the full owner of the White House. His victory in the elections came as a complete surprise to many, and for several months after the announcement of the voting results in America, mass rallies and protests did not subside. They were held in more than 150 US cities, as many Americans could not come to terms with the defeat of Hillary Clinton in the elections and with the new state policy. Later, they even tried to blame ... Russia for Trump's victory in the elections.
French presidential election
On May 7, the leader of the Forward! Emmanuel Macron won in the second round presidential elections in France, well ahead of her rival - the leader of the National Front party Marine Le Pen. More than 20 million people or 66% of voters cast their votes for the young politician.
Macron called the fight against terrorism, an increase in the police headquarters, an increase in wages, tax cuts and more. Shortly after the election, the rating of the young politician fell sharply.
Referendum in Catalonia on independence from Spain
Brexit turned out to be a very contagious example, and now Catalonia decided to hold a referendum for the independence of the autonomous community and secede from Spain. On October 1, 90% of the inhabitants of Catalonia voted in favor. President Carles Puigdemont signed the "Declaration of the Representatives of Catalonia" declaring independence.
It is clear that Madrid recognized the results of the referendum as illegal and banned it by a court decision.
Nuclear tests of North Korea
The behavior of North Korea, or rather nuclear tests- seriously alarmed the whole world. Back in the spring reconnaissance South Korea announced that Pyongyang has begun preparing a test nuclear device new type, and in early September, the DPRK blew up hydrogen bomb with a capacity of 50 to 120 kilotons of TNT, which is about 8 times more powerful nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The tests "backfired" with tremors in different parts of the world with a magnitude of 5.7-6.4. The presidents of the United States and North Korea exchanged insults against each other. Experts fear the start of active hostilities.
Russia was not allowed to Eurovision in Kyiv
2018 Olympics and doping scandal
In early December, the IOC commission decided the fate of athletes from Russia and the possibility of their participation in Olympic Games 2018 in Pyeongchang. The New York Times previously suggested that due to high-profile doping scandals involving Russian athletes, the International Olympic Committee may deprive Russia of the right to participate in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Olympics, as well as to perform its anthem and compete under its own flag. According to the decision of the IOC Executive Committee, the membership of the ROC was temporarily suspended, and the Russian team was suspended from participation in the 2018 Games.
Clean Russian athletes were allowed to compete as neutral athletes.
Terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro
April 3 became a "black" day in the life of St. Petersburg. In the St. Petersburg metro, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device with a capacity of 300 grams of TNT and stuffed with metal elements. The victims of the attack were 16 people, including the performer himself. Another 87 people from 14 regions of the Russian Federation and three foreign countries got hurt and injured.
New York terrorist attack
On October 31, in the New York district of Manhattan, 29-year-old native of Uzbekistan Safullo Saipo, driving a rented truck, drove into a crowd of people. Nine people died, more than 10 were injured varying degrees gravity. In a note that the terrorist left in the car, he said that he was carrying out this attack on behalf of ISIS (banned in Russia).
Tragedy in Las Vegas
Most of them came to the country music festival when 64-year-old American Stephen Paddock from the window of his hotel room opened aimed shooting. Over 500 people were injured. The attacker himself, in whose room 23 units were found firearms, shot himself during a police assault. The authorities of the country recognized this tragedy as the most massacre in US history.
Earthquake in Iran
A terrible earthquake was recorded in Iraq on November 12. In the region of the Iran-Iraq border, its magnitude reached 7.6. This led to severe destruction and the death of more than 400 people. In addition, more than 6.7 thousand local residents suffered.
Results and achievements of Russia in 2017 in terms of development
Top 5 Achievements
1. Russia overcame the crisis and entered the stage sustainable development
2. Improving the quality of life common man
3. Russia implements breakthrough infrastructure projects, attracting huge investments
4. Youth is becoming driving force development of Russia
5. Russia successfully prepared for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Top 10 events
1. Every citizen of the Russian Federation has the right for free receive a "Far Eastern hectare" and participate in the development and development of the territories of the Far East (from February 1)
2. According to the results of the XXI St. Petersburg International economic forum, about 400 agreements were concluded, and their total amount turned out to be fabulous - 2 trillion rubles(June 1-3)
3. Vladimir Putin launched the docking of the shallow and deep waters Turkish Stream» (June 23)
5. Started renovation program in Moscow - the demolition of obsolete housing: an unprecedented scale resettlement program from five-story buildings will affect 4.5 thousand houses with a total area of 25 million square meters. m, in which 1.6 million people live. (July 1)
6. Launched the All-Russian competition of managers " Russian leaders"who will take over the management of the country in various fields after 2024 (October 12)
7. XIX took place in Russia World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi (October 14 - 22)
9. Completion of the commissioning of all 12 stadiums of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the regions of Russia. Russia has successfully prepared for the 2018 FIFA World Cup (December 25-29)
10. Until the end of 2017, it is planned to build over 1.3 thousand kilometers (out of about 2158 km) main gas pipeline « Power of Siberia"- the largest Russian project.
