Aliya Mustafina is a Russian athlete, Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics. Aliya also won competitions at the World and European Championships more than once. In 2012, Mustafina, who was barely 18 years old, was named the best athlete of the year in Russian Federation.
Aliya was born in the suburbs of Moscow in the family of a former professional athlete Farhat Mustafin and a physics teacher Elena Kuznetsova. By nationality, the girl's father is Tatar, so Aliya received a name and surname unusual for Russia.
The girl's father, who climbed the podium of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal as a Greco-Roman wrestler, was coaching the guys at the CSKA sports club at the time of his daughter's birth. Both daughters, Aliya and her younger sister Nailya, were taught by the athlete to physical education almost from the cradle.
But my father understood that girls need a more feminine sport than martial arts. Therefore, when Aliya was six years old, Farhat took his daughter to the gymnastics section. Mustafina immediately began to show the first results. Aliya won one children's competition after another, then shone at the junior level.
A few years later, Alia's complex character made itself felt. As soon as Aliya lost understanding with the trainer Dina Kamalova, the girl quit classes and stopped attending the gym. Parents and mentors had to make an effort to persuade the girl to return. And Mustafina returned, but to a different coach, the famous Alexander Alexandrov, who told Aliya that he believed in the success of the gymnast.
In 2012, the gymnast graduated from a comprehensive school, and a year later she entered the University. physical culture... Aliya considered that she would be able to combine studies and performances at the highest level, and wants to get a diploma by the end of her sports career. higher education... Although, as Aliya admits, today the girl does not represent herself in the role of a coach and, most likely, will prefer a different kind of activity.
Gymnastics
At the age of 13, Aliya Mustafina performed for the first time at the World Junior Championships and won five silver medals. Aliya let only one athlete go ahead - American gymnast Rebecca Bross. The number of awards and prizes won grew. Most often, Aliya came home with a full set of medals.
In the biography of Mustafina, even the following fact appeared: the gymnast managed to pass the qualifying competitions for the adult world championship, but was not admitted because of her age: at the time of the competition, the young athlete was not even 16 years old.
But in 2010, Aliya was already included in the Russian national team. Moreover, because of the girl's talent, the coaches considered it possible to complicate the program in the vault and taught the young gymnast the most difficult element “2.5 Yurchenko's screws”. And Aliya Mustafina did not disappoint: the gymnast won gold medal all-around and went to the finals of all individual types of competitions. Before that, only another Russian woman was able to do this.
Later, the gymnast was seriously injured: at the final competition, when performing a vault, the girl landed unsuccessfully. There was a rupture of the cruciate ligaments of the left knee, but that performance was so successful that Aliya was in the lead in points for a long time and did not become a prize winner only because she could not continue her performances and withdrew from the competition. Experts were sure that Mustafina would not return to professional sports. The brave girl said that she did not feel any fear, and returned to gymnastics in record time.
Over the course of her further career, the athlete conquered the peaks of the Olympic Games in London, more than once became the World Champion, including the absolute one, surprised the audience at the European Championships and the Universiade.
In 2016, at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Aliya Mustafina, exhausted by injuries and years of hard training, put a beautiful end to her own Olympic career, winning three medals: gold on the uneven bars, silver in the team all-around and in the individual all-around. At the same time, Aliya's performance was called excellent even by Mustafina's main rival - the American gymnast, who won gold in this competition.
Personal life
All the coaches with whom Aliya Mustafina had a chance to cooperate note that the girl has a very difficult character. But in fact, this is an obligatory sign of champions - it is impossible to achieve high-profile victories without sports anger.
For a long time Aliya Mustafina had a permanent young man, whose name is. Alexey is also an athlete, a member of the Russian national bobsleigh team. The romantic relationship of the athletes was at a serious level, but for a whole year neither Aliya nor Alexei intended to change their own marital status. At first, the lovers decided to reach the maximum heights in their sports career.
After a series of victories at the Olympics, in November 2016 Aliya Mustafina for Alexei Zaitsev. The wedding took place in Krasnodar, the homeland of the groom. The wedding was held modestly, surrounded by relatives and friends. Nevertheless, the athletes picked up solemn wedding dresses, and the photo of the couple, to the delight of the fans, soon appeared on Instagram and other social networks.
A few months after the wedding of the Olympic champion, it became known that the girl was. At the end of 2016, fans saw a suspiciously rounded belly in the photos posted by the gymnast on Instagram.
But officially, Aliya's father told the press about the gymnast's pregnancy, he also named the approximate time of birth of the child.
Based on this date, the fans calculated that when Mustafina gave an interview in which she said that she dreamed of children and was ready to become a mother, the athlete was already pregnant, but hid this fact from the press.
