Famous Swedish hockey player Mats Sundin decided to sacrifice 333 thousand Canadian dollars (a little more than two million Swedish crowns) to the joint scientific project of the Swedish Caroline Medical Institute and Toronto University, RIA Novosti reports, referring to the newspaper Svensk Dagblatdet . “I got so much over the years of my career - both in terms of acquired experience and economically.

Andrei Vorobyov, head of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of United Russia, resigned his authority, he wrote about this in his microblog on Twitter : "Today is the last day of my work in the rank of the head of the CEC EP!) .. We give the way young!)". He also thanked his colleagues for his joint work, saying that these are "beautiful, wonderful, devoted people." Whoever replaces it, Vorobyov did not write.

The case of the captain of the Russian dry cargo carrier Tanya Karpinskaya, who sank in the port of Niigata after a collision with another vessel, was transferred to the prosecutor's office of Japan. This was reported today by ITAR-TASS in the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Niigat. "The security department at the sea of ​​Japan completed the internal investigation of the incident and referred the case to the prosecutor," the diplomatic mission noted.

In Karelia, the second day the consequences of the accident, which left the 8,000th village of the nose without water, eliminate the second day. Drinking water is transported in fire engines. Heating is also on the verge of shutdown - water is also needed for cooling boiler rooms. On the eve of the day in the village of Nadvoitsa of the Segezhsky district there was a breakthrough of the water supply.

British scientists from the Royal Academy of Sciences talked about weapons of the future. In accordance with their conclusions, the wars of the future in an ever -increasing degree will depend on the success of "psychological manipulation" by the enemy, including the direct effect on the human brain. Scientists have studied the latest trends in military art, medicine and information technology.

Four children became victims of a fire in the village of Bazarny Syzgan in the Ulyanovsk region, Interfax reported on Saturday in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in the region. Mother managed to save only one child from the burning house - a 15 -year -old son. The reasons for the fire are established. The one -story wooden residential building in which a woman and six of her children lived almost completely burned.

The winners of the tender for the development of joint Russian-German film projects were Alexander Sokurov, Alexey Teacher, Bakur Bakuradze, Alexander Strizhenov and the Uzbek director Ella Vakkasova, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Film Foundation.

Russia opposed the discussion of the UN General Assembly of the new project of a resolution on Syria. He is still "not balanced", certifies diplomats. Russia stubbornly prevents attempts to condemn the regime of Bashar al -Assad - this time even despite the fact that the resolutions of the General Assembly are advisory.

Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), who arrived in Moscow to assess the course of preparation for the presidential election on March 4, reported on Saturday about the work done. They managed to meet four presidential candidates (except for Putin - he is too busy), as well as to achieve personnel decisions from the head of the CEC Vladimir Churov.

In the UK, eight people were arrested as part of an investigation in the case of the bribery of the police and civil servants. The arrests were held on Saturday morning as part of the Elveden operation, dedicated to investigating the accusations that the journalists of the News of the World showed up the police to receive information, the Air Force reports.

A fine of 1 thousand rubles for the exceeding the number of participants in the action was paid on Saturday by the organizer of the rally on Poklonnaya Gora in support of the current authority of the Patriots of Russia party Nadezhda Korneeva. Money to pay for a fine through the People’s headquarters was transferred by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, Interfax reports. “The matter is not in total, the amount is not great.

German Magdalena Neuner showed the best result in the sprint race at the eighth stage of the Biathlon World Cup in the Finnish Contiolati. The leader of the general standings, passed two firing borders with one miss, overcame a distance of 7.5 km in 23 minutes and 7 seconds. The second was Kaisa Makarainen from Finland, with one uncleaned target, the lost Neiner of 12 seconds. The third result is the Belarusian Daria Domracheva - 17 seconds of lag at two misses.

The leader of the NHL regular championship Detroit outplayed the Anaheim shootout and extended a record for himself a series of home victories. In the end of the first period, the forward “ducklings” George Paros took the guests forward, but soon Justin Abdelcader restored equality - 1: 1. In overtime, Pavel Datsyuk, when his team acted in the minority, was a good chance to bring the victory to Detroit, but his threat could be taken by the Anaheim goalkeeper.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine Nikolai Azarov joined the “cheese war” and said that he was outraged by the statements of the head of Rospotrebnadzor, the chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Gennady Onishchenko addressed to his address. "Your sanitary doctor allows himself to be addressed to the prime minister. Is this normal circumstances? Is the chief sanitary doctor of Ukraine to say something to the prime minister of Russia? He would have left work tomorrow.

The Investigative Department of the Chechen Republic refused to initiate a criminal case on the fact of beating the striker of Krasnodar Spartak Goglyeva in the match of the youth teams with Terek.