The total amount of bonuses to military personnel for conscientious performance of official duties during the year should not exceed three monthly salaries. Accordingly, as Interfax reports , the Russian Ministry of Defense commented on media reports about the reduction of military bonuses from 35 to 15 percent in March 2012. According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, which the agency refers to, the maximum amount of bonuses for the year is established by Federal Law No.

Brazilian studio RT Features has acquired the rights to shoot a film based on Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" album, Collider reports. The album "Blood on the Tracks" is Dylan's 15th studio work. The album went on sale in January 1975. It is believed that the theme of many songs from the disc is the musician’s breakup with his wife Sarah (they were married from 1965 to 1977).

The Moscow tour operator ITC (International Travel Club) owes foreign hotels about 600 thousand dollars. about this on Thursday evening. RIA Novosti Press secretary of the Russian Union of Tourism Industry (RST) Irina Tyurina told ITC has been operating since 1995 and has specialized in exotic countries in Latin America, Southeast Asia and other regions, avoiding mass destinations.

Paleoclimatologists have identified the causes of the so-called Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum. The scientists' article appeared in the journal Nature , and a summary is available on the ScienceNOW website. It is known that approximately 55 million years ago the planet experienced a sharp warming of the climate - the temperature increased by 5-8 degrees Celsius. It is believed that the reason for this was a sharp increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Two days that were given to pandas from Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo to try to mate were unsuccessful, the institution said in an official statement. The experts noted that despite the failure, they were satisfied with this result of the experiment, since the female Sweetie and the male Sunshine showed genuine interest in each other.

Germany and Switzerland have signed an additional protocol to the agreement on fees from German tax evaders who keep their accounts in Swiss banks. According to the Swiss news agency sda, the document provides for an increase in previously agreed rates. According to the main agreement signed back in 2011, accounts of German draft dodgers opened no earlier than 2000 will be subject to a tax rate of 19 to 34 percent retroactively.

In the UK, entrepreneur and inventor Jim Marshall, famous for creating one of the world's most famous brands of electric guitar amplifiers, has died at the age of 89. In his early youth, Marshall worked as an electrician. He was also interested in music - he sang and played the drums. It is believed that he built the first amplifier for himself so that his voice could be heard over the drums. In the 1960s, Marshall became the owner of a small musical instrument shop in London.

In preparation for Euro 2012, the Polish police compiled profiles of fans from different countries participating in the championship. TVN 24 reports this. Polish police paid special attention to the British - they are called vulgar, noisy, and often aggressive. The British, according to Polish police, often crowd into pubs where football is shown, tend to break the rules, do not like police officers and are easily provoked.

05.04.2012, 10:18:35 version Print | PDA/PDA Picket against Russia's accession to the WTO. Photo by ITAR-TASS, Alexandra Mudrats Habit "against" Organization of a referendum on joining the WTO has begun in Russia On April 4, opponents of Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization launched the process of organizing a referendum on this issue.

05.04.2012, 16:11:42 version Print | PDA/PDA Chelsea footballer Raul Meireles. Photo ©AFP Perhaps with the help of the judges Champions League semi-finalists announced The quarter finals in the Champions League have ended. On April 3, the Spanish Barcelona knocked out the Italian Milan, and the German Bayern beat the French Marseille. On April 4, Real Madrid and Chelsea of ​​London took part in the semi-finals.

An American MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed at the airport of Mahe Island in the Seychelles on Wednesday, April 4. reports this with reference to the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority Reuters . According to the agency, the UAV crashed during landing; the incident resulted in no casualties. In December 2011, exactly the same unmanned aerial vehicle of the American Air Force crashed at the same airport.

Based on the Tiger armored vehicle produced by the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant, a mobile control system for the Dragonfly and Lastochka unmanned aerial vehicles was created. As reported on the website of the Military-Industrial Company, the new complex was named “Tiger” MK-BLA-01. The complex was created by specialists from VPK and the St. Petersburg concern Vega.

A massive infection of computers based on the Mac OS X operating system with the Trojan program BackDoor.Flashback.39 has been registered. This was reported by the Russian manufacturer of anti-virus software Dr.Web. The Dr.Web blog talks about 550 thousand infected machines. However, later, company analyst Ivan Sorokin in his microblog estimated their number at 600 thousand or more. More than half of the affected computers are located in the United States.

The cinematographer award "White Square" was awarded in Moscow. The ceremony took place at the Natalia Sats Children's Musical Theater on Wednesday, April 4. This year's prize winner was the cinematographer of Andrei Zvyagintsev's film "Elena" Mikhail Krichman, RIA Novosti reports . In addition to Krichman, the competition for the main prize also included: Alexander Ilkhovsky (for the film "Target"), Yuri Klimenko ("Female"), Maxim Osadchiy ("Two Days") and Alexey Rodionov ("Generation P").

The management of Lomonosov Moscow State University demanded that students and graduate students who paid for their studies through Mi-Bank, whose license was taken away, pay again. This was reported on the website of the Russian Student Union. The university stated that the bank did not transfer the funds to the MSU account. Those students who refuse to pay again are threatened with expulsion from the university and are not allowed to attend the session, according to the RSS.