In June 2017 Aliya Mustafina. The baby was named Alice. The young mother did not immediately begin to delight fans with photographs of the child. At first, Aliya posted only a photo of the stroller from the walk. But a month after the birth of the child, the gymnast arranged a photo session for her daughter, in which the baby's face was partially even visible.
Aliya Mustafina now
Already in August 2017, Aliya Mustafina announced that she intends to renew sports biography and return to professional competition. This statement caused a skeptical reaction from colleagues, because the gymnast's child at that time was a couple of months old.
But Aliya shared her detailed plans for her future life. Mustafina plans to go to the training camp and restore her shape (the weight of the athlete before giving birth was 51 kg with a height of 162 cm), and the daughter and mother of the gymnast will come along with Aliya, who will follow Alice.
However, fans worry that the athletes' tough training schedules may lead to a quick divorce.
Awards
- 2010 - five medals at the World Championships in Rotterdam: two gold medals in team performance and all-around, three silver medals in vault, uneven bars and free performances
- 2010 - three medals at the European Championships in Birmingham: gold for team performance and two silver for performances on uneven bars and balance beam
- 2012 - four medals for Olympic Games London: gold medal for uneven bars, silver medal for team performance and two bronze medals for all-around and freestyle
- 2012 - silver medal at the European Championships in Brussels for team performance
- 2013 - three medals at the World Championships in Antwerp: gold medals for the balance beam, two bronze medals for the uneven bars and all-around
- 2013 - two gold medals at the European Championships in Moscow: for all-around and performance on uneven bars
- 2014 - three bronze medals at the World Championships in Nanning: for team and freestyle performance and performance on the balance beam
- 2014 - three medals at the European Championships in Sofia: silver for performance on uneven bars and two bronze medals for team performance and performance on a balance beam
- 2016 - three medals at the European Championships in Bern: two gold medals - for team performance and performance on a balance beam, bronze - for performance on uneven bars
- 2016 - three medals at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro: gold for performance on uneven bars, silver for team performance and bronze for all-around
Aliya Mustafina, after performing at the Russian Championship on Wednesday, found time to communicate and shared her impressions. Recall that Olympic champion, who prepares to travel to the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro while recovering from December meniscus surgery and has yet to regain her optimal shape. Her coach, Penza specialist Sergei Starkin, believes that the main thing now is not to rush.
It is too early to assess readiness, - said Sergey Valerievich in a comment to the Penza-Vzglyad portal, - there are seven weeks before the start of the European Championship. Aliya is not easily recovering, she is constantly tormented by long-standing health problems plus the consequences of the operation. But we fight, we try, and slowly everything turns out.
The athlete herself evaluated the first test in Penza as quite worthy.
I am very pleased with my performance on the uneven bars, although I have not performed for a long time, - said Aliya, - I did everything well, albeit not a complete program, but still not bad. I didn’t connect one bundle on a log, but also - most importantly, I didn’t fall and remembered these sensations. Now you shouldn't show your maximum. However, of course, you need to be ready for any start.
- Was it difficult to find yourself in a long downtime after the operation?
This is not the first time for me to have such a long break, so this time it was easier. I try not to pay attention to it, because I understand that if I go to a competition, I must perform. And what happened, this especially does not bother anyone.
You do not appear so often in Penza, for which you are playing, but they are always glad to see you here. How do you feel about the city on Sura?
Small town, which I am not very good at, but still know. And I always come here with pleasure. True, she is familiar here only with gymnasts, there are no other friends.
- What do you think to get into the Olympic team?
In principle, she has every chance. You just need to work, perform and prove that she can get into the top five.
- What is this in the photo on Instagram?
This is Sedy Tutkhalyan.
- Borrowed?
Well, you could say that.
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US President Barack Obama delivered a policy paper on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an agreement on which the 12 participating countries signed in October 2015, but the fight for ratification is still ongoing in Congress. The article was published in The Washington Post.
In it, the US President called not to give up leadership in setting the rules of international trade to China and to accelerate the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. Obama said that boosting trade in this area of the world through the TPP would be a boon for American businesses and American workers, and would provide an advantage over its main competitor, China.
“The world has changed. The rules change with him. The United States, not countries like China, should write them. Let's take this opportunity and approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, ”the US President urged in the closing lines of his address.
Obama recalled that last week representatives from China and 15 other countries met in Australia to develop an agreement on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). He noted that the agreement would not prevent unfair competition involving government-subsidized state-owned enterprises. It, the US President stressed, will not defend a free and open Internet and will not defend intellectual property standards so that American creators and entrepreneurs get credit for their products.
In addition, RCEP, Obama said, will not ensure that high standards are maintained for “our workers,” nor will the environment be preserved.
