A group of scientists from France, the USA and Great Britain offers to abandon the material standard of a kilogram in favor of a certain “virtual” standard that will be determined by a mathematical formula. As the scientists themselves explained, the “golden standard” of a kilogram, which is a cylinder from a rafting of platinum and iridium, like all material, is subject to changes, and therefore it is not theoretically that its weight remains unchanged.

The Moscow Patriarchate is not sure that the Ukrainian authorities will stop violence against the Orthodox, in particular, attempts to capture the churches of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate - approx. Ed. ) Caught in the south and east of the country.

The official meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was in Egypt on a working visit, with Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, began on Wednesday in Cairo at the Ittihadi Palace - the Cairo residence of the Egyptian president. Mubarak met Putin on the steps of his palace. In addition, an honorary guard was built in the courtyard of the palace, and the orchestra performed the Russian and Egyptian hymns.

In the Berlin Picture Gallery, the representative of the Government of the Russian Federation on the eve was transmitted by the painting "Battle of Horsemen". Its authorship is attributed to one of the artists of the XVII century the school of the French master Bourginon Felix Monty.

In the Republic of Buryatia, the search for criminals who escaped on April 15 from the temporary content of the Muysky District Department of Internal Affairs continues. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, one of the three fugitives was detained - Alexander Korikov, sentenced to 19 years in prison for murder. At the time of detention, he did not resist.

In Yekaterinburg, the Leninsky District Court sentenced the senior sergeant of the police Alexander Santpeteri, finding him guilty of exceeding official powers and intentionally causing serious harm to the health that caused death. For the murder of a resident of Yekaterinburg Vladimir Orlov, the court sentenced the policeman to 10 years in prison with a deadline in a maximum security colony.

In Moscow, at the Sokolnicheskaya line of the capital's metro, at 17:07 on Wednesday, a man died on Wednesday, the press service of the Moscow Metro said. At 17:10, the voltage from the rail was removed to extract the body of the deceased, along the second path there was no movement from the Komsomolskaya station to the Park of Culture Station. At 17:22, the movement on the Sokolnichesky line resumed in full, RIA Novosti was told in the press service.

The Apostolic Nunctions in Ukraine Archbishop Ivan Yurkovich notes that the dialogue with Orthodoxy retains the nature of urgency for the Roman Catholic Church . "The dialogue with Orthodoxy retains the nature of the urgency for the Catholic Church.

A number of metro stations in the center of Moscow on May 8 and 9 will be closed for the entrance and exit of passengers, a source in the city administration said. According to him, the corresponding order will be signed in the coming days, Interfax reports.

In St. Petersburg, a fire on a warship under construction occurred at the Severnaya shipyard at the Severnaya shipyard. According to some reports, this is one of the two destroyers intended for the Chinese Navy. The message about the beginning of the fire on the territory of the factory located on Ship Street received at about 9:30 Moscow time, the press service of the North-Western regional center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation said.

In the Meshchansky Court of Moscow, on Wednesday, the sentence should begin in the case of former leaders of the Yukos and Group Menatep Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev and Andrei Kraynov. In order to provide the media attended by the media, the largest hall was chosen in the court building, ITAR-TASS reports. Reading the sentence can take at least 2-3 days, since the judge intends to announce the entire sentence.

In Cairo, Russian-Egyptian negotiations at the highest level in an expanded composition began. At the beginning of negotiations, Vladimir Putin said that the level of economic interaction between the two countries must be raised to the level of political dialogue. At the same time, the Russian leader noted that the agreements that were reached during the visit of President Egypt Hosni Mubarak last year to Russia are being implemented.

The basketball players of the St. Petersburg Dynamo were the first finalists of the Euroleague Fiba. On Wednesday, in the semifinal match of the tournament, which these days are held in Turkish Istanbul, the David Blatt team defeated Khimki near Moscow with a score of 92:81. The match took place in an equal struggle, and Khimki won his first half. Before a big break, the team of Sergei Elevich led 49:44 in the score.

The British subject Hemant Lakhani is found guilty of trying to illegally import into the United States and the sale of a portable anti-aircraft missile system "Nebel". The corresponding decision was today made by the jury of the jury of the Federal District Court in Newark (New Jersey). Lakkhani was found guilty of trying to provide material support to terrorists, laundering money and other points of charge.

In Moscow, Ilya Zimin, an NTV correspondent, was ongoing, he is currently in the hospital. As Interfax was told on Wednesday in the NTV press service, "Ilya attacked about a day ago, putting a bandwagon and hitting something on the head." As it became known, the victim is currently in the hospital. At the same time, the representative of the press service found it difficult to say who and for what purpose the attack was committed.