The US Air Force's Air Combat Command on April 4, 2013 lifted all restrictions imposed on F-22 Raptor fighter flights less than a year ago. According to Defense News, many of the aircraft have already begun flying as usual. We are talking about fighter aircraft that are equipped with an automatic backup oxygen mixture supply system. It is expected that absolutely all F-22s will be equipped with such systems by July 2014.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow on Friday took into custody three members of the gang of “black collectors” who are suspected of illegal banking transactions. This was reported by the press center of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. We are talking about I. Kuznetsov, O. Magomedov and M. Magomedov, the press service stated.

A parcel with an increased background radiation was found at the Russian Post sorting center in Orenburg. agency was informed about this on April 5 The Interfax at the press center of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. A box, the level of radiation of which exceeded the maximum permissible norm ten times, was discovered on the evening of April 4 in the main center of the postal service at the address: Privokzalnaya Square, building 1.

The director of the government department of culture, Sergei Petrov, demanded that the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Economic Development finalize and submit to the government a bill on combating piracy on the Internet. This was reported by the Vedomosti newspaper in its issue dated April 5 with reference to Petrov’s letter.

The investor in the project for the construction of the Aviapark multifunctional complex on Khodynskoye Pole in Moscow is the structures of Arkady Rotenberg. newspaper writes about this, citing sources in the mayor's office, in its issue dated April 5 The Vedomosti . It was previously assumed that the founder of Amma Development, Mikhail Zaits, owned the rights to the project.

At the end of March, American media reported a record-breaking deal on the US art market. The founder and owner of the investment company SAC Capital Advisors, Steve Cohen, bought Pablo Picasso's painting "The Dream" - a portrait of the artist's muse Marie-Thérèse Walter (1932) - for a fabulous sum of $155 million.

In Cologne, an unknown person took the director of a kindergarten hostage, Spiegel reports, citing a police representative. The incident occurred on Friday, April 5, in the Korweiler area in the north of the city. A man holds the head of a children's institution, threatening him with a knife. The criminal demands money and a car in which he could escape. It is unknown what amount we are talking about. The police have not yet reported anything about the attacker's motives.

The founders of the Nora Gal Prize, which is awarded for the best translation of a story from English into Russian, announced the finalists of the award. The entire shortlist is published on the Babylon website. A total of nine works and, accordingly, translators were shortlisted: Jonathan Ames. Mortal boredom / Translator Vadim Mikhailin Junot Diaz. Israel / Translator Dmitry Pasternak Hilary Mantel. One floor above / Translator Ekaterina Dobrokhotova-Maikova Francis Scott Fitzgerald.

In Almaty, members of the local KVN team “USSR” were detained, who were filming a video while wearing a police uniform. Tengrinews.kz reports this with reference to the press service of the city department of internal affairs. Filming took place at the intersection of Al-Farabi Avenue and the Eastern Bypass Road. KVN members stopped drivers passing by and recorded their actions on camera. The team members also repainted the Daewoo Nexia in the colors of the traffic police.

The organizers of the event are to blame for disrupting the DDT concert in Bryansk. This was stated by Dmitry Ognev, press secretary of Bryansk Governor Nikolai Denin. His words are reported by Interfax . According to Ognev, the organizers turned to the Bryansk Ice Palace, where they were refused, since “this building is not intended for holding rock concerts.” Then the organizers turned to the Druzhba concert hall, but this room can only accommodate 720 spectators.

On April 2, the 26th annual Nika Award was presented at the Moscow Operetta Theater. Alexander Sokurov took the main award for his film “Faust”. “Our film would not have seen the light if not for the help of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin,” Sokurov said during the award ceremony. “When our painting was destroyed, it was Prime Minister Putin who helped in finding funds for this painting.” Yuri Arabov received “Nika” for the best script for the script of the same “Faust”.

Penis envy Who bought a holey Picasso for a record 155 million Pablo Picasso's painting "The Dream" at Christie's auction. Photo: Stan Honda/Getty Images/AFP At the end of March, American media reported a record-breaking deal on the US art market. The founder and owner of the investment company SAC Capital Advisors, Steve Cohen, bought Pablo Picasso's painting "The Dream" - a portrait of the artist's muse Marie-Thérèse Walter (1932) - for a fabulous sum of $155 million.

The State Security Committee of Belarus discovered signs of extremism in the confiscated albums of Belarus Press Photo (an open photo competition held annually in the republic). this One of the organizers of the competition, Yulia Doroshkevich, reported on her Facebook page. “A country of unafraid idiots: extremism was found in old Belarus Press Photo albums. The KGB is calling us to court,” Doroshkevich wrote. At the same time, she published a fragment of a letter from the KGB.

Astrophysicists have discovered a class Ia supernova that is a record 10 billion years old. The flash was named UDS10Wil or SN Wilson, in honor of the 28th President of the United States. A message about this was published on the space observatory’s website, and a description of the details will appear in the next issue of The Astrophysical Journal .

Jurassic Park 4 will introduce a species of dinosaur that was not seen in previous installments. Paleontologist Jack Horner, who advises the creators of the film, told USA Today about this. “I can’t say exactly who it will be. But after watching the film, you will want to sleep with the light on,” the publication quotes the scientist. The newspaper does not provide any other details of the fourth part of the franchise. Jurassic Park 4 is expected to be released in the summer of 2014.