What gave the weighing of the smallest stars Thanks to the system of adaptive optics (allowing you to deal with blurred effects caused by the turbulence of the earth's atmosphere) and a new powerful high -contrast chamber called NaCO SDI (capable of highlighting a weaker satellite image against a bright star), which is installed on a very large telescope (Very Large Telescope - VLT ) of the Southern European Observatory (European Southern Observatori - ESO ) in Chile, photographs of a young star

None of the Russian diplomats working in Finland has anything to do with the pandering case being investigated by the Finnish police. This is stated in the comments of the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in connection with reports of the intention of the Finnish police to interrogate two former employees of the Russian Trade Representation, RIA Novosti reports.

The Federal Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas at its regular session postponed to January 27 the consideration of questions about whether Yukos has the right to dispose of accounts opened in the USA and its website located on an American server. The Consul of the Consulate General of Russia Kirill Mikhailov, who was present at the meeting, told the Oil Information Agency about this. “We are talking about those accounts that are opened here in America.

Vladimir Putin believes that Russia is still far from creating a modern society. This follows from the president's reaction to Vladimir Ustinov's report at the Board of the Prosecutor General's Office. According to RIA Novosti, Ustinov quoted the statements of one of the Russian classics about who is more important in Russia - a professor or a policeman. The classic preferred the latter as the basis of the rule of law in the country.

Former presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych, speaking in Donetsk, appealed to his supporters to stop the protests. "I appreciate your support. You have clearly shown your civic position. Today we are entering a new stage of the struggle, which already needs other means. Therefore, I ask you: let's dismantle the tent cities and begin a new stage of political struggle," he said.

On Sakhalin, representatives of indigenous peoples, with the support of the public and environmental organizations, moved to the north of the island in the Okhinsky district on Friday to picket the oil and gas infrastructure facilities under construction of the Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 projects. It is reported by Gazeta.Ru with reference to Interfax. The picketers believe that large-scale construction work under the projects is environmentally hazardous.

The State Duma for a month deprived Viktor Tyulkin, a member of the Communist Party faction, from speaking for "insulting expressions" against the president. 318 deputies voted for this decision, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to Interfax.

Site screenshots - www.newsru.com. Grani.ru collage The domain name Putin2000.ru, according to which Vladimir Putin’s campaign website was registered during the 2000 presidential election, and after the expiration of the registration period (in 2004), led to the St. Petersburg site receiving an order for prostitutes, on Thursday began to send readers to the official website of the president www.kremlin.ru.

The Meshchansky Court again refused to summon Platon Lebedev's defense to interrogate freelance experts from the Prosecutor General's Office, whose conclusions partly formed the basis for the charges against Lebedev and Khodorkovsky, Gazeta.ru reports citing Interfax.

Pavel Lyuzakov, editor-in-chief of the Svobodnoe Slovo newspaper, a member of the Democratic Union, was arrested in Moscow. His Relatives reported this on Friday to PRIMA-News news agency. Lyuzakov was arrested the night before. He is reportedly charged with illegal possession of firearms. The circumstances of the arrest and the details of the charges are still unknown, with the exception of the fact that Lyuzakov allegedly seized a gun.

State Duma. The State Duma on Friday accepted the chamber’s statement on measures to protect the social rights and legitimate interests of citizens in connection with the implementation of the law on preferential payments. With the necessary 226 votes, 321 deputies voted for the adoption of the decision, four opposed, one refrained, RIA Novosti reports. The deputies indicated the government of cases of non -compliance with social support measures for unprotected categories of citizens.

Logo '' 'Moscow Truth' ' The bailiffs arrested 5 million rubles in the accounts of the newspaper Moskovskaya Pravda. This was reported by Gazeta.ru with reference to Interfax. Such an amount, according to the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court, should be paid at the claims of Alfa-Bank and the chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa-Group Mikhail Friedman.

State Duma. Photo from the site www.logistic.ru The State Duma at a plenary session on Friday refused to include a draft resolution on the course of the implementation of the law on preferential payments prepared by the Rodina faction, RIA Novosti reports on the agenda.

Protest in Beslan. Photo from Newsru.com Early in the morning, the president of North Ossetia Alexander Dzasokhov met with participants in the action in Beslan, who remained on the street all night. As RIA Novosti reports, no agreement was reached based on the results of the conversation. The action continues, and now 250-300 people take part in it. They require an international investigation of the terrorist attack on September 1 last year and the resignation of the republican government.

Al-Tuf mosque after the explosion. Photo by ar At the Al-Taf Mosque, a car filled with explosives exploded in the southwestern part of Baghdad on Friday. As AR reports, at least 14 people were killed as a result of the attack, 40 were injured. As eyewitnesses say, the explosion thundered at the moment when believers left the mosque. Several cars standing nearby immediately lit up, the area in front of the mosque was covered with charred fragments.