Jackson Pollock's 1946 painting "The Blue Unconscious" will go under the hammer at Sotheby's contemporary art auction on May 14. The canvas, according to ArtDaily, is estimated at 20-30 million dollars. The painting is being auctioned by a collector from Texas, whose name has not been disclosed. It is known that he bought the work of art in 1965 for 45 thousand dollars from the Belgian collector Philippe Dautremont.

Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has signed an agreement to import liquefied natural gas from the United States. This was reported in a company press release . Under the terms of the agreement, Centrica will purchase 1.75 million tons of gas per year from Cheniere Energy Partners for 20 years. Fuel volumes meet the demand of 1.8 million UK households. The parties also agreed on the possibility of extending the contract for ten years. The first deliveries are scheduled for September 2018.

A resident of the Yurginsky district of the Kemerovo region changed his image after he kidnapped someone else's puppy. This was reported on Monday, March 25, on the local law enforcement portal. Despite the man's attempt to change his appearance, the police managed to detain him. In a conversation with law enforcement officials, the 44-year-old puppy thief, who turned out to be a neighbor of the dog’s legal owners, said that on the day of the crime he was drunk.

The largest Russian air carrier, Aeroflot, managed to retain most of the Trans-Siberian royalties. newspaper writes about this in its issue dated March 25 The Vedomosti , citing unnamed sources. According to the publication, in 2012 the airline received $200 million in payments from foreign carriers.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation stated that inspections of human rights NGOs are carried out to assess the compliance of their activities with the statutory goals and Russian legislation. reports this RIA Novosti .

The finance ministers of the eurozone countries (Eurogroup), at a meeting that took place on the night of March 25, confirmed the allocation of a stabilization loan of 10 billion euros to Cyprus. reports this Reuters . The decision to provide financial assistance to Cyprus was approved by 17 finance ministers of the Eurogroup and the troika of international creditors (ECB, European Commission, IMF).

The High Command of the Russian Navy intends to adopt a hydroacoustic patrol submarine, writes the Izvestia newspaper, citing a source at the headquarters of the Navy. The decision to create a new ship has already been made. It will receive systems that will allow it to passively detect underwater and surface ships, as well as low-flying objects at a distance of up to 600 kilometers.

Publisher Capcom has decided to release a remake of the game DuckTales. This was reported by the Joystiq portal. A new version of the 1989 platformer will appear in the summer on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U consoles. The game will cost $15. The exact release date has not yet been announced. WayForward studio is working on the remake.

The Moscow authorities intend to tighten the requirements for taxis from August 1, 2013. As Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated this at a meeting with representatives of taxi fleets. In particular, there will be requirements for a uniform color scheme for cars (taxis must turn yellow to stand out in the flow of traffic). In addition, all taxi fleets will be transferred to uniform tariffs; the traffic police plans to issue yellow license plates to taxis.

“We want to repeat the success of Gorillaz and Glucose” Premiere from the anonymous project “130 oncoming on an old Vespa” “130 in the oncoming direction on an old Vespa.” Illustration courtesy of the group In the spring of 2012, a strange but attractive composition “Cultists at a disco in a math school” from the mysterious, unknown quartet “130 in the opposite direction on an old Vespa” leaked onto the Internet.

The Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) does not see the need to increase state insurance for citizens' deposits from 700 thousand to a million rubles. According to Banki.ru, this was stated by the head of the DIA Yuri Isaev. At the same time, Isaev noted that as an official he will fulfill the government’s instructions, and the DIA is also ready for this.

Rosneft President Igor Sechin became president and chairman of the board of TNK-BP Management, which manages the assets of TNK-BP. newspaper writes about this in its issue dated March 25 The Vedomosti , citing company employees. According to the publication, the vice president of the oil company, Elena Kalanda, will also combine positions in TNK-BP and Rosneft. She worked for TNK-BP since 1997, and in 2006 she moved to Rosneft.

Employees of the prosecutor's office, tax inspectorate and the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation came to conduct an inspection at the Moscow office of the international human rights organization Amnesty International. about this on Twitter. wrote The head of the human rights association "Agora" Pavel Chikov The inspectors demanded documents and a copy of the passport from the director of the Russian representative office of Amnesty, Sergei Nikitin.

The attack on one of the branches of the Bank of Cyprus in Limassol occurred on Sunday evening, Cypriot media reported. As reported by News.It, two unknown men in masks opened the main doors of the department, went inside and left an improvised explosive device there. The explosion caused a small fire. The glass in the window was broken, but the ATM located near the branch was not damaged. The attackers fled.

American military sergeant Jesse Knott took a local stray cat from Afghanistan, where he was serving, and sent him to his hometown of Oregon City, Oregon. To organize the relocation of a cat named Koshka, Knott contacted a local animal welfare organization and also enlisted the help of a volunteer to send the cat to the United States, Yahoo! reports. News. Currently, the Cat is in the USA, in Oregon. His owner is still in Washington, where he is currently serving.