The President acknowledged that he understands skepticism about new trade agreements in the face of globalization, especially in cities, where the number of jobs has been reduced due to the development of automation. “But building a wall to isolate ourselves from the global economy will only isolate us from the incredible opportunities this economy provides. Instead of isolation, America must write rules. America must be in the lead. Other countries must play by the rules that America and our partners will set, and not vice versa, ”Obama urged.
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A prototype of a new US unmanned spacecraft designed to search and detect submarines went on a three-month test trip, the Associated Press reports.
The Sea Hunter will sail with a crew on board on its first voyage, said Scott Littlefield, Project Manager for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
The interlocutor of the agency clarified that the ship will not be controlled remotely - it will receive a task from the command center and independently carry it out. On the first voyage, the crew on board the ship for insurance must verify that the Sea Hunter systems are functioning correctly without human intervention.
The ship's test program is designed for two years. Its creators believe that it will give impetus to the development of not only military, but also civilian cargo unmanned vessels.
As RBC previously wrote, one of the main reasons for the development of a drone, the project of which was launched in 2010, was the rapid development of air-independent (anaerobic) power plants, which allow submarines to continuously stay under water for more than a month and deliver covert attacks on aircraft carriers with the most advanced anti-submarine defense ...
As Rear Admiral Frank Drennan, Chief of Anti-Submarine Operations Command of the Navy, previously explained, "To hear the quiet hum of a diesel-electric submarine in coastal waters with heavy shipping is like trying to isolate the engine noise of one car in the noise of a big city." “Sea Hunter is just a reconnaissance robot, not equipped with any weapons. It can be in demand for the coast guard, searching for submarines and escorting ships. “The ship goes to sea, looks for a diesel-electric submarine and hovers over it, reminding of its presence by sonar pulses,” Drennan described the principle of the scout's work.
Having spotted an enemy submarine, it transmits its coordinates via a communications satellite to the nearest destroyer or naval base. If necessary, he can accompany the submarine.
The ship is 40 meters long and is made of carbon-based composite materials and can reach speeds of up to 27 nautical miles per hour. If the tests are successful, the US Navy plans to build an entire flotilla of unmanned ships of this type. "," PubDate ":" Tue, 03 May 2016 00:29:12 +0300 "," guid ":" http://www.rbc.ru / politics / 03/05/2016 / 5727c58d9a79479ee9c4b60c "," category ":" "," enclosure ": [(" url ":" http://pics.v6.top.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics/media/img/ 3/19 / 754622251210193.jpg "," width ":" 550 "," height ":" 340 ")]," related-object ": [" http://www.rbc.ru/politics/13/04 / 2016 / 570ea8919a79471d077b2a4f "," http://www.rbc.ru/economics/09/04/2016/5707bb5f9a79472603916c39 "," http://www.rbc.ru/politics/09/04/2016/57088ce19a7947c399c59595 "http://www.rbc.ru/politics/18/03/2016/56eb36189a7947b733922eaf"]), ("title": "Trump offered to shoot down Russian planes performing dangerous maneuvers", "link": "http: // www .rbc.ru / politics / 02/05/2016 / 572798559a794788db76b9a1 "," description ":"
US presidential candidate from the Republican Party Donald Trump proposed "at a certain moment" to shoot down Russian planes that are making dangerous maneuvers near American ones. Thus, he commented in an interview with Indiana Radio on the actions of the Russian Su-27 near the US Air Force reconnaissance over the Baltic Sea, which were previously reported by the Pentagon.
According to Trump, the current US President Barack Obama should have called Russian President Vladimir Putin and said: “Listen, do us a favor, don't do this, take this maniac, just stop it,” he said, adding: “However, we don't have such a president. He must be playing golf somewhere or something. "
The billionaire concluded that if diplomacy does not work in this case, then it is necessary to open fire. “You have to shoot. And this is insulting. It hurts. This is an absolute disrespect for our country and an absolute lack of respect for Obama. Which, as you know, they [Russia] do not respect, ”Trump emphasized.
At the end of April, the US Department of Defense reported that the Russian fighter performed a "barrel roll" aerobatics (a 360-degree roll over the longitudinal axis) about 30 meters from the American aircraft. Pentagon spokesman Bill Urban called the actions of the Russian pilot "unsafe and unprofessional."
The Russian Ministry of Defense responded by saying that the flights of Russian aircraft comply with international rules for the use of airspace. "The American Air Force has two solutions to this problem: either not to fly near our borders, or to turn on the transponder for automatic identification by our radar means of objective control," said Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry.
