“I have the most unfortunate profession for this time” Vera Krichevskaya about leaving the TV channel “24 Doc” Vera Krichevskaya. Photo: Mitya Aleshkovsky / ITAR-TASS Rostelecom did not renew the contract with Vera Krichevskaya, creative producer of the documentary channel 24 Doc. In a personal conversation with Krichevskaya, the company's management referred to ideological reasons.

Specialists from the antivirus company Kaspersky Lab have discovered malware that can infect computers on Google Play, the Android application store, reports the Securelist website. There are two programs; they are called Superclean and DroidCleaner. Both of them are free and created by the same developer - Smart.Apps. The description on Google Play states that the purpose of the programs is to clear memory and increase the performance of the smartphone.

The Project 12411T missile corvette Pridneprovye returned to the Ukrainian Navy base in Sevastopol after scheduled repairs. This was reported in a press release of the Ukrainian military department. During the repairs, the ship's hull plating, steering complex, as well as bottom fittings and other elements were restored. It was previously reported that in 2012 Ukraine will carry out a comprehensive overhaul of 11 of its ships.

LSR Group opened sales in three residential complexes (RCs), which the company began to build in St. Petersburg. As the holding says, the total area of ​​the projects will exceed 450 thousand square meters. The construction of two residential complexes in the mass market segment is being carried out by the company "LSR. Real Estate - North-West". The Viva comfort class complex will be located on a plot of 9.2 hectares in the Moskovsky district.

Rosrezerv announced a shortage of copper-containing raw materials, which are in safekeeping at MMC Norilsk Nickel. According to the Kommersant newspaper, the government agency demanded compensation and fines from the company in the amount of 3.9 billion rubles. An assessment of the quantity and quality of copper-containing raw materials stored in Norilsk Nickel in 2012 was carried out by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise All-Russian Scientific Research Geological Institute (VSEGEI).

Former Italian Prime Minister, leader of the center-right People of Freedom party Silvio Berlusconi promised to abolish the anti-crisis municipal property tax (IMU), writes Repubblica. He stated this at a press conference in Milan on Sunday, February 3, presenting the election program of his coalition. If his party comes to power in the elections at the end of February, citizens will not only no longer have to pay IMU, but within a month they will be refunded the amount of IMU for 2012.

In the Iraqi city of Taji, which is located 25 kilometers north of Baghdad, an explosion occurred, which killed at least 22 people and injured 44 more. reports this with reference to data from law enforcement and medical institutions Agence France-Presse . According to police information cited by Reuters , 19 people died. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. local time (12 p.m. Moscow time). The bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber.

The Bolshoi Theater has found a replacement for the English choreographer Wayne McGregor, who was to stage Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” as part of the festival “The Century of the Rite of Spring - the Century of Modernism.” The official website of the theater reports that at the end of March the premiere of the ballet staged by Russian choreographer Tatyana Baganova will take place on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater.

Johnny Depp will play the head of the Irish mafia in the new film directed by Barry Levinson. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor will play the lead role in the biopic dedicated to James "Whitey" Bulger, the former leader of organized crime in Boston. The film will be called "Black Mass". It will be based on the book Black Mass: The True Story of the Devil's Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mafia, written by Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill.

The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, invited US Attorney General Eric Holder to visit Russia on a working visit and discuss the progress of the investigation into cases of violence against adopted Russian children in American families. This is reported on the website of the RF IC.

A passenger bus crashed into a pickup truck and overturned in Southern California, on a mountain road near Los Angeles, reports Redlands Daily Facts. As a result of the incident, at least eight people were killed and another 20 were injured. The accident occurred at 18:30 local time on a two-lane highway near the village of Forest Falls, located 130 kilometers east of Los Angeles. The bus was heading from Tijuana to Big Bear Lake, where a large ski resort is located.

The Chairman of the Venezuelan Parliament, Diosdado Cabello, said that President Hugo Chavez is recovering from surgery. “Comandante Chavez’s health is clearly recovering,” the politician is quoted as saying by Agence France-Presse . According to Cabello, the president's condition is showing steady progress. The agency recalls that Chavez has not appeared in public or performed since the operation he underwent on December 11, 2012 in Havana.

Vegetable soup recipe Why does Russia need its own orbital station? On Wednesday, July 11, the head of Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, said that Russia is “technically ready to build its own orbital station.” And it will be built if negotiations with ISS partners on the creation of a new common facility fail. Lenta.ru learned from experts in the space industry how realistic such plans are and why Russia needs its own station at all.

The chief financial officer of the British bank Barclays, Chris Lucas, and the financial institution's general counsel, Mark Harding, have resigned. This is stated in the official press release of one of the largest banks in the UK. Both top managers will remain in their positions until a replacement is found for them.

The buyer who paid $20 million for the mansion of actor Will Smith turned out to be Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev. this . reports Forbes Smith's house in Hawaii was sold in December 2011, but since it was not put up for public auction, the name of the buyer could not immediately be determined. The MarketWatch portal then noted that the buyer was targeting this particular mansion.