photo Kommersant/Yuri Gripas What did the 59-year-old senator from Buryatia achieve by trying to convince American senators not to pass a law blocking entry into the United States for officials from the “Magnitsky list” On July 10, 2012, a young, fit gentleman from Russia smiled into the office of James Billington, director of the US Library of Congress in Washington.

Russian Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov decided to return the letter “ё” to the passports of Russian citizens. At a meeting with these citizens on Friday, he promised to help them solve the problem of variations in the use of the letters “e” or “e” in various documents. According to Livanov, millions of people in the country suffer from the fact that their last name is written inaccurately on documents. “The problem must be solved one hundred percent,” Interfax quotes Livanov.

photo REUTERS 2012 The world is outraged about the navigation system of the new iPhone. What would Jobs say? September 21, the first day of sales of the new iPhone 5, will be remembered by the public not only for the already familiar crowd at Apple stores, but also - and this is news - for cruel and fair criticism throughout the Internet and beyond. We are, of course, talking about the navigation service.

In Volgograd, many Internet users were blocked from accessing the social network VKontakte and video hosting YouTube. Instead of pages of popular Internet services, subscribers see a scan of a letter from Roskomnadzor, Interfax reports with reference to Volgograd Twitter users. Access to the sites was closed by the local provider Sprint Network in pursuance of instructions from Roskomnadzor, the agency reports.

photo ITAR-TASS The decision of the Arkhangelsk court may also affect the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whose complaint now has every chance of hanging up in the Moscow City Court The Arkhangelsk Regional Court on Friday disavowed the decision of a lower court to reduce the prison term of the former head of MFO MENATEP Platon Lebedev from 13 years to 9 years and 8 months.

photo Kommersant/Yuri Gripas What did the 59-year-old senator from Buryatia achieve by trying to convince American senators not to pass a law blocking entry into the United States for officials from the “Magnitsky list” On July 10, 2012, a young, fit gentleman from Russia smiled into the office of James Billington, director of the US Library of Congress in Washington.

Most women's wealth in the United States comes from inherited fortunes from fathers, husbands and other relatives. Nevertheless, money has never meant sybaritism and laziness for women There are only 45 women on the Forbes 2012 list of the 400 richest Americans, which is 11% of the total number of participants. They live in states ranging from Texas to Wisconsin to California, and much of their wealth is concentrated in companies they have created or inherited.

New problems were discovered on the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya (formerly the Russian heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Gorshkov) during tests in the Barents Sea. This time we are talking about power plant boilers. But also about malfunctions in the operation of equipment supplied by NATO countries.

Russian oil companies Rosneft and LUKOIL were unable to agree on cooperation on the shelf. Negotiations have been stopped, LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov told reporters. “Negotiations are not going well yet. Stopped. Because the parties cannot find mutually beneficial projects to start working together,” Interfax quotes Alekperov . At the same time, Aleksperov noted that LUKOIL is interested in working on the Russian shelf.

At the instigation of Vladimir Putin, the Russian authorities will soon be able to interpret the concept of “treason” in the broadest possible way.

On September 20, Harvard University hosted the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony for the most dubious achievements in the world of science. This time, two Russians became winners of the award, NBC reports . The first Russian winner of the award is Igor Petrov. Together with a group of Russian engineers from the company SKN, he managed to develop a method for producing tiny diamonds from old explosives. He carried out his work in the city of Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk region.

September 21, 2012 news Mode for the visually impaired Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Share Add to favorites This day in business history: the “king of pearls” and religion for businessmen On September 21, the “King of Pearls” Mikimoto Kokichi died, August Oetker patented baking powder, and Joseph Smith created a religion with the highest percentage of businessmen Fotobank · Getty Images August Oetker patented baking powder The owner of a small pharmacy in the German city of Bielfeld

photo by Fotobank/Getty Images The expansion of Chinese superphones, the battery revolution, the abandonment of the big screen and other developments that can be expected in the near future The last month turned out to be a record month for smartphone premieres: almost all the main market players managed to present new models. What has the industry achieved so far? And most importantly, what to expect from her in the near future? Increasing display size and resolution: is it time to turn back?

The Prosecutor General's Office and the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications do not have the right to demand that the scandalous film “The Innocence of Muslims” be blocked on the Internet until it is banned for distribution by a court. The Interregional Human Rights Association "Agora" announced this on Friday. Human rights activists sent a corresponding appeal to Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika.

Review of the world press: where does the founder of Microsoft prefer to invest, why journalists no longer want to coordinate quotes with sources, who will be included in the analogue of the “Magnitsky list” in the case of the Pussy Riot case Bill Gates: from progress to conservatism American Forbes continues to analyze the latest ranking of the 400 richest US citizens, which can be read in detail here .