October 17, 2012, 16:53 Business Globes: Gazprom offered the highest price for a share in the Israeli Leviathan project The gas holding Gazprom offered the highest price for a share in the project to develop the Leviathan field on the Israeli shelf, writes the Israeli newspaper Globes. The Israeli project participant, businessman Yitzhak Tshuva, prefers Gazprom due to its strong geopolitical position, but Nobel Energy would like to cooperate with a Western partner, the newspaper writes.

Russian boxing has suffered a heavy loss. According to the press service of the Russian Boxing Federation, on October 16, at the age of 54, 1980 Olympic silver medalist Alexander Koshkin died. The famous boxer was born on May 13, 1959. Koshkin, who was the most titled student of the famous coach Boris Grekov, competed in the welterweight and middleweight divisions. In 1979, he became the champion of the USSR and won the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the Soviet Union.

October 17, 2012, 11:54 Science Qigong gymnastics helps against cancer Chinese Qigong gymnastics helps cancer patients, according to a study from the Center for Supportive Care of the National Cancer Institute in Mexico. At the 9th International Conference of the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO), the results of a study on the impact of Qigong techniques on the quality of life and emotional state of cancer patients were presented.

17 October 2012, 15:43 Science We are not afraid of Predator X The mystery of the terrible prehistoric predator has been solved. Anna Saburova close 100% The prehistoric reptile Predator X, discovered in 2009 and called “the biggest and baddest of all pliosaurs,” turned out to be not so huge and scary.

Two workers died during the construction of a bridge in eastern Georgia in the village of Mtisdziri, Kvareli district, Interfax reports , citing the local television company Maestro. According to the television company, the cause of death of the workers was the collapse of a layer of earth during construction work. Another worker was injured and taken to an area hospital. A criminal case has been opened into the death of the workers.

Specialists from the Lavochkin NPO tested the antennas of the radio complex of the future Russian space telescope - the Spektr-UV ultraviolet observatory, which is scheduled to launch in 2016, the press service of the enterprise reports. “Specialists from the NPO carried out work to test the antenna-feeder system of the spacecraft radio complex on an analogue of the spacecraft (spacecraft) - an antenna mock-up.

In the Komi Republic, a fraud investigation is being carried out against two teenagers who bought a non-existent horse from Cameroon via the Internet, according to the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region . According to investigators, two teenagers dreamed of owning a horse.

COURT Primorye does not want to judge the “partisans” For the fourth time, the court was unable to form a panel in the case of the “Coastal Partisans” For the fourth time, the court was unable to form a panel in the case of the “Coastal Partisans” — 17.10.12 16:25 — TEXT: Maxim Solopov PHOTO: wikipedia.org For the fourth time, the court in Vladivostok was unable to assemble a jury to consider the case of the Primorsky partisans.

October 18, 2012, 15:59 Test drives Family beast Test drive Volvo S60 Polestar Dmitry Sitnikov (Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod) close You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos Volvo positions itself as a manufacturer of safe family cars. However, as part of the Polestar tuning program, the models gain a significant amount of power. The correspondent of Gazeta.Ru tested the sports versions of Volvo and drove the most powerful model in the brand’s line - the S60 Polestar Concept.

Unidentified people with baseball bats attacked employees of the construction company DT-Stroy in the Moscow region on Wednesday evening and stole about two million rubles, a source in the region’s law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti. “The incident occurred in the agricultural town of Barybino, in the village of Tatarinovo, Domodedovo district.

The State Hermitage Museum has announced a search for a designer for the construction of a new complex of storage buildings; the maximum contract value is 181.83 million rubles, according to materials posted on the government procurement website. The design period should be approximately 9-11 months from the date of signing the contract.

Two American Marines were arrested on suspicion of raping a girl in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, the BBC Russian service reports . Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto called the incident a “grave offense,” and the American ambassador to that country said that US authorities were taking the incident very seriously. “It’s impossible to come to terms with this. This is extremely serious,” Morimoto said.

October 17, 2012, 20:11 Society Education has lost its guarantee On Wednesday, the State Duma adopted in the first reading the government bill “On Education” Natalia Ziganshina close 100% On Wednesday, the State Duma adopted in the first reading the government bill “On Education” ITAR-TASS The State Duma adopted the government bill “On Education” in the first reading. The document was discussed for two years and during public discussions it collected over 20 thousand proposals.

October 17, 2012, 20:16 Business The court found a group of people in Norilsk Nickel The Krasnoyarsk court recognized the structures of Vladimir Potanin and Norilsk Nickel as a group of persons. Olga Alekseeva close 100% The Krasnoyarsk court recognized the structures of Vladimir Potanin and Norilsk Nickel as a group of persons. This means that the company's buyback of its own shares, according to the court, is illegal: it required the consent of the Legal Commission for Foreign Investments.

A painting by the famous American artist Roy Lichtenstein, which disappeared more than 40 years ago, has returned to the widow of its owner, BBC reports . The painting entitled “Electric Cord,” which belonged to art dealer Leo Castelli, disappeared in 1970 under unclear circumstances. The painting was found in July of this year in a New York warehouse. It is still unclear how she ended up there. The painting, whose cost is estimated at $4 million, was recently returned to Castelli's widow.