The painting by Leonardo da Vinci "Madonna and the Baby with St. Anna" from the Louvre collection, according to experts from the museum’s advisory committee, was restored incorrectly, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the British newspaper The Guardian .

1206 schools in Dagestan, which is 70% of their number in the republic, in December refused to celebrate the New Year for "religious reasons", writes "Independent Gazeta" . Islamic preachers claim that children need to teach humility to Allah, and not deceive them with Santa Claus and Snow Maiden.

Former Director of the Mayakovsky Theater Evgeny Kurilenko, who was dismissed due to the conflict with Karbauskis, and appointed by the Department of Culture of Moscow as the director of the Ruben Simonov Theater, told RIA Novosti about the situation that led to the change of place of her work.

According to analysts, the main trend of 2011 in the Russian commercial real estate market is the return of foreign investors. They invested almost half of all funds, write Vedomosti . The total investment in commercial real estate in 2011, according to Sushman & Wakefield, amounted to $ 8.6 billion, about 38% of which were invested by foreign investors. Jones Lang Lasalle estimates the total investment of $ 7.3 billion, 30-40% of which are foreign funds.

The Turkish heavy athletics Federation announced that the doping industry of the Olympic champion of Athens Nurjan Thailan gave a positive result, Interfax reports. This means that she will most likely be forced to miss the Olympics in London. The first test was taken on October 26, and a second test confirmed the initial suspicions. At the same time, what kind of prohibited substance was found is not specified.

In the northern capital and its environs, two killings were recorded at once, in which pillows became the guns of crime. The Petersburger took his elderly grandmother with a soft bed belonging, and the young criminal dealt with the little daughter. On December 28, in the village of Susanino, the Gatchinsky district in a private house without external signs of violent death, a corpse of a four -month -old child was discovered.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who recently received two new deputy prime ministers at once, held a working meeting with Vladislav Surkov, who recently transferred to work in the government from the Kremlin administration. Putin explained what Surkov’s work for the benefit of modernization will be expressed exactly: he will, among other things, control the development of the Russian global positioning system.

The British magazine Auto Express has published on its website some details about the Honda NSX supercar . The magazine confirms that the car power plant will be hybrid: a gasoline V6 with a volume of 3.5-3.7 liters will disperse the rear wheels, and two electric motors will be headed by the front ones. The total installation power will be about 400 hp, and up to 100 km/h from the place of the new NSX will accelerate in less than 5 seconds.

Iran will not block the Strait of the Strait for shipping during the current exercises of the Naval Forces of the Islamic Republic. This was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Habibolla Sayyari, Interfax reports with reference to local television.

During 2012, the Moscow authorities will increase the cost of housing and communal services used to calculate subsidies for payment of housing by an average of 12%, a source in the city administration said on Friday. The total increase in tariffs for housing and communal services in Moscow in 2012 will be 4.9%, while the tariffs will not increase from January 1, growth will occur from July 1 and September 1, 2012.

The weapons transaction between Washington and Riyadh, the details of which have been discussed over the past two years, have been concluded. The US government signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia on the supply of American weapons in the amount of $ 29.4 billion, Newsru Israel reports with reference to CNN .

Top managers of energy companies, December 19 convicted by Vladimir Putin in the use of corruption schemes, left their posts, reported to Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sichin. "In connection with your assignment, an additional verification of the materials of the Ministry of Energy on the possible presence of a conflict of interests was carried out.

The Dalai Lama XIV believes that the spiritual leaders of the Tibetan Buddhists should focus exclusively on spiritual issues. “I think that we must save the Dalai Lama from political responsibility, he should not bear this burden. This is my selfish goal - to protect the ancient tradition of Dalai Lam. When there is no political functions, it was safer,” he said in an interview that publishes the Russian -language version of the journal Rolling Stone.

The court on Friday sentenced to three years in prison Khazbulat Markiev, the defendant in a high -profile case of the murder of the Rostov student Maxim Sychev. According to RIA Novosti , such a sentence sounded on Friday in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don, where hearings were held.

The police in Vladikavkaz detained about 40 participants in the unauthorized rally in support of the five supporters of the ex-candidate of the president of this Republic Alla Gioeva previously detained in North Ossetia. First, the participants of the action gathered in the square in the center of Vladikavkaz. Since the rally was not authorized, police officers in Megaphone announced that the audience dispersed without violating the rule of law, Interfax reports.