French food manufacturer Danone has announced plans to cut costs by €200 million over the next two years, writes The Wall Street Journal . The company decided to take such measures due to falling sales in Europe. Danone will also change the management structure in this region. The company's sales fell 1.5% in the most recent quarter. In June, Danone issued a note to investors warning of a possible decline in profits.

Actress Natalya Kustinskaya , who last week was taken in serious condition to the Botkin Hospital in Moscow and spent several days in a coma, died at the age of 75 on Thursday, the artist’s former colleague, Mother Olga (Gobzeva), told RIA Novosti. “It literally happened within that hour,” she said, without giving details. The date and place of farewell and funeral will be announced later.

Russian scientists will be able to independently replenish and clarify data about their work within the framework of the “Map of Russian Science”, a database created by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, which will combine all information about scientific publications and patents of Russian scientists, said Deputy Head of the Ministry Igor Fedyukin .

The prosecutor's office sent warnings to the oppositionists against holding an uncoordinated rally this coming Saturday, according to the department's website . “Calls are spreading on the Internet to ignore the authorities’ decision and take part in an unauthorized demonstration.

December 13, 2012, 21:57 Business Alternative puff On Friday, the State Duma will consider the anti-tobacco bill in the first reading Rustem Falyakhov close 100% Alexey Mitrofanov at the plenary meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergei Fadeichev/ITAR-TASS The State Duma's adoption of a tough anti-tobacco bill - its first reading is scheduled for Friday - has encountered an obstacle.

December 13, 2012, 20:01 News A New York court rejected a claim against Yulia Tymoshenko for $18.3 million The District Court of New York rejected the claim against ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko for $18.3 million, Ukrayinska Pravda reports . “Tymoshenko’s request to dismiss the claim will be granted,” the newspaper quotes the court decision made on the claim of Universal Trading & Investment Co. (UTICo).

December 13, 2012, 16:33 Politics "Will stand" Foreign media about Putin’s health and his message: from the call for Russians to “be fruitful and multiply” to new threats to “agents of the West” Olga Kuzmenkova , Zhanna Ulyanova , Alexander Artemyev close 100% Vladimir Putin's Address to the Federal Assembly did not become a front-page topic in foreign media. Journalists noted the Russian leader’s almost complete inattention to international politics.

December 13, 2012, 09:10 Society The Moscow-Khabarovsk plane made an emergency landing in Krasnoyarsk due to the death of a child on board The Moscow-Khabarovsk plane made an emergency landing in Krasnoyarsk due to the death of a five-year-old child on board, the reported to RIA Novosti West Siberian Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on Thursday .

December 13, 2012, 19:08 Society Report: 2012 was the safest year in flight history In 2012, the number of plane crashes dropped to a record level, writes The Guardian , citing research from the International Transport Association (ITA). In the past year, Western airlines set a kind of record - not a single one of their planes crashed. According to the latest data, there is only one plane crash for every 470 thousand flights.

December 13, 2012, 10:33 Politics Exported to Bolotnaya The Georgian “exporter of revolutions” Givi Targamadze led the “riots” on Bolotnaya Square, the Investigative Committee claims Zhanna Ulyanova close 100% Georgian parliamentarian Givi Targamadze, who earned himself a reputation in the post-Soviet space as an “exporter of revolutions,” not only sponsored the Russian opposition, but also led the “riots” on Bolotnaya Square on May 6.

December 13, 2012, 14:09 Society “Our textbooks create cultural racism” Leading Russian historians demand a radical change in the system of teaching history in schools Natalia Ziganshina close 100% Russian historians demand a radical change in the system of teaching history Nikolai Moshkov/ITAR-TASS Leading Russian historians are demanding a radical change in the system of teaching history in schools. This is precisely what they consider the main problem of historical education.

December 13, 2012, 17:29 Cars “Non-verification” was removed from sale Former and current employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs admitted to selling a special coupon for $75 thousand Anatoly Karavaev close 100% They tried to sell a police “unverifiable” vehicle for $75 thousand Sergey Bobylev/ITAR-TASS Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs exposed a traffic police officer and a retired major of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who tried to sell for 75 thousand dollars a special

At Sheremetyevo Airport , tourists in collusion with cleaners tried to illegally import almost 665 iPhone 5 and iPad mini into Russia, according to the website of the Federal Customs Service . “Employees of the Sheremetyevo customs in the transit zone of terminal D detained a passenger on the flight Dubai - Moscow - Tashkent, who illegally transferred 400 IPhone 5 phones to an employee of a cleaning company.

Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika said that his subordinates have identified more than 200 thousand violations by employees of the Investigative Committee, but there is no confrontation between departments.

December 13, 2012, 1:10 pm Science The most ancient cheese People learned to make cheese 7.5 thousand years ago Peter Zvezdny close 100% Chemical analysis of traces of milk on the walls of ceramic “colanders” made by ancient Europeans showed that the inhabitants of northern Europe mastered the skill of cheese making 7.5 thousand years ago, scientists say in an article published in the journal Nature .