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The relations of the United States with Saudi Arabia can be called one of the foundations of the existing world order and the global power of the dollar. And now we see a number of signs that these relations are under threat. The Arabs refuse to help Biden in his sanctions battle against Russia. Why did this happen?

The inconspicuous tiny Finnish town of Eurajoki is known throughout the country today — here in two years a bunker for the ultra-long storage of nuclear waste Onkalo, which means "deep pit" in Russian, will be put into operation. If the project is successful, spent uranium rods will be stored here in the next 100 thousand years.

Economic pressure is exactly what Russia lacked to gain technological independence

With the beginning of a special military operation in Ukraine, the united West clearly announced to the whole world, and above all to the Ukrainian authorities, that there would be no direct military intervention by NATO in the fighting.

The Spectator (UK): the price of delusion

The author of The Spectator article criticizes the West for its excessive commitment to the "green" policy, which led to its "total weakening". The leadership of Europe needs to think not about the climate, but about national security, because Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will never listen to Greta Thunberg, he writes.

The British Institute of Aerospace Technologies presented the concepts of three hydrogen aircraft — regional, narrow-body and wide-body. As a basis, the researchers took the designs of existing aircraft and adapted them to work on liquid hydrogen.

After the refusal of the United States to purchase Russian oil, there is more and more speculation that the West may refuse to supply another type of fuel from Russia – nuclear. We are talking about uranium and special fuel assemblies for nuclear power plants. Ukraine has already announced its rejection of them. But what will happen if these plans are implemented? Nothing good for the West.

The Russian authorities have decided to provide additional funding for research in the field of nuclear energy applications. The Russian government allocates 5 billion rubles for developments in the field of thermonuclear energy and plasma technologies.

People's Daily (China): the situation in Ukraine has not yet been resolved, and Europe is already suffering damage

The United States imposed sanctions against Russia, but they hurt Europe, writes People's Daily. Now the European Union will have to pay a high price for the shortage of energy resources.

Swiss Airline plans to start using synthetic jet fuel created with the help of concentrated solar energy for the first time in the world. It creates exactly as much carbon dioxide as it takes to produce it. This is reported by the manufacturer of solar fuel Synhelion.

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus, together with CFM International, will test a hydrogen internal combustion engine on the A380— the world's largest production airliner. Four liquid hydrogen tanks, a modified GE Passport turbofan unit and a liquid hydrogen distribution system will be installed on the aircraft. Flight tests of the demonstrator will begin within five years.

The holding company "Roselectronics" of Rostec State Corporation will carry out work on the design of the infrastructure of the liquefied natural gas transshipment complex in the port of Murmansk. One of the key facilities will be an automated radio engineering post of the vessel traffic control system, which will ensure the safety of navigation in the waters of the port in the Bay of Ur.

Russia will decide for itself how and in what ways to ensure its security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Last week, the US Army presented its own strategy for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. It is worth clarifying that it is not only about eliminating greenhouse gas emissions, but also about adapting "infrastructure and the natural environment to the risks of climate change."

This is not a sample of computer modeling, but a real video recording, and made during the installation of a 25-year record! The British laboratory Joint European Torus (JET) was able to achieve energy generation of 59 megajoules on its experimental thermonuclear reactor. The process lasted 5 seconds, which the camera captured.

The meeting of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was canceled due to the refusal of the German side to provide military assistance to Kiev, CNN reported, citing an informed source.

In accordance with the plan to provide troops with new military and special equipment, at the end of last year, modern military equipment of the rear service, in particular the ADCPT-10 tankers, was received by the troops of the Air Defense Forces.

Specialists have started designing the power supply system of the National Space Center on the territory of the Khrunichev State Scientific Research Center, Deputy Mayor of Moscow Pyotr Biryukov told reporters on Monday.

Today, the innovative electric steelmaking complex Interpipe Steel is 10 years old. It was on January 17, 2012 that the first melting of metal was made at the plant.

The latest mobile engineering power plant ED-30 AI has entered service with a separate engineer-sapper regiment of the combined arms army of the VVO, stationed in the Republic of Buryatia.

Chubais: ferrous metallurgy faces deep restructuring due to energy transition

The ferrous metallurgy is facing a deep restructuring related to the energy transition: the abandonment of coal, the restoration of iron with the help of methane and hydrogen, Anatoly Chubais, special representative of the President for relations with international organizations, said at the Gaidar Forum on Thursday.