Prior to this, the United States had already accused Russian aircraft of dangerous maneuvers. On April 17, a spokesman for the US European Command, Danny Hernandez, reported that a US RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft had been intercepted "in an unsafe and unprofessional manner" by a Russian Su-27 aircraft over the Baltic Sea. A few days earlier, the United States announced a dangerous approach of Russian aircraft with the American destroyer Donald Cook. "," PubDate ":" Mon, 02 May 2016 21:16:23 +0300 "," guid ":" http: // www.rbc.ru/politics/02/05/2016/572798559a794788db76b9a1 "," category ":" "," enclosure ": [(" url ":" http://pics.v6.top.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics /media/img/9/50/754622133634509.jpg "," width ":" 550 "," height ":" 340 ")]," related-object ": [" http://www.rbc.ru/ politics / 02/05/2016 / 572735979a794753297a4c83 "," http://www.rbc.ru/politics/28/04/2016/5720986a9a79471eccc11c38 "," http://www.rbc.ru/politics/27/04/ 2016 / 5721244e9a7947eef4347d76 "," http://www.rbc.ru/politics/27/04/2016/572040b29a79473efd040f0d "]), (" title ":" Durov announced the involvement of special services in the opposition's Telegram hack "," link ": "http://www.rbc.ru/politics/02/05/2016/57278bc29a7947849edc8a53", "description": "
The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, said that the special services put pressure on telecom operators to gain access to the opposition's correspondence. Thus, on the website of the radio station Echo of Moscow, he commented on the messages of the activist Oleg Kozlovsky and the employee of the Anti-Corruption Fund Georgy Alburov that their Telegram accounts were hacked, and the reception of SMS messages was disabled.
“Bottom line: apparently, the special services of the Russian Federation decided to start putting pressure on telecom operators to intercept the authorization SMS code. Usually this occurs only within the framework of cannibalistic regimes that do not care about their reputation - Central Asia, sometimes the Middle East. But it suddenly happened in Russia (if, of course, we cut off corruption inside MTS, which is unlikely in the case of opposition journalists), ”wrote Durov.
At the same time, he noted that Kozlovsky himself figured out the situation best of all. In his Facebook, the activist wrote that on Friday night, the MTS technological security department turned off the SMS delivery service for him, after which - 15 minutes later - someone from the Unix console sent it to Telegram using the IP address on one of the Tor anonymizer servers request for authorization of a new device with Kozlovsky's phone number. An SMS was sent to him with a code, which was not delivered because the service was disabled for him.
Then the attacker entered the authorization code and gained access to the activist's Telegram account. “The main question is how the unknown got access to the code that was sent by SMS, but not delivered. Unfortunately, I have only one version: through the SORM system or directly through the MTS technical security department (for example, by a call from the “competent authorities”), "the activist emphasized.
According to him, Alburov's account was hacked in the same way.
The activist announced that his Telegram account had been hacked in the morning after the incident on his Twitter. At the same time, the attackers gained access to Alburov's Telegram, which he also announced in his microblog.
MTS spokesman Dmitry Solodovnikov told RBC that there were no "targeted" actions to disable SMS messages. “No purposeful actions were taken to disconnect services, the information about the disconnection of the service by an MTS employee does not correspond to reality,” he said.
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The price of July Brent crude oil futures fell 3.18% from the previous close to $ 45.91, according to data from the London Stock Exchange.
From the opening of the trading session until 16:19, the price remained at $ 46.7-47. However, then she began to fall sharply. At 19:01 the price was $ 45.82 and then rose to $ 45.91.
The price of the June WTI oil futures fell 2.6% to $ 44.75.
At the end of April, the price of Brent crude rose above $ 48. The ruble reacted positively to this: the dollar rate broke through the mark of 65 rubles, and the euro - at 74 rubles. "," PubDate ":" Mon, 02 May 2016 19:28:03 +0300 "," guid ":" http: //www.rbc.ru/economics/02/05/2016/57277fd19a79478307ce6832 "," category ":" "," enclosure ": [(" url ":" http://pics.v6.top.rbk.ru /v6_top_pics/media/img/6/06/754622070116066.jpg "," width ":" 550 "," height ":" 340 ")]," related-object ": [" http: //www.rbc. ru / economics / 01/05/2016 / 57259b9b9a7947ed4c97ebbd "," http://www.rbc.ru/business/30/04/2016/57248ed19a79475ee95d7a2f "," http://www.rbc.ru/economics/30/ 04/2016 / 5723f6879a794717217a5860 "," http://www.rbc.ru/economics/30/04/2016/5723d4189a7947100f2a2185 "]), (" title ":" The lawyer announced the victory of Russia in the claim for the construction of a center in Paris " , "link": "http://www.rbc.ru/business/02/05/2016/572779129a79477885d76e80", "description": "
Construction of the Russian Spiritual and Cultural Center in Paris continues on schedule after former Yukos shareholders, who were seeking the cessation of work in a French court, lost their suit at the end of April, attorney Andrea Pinna, who represents Russia's interests in a French court, told TASS.