Results of the year as a whole
Quality of life of people
A record in the history of Russia's life expectancy has been reached - 72.6 years.
The real incomes of the population and real wages have grown (by the end of the year it increased by 3%, in nominal terms by 7%)
There are more children in Russia. Their share in the structure of the population was a record for 15 years - 18.3%
More than 75 million sq. m of housing
More than 1 million mortgage loans have been issued in the amount of about 2 trillion. Rubles (+30%)
box office Russian cinema in 2017 were record high and reached 12 billion rubles
Macroeconomics
The Russian economy is out of recession. Gross domestic product growth will be 2%
Stable exchange rate of the ruble. The ruble has become less dependent on fluctuations in oil prices.
The inflation rate for the year will be a record low of 2.5% (this is an absolute achievement for the entire post-Soviet era)
Macro achievements: fixed investment increased by more than 4%
Foreign direct investment in the Russian economy doubled to $23 billion. Best performance in 4 years.
Industry/import substitution
Successes in import substitution. In the field of machine tools and capital goods, imports decreased from 90% to 70%
Import substitution in the strategically important oil and gas sector: over 3 years, the share of imports decreased from 60% to 52%
Development to the east. China, Japan and India increased direct investment by 25%
The total gas production in Russia has reached a historical record - 690 billion cubic meters, as well as exports (more than 190 billion)
Record deliveries of Gazprom. Gazprom's share in the foreign market will exceed 33%
Oil reserves increased by 1 billion tons (a record for 7 years)
766 industrial projects in the final stage of implementation
Metallurgy grew by 11% in seven months
Agricultural machinery +24%
Shipbuilding +34%
Freight wagons +66%
Passenger cars 82%
Diesel locomotives + 31%
Russia remains the world leader in wheat exports. For the first time since the USSR, 127 million tons of grain were harvested, a record 30 million tons of wheat were delivered abroad (+11%)
Export of agricultural raw materials and food for $20 billion
Infrastructure/transport
In Moscow, the reconstruction of the Grand Sports Arena at Luzhniki has been completed, the Zaryadye Park has opened, and a renovation program has also begun.
Moscow metro transported more than 2 billion people
About 1.5 million cars rolled off the assembly lines of Russian enterprises.
Growth in car sales by 15%. Production growth by 22%. At the end of October, 1.1 million cars were produced. Export growth by 28%
Cargo turnover of Russian seaports increased by 10%
Operators of marine terminals in the Arctic Basin +50%. Cargo along the NSR is 8 million tons.
Air travel record. Russian civil Aviation transported about 100 million passengers, surpassing the record of the post-Soviet period
Russian Railways provided a record for the entire recent history Russia's cargo turnover, which amounted to more than 1.25 billion tons of cargo
Russia broke the record of the USSR, transporting 8 million tons of cargo along the Northern Sea Route
Passenger transportation by Russian Railways amounted to more than 1.15 billion people - this is the most high rate over the past 8 years
The sphere of education
Russian schoolchildren won 38 medals at international olympiads in 2017
The main events
JANUARY
2017 has been announced Year of Ecology in the Russian Federation in order to attract public attention to the issues of environmental development in Russia, the conservation of biological diversity and environmental safety
Vladimir Putin launched the Bovanenkovo-Ukhta-2 gas pipeline and the Zapolyarye-Purpe and Kuyumba-Taishet oil pipelines (January 18)
FEBRUARY
Every citizen of the Russian Federation can receive a "Far Eastern hectare" for free and participate in the development and development of the territories of the Far East (from February 1)
During the work of the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi, 377 agreements and protocols of intent were signed for a total of 490.3 billion rubles (February 27-28)
The triumphant performance of the Russian national team at the XXVIII World Winter Universiade in Kazakhstan (from January 29 to February 8)
MARCH
Start of construction of a plant with a BREST-300 reactor (proryv project), Seversk, Tomsk region. Experimental and demonstration power complex with a fundamentally new BREST-300 reactor plant, which will operate in a largely closed cycle with regeneration and production of nuclear fuel in its immediate vicinity.
