| April 2012 |
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Introduced in 1957, R-7 became the first ICBM and the first booster rocket
A Victory Day parade took place in Red Square on May 9 to commemorate 67 years since victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The parade was reviewed by acting Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and addressed by President Vladimir Putin. The parade involved the traditional pass-in-review by 14,000 personnel and over 100 pieces of military hardware.
The incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy handed his powers to president-elect Francois Hollande in Paris on Tuesday.
Nearly half of Russian families break up in the first three years from the beginning of life together, psychologists told RIA Novosti ahead of International Family Day celebrated May 15. The most frequent reasons that stand behind the divorces in Russia are the partners’ lack of social experience and laziness; end of the ‘romantic stage’ of relationships and misunderstandings between spouses.
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Tuesday have begun a two-day flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
Russia’s first aardvarks were born at Yekaterinburg Zoo. These rare animals have the body of an anteater, the ears of a rabbit, the snout of a pig and the tail of a kangaroo. There are no aardvarks at other Russian zoos. In all, only about 90 aardvarks live in captivity worldwide.
Around 20 elk calves have been born at the Sumarokovskaya elk farm near Kostroma. This RIA Novosti video shows baby elks drinking milk from a bottle and running with children.
A horse show marking the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign was held at Windsor Castle.