30.05.2012, 10:20:06 version Print | PDA/PDA Archive photo ©AFP Brain explosion How nuclear testing made all people participants in the experiment "Nerve cells do not recover!" - says popular wisdom. True, almost more often than the sacramental maxim itself, you can now hear the words that it is just a myth that science has long refuted.

Product of globalization Using the Big Mac, they calculated “real” salaries The rapid development of cross-border trade in recent decades has led to the smoothing out of consumption patterns around the world. In regions with more or less developed economies, it is considered “normal” to buy furniture from IKEA, and clothes from H&M or Zara.

30.05.2012, 10:20:28 version Print | PDA/PDA Meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, 2010. Photo by RIA Novosti, Grigory Vasilenko Combat hopak Rating of brawls involving Ukrainian politicians Fights involving politicians have been known to mankind since ancient times: Roman patricians fought, cardinals fought during the elections of the Pope, English parliamentarians and Russian boyars fought.

Japanese camera and optical equipment maker Olympus has reached an agreement with its former president Michael Woodford to end legal proceedings against the company brought by a manager in the UK. reports this AFP . According to an Olympus representative, the parties will notify the court about the details of the peace agreement as soon as the document is approved by the board of directors of the Japanese company.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine cannot accuse ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of involvement in the murder of Verkhovna Rada deputy Yevgeny Shcherban while the leader of Batkivshchyna is “officially ill.” about this A high-ranking source in the Prosecutor General's Office told Kommersant-Ukraine . According to him, charges will be brought immediately after Tymoshenko recovers.

The first painted speed bump appeared in Russia, says a press release from the Volgograd Region Ministry of Internal Affairs. Such an obstacle, made in the form of a realistic three-dimensional drawing, appeared in Volgograd on the initiative of the local department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. From an approaching car, such a “policeman” looks like a real one. According to the Volgograd Ministry of Internal Affairs, many drivers take this drawing seriously and reduce speed.

The American bank JP Morgan is at the center of a new scandal after it became known that one of the company's employees gave insider information to a Japanese hedge fund. This is reported by The Financial Times . The case concerned the issue of shares by Nippon Sheet Glass, which the fund learned about before the official announcement in August 2010. The American bank is currently negotiating with Japanese regulators regarding this matter.

The UN has invited Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to join the international organization's campaign to develop tourism, The Guardian writes. The 88-year-old politician was recognized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which is part of the UN, as a "leader of tourism." The organization also noted the services of the 75-year-old President of Zambia, Michael Sata.

Uncut The TEFI-2011 award ceremony took place in Moscow On May 29, the Moscow Musical Theater hosted the ceremony for presenting the country's main television award, TEFI 2011, in the “Faces” category. The awards in the "Professions" category were presented on May 25. The award has not been held since 2010, but even after a long break, the organizers of the ceremony, although not without a couple of scandals, could not particularly surprise either the participants or the audience.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested for a period until July 6 Andrei Barabanov, a suspect in the case of riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6. this on her microblog. reports Echo of Moscow correspondent Alina Grebneva In response to the court's decision, Barabanov, who did not agree with the claims of the investigation, went on a dry hunger strike. Shortly before this, the Basmanny court placed under arrest - also for a period until July 6 - Maxim Luzyanin, a defendant in the same case.

On May 30, 2012, the St. Petersburg Severnaya Verf launched the corvette Stoykiy, another serial ship of Project 20380. This was stated by as reported by Interfax the head of the press service of the Western Military District, Colonel Andrei Bobrun, . According to him, the new corvette will join the Baltic Fleet in November 2013 after completion of factory and acceptance tests. Currently, the Baltic Fleet includes two Project 20380 corvettes - Steregushchiy and Soobrazitelny.

Russian automaker Sollers has signed an agreement with Isuzu Motors to resume production of the Japanese company's medium-duty trucks in Russia, Vedomosti newspaper writes, citing a source close to one of the companies. The assembly of cars will begin in the next two months at the facilities of the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant. It is expected that the production volume at the enterprise will be about five thousand trucks per year.

30.05.2012, 12:08:48 version Print | PDA/PDA Packaging of Rot Front bars. Photo from sostav.ru "Rot Front" sued the owner of "Pyaterochka" over packaging of sweets The Rot Front confectionery factory filed a lawsuit against the X5 Retail Group holding (Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, Karusel) in order to challenge the registration of the Red Price trademark for the class of confectionery products, RBC Daily reports. "Red Price" is X5 Retail Group's own brand.

Geologists have determined that the dehydration of the Dead Sea is causing the rise of the earth's crust in the region and have been able to calculate the rate of this rise. The scientists' article appeared in the Journal of Geophysical Research , and ScienceNOW provides a summary of it . It turned out that the earth is rising at an average rate of 4.3 millimeters per year.

The authorities of the Republic of Maldives on May 30 began an investigation into the use of evil spirits and a cursed chicken against the local government and police, respectively, reports Agence France-Presse , citing Interior Ministry spokesman Hassan Hanif. According to him, on May 30, the police dispersed a protest by the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), whose activists were suspected of using black magic. The reason for such actions was the incident that occurred last Friday.