20 years after the release of the first episodes, two adventure films returned to a large screen at once. In the 1980s, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) brutally dealt with enemies in the “first blood”, “Rambo-2” and “Rambo-3”, and Harrison Ford was looking for treasures in the paintings “In search of the lost ark”, “Temple of Fate” and “Last Crusade”.

In Japan, a unique system for controlling household electrical appliances literally with the power of thought was successfully tested. The system is designed primarily for people with impaired motor functions, ITAR-TASS reports. During the experiments, paralyzed patients could independently change channels and adjust the volume of the TV, turn on and off the lights, display text on a computer monitor and launch a home robot assistant.

George Bush announced that the Republican Party will soon decide on the candidate of an official applicant for the post of US President. This is stated in excerpts from the text of the President of the United States, previously distributed in Washington by the White House. On Friday, he will perform in Washington at the annual conference of conservative political actions, RIA Novosti reports.

Two paintings of the great Spanish painter Pablo Picasso were stolen from the exhibition at the Museum "Zeedam-Culture Center" in the Swiss town of Pfeffikon near Zurich. According to the representative of the local police, the canvas "Horse head" and "glass and jugs" were stolen, the cost of which is calculated by millions of dollars. During the preliminary investigation, it was found that the paintings were stolen on the night of Wednesday to Thursday.

Many countries have already identified performers who will go to Belgrade for the Eurovision Musical Competition. Who will represent Russia remains a mystery. According to the press, Dima Bilan is going to go to Serbia. He supposedly even has his own song, which he recorded in the United States and with which he firmly intends to win. In addition, according to rumors, Sergey Lazarev is also going to conquer Belgrade this year.

The investigating authorities in the Vladivostok garrison opened a criminal case against one of the sergeants of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet), who was detained during the sale of drugs to his colleagues.

A joint study of psychologists from Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Berkeley made it possible to make a shocking conclusion: white Americans at a subconscious level continue to associate blacks - with monkeys, writes Washington Profile . As part of the research on the computer screen, images of Europeans, Africans and humanoid monkeys alternated for a split second.

A resident of the Kemerovo region killed a friend who refused to repay him a duty. The man was shot through a door eye. A resident of Novokuznetsk is accused of killing his acquaintance, who was shot from a gun in the hallway of his apartment. The motive for the murder was a debt of 26 thousand rubles, which the accused lent to his friend, Interfax reports with reference to the referent of the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate in the Kemerovo Region Yulia Nikitin.

The statement of the Archbishop of Penza and Kuznetsk Filaret that a new obligatory element will be added to the regional system of secondary and higher education - the study of the Orthodox culture - was categorically refuted by the acting of the regional Minister of Education Svetlana Kopeskina. “In our curriculum, there can be no mandatory study of Orthodoxy,” she said to reporters, referring to the decision of the Federal Minister of Education Andrei Fursenko, Kommersant Samara reports.

Specialists from different countries continue to invent new ways to make environmentally friendly automobile fuel. According to the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda , in the Spanish province of Valencia, local authorities plan to use waste from the production of orange juice to obtain biofuels. It is expected that when it is pressed, the formed 240,000 tons of waste will reduce the dependence of the region on export fuel by 40%.

According to the calculations of specialists of the media information and analytical system, the presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev was mentioned in the media from January 28 to February 3, 5298 times, while Kasyanov was only 951 mention - this is the lowest result. Bogdanov was mentioned 1446 times, Zhirinovsky - 1790, Zyuganova - 2017, the newspaper Vedomosti writes.

The Russian team in hockey won a difficult victory in the starting match of the Swedish hockey games, the third stage of Eurotour. Vyacheslav Bykov’s wards on the ice of Globe Arena in a hard struggle beat the hosts of the tournament with a score of 4: 3. The Russians distinguished the leader among snipers in the current championship of the country Sergey Mozyakin from the chemist near Moscow, and the representatives of Magnitogorsk - Nikolai Kulemin and Denis Platonov, abandoned another puck.

In the Krasnodar Territory on Friday morning, an explosion of domestic gas in a two-story 16-apartment residential building thundered. According to the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, as a result of the emergency, two people - a woman and a young man. An explosion report was received at the Ministry of Emergencies at about 5:00 a.m. Moscow time.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who is on a visit to the Russian capital , met on Friday. According to the results of their speeches, it became clear that the leaders intend to correct relations that have been significantly overshadowed in recent years. At the same time, Putin convinced the Polish leader that exacerbations in relations between Russia and Poland were exclusively economic, and not political.

The criminal case of death under the snow avalanche of four children in Tatarstan did not initiate. According to Interfax , in the local department of the prosecutor's office they came to the conclusion that the cause of the tragedy - the snow gathering from the railway embankment was natural weather conditions - the previous heavy snowfall for several days and the thaw.