APRIL
The President launched exploratory drilling northernmost on the Russian Arctic shelf, the well Tsentralno-Olginskaya - 1 (April 3)
The world's first quantum blockchain was created by physicists from Russia. It is a distributed storage system. It is protected by quantum cryptography. Developed by Russian physicists led by Alexey Fedorov the blockchain was tested at Gazprombank branches in Moscow.
The Russian authorities decided to index the salaries of state employees who are not subject to the "May decrees" (May 24)
The government fulfilled 165 orders of the President of the Russian Federation out of 218 under the "May decrees" (91.7%) (May 24)
Vladimir Putin signed the Decree "On the announcement of the Decade of Childhood in the Russian Federation" (May 29)
Drone-observer for crops. Startup of students of Tomsk University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics. They developed a monitoring system for growing oats and wheat. The analysis is carried out using images from a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle).
JUNE
As a result of the XXI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which was attended by 14 thousand people from 143 countries, about 400 agreements were concluded, and their total amount turned out to be fabulous - 2 trillion rubles (June 1-3)
Vladimir Putin launched the docking of the shallow-water and deep-water parts of the Turkish Stream (June 23)
Russian students became winners of the International Collegiate Programming Contest - 2017
Treatment for phantom pain. Russian students have created a special Phantom MD application, which is installed on a smartphone and uses virtual reality glasses to help people who have lost a limb stop feeling phantom pain.
JULY
A renovation program has been launched in Moscow - the demolition of obsolete housing: an unprecedented scale resettlement program from five-story buildings will affect 4.5 thousand houses with a total area of 25 million square meters, in which 1.6 million people live. The implementation of the renovation program will improve the living conditions of more than 10% of Muscovites (July 1)
Vladimir Putin visited Germany (Hamburg) to attend the G20 summit, which discussed the development of the digital economy (July 7–8)
The transfer of the newest domestic corvette of project 20380 "Perfect" to the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy took place (July 20)
Flying taxi test. The aircraft presented at the exhibition can take off with a load of up to 120 kg and land on a parking lot intended for ordinary cars. Both unmanned and manned flights are possible. Was presented at MAKS-2017 in Zhukovsky (July 21)
AUGUST
Vladimir Putin gave the command to pour the foundation for the construction of the Amur Gas Processing Plant complex (August 3)
Vladimir Putin took part in the commissioning ceremony for three hydroelectric units at the Nizhne-Bureyskaya hydroelectric power station (August 3)
SEPTEMBER
At the Zvezda shipyard, Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the keel laying ceremony for the Vladimir Monomakh, Alexander Nevsky, Catherine the Great and St. Rosneft (September 8)
Nuclear twin-reactor icebreaker of project 22220 (LK-60) "Siberia" - "King of the Arctic" - was launched for further construction. The Russian Federation is consolidating its tactical and strategic dominance in the Arctic zone. There were no such machines in the Arctic zone yet, and their competitors will not appear soon (September 22)
In Russia, they began to centrally purchase drugs against socially significant diseases: HIV infection, hepatitis and tuberculosis. According to the Ministry of Health, due to this, a significant reduction in the average cost of treating one HIV-infected patient (from 160 thousand rubles to 84 thousand rubles) was achieved, which made it possible to increase treatment coverage from 39.5% to 46%, according to data for January-September 2017 .
OCTOBER
The All-Russian competition of managers "Leaders of Russia" has been launched, who will take over the management of the country in various areas after 2024 (October 12)
The WorldSkills-Russia national team took first place in the team scores at the 44th WorldSkills-2017 in Abu Dhabi (UAE)
NOVEMBER
Vladimir Putin took part in the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Da Nang (Vietnam) to discuss expanding cooperation in the digital economy (November 10–11)
Aluminum returned to the wire. Almost 20 years after the ban, the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation allowed the use of aluminum alloys in the electrical wiring of buildings and structures, which will reduce the cost of real estate construction (November 13)
The Government of the Russian Federation allocated 20 billion rubles in 2017 to improve the quality of the urban environment within the framework of the national project "Housing and communal services and the urban environment" (November 21)
More than 3 thousand public organizations received grants from the President of the Russian Federation in the amount of 6.6 billion rubles (November 22)
In total, in 2017, grants were allocated for the provision of grants from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society to 3,213 winners, which is more than twice the number of winners of all competitions in 2016 for all grant operators (1,581 winners). The total amount of grants distributed in 2017 is RUB 6,653.8 million. A total of 16,166 projects were submitted in 2017 from 10,407 non-profit organizations.
