The Penguin Humboldt, who became famous throughout the world, escaping in March from a two-meter wall of the sea life in Tokyo, was placed in a solitary cage, reports ITAR-TASS. Penguin isolation under number 337 is by no means punishment, zoopsychologists say, after such adventures - the bird spent 82 days in the wild - he needs to calm down and only then again adapt to a difficult life in the pack.

After a meeting with the head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma Andrei Vorobyov, US Ambassador to the Russian Federation Michael McFol told the essence of the conversation and reassured the Russians who are too worried about the American's meetings with politicians of the Russian Federation. The diplomat said that he intends to meet both representatives of the authorities and representatives of the Russian opposition, because this is his work, reports Interfax . “This is our policy.

Diplomas of 210 universities from 25 countries will be recognized in Russia automatically. The corresponding order of the Government of the Russian Federation was published today in the "Russian newspaper" . In April of this year, a decree was signed according to which graduates of foreign universities, included in the three most authoritative world ratings, will not have to go through an additional procedure for recognizing a diploma in Russia, ITAR-TASS reports.

The head of the internal policy department of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Konstantin Kostin will soon leave his post. This was reported by a source of several media at once: in particular, RIA Novosti , Interfax , Echo of Moscow . "Kostin will in the near future leave the department and head the civil society development fund, the founders of which will be a number of public organizations," said RIA Novosti interlocutor.

On May 25, President Vladimir Putin should be held on a shelf meeting. One of the issues that will be discussed is the giant Shtokman project in the Barents Sea, which was estimated at $ 30 billion a few years ago, but transferred many times. According to Reuters sources, a new partner, the Anglo-Council Shell, can join the project. Kommersant reports that Shell can change the Norwegian Statoil in the project.

The New York Times this week told a touching story of a photograph, which has been decorating the wall in the western (working) wing of the White House for more than three years. It captures President Barack Obama, who bowed low in front of a small black boy who put his palm on his crown. The century of “protocol” photographs, as a rule, are short -lived - the most remarkable are hung out in the western wing, but they are quickly replaced by more fresh ones.

The President of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) Joseph Blatter instructed a group of experts led by the famous German defender Franz Beckenbower to think about an alternative to a series of eleven -meter penalties to solve the outcome of matches.

The remarks of Lady Gaga about Bangkok on Twitter caused a rage among many of her Thai fans, ITAR-TASS reports citing the Thai media. Lady Gaga, upon arrival on Thursday at the night of Don Myang Airport in Bangkok, reported that she wants to get "to the lady's market", where she intends to purchase a "false" Rolex.

Police officers are different about the protest activity of Russians and the opposition shares held in Moscow in recent months, the chairman of the coordination council of the police union Mikhail Pashkin came to the conclusion in his blog , talking with representatives of some law enforcement departments.

At the end of last year, then the chairman of the government, Vladimir Putin, said that Russia was completely restored after the crisis in terms of unemployment. "According to the results of 2011, the unemployment rate will be 6.2-6.5%. This is a complete restoration of the pre -crisis level," he said, noting that this is a "good result." The schedule looms is very optimistic: the unemployment curve smoothly sank from 9% in 2009 to 6.5% in 2012.

The average cost of renting an apartment in Manhattan reached 3,429 dollars in April 2012, which was $ 11 above the March price. And only growth is ahead, experts say. "In April, an absolutely record value was reached, the average cost of the apartment a year ago was 3% lower and amounted to 3 thousand 317 dollars.

The euro course at Russian auction on Friday May 25 for the first time in 3.5 months reached 40 rubles and even exceeded it. So, as of 12:56 Moscow time, the euro exchange rate "Tomorrow" grew by 10 kopecks to 40.04 rubles. The dollar exchange rate by 12:58 added 6 kopecks and amounted to 31,5850 rubles, the MICECT exchange data indicated.

Obstacles of plant origin appeared on one of the secondary streets in the Mashzavod region, the official website of the city administration reports. This situation was commented by the deputy head of the district for infrastructure, Damir Galekbarov. According to him, the appearance of stumps from under the asphalt is a rather strange situation that happened for the first time, since before "there were never stumps." Today, officials decided to do this anomaly and deal with the problem.

The first foreign visits of Vladimir Putin as the chosen president of the Russian Federation, as the journalists suggest , will be held to Belarus, as well as France and Germany. The corresponding routine published on Friday the official website of the Kremlin. Putin will go to Belarus on May 31. The visit will last two days. "This will be the first foreign visit of the head of state after taking office," the press service of the head of state said in a statement.

On Mars in the distant past, theoretically could exist conditions for the origin of life, American astronomers believe. Scientists came to this conclusion after the study of 11 Martian meteorites, within which traces of complex organic substances were discovered. As it turned out, they appeared as a result of the geological activity of the bowels of the planet, and are not earthly or cosmic impurities and pollutants. The results of the study are published in the journal Science .