The best candidate to write a new US anthem, if necessary, is rock musician Bruce Springsteen. This opinion is shared by the majority of participants in the corresponding survey conducted by the American television channel CBS . 22 percent of respondents voted for Springsteen's candidacy. Country singer Dolly Parton came in second place. 19 percent of Americans would trust her to write the anthem. Blind soul singer Stevie Wonder rounds out the top three.

portal The BSN , commissioned by the Guild of Property Managers and Developers, conducted a study of the preferences of home buyers in new buildings in St. Petersburg. As experts have found out, the bulk of demand in the primary market falls on small-sized apartments with an area of ​​no more than 40 square meters. According to the survey, 40.9 percent of city residents prefer one-room apartments when choosing housing, and 32.4 percent prefer studio apartments.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the eve of his visit to China, wrote an article for the Chinese newspaper People's Daily. The full text of the article in Russian was published by the Vesti.Ru website.

French archaeologists have discovered that prehistoric artists were able to express movement in rock paintings by introducing elements of animation. The researchers' work was published in the journal Antiquity , and is briefly described by Science News. The authors reviewed the rock art known to date, and also published several examples of previously unknown drawings from the Chauvet and La Baume Latrone caves. Animation elements were found in 53 images from 12 caves located in France.

Photographer Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya became the editor-in-chief of the magazine about the lives of stars “7 Days”. this Rozhdestvenskaya herself announced on her Twitter. “People! I have become the editor-in-chief of the magazine '7 Days'! I will work! I am starting a new life,” Rozhdestvenskaya wrote on her account. Until now, the editor-in-chief of the publication was Vera Orlova.

Russian football champion St. Petersburg Zenit put up four players for transfer - midfielders Szabolcs Husti and Alessandro Rosina, striker Danko Lazovic and goalkeeper Dmitry Borodin. These players will not go with the team to the first pre-season training camp in Italian Tuscany, writes the publication Sport Day by Day, citing Zenit general director Maxim Mitrofanov. According to Mitrofanov, Husti, Rozina, Lazovic and Borodin have already been notified of the coaching staff's decision.

The Bank of Russia sharply lowered the exchange rate of American and European currencies. On Wednesday, June 6, the dollar will cost 33.2001 rubles - almost 84 kopecks less than the day before. The euro exchange rate fell by 74 kopecks to 41.5068 rubles. The day before, the official dollar and euro exchange rates exceeded 34 and 42 rubles, respectively. At the MICEX-RTS currency trading on June 5, the ruble continued to strengthen against major currencies.

The investigation brought charges against two more defendants in the case of the riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6 - Andrei Barabanov and Maxim Luzyanin, ITAR-TASS reports . Both are accused of using violence against government officials and mass riots (Part 1 of Article 318 and Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to Interfax , Barabanov was charged in the hospital, where he was admitted due to a hunger strike.

Windows Phone Marketplace, an application store for Microsoft's mobile operating system , has surpassed 100 thousand programs. The All About Windows Phone blog writes about this with reference to its own accounting and statistics system. The calculation took into account all applications added to the store during its existence, including programs available only in certain countries and programs that were discontinued. There are more than 88 thousand “live” applications in the Marketplace.

To complete the construction of the Barvikha-Village settlement near Moscow on Rublevskoye Highway, in connection with which searches were carried out in the offices of the MIEL holding, 1.2 billion rubles are needed. This as reported by RIA Novosti .

Woody Allen has announced the list of actors who will star in his next film, reports Reuters . The film will star Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Louis C.K., Michael Emerson and Sally Hawkins. It was previously reported that Allen is also interested in collaborating with Bradley Cooper. However, now the actor’s name is not mentioned in connection with the director’s new project. Apparently, Cooper was unable to coordinate his work schedule with Allen.

In May 2012, the average rental rate for luxury housing in Moscow decreased by 2.8 percent compared to April and amounted to $6,058 per month (for apartments with an area of ​​80-150 square meters with high-quality finishes). As stated in a study by Knight Frank, the largest drop in prices was recorded on Ostozhenka Street. According to experts, the decrease in the average rate in the capital is primarily caused by the sharp strengthening of the dollar against the ruble.

Fragments of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev 's interview with Vladimir Pozner , aired on June 4, were published on the night of June 5 on page the head of government's on the VKontakte social network , but later became unavailable. An error message appears when you try to view videos.

The American company Corning, the creator of Gorilla Glass, has introduced a flexible protective coating for smartphones and other devices called Willow Glass. This is stated in the company's official blog. The new glass can be used in devices with curved screens, as well as in devices that can be bent. Several manufacturers already have prototypes of flexible smartphones and tablets, including Samsung and Nokia .

05.06.2012, 19:23:16 version Print | PDA/PDA Deputies from A Just Russia Valery Hartung and Ilya Ponomarev. Photo by RIA Novosti, Ilya Pitalev Meeting in Italian Spravorosy delayed the adoption of the law on rallies On June 5, the State Duma finally became a full-fledged place for discussion.