Stanislav Smirnov. Photo from the site Unige.ch Among the mathematicians who were awarded in 2010, the Medal of Fields, the mathematical analogue of the Nobel Prize, was Russian Stanislav Smirnov, the website Sciencenow reports. The Committee of the International Union of Mathematics decided to awards the award for Smirnov for his work in the field of statistical physics, namely, the theory of percolation. Russian mathematician from St.

Grigory Romanov. Photo from the site http://wikimedia.org/ Russian human rights activists and cultural figures made an open letter, in which they protested against the manufacture and installation of the memorial plaque in St. Petersburg to the former first secretary of the regional committee of the CPSU of Leningrad Grigory Romanov. The text of the appeal was distributed by the agency "For Human Rights".

A film by Andrey Nekrasov (2004) about the 1999 apartment bombings in Russia

Heroin. Photo konkretno.ru In Moscow, one of the largest parties in heroin has recently been taken. 18 kilograms of a drug worth more than 27 million rubles were hidden in the gas tank of the car, which was ruled by a citizen of Tajikistan, according to the website of the State Directorate of GosnarkoKontrol in Moscow. The wrestlers with the drug business had preliminary information about the receipt of heroin into the capital of a large party.

Dmitry Medvedev at the G20 summit in Toronto. Photo from the site www.kp.ru Decentralization of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs should occur, but only after the indigenous reform of the internal affairs bodies and giving them a new appearance. According to RIA Novosti, President Dmitry Medvedev stated this during the discussion of the bill "On the Police".

Dead cockroach. PhotoC.ru photo As a result of a fire at a dump of solid household waste in the Shchelkovo district of the Moscow Region, hordes of cockroaches move to neighboring areas, RIA Novosti reports. The ignition area is about 15 hectares. “A lot of smoke, an unpleasant smell, hordes of cockroaches are running on the ground,” the agency correspondent said from the scene.

Simultaneously with the cutting of forests in the left -bank area of ​​Khimki, a felling of the oak tree began for the construction of an elite residential complex.

Police car. Frame "News" Residents of the house 16/18 on Shcherbakovskaya Street in Moscow were evacuated on Thursday night due to a bomb threat. According to Interfax, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, police officers serving in the reinforcement mode in connection with the terrorist attack in Pyatigorsk found a suspicious car in the courtyard of the house. A suspicious car "VAZ-2105" attracted the attention of law enforcement officers at about 22.00 on Wednesday.

Pushkinskaya Square. Photo from the site www.photoweb.ru The Moscow government will not allow the defenders of the Khimkinsky forest to hold a concert on August 22 on Pushkinskaya Square. According to RIA Novosti, this is stated in a statement by the press service of the mayor and the Moscow government. According to officials, the city hall allowed only a rally, not a concert.

Yuri Shevchuk, Mikhail Borzykin, Roman Suslov - participants of the forthcoming action on Pushkin Square. Photographed by Dmitry Borko. Alexander F. Sklyar invites you to a concert in support of the Khimki Forest

Dmitry Medvedev in the center of special training of the FSB. Photo Pool The organizers of the attack in Pyatigorsk must be found and punished, and in the case of resistance - destroyed. According to RIA Novosti, President Dmitry Medvedev stated this during a meeting with representatives of law enforcement agencies and the public under the bill "On the Police". "This serious crime should be investigated.

American operation in Iraq. Hard of news The latter of the US Army military units left the country's territory on Thursday night, seven years after the invasion, BBC News reports. The last of Iraq was withdrawn the personnel and equipment of the 4th brigade of the Second Infantry Division of the Armed Forces. The connection crossed the border with Kuwait.

Triumphal Square surrounded by a fence. Photo casual-Force.livejournal.com The reconstruction of the Triumphal Square in Moscow will end no earlier than 2012. According to Interfax , the prefect of the Central Administrative District of the capital Alexei Alexandrov stated this. "There is a complex underground space: the tunnel of the Garden Ring, the metro line passes, so before 2012, work is unlikely to be completed," said Alexandrov.

Georgian military. Photo from the site www.neonomad.kz In Georgia, a fuse from the army was officially introduced. According to RBC, the Georgian authorities, in connection with the military appeal, published a warning according to which young people have the right to refuse service for one reason or another, but must pay 2 thousand Lary (1.1 thousand dollars) to the country's budget.

Vladimir Abarinov If on September 12, 2001, someone said that in two quarters from the ruins of the World Trade Center there would be a mosque, he would be considered a madman. But not even nine years have passed - and now if you please: the project has gained quite real features, and the issue is discussed as quite legitimate. Has the pain dulled? Certainly. Has the atmosphere in the country changed? Another how.