The Prosecutor General's Office sent a message to the leadership of Roscosmos about violations that were identified during the study of the technical specifications of two tenders for research into the development of the space industry. reports this with reference to a source in the supervisory agency Interfax . The inspectors found that Roscosmos did not have the right to hire third-party organizations to conduct such an analysis.

In the United States on February 13, more than 4.2 thousand flights were canceled due to weather conditions, according to the aviation portal FlightAware. More than 130 flights will be delayed. Both domestic and international flights were affected. According to the National Weather Service , snow storms will continue in a number of states located along the Atlantic coast. Freezing rain and sleet are expected across the Southern Appalachians and will affect parts of South Carolina.

Fans of Ukrainian football clubs have declared an indefinite truce due to the political crisis in the country. The corresponding statement was posted on the ultras portal. It emphasizes that some fan movements “have already begun to have problems” with law enforcement and local authorities due to the fact that they publicly expressed their civic position.

Russia may in the near future introduce special conditions for wealthy foreigners wishing to obtain citizenship of the country. The state is developing a bill according to which a foreign entrepreneur who invests 10 million rubles a year in the Russian economy for three years can become a Russian citizen. Similar practices exist in many countries around the world - especially in developed ones, whose citizenship is highly valued abroad.

A criminal case has been opened in Ukraine in connection with the public burning of photographs of the heads of the country's law enforcement agencies. This was reported on February 12 on the Odessa police website. According to the department, participants in the “Euro March for Peace”, held in Odessa on February 9, burned photographs of Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko and Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka.

Neuroscientists from the UK have shown that the feeling of the beauty of a formula that mathematicians experience when looking at it is very similar to the feeling that ordinary people experience when listening to music or when viewing a painting. The scientists' article appeared in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience . In the work, 15 professional mathematicians were given 60 formulas, the beauty of which had to be assessed.

On February 12, the US Senate approved by a majority vote an increase in the national debt ceiling until March 2015. reports this Reuters . The bill, which the administration of US President Barack Obama insisted on, was supported by 55 senators and 44 opposed. The vote in the upper house of the US Parliament, where Obama's Democratic Party allies hold a majority, came a day after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved the bill.

The defendants in the case of an attack on a disabled girl in the village of Kalininets near Moscow partially admitted their guilt. reported this with reference to the press secretary of the Naro-Fominsk City Court on February 13 RAPSI . The court representative did not provide details of the confession and possible procedural consequences, since the case is being considered behind closed doors. Seven girls are accused in the case, four of whom are minors.

Auditors of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation revealed major violations in the activities of the Federal Service for Drug Control. The total amount of violations recorded in 2012-2013 amounted to more than a billion rubles, according to the website of the Accounts Chamber. More than half of these funds (513 million rubles) are due to violations in the field of accounting of federal property.

You are blocking the sun for us How and why skyscrapers are being demolished Demolition of one of the buildings of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, February 2, 2014. Photo: Boris Roessler / AFP The phrase “demolition of a skyscraper” sounds a little unusual for a resident of Moscow, who for years has been watching the demolition of old houses in the center and five-story buildings on the outskirts.

Schools in Osh (the regional center in the south of Kyrgyzstan, which is called the “southern capital” of the republic) were banned from celebrating Valentine’s Day. This was reported 24.kg. by The corresponding decision, according to Interfax , was made by the city education department. In schools, under the personal responsibility of directors, it was forbidden to hang boxes for “Valentines”.

In mid-February, it became known that the Quantum Endowment investment fund earned $5.5 billion in 2013. Thus, its owner George Soros grew richer by more than $15 million every day last year. Only the wealthiest people in the world could surpass the famous financier in terms of daily earnings. Among them were Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos and, of course, Warren Buffett. The latter earned $37 million per day in 2013.

The mayor of Yekaterinburg, Evgeny Roizman, was questioned in the criminal case of the vice-president of the City Without Drugs Foundation, Evgeny Malenkin. agency reported this on February 13 ITAR-TASS . Roizman was interrogated as a witness in an episode about the illegal trafficking of special technical equipment that allows for hidden audio and video recording. The mayor explained to reporters that during a search in the “Drug-Free City,” they found a watch with a recording function.

Dune Real Estate Partners and Greenfield Partners are looking to sell New York's Standard Hotel for $400 million. about this . writes The Wall Street Journal As the publication notes, if the deal goes through, each hotel room will cost $1.2 million. This is a record post-crisis figure and the fourth in the history of the US hotel market. The main contender for the asset is considered to be the structures of businessman Steven Kantor. The Standard Hotel in Manhattan opened in 2009.

At the end of January 2011, the Elektro-L weather satellite was launched into orbit. The geostationary hydrometeorological space complex (this is its full name) is equipped with equipment that allows observation of the Earth in the visible and infrared ranges. The satellite takes stunning photographs that astronomy enthusiasts can use to create wonderful GIFs. Lenta.ru offers readers the most interesting folk art.