“The party that filed the lawsuit sought to stop the construction of the spiritual and cultural center. However, the French court found this requirement unlawful. The corresponding verdict was issued on April 28. Accordingly, the work is proceeding according to the schedule, ”he said. The lawyer noted that "the court approved all the arguments of the Russian side." “The fact that the Quai Branly center is subject to diplomatic immunity was taken into account,” he stressed.
According to Pinn, Hulley Entreprises Limited, representing the interests of former Yukos shareholders, was sentenced by the court to pay € 20,000 in favor of the Russian Federation and € 10,000 to the French company Bouygues, which is responsible for the construction of the center in Paris. “Formally, this decision can be appealed. However, from a practical point of view, it will not make sense, since by the time it is considered the construction work will have already been completed, ”the lawyer concluded.
Commenting on another court session, scheduled for September 29, the plaintiffs demanded to seize the land plot on which the center is located and to seize it in favor of the former Yukos shareholders. Pinna stressed: “Our position remains the same: diplomatic immunity extends to the land plot, as well as to the center itself. In this regard, we proceed from the assumption that the court's verdict will also be in favor of Russia. "
The lawyer expressed confidence that the lawsuit will not affect the upcoming inauguration of the center in October.
In February of this year, RBC reported that the former shareholders of YUKOS achieved a judicial arrest of the land plot on which the spiritual and cultural Orthodox center was being built, which meant a ban on the disposal of the site. At the same time, the court did not block construction on the site, recognizing diplomatic immunity for the object.
The Russian Orthodox Church called the message about the seizure of the land a "duck". The Russian embassy in France said that Russia had challenged the actions of the former Yukos shareholders. "The issue will be considered in court no earlier than autumn 2016," the Russian diplomatic mission told Interfax.
The Russian spiritual and cultural center is being created in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The building plot was purchased in 2010. The amount of the deal was not officially announced. The contract value with the construction contractor, French company Bouygues Batiment, is € 90.7 million.
In March, the newspaper La Croix wrote that the cost of setting up a center in Paris would amount to € 170 million. At the same time, in mid-March, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Russian Government Staff Sergei Prikhodko said that about € 90 million had been allocated from the budget for the project, " "pubDate": "Mon, 02 May 2016 18:58:56 +0300", "guid": "http://www.rbc.ru/business/02/05/2016/572779129a79477885d76e80", "category": " "," enclosure ": [(" url ":" http://pics.v6.top.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics/media/img/3/30/754622051140303.jpg "," width ":" 550 ", "height": "340")], "related-object": ["http://www.rbc.ru/society/21/03/2016/56efbde99a79472bca7f2900", "http://www.rbc.ru/ politics / 08/02/2016 / 56b7db179a79471a7be3a3e2 "," http://www.rbc.ru/business/26/04/2016/571f37599a7947776b76486c "," http://www.rbc.ru/politics/21/04/ 2016 / 5717c0f69a79470ae8fd6d9d "]), (" title ":" EU and US responded to reports of disagreements over the free trade zone "," link ":" http://www.rbc.ru/politics/02/05/2016/ 57275d269a79476d361895a5 "," description ":"
The United States and the European Union have commented on reports of disagreements over the establishment of the Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TTIP) previously reported by the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
According to European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, whose message is posted on the website of the European Commission, the US demands to the European Union reflect Washington's negotiating position, but are not the final conditions for concluding an agreement.
She explained that the positions of the US and the EU on this issue differ. “There are areas in the TTIP negotiations where we have come a long way, but there are others where we cannot reach agreement,” said Malmström, noting that it is normal for each side to strive to achieve their own goals.
She added that after each round of negotiations, the European Commission publishes its official report on them and therefore its position is well known. “Any trade agreement involving the European Union can only strengthen [product] quality control. We could agree with a partner that drug safety regulations will be tougher than before, for example, but not weaker. No trade deal will limit our ability to adopt new rules to protect our citizens or the environment in the future, ”concluded the European Commissioner.
In turn, the US representative told Reuters that the interpretation of the negotiations that appeared in the media is at best misleading and at worst just wrong.
Earlier, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, citing its own sources and documents provided to it by Greenpeace, reported that the United States government is exerting more intense pressure on the European Union than previously thought during the ongoing TTIP negotiations. The publication said that Washington, in particular, threatened to ban the export of European cars. At the same time, the United States wants to significantly increase the supply of its agricultural products to the European market, the newspaper claims.