Opening of a new airport in Rostov-on-Don "Platov", named after the famous ataman of the Don Cossack army. This is one of the most ambitious construction projects of 2017 in Russia and the largest infrastructure project in the Rostov region (November 27)
DECEMBER
Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves increased to $431 billion, the highest since 2014 (December 1)
Russia ahead of schedule launched passenger trains bypassing Ukraine. The length of the line is 122.5 km. (December 10)
Vladimir Putin launched the first stage of the Yamal LNG plant. The project for the production, liquefaction and supply of natural gas on the Yamal Peninsula is aimed at solving large-scale tasks for the development of the Arctic and the Northern Sea Route (December 8)
Russia has successfully completed its participation in the antiterrorist operation in Syria at the request of the Syrian authorities. Russian weapons were successfully tested in combat conditions and their high technical level was shown, which helped to expand sales markets in Turkey and Saudi Arabia (December 11)
In the presence of the presidents of Russia and Egypt, acts were signed on the entry into force of contracts for the construction of nuclear power plants " El Dabaa" (December 11th)
Start of pilot operation of the 4th power unit of the Rostov nuclear power plant with a capacity of 1070 MW. (December 22)
Completion of the commissioning of all 12 stadiums of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the regions of Russia. Russia has successfully prepared for the 2018 FIFA World Cup (December 25-29)
Until the end of 2017, it is planned to build over 1.3 thousand kilometers (out of about 2158 km) of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, the largest Russian project.
The largest gas transportation system in the East of Russia (will transport gas from the Irkutsk and Yakutsk gas production centers to Russian consumers at Far East and to China
Delivery expected in Russia 170 buildings of new comprehensive schools(late December)
Appendix
Getting out of the recession
The main event of 2017 for Russia was the growth of the economy and the improvement of living standards. The President announced this Vladimir Putin while talking with railway workers at the Moscow-Kyiv station. “It is very important that our economy has emerged from recession and entered the stage of sustainable development and growth,” the president said. According to him, everything else depends on this - the social sphere, the level of income of citizens, defense capability and security. Putin noted that economic growth had a direct impact on the incomes of the country's citizens, which increased by 3%. “This growth of the economy is gradually beginning to be reflected in real incomes. It seems to me that this is the main thing,” the head of state stressed. The fact that this growth is not noticeable to all Russians, Putin explained by the difference in economic situation regions.
Economic growth
Foreign direct investment doubled
Foreign direct investment in the Russian economy doubled in 2017 and amounted to $23 billion. This was stated by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during a big press conference.
"This year we have this moment time, foreign direct investment reached $23 billion. This is 2 times more than last year. And the best indicator for the previous four years,” the head of state said.
Former Minister economic development Maxim Oreshkin reported that foreign direct investment in Russia in the first half of 2017 reached $14 billion.
In 2017, the attitude of foreign investors towards our country became more positive. This fact was stated by the head Russian fund direct investment Kirill Dmitriev, who back in June 2017 said that “everyone sees that the Russian economy has withstood the crisis. Everyone understands that oil prices are stable and positive for us.”
Low inflation
Inflation in Russia at the end of 2017 will be 2.4-2.6%, in the future, as the effect of temporary factors (food inflation and the strengthening of the ruble) is exhausted, inflation will increase throughout the year, approaching the level of 4%. This is stated in the report of the Bank of Russia on monetary policy.
“According to the Bank of Russia, by the end of 2017, inflation will be 2.4-2.6%... The low level of inflationary pressure in the economy, in addition to temporary factors, was also facilitated by the persistence of moderate consumer and credit activity and the continued decline in inflation expectations, conditions for which it formed, among other things, a consistent moderately tough monetary policy", the document says.
The Bank of Russia improved its growth expectations Russian economy and the level of oil prices in next year. Now, according to the Central Bank, these indicators will be practically no worse than the current ones. More optimistic expectations for 2018, together with still record low inflation, allowed the regulator to lower key rate not by 0.25, but immediately by 0.5 percentage points. This step came as a complete surprise to the market.
