Employees of the CIA, FBI and other similar American government agencies will be asked during lie detector tests whether they disclosed classified information to journalists. spokesman for Director of National Intelligence James Clapper , said this, The Hill reports. Shawn Turner, As The New York Times clarifies, such questions will be asked not only during tests upon entry into service, but also at any time if the need arises. A number of other measures are also provided to combat leaks.

Scientists have discovered an intermediate link between asymmetrical flounders and their symmetrical ancestors. The eyes, which in flat animals moved to one half of the body, were still on different sides in their ancestor, but at unequal heights. The work was published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (the article was unavailable at the time of writing), and a brief description of it can be read on the website of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

for the post of president of the Russian Football Union (RFU) after the departure of Sergei Fursenko At least four candidates are vying . RBC reports this. In addition to the former speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov , whose possible transfer to the RFU was reported in mid-May, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko , State Duma deputy and president of the Moscow football Dynamo Yuri Isaev and Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich are vying for the vacant post of head of Russian football .

The largest Russian private gas producer in Russia, Novatek, has become interested in acquiring assets in Africa and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. According to RIA Novosti , this was stated by the head of the company Leonid Mikhelson . According to him, the company is primarily interested in projects that do not require large investments at the initial stage. First of all, these are assets at the “early stage” - at the stage of geological exploration of deposits.

26.06.2012, 08:54:34 version Print | PDA/PDA Kirill Razlogov, photo courtesy of Ahmad Tea June in "October" Interview with MIFF program director Kirill Razlogov On June 21, the 34th Moscow International Film Festival opened with a screening of Roman Prygunov's film "Spiritless". The event will last until June 30. It will include more than 200 films, divided into more than 20 programs.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation stated that it was not involved in the hacking of Twitter Alexei Navalny’s . Earlier, the oppositionist expressed the opinion that the account was hacked through computers or iPads , which were seized from him during the search.

Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Vitali Klitschko , who holds the WBC world champion belt, said that neither the location of his next fight nor his future opponent have yet been determined. This was reported by the Ukrainian portal Boxingnews.com.ua. Earlier, the media reported that Klitschko would fight with German boxer of Syrian origin Manuel Charr on September 1. The fight was supposed to take place in Kyiv at the Olympic Stadium.

The Sex Pistols will re-release their single "Pretty Vacant", the original of which was released in the UK on July 1, 1977. The new edition will be dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the composition's release, reports New Musical Express. A new version of "Pretty Vacant" will be released on vinyl. It will be released in a limited edition of three and a half thousand copies. Universal Music is responsible for the re-release of the Sex Pistols' third single.

In 2013, the government will reduce financing of the Russian Pension Fund (PFR) deficit from the federal budget. The newspaper Kommersant writes about this, which became aware of the proposals of the Ministry of Finance on the draft budget for next year. Financing of the Pension Fund will be reduced by 89.1 billion rubles.

The Sverdlovsk Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Justice requested documents from the City Without Drugs Foundation. this The head of the fund, Evgeniy Roizman, announced in his blog on June 26. The official justification for the request was the prosecutor's investigation into the death of the foundation's patient, Tatyana Kazantseva, who died of meningitis on June 17 in the Berezovsky city hospital.

In Nizhny Novgorod, activists held a procession for a loaf of bread. As Interfax reports with reference to the coordinator of the local Left Front, Alexander Krasnov, the event participants met at the goat monument on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street and proceeded to the Nizhegorodsky store, where they purchased bread. As the Nizhny Novgorod agency notes, about 10 people took part in the action.

Russian experts who are participating in the investigation of the Superjet-100 crash in Indonesia believe that the cause of the crash is not insufficient training of the crew for flights in high mountains. Kommersant writes about this. Earlier, the Indonesian side advised the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft company to better prepare pilots for flights in the mountains. As the newspaper writes, citing its sources, the plane has repeatedly flown in the mountains in Russia.

The Mogilev History Museum has announced a fundraiser for the purchase of Kazimir Semenovich’s book “The Great Art of Artillery.” We are talking about a French edition from 1651, which, as stated on the museum's website, is of "the highest value." The cost of the book is 15 thousand euros; they plan to buy it from a private collector. Engineer and artillery theorist Semenovich was born on the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

A Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed in Indonesia on May 9. By the end of May, the “black boxes” were found and deciphered, but no official, albeit preliminary, version of the causes of the plane crash was announced.

The daughter of pop singer Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z, Blue Ivy , was awarded the status of honorary citizen of the Croatian city of Hvar on the island of the same name. The corresponding decision was made by the mayor of the city, Pierino Bebic. He has already sent a letter to Beyoncé’s family, informing them that the girl has been given honorary status, reports Agence France-Presse .