As recalls Bloomberg, negotiations on a free trade zone between the United States and the European Union have been going on for 2.5 years. The agreement envisages the abolition of tariffs for a number of goods, the expansion of the service market, the opening of public procurement and the strengthening of cooperation in the field of regulation. The leaders of the EU countries and the US have repeatedly said that reaching this agreement is a priority, the agency adds. "," PubDate ":" Mon, 02 May 2016 17:26:19 +0300 "," guid ":" http: // www. rbc.ru/politics/02/05/2016/57275d269a79476d361895a5 "," category ":" "," enclosure ": [(" url ":" http://pics.v6.top.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics/media /img/7/04/754621991594047.jpg "," width ":" 550 "," height ":" 340 ")]), (" title ":" The court disclosed the details of the process on claims of Ukrnafta and Stabil against Russia "," link ":" http://www.rbc.ru/business/02/05/2016/57275a769a79476fd7d5ac66 "," description ":"
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in a press release disclosed details of the claims of two Ukrainian energy companies against Russia over assets in Crimea.
The document says that the proceedings began in June 2015. The first of them was initiated by Ukrnafta, the second by Stabil and 10 others. In the notices, the companies stated that Russia had violated its obligations under the Russian-Ukrainian intergovernmental investment protection agreement “by taking measures since the beginning of April 2014 that discouraged their investments in filling stations located in Crimea and ultimately resulted in to the expropriation of these investments ”.
Russia, in turn, stated that the said intergovernmental agreement could not serve as a basis for the formation of an arbitration tribunal to resolve the dispute with Ukrnafta and Stabil, and that it “does not recognize the jurisdiction of international arbitration at the Permanent Court of Arbitration” of the dispute. The Russian side also stressed that its comments for the court should not be considered as consent to the establishment of the arbitral tribunal, participation in arbitration proceedings or as procedural actions taken in the framework of the proceedings.
The two arbitral tribunals, consisting of the same arbitrators, were approved on October 7, 2015, and a month later, the first hearings were held, at which procedural issues were considered. Russia was not represented at the hearing.
On January 15, 2016, the current "Ukrnafta" and Stabil filed claims, according to a press release. Russia did not file an objection to the claim until April 15 - within the timeframe set in the procedural timetable. On April 22, the Arbitral Tribunal decided to continue both proceedings.
The court invited the parties to answer the questions of the arbitral tribunal by June 3. Hearings on his jurisdiction are scheduled for July 11.
It became known on January 11 this year that Ukrnafta had filed a claim against Russia with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The essence of the claims was not disclosed in the message on the PPTS website - it was only noted that the proceedings were initiated in accordance with the Russian-Ukrainian intergovernmental agreement on the encouragement and mutual protection of investments concluded back in 1998.
At the same time, information appeared in the PPTS database that 11 more Ukrainian companies filed similar claims against Russia - Stabil, Rubenor, Rustel, Kirovograd-Nafta, Crimea-Petrol, Pirsan, Trade-Trust "," Eleftheria "," VKF Satek ", Stemv Group and Novel-Estate.
Two days later, Ukrnafta disclosed the essence of the lawsuit against Russia. "The arbitration proceedings were initiated with the aim of obtaining compensation for the illegal seizure of the company's filling stations on the Crimean Peninsula," the company said in a statement. "," PubDate ":" Mon, 02 May 2016 16:52:02 +0300 "," guid " : "http://www.rbc.ru/business/02/05/2016/57275a769a79476fd7d5ac66", "category": "", "enclosure": [("url": "http://pics.v6.top .rbk.ru / v6_top_pics / media / img / 9/05 / 754621973947059.jpg "," width ":" 550 "," height ":" 340 ")]," related-object ": [" http: // www.rbc.ru/business/13/01/2016/56965f2f9a79476dd6a35ea8 "," http://www.rbc.ru/business/11/01/2016/569375a09a79472fc18383c9 "," http://www.rbc.ru/ business / 22/07/2015 / 55afa2299a7947111a51ed0d "," http://www.rbc.ru/business/12/07/2015/559fd83b9a794777ebda6a37 "]), (" title ":" Trump accused China of "rape" of the United States " , "link": "http://www.rbc.ru/politics/02/05/2016/572735979a794753297a4c83", "description": "
Speaking at a rally in Indiana, Trump said that China is improving its export positions by manipulating the yuan, which negatively affects the position of American business, according to the BBC. “We cannot let China continue to rape our country. We must change the situation, and we have all the cards in our hands for this, ”said the Republican candidate.
According to Trump, China should be immediately declared a "currency swindler" and forced to change the rate of the yuan, which, according to Trump, is greatly undervalued for the sake of foreign economic benefits.
At the same time, the presidential candidate noted that he is angry not so much with China as with American leaders, who are "highly incompetent."