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The outgoing 2017 was rich in various events, many of which have become significant and discussed. What is special about this year? What events that took place in 2017 have every chance to go down in world history?
Inauguration of new US President Donald Trump
In January 2017, Donald Trump was sworn in and became a full-fledged White House. His victory in the elections came as a complete surprise to many, and for several months after the announcement of the voting results in America, mass rallies and protests did not subside. They were held in more than 150 US cities, as many Americans could not come to terms with the defeat of Hillary Clinton in the elections and with the new state policy. Later, they even tried to blame ... Russia for Trump's victory in the elections.
French presidential election
On May 7, the leader of the Forward! Emmanuel Macron won the second round of the presidential elections in France, well ahead of his rival, the leader of the National Front party, Marine Le Pen. More than 20 million people or 66% of voters cast their votes for the young politician.
Macron called the fight against terrorism, an increase in the police headquarters, an increase in wages, a reduction in taxes and much more as priorities for the presidency. Shortly after the election, the rating of the young politician fell sharply.
Referendum in Catalonia on independence from Spain
Brexit turned out to be a very contagious example, and now Catalonia decided to hold a referendum for the independence of the autonomous community and secede from Spain. On October 1, 90% of the inhabitants of Catalonia voted in favor. President Carles Puigdemont signed the "Declaration of the Representatives of Catalonia" declaring independence.
It is clear that Madrid recognized the results of the referendum as illegal and banned it by a court decision.
Nuclear tests of North Korea
The behavior of North Korea, or rather nuclear tests, seriously alarmed the whole world. Back in the spring, South Korean intelligence announced that Pyongyang had begun preparing to test a new type of nuclear device, and in early September, the DPRK exploded a hydrogen bomb with a capacity of 50 to 120 kilotons of TNT, which is about 8 times more powerful than the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The tests "backfired" with tremors in different parts of the world with a magnitude of 5.7-6.4. The presidents of the United States and North Korea exchanged insults against each other. Experts fear the start of active hostilities.
Russia was not allowed to Eurovision in Kyiv
The International Eurovision Song Contest was held in Kyiv in May without Russia. Ukraine banned singer Yulia Samoilova from entering the country due to the fact that Samoilova was on tour in Crimea in 2015 and thereby violated the laws of Nezalezhnaya.
The European Broadcasting Union fined Ukraine 200 thousand euros because of this scandalous incident, and later the organizers of the competition even made a number of changes to the rules of the international competition.
2018 Olympics and doping scandal
In early December, the IOC commission decided the fate of athletes from Russia and the possibility of their participation in the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. Earlier, The New York Times suggested that due to high-profile doping scandals involving Russian athletes, the International Olympic Committee may deprive Russia of the right to participate in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Olympics, as well as perform its anthem and perform under its own flag. According to the decision of the IOC Executive Committee, the membership of the ROC was temporarily suspended, and the Russian team was suspended from participation in the 2018 Games.
Clean Russian athletes were allowed to compete as neutral athletes.
Terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro
April 3 became a "black" day in the life of St. Petersburg. In the St. Petersburg metro, he set off an improvised explosive device with a capacity of 300 grams in TNT equivalent and stuffed with metal elements. The victims of the attack were 16 people, including the performer himself. Another 87 people from 14 regions of the Russian Federation and three foreign countries were injured and injured.
New York terrorist attack
On October 31, in the New York district of Manhattan, 29-year-old native of Uzbekistan Safullo Saipo, driving a rented truck, drove into a crowd of people. Nine people died, more than 10 received injuries of varying severity. In a note that the terrorist left in the car, he said that he was carrying out this attack on behalf of ISIS 1 (banned in Russia).
Tragedy in Las Vegas
Most of them came to the country music festival when 64-year-old American Stephen Paddock opened fire from the window of his hotel room. Over 500 people were injured. The attacker himself, in whose room 23 firearms were found, shot himself during a police assault. The authorities of the country recognized this tragedy as the most massacre in the history of the United States.
Earthquake in Iran
A terrible earthquake was recorded in Iraq on November 12. In the region of the Iran-Iraq border, its magnitude reached 7.6. This led to severe destruction and the death of more than 400 people. In addition, more than 6.7 thousand local residents were affected.
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