The European Union has imposed sanctions against six leaders of the military junta that seized power in Guinea-Bissau as a result of a coup on April 12, RIA Novosti reported on May 3.

N.V. Simashkova, Doctor of Medical Sciences 971 7 min. ... The problem of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has recently attracted close attention from people who are concerned about the fate and quality of life of children with autism. The circle of people interested in and involved in this issue in modern society is quite wide.

The head of the French concern Total, a partner of the Russian Gazprom in the development of the Shtokman field, Christophe de Margerie, allows the final investment decision on the project to be postponed to 2013 from 2012, Reuters reported on May 3. “What we lose by delaying an investment decision, we can make back during the construction of coastal infrastructure,” he said.

Grigory Dashevsky about Witold Gombrowicz The expression “like Gombrowicz” means nothing in Russian. It was unheard of in the USSR; it is clear that he, an emigrant and, as he called himself, a “traitor and provocateur,” was not published, but he was not even included in the general intelligentsia list of foreign authors taken away from us by censorship.

A Seattle superhero has an enemy. The opponent of the self-proclaimed crime fighter Phoenix Jones was a certain Rex Velvet. He recorded a video message in which he appears as a villain with a false mustache, an eye patch and a scar on his face. Details are in the report by Tatyana Gomozova. Phoenix Jones declared himself a superhero in 2010. He calls his main task the fight against hooligans. Together with Jones, nine partners fight criminals.

Moscow has long been criticized for the lack of necessary infrastructure for cyclists, especially since the need for it is long overdue, notes Andrei Voskresensky.

The city council of the capital of Finland has spoken out against the construction of a new branch of the Guggenheim Museum. Eight council members spoke against the proposal put forward by the mayor of the city, Jussi Pajunen, and seven were in favor. If the decision had been positive, the proposal would have gone to another council with greater powers. The City Council offered no explanation for the decision.

The values ​​of the Kommersant currency indicator (Ъ-indicator) were: 8,031 – 8,036 UAH/$, which is lower than the figure on April 27, 8,033 – 8,038 UAH/$; 10,545 – 10,565 UAH/euro (10,600 – 10,620 UAH/euro); 2,722 – 2,730 UAH/10 rubles (2,728 – 2,734 UAH/10 rubles).

Societe Generale SA, France's second-largest bank by market capitalization, recorded a 20% drop in net profit in the first quarter of 2012, Bloomberg reports. The bank's net profit in the January-March period fell to 732 million euros, compared with 916 million euros in the same quarter last year, while analysts polled by the agency had on average forecast profit at 597.5 million euros.

Dmitry Medvedev awarded the head of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov with the Order of Alexander Nevsky. In addition to Churov, the president is going to award the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev, he is promised the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, second degree. Political scientist, vice-rector of the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics Sergei Markov discussed the situation with presenter Margarita Polyanskaya.

The auction for the sale of the property complex of Omsk LLC Omsk-Polymer, scheduled for April 30, did not take place. As the auction organizer, Moscow LLC Alfa Torg, told Kommersant, the auction was declared invalid because not a single bid was received for the lot. It was planned to sell the entire property complex of the bankrupt plant in a single auction with an initial value of 1.094 billion rubles.

Moscow will stop notifying Western partners about changes to its strategic offensive arms. Russia will take such measures if the United States withdraws from the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty and Washington refuses further disarmament. Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov stated this at a conference on missile defense in Moscow. Vice-President of the College of Military Experts Alexander Vladimirov discussed the situation with host Andrei Norkin.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Nikolai Makarov will continue discussing the missile defense problem with his American counterpart and with the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee in July, RIA Novosti reports on May 3. The general himself told reporters about this following the results of the missile defense conference, which took place on Thursday in Moscow. “In July I will have a meeting with my colleague from the USA.

The Prime Minister of Russia, President-elect Vladimir Putin, whose inauguration will take place on May 7, expects, as head of state, to continue close cooperation with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), created a year ago, RIA Novosti reported on May 3. “Despite the expected change in my place of work, I expect to work with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives just as closely, I will support your work in every possible way, just as, I hope, the future government,” Mr.

The editors received a letter signed by the director of the Scientific Center for Mental Health of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Professor A. S. Tiganov: “In the magazine Citizen K No. 3 (24) dated 03/05/2012, the interview “The Right to Recognition” was published.