Trump has previously stated that China respects strength, and has said that if it wins, it will exert economic pressure on Beijing. According to the billionaire, this will help resolve the DPRK problem as well.
Trump mentions China in many of his speeches, each time blaming Beijing for US economic problems. "," PubDate ":" Mon, 02 May 2016 14:13:54 +0300 "," guid ":" http: //www.rbc .ru / politics / 02/05/2016 / 572735979a794753297a4c83 "," category ":" "," enclosure ": [(" url ":" http://pics.v6.top.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics/media/ img / 3/09 / 754621875906093.jpg "," width ":" 550 "," height ":" 340 ")]," related-object ": [" http://www.rbc.ru/politics/28 / 04/2016 / 5720986a9a79471eccc11c38 "," http://www.rbc.ru/politics/27/04/2016/5721244e9a7947eef4347d76 "," http://www.rbc.ru/politics/27/04/2016/572040b29a790473defd040 "]), (" title ":" The media learned about Merkel's proposal to Japan to join NATO "," link ":" http://www.rbc.ru/politics/02/05/2016/57272b3d9a794747c79cb5c5 "," description " : "
During a visit to Tokyo last March, Merkel asked Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe how he felt about joining NATO, according to The Japan Times. “I could convince British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President François Hollande,” she said.
The publication indicates that Abe politely said that he would consider this issue, "maybe in the future," stressing that Japan's entry into NATO is fraught with the termination of negotiations with Russia on the conclusion of a peace treaty.
Japan is not part of the military blocs, but NATO is seen as the main ally along with Australia, Thailand, South Korea, Pakistan, Argentina and a number of states in the Middle East.
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Every name in big-time sports has a whole story behind it. Aliya Mustafina is a constant overcoming of difficulties. At the age of 16, she tore a ligament in her knee, went to the hospital, went through a long, difficult rehabilitation. The result was Olympic gold.
Sports childhood
Six-year-old Aliya was brought to artistic gymnastics by her dad. In the past, Furhat Mustafin was the Montreal Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling. Mom had nothing to do with sports. She is a school physics teacher. Together with her younger sister, Aliya worked out in the CSKA gym.
Elena Perelygina - the first coach - immediately singled out a gymnast among her peers: she had a sporting inclinations. Performing the program beautifully, the young athlete looked like a little star. From the very first starts Aliya Mustafina was determined only to win.
Mustafina children's and youth artistic gymnastics competition Aliya won confidently. This was helped by a stubborn, fighting character. All movements were perfected, verified. The undoubted leader was felt in her.
They say about her: "The second Svetlana Khorkina." The star of the world gymnastic platform Aliya Mustafina repeated the success of the famous athlete: she became the absolute World Champion. In the spring of 2011, at the Berlin European Championship, the girl received a serious knee injury. The gymnast found the strength to stay in big sports. Aliya performed a vault with 2.5 screws by Yurchenko. Performing the most difficult element, she injured her knee. She left the platform in the arms of the coach, trying not to think about the bad.
With the diagnosis “rupture of the cruciate ligaments of the knee,” Aliya was sent from Berlin to Munich. She underwent surgery 3 days later. Head coach the Russian national team, Alexander Alexandrov already then understood the seriousness of the injury. Aliya spent three days in the hospital, forbidding herself to be filmed in such a state.
The athlete endured unbearable pain and tried not to complain. The champion cried only once: right after she was carried away from the hall. After the operation, Aliya Mustafina studied at the Physical Rehabilitation Center for 4 weeks. In the early days, I simply fell from fatigue: the loads on the sore leg under strict control were scheduled literally in seconds.
After five months of the recovery period, Aliya spoke about the injury calmly, with a smile. Doctors did not appreciate her desire to compete at the World Championships in Tokyo. Instead of competitions, they sent me to another rehabilitation. Aliya withstood everything. She is determined to receive medals other than the London test.
Olympic Games
All of Russia was watching the victorious shots in London with bated breath. The absolute world champion in artistic gymnastics Aliya Mustafina performed the program on the uneven bars. Russia has not had gold in this form for 12 years.
The 17-year-old gymnast won the highest award due to her extreme concentration. Without unnecessary emotions, she brilliantly performed the most difficult program, having received 16,133 points.
Six months ago, no one believed in this victory, not even the gymnast herself. Then all the thoughts of the athlete were about how to find optimal shape. Aliya returned to sports after a severe injury - a cruciate ligament rupture. The uneven bars are a favorite projectile, it was on it that they made a bet. The younger sister, also a gymnast, gave Aliya a talisman for good luck - a little panda, sewn with her own hands. Mustafina returned from London with a full set of awards:
- gold in exercises on uneven bars;
- silver medal for team performances;
- two bronzes - all-around, floor exercise.
