336 1 min. ... South Korea is becoming the world's largest market for men's cosmetics. Over the past five years, the market for cosmetics for men in South Korea has grown 1.7 times, to $836 million, which is a quarter of the global volume. The country's largest cosmetics company, Amorepacific, expects sales of men's cosmetics to increase by 79% in 2013.

Roman Chernov asked to resign The head of the Penza administration, Roman Chernov, wrote a letter of resignation, which he announced last Friday. At the same time, his first deputy Nikolai Antonov resigned. The latter’s place has already been taken by Vice-Governor Vyacheslav Satin. According to experts, he is the most likely contender for the post of new city manager.

"Alania" and "Krylya Sovetov" beat "Dynamo" and "Rubin" Russian Football Championship The most interesting thing that remains in the Russian championship after CSKA's championship and Zenit's guaranteed second place is the fight to get into the Europa League. Before the 29th round, Spartak seemed like a clear outsider in this fight.

The values ​​of the Kommersant currency indicator (Ъ-indicator) were: 8.155 – 8.159 UAH/$, which is higher than Friday’s figure (8.151 – 8.159 UAH/$); 10,488 – 10,508 UAH/euro (10,490 – 10,508 UAH/euro); 2,605 – 2,612 UAH/10 rubles. (2,591 – 2,599 UAH/10 rubles). The b-indicator has been calculated by the Kommersant-Ukraine publishing house since March 16, 2009, based on the dollar purchase/sale prices of the largest transactions on the interbank foreign exchange market.

The US Treasury does not expect a technical default until at least September 2013 The United States will be able to avoid a new fiscal cliff at least until the fall of this year - the country’s Ministry of Finance notes a sharp reduction in the budget deficit due to increased tax revenues and the implementation of “non-standard” measures taken to emergency finance government spending.

Pediatrics Materials prepared by Elionora Samotaeva, Svetlana Makarskaya Photo: Fotolia/PhotoXpress Scientists from the University of Gloucestershire have urged Britons to be careful when using sunscreens, as it turns out that overuse of these creams with SPF factor can cause children to become deficient in vitamin D, which is synthesized in the body in the sun.

Alexey Balabanov died Obituary Photo: Alexander Shcherbak, Kommersant / buy photo The news of the death of Alexei Balabanov fell heavily, although the director himself, it seems, was preparing for it.

Last week, the Accounts Chamber admitted: for the first time in recent years, high oil prices do not guarantee budget stability.

A series of explosions in Iraq on Monday killed at least 32 people and injured dozens of people, CNN reported, citing the country's authorities. Several cars went up in the air in the province of Basra, whose population is predominantly Shiite. Eight officers were killed in a terrorist attack in the city of Haditha, where militants ambushed two police checkpoints.

Dietetics 943 1 min. ... Researchers from Maastricht University do not agree that stress leads to overeating. Scientists are sure that joy provokes overeating much more often than negative emotions, and they came to this conclusion as a result of an experiment. Its essence was that groups of volunteers were shown both positive romantic films and documentaries with recordings of executions and killings of animals. Then the spectators were offered high-calorie snacks.

Blue Bucket activist Georgy Kokorin about the beating The results of an internal investigation into the beating of Blue Bucket activist Georgy Kokorin may be made public in the coming days. Kommersant FM was informed about this by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the region. On the night of May 19, Kokorin was beaten by unknown assailants in the city of Kolpino, Leningrad Region, while talking with traffic police inspectors.

Album 1983, Eduard Ettinger Three at the table, not counting the bear. Nothing strange if you know that this is happening at the zoological base of Tsentrnauchfilm. “The town of trained animals is located at the Leonovo station in the Vladimir region,” Ogonyok wrote 30 years ago. “The animals live in huge enclosures, they are filmed by filmmakers from all Soviet and many foreign studios.

Narcology 502 1 min. ... Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have developed the world's first anti-drug vaccine. The effectiveness of the vaccine, which passed the first stage of clinical trials, was assessed using radiology methods. Scientists have demonstrated that their vaccine prevents the drug from entering the brain, causing feelings of drug intoxication. “The vaccine absorbs cocaine in the blood,” explains lead inventor Dr. Ronald G. Crystal.

Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Sergei Stepashin announced the need to freeze housing and communal services tariffs for a period of three years, Interfax reports. “We consider it appropriate to consider freezing tariffs for the population for three years. I sent a corresponding letter to the government of the Russian Federation,” said the head of the Accounts Chamber at the conference of the union of municipal control and accounting bodies of the Russian Federation.

The Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District, Alexander Khloponin, took personal control of the investigation of the double terrorist attack in Makhachkala. The best investigators from the central office have already joined the investigation, and Moscow rescuers, doctors and psychologists have flown to the city to help Makhachkala specialists, RIA Novosti reports.