A multiple winner of major international tournaments, Aliya Mustafina is the leader of the Russian national team. At the Rio Olympics, the athlete repeats the success of four years ago. In exercises on the uneven bars, she proves her superiority, receiving another gold medal.
In the fall of 2016, Aliya Mustafina married Alexei Zaitsev, an international master of sports in bobsleigh. In the summer of 2017, a young family had a daughter, Alisa. The famous champion returned to big sport by resuming your workout.
Elena VAYTSEKHOVSKAYA
from the Olympic Park
While waiting for his athlete to enter the platform, my neighbor in the journalistic tribune entertained himself with communication in social networks. They advertised diets, sold cars, bragged about vacation trips, and made dates. And at the same time she worked on the log of the Rio Olympic arena Aliya Mustafina.
Sometimes it seems to me that a log is not just a projectile. And the symbol of everything that only can exist in gymnastics. The embodiment of absolute self-denial, willingness to consciously and for many years to reduce all the diversity of life around us to a narrow ten-centimeter strip under our feet. And create your own life on this strip - with joys and tears, pain, resentment and overcoming. How exciting and interesting this life will be for others - that's how it will turn out ...
The log became the main and decisive projectile for the strongest group. Mustafina went to him, having the best sum according to the results of the two performances already held. In the vault and the parallel bars, the Russian athlete squeezed out everything she could, and this turned out to be 0.034 more than Simone Biles- a favorite.
The American woman, in a sense, was also a gymnastic symbol, and not of a country, but of an entire continent. In the great history of gymnastics, she became the first African American woman to win an absolute victory on the world stage. Plus, behind her was a heartbreaking life story, the richest by media standards: as a child, Simon was abandoned by her parents who had finally descended, but the girl was lucky to stay not in an orphanage, but among her relatives: she was adopted by her grandparents.
However, this whole story would not have been worth a damn if the gymnast had not achieved such impressive success on the gymnastic platform.
I think that Aliya herself perfectly understood, preparing for her third round, that her advantage was ephemeral. That the base score in the remaining disciplines gives Biles an undeniable advantage, that she is younger, healthier, more adventurous, that this is in all the parameters of her Olympics, and for objective and fair reasons. It is no coincidence that at the age of 19, Simona was hung with titles like a New Year tree: ten highest world awards, three of which were won in the absolute championship at three championships in a row. Already - Olympic champion in Rio in the team competition. She is absolutely confident in herself and in fact is invincible. From another, as they say, galaxy.
But did it make it easier for all of us?
Or maybe Mustafina did not think about anything at all, except for her speech. I did not look at the scoreboard, where the numbers were rapidly changing, did not see and did not want to see rivals, and did not even traditionally take care of the baby Sedu Tutkhalyan: All-around is still a battle for your own life, any emotions only get in the way here.
The world at that decisive moment literally narrowed for the great athlete to a thin ten-centimeter ribbon under her feet. All that remained to be done was to abandon everything in the world and, if possible, cold-bloodedly walk this log multi-track "mile" - perhaps the last in his career.
The score was disappointingly low. The extreme caution of the athlete (how could it be otherwise?) Led to the fact that longer than usual pauses between the elements violated the integrity of the ligaments, and therefore the base score steadily crept down.
Biles, thanks to her impeccable performance, jumped ahead by one and a half points at once, deciding the fate of the main gymnastic gold medal ahead of schedule.
Mustafina held on to the second position, but another American was tightly pursuing her - Alexandra Raizman... If not the queen of floor exercise (this title seems to have been staked out by Biles for her entire career), then the crown princess is for sure.
I could now find many words explaining that Mustafina did the impossible in this final, winning bronze. I could probably explain why the trail that Aliya has already left in history will be remembered for a long time as an example of indestructible courage and indestructible character. And it is traditional to add, as they always add when parting with legends, that we all have just to understand how much the gymnastic world will lose with Aliya's departure. And not only Russian.
But at that moment, when Mustafina selflessly danced on the carpet, saying goodbye to the audience and making him cry, I was not thinking about that at all. And that not so many gymnasts are able to unfold a thin strip of their gymnastic life to the size of a wide carpet colored with all colors in front of the eyes of the whole world. And make this world freeze in mute admiration.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Olympic Games 2016. Gymnastics. 11th August.
Women. All-around.
1. Biles (USA) - 62.198. 2. Raysman (USA) - 60,098. 3. MUSTAFINA - 58.665. 4. Shang Chunsong (China) - 58.549. 5. Black (Canada) - 58.298. 6. Wang Yan (China) - 58.032 ... 22. TUTKHALYAN - 54,665. 2.
