The Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov during a “business breakfast” in the editorial office of Rossiyskaya Gazeta spoke about the possibility of creating airline-bouquets in Russia, and explained why the price of tickets for such carriers is several times lower compared to ordinary companies. Lower ticket prices for budget carriers are largely associated with their lower costs, the minister explained.

The Institute of National Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences published a quarterly macroeconomic forecast, where he outlined his view on the reasons for the slowdown of economic activity in Russia.

Intel scientists are working on a 48-core chip for smartphones and tablets. Such a chip will significantly increase the computing power of mobile devices and at the same time reduce power consumption, Vesti.ru reports. However, the result is expected not so soon, the development can take from five to ten years. This became known from an interview with employees of the Barcelona Laboratory of Intel, published by TechWorld.

Eldar Murtazin “Denis Sverdlov, having become the Deputy Minister of Communications of the Russian Federation (previously headed Yota), shared that the ministry is creating a working group to study the possibility of making shopping in foreign stores more difficult. No, you heard right - the group is to make it more difficult and more expensive for us to buy than this is happening today.

The metropolitan police are looking for members of the gang of robbers who tore off the special operation, fired at threat employees from traumatic weapons and hid in the Infiniti car. The incident occurred near the house N31 on Krasnaya Presnya Street, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement. "The police stopped the Infiniti car to check. In response, the driver fired on the law enforcement officers, after which he disappeared," the agency’s interlocutor noted.

Six British volunteers fought for the life of a hedgehog for more than three hours, who almost died due to an empty package. The rescue operation in the resort town of Weston-Syupper-mayor was needed after the animal climbed into a package from under the chips, lying under the stairs, but could not get out, reports BBC .

In the Volga region, the lawsuit was completed by which the police officer was held, accused of the detainee torture. The guardian of order forced an innocent person to stipulate himself and confess to someone else's crime. As a result, the "killer" spent two years behind bars. The court sentenced the Major of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to four years in prison for a crime of eight years ago, the official website of the Investigative Department of the Nizhny Novgorod region reports.

The head of the Ministry of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov on Thursday appeared in front of journalists against the backdrop of the scandal around the Oboronservis and the prospect of becoming his defendant . The minister, however, escaped questions about this criminal case.

Unknown people abducted from the London house of Amy Winehaus, who had died more than 130 thousand pounds (more than 200 thousand dollars), the newspaper The Sun reports. “For me, this is a real blow,” the father of singer Mitch Winehouse told the publication. “The criminals did not take anything (except for outfits), although the house has a lot of expensive things.

The construction of the highest building in the world, Azerbaijan Tower, which is planned to be built on the construction of the city of Khazar Islands on an artificial archipelago at the Caspian, will cost $ 2 billion. “Real costs will differ from this amount by no more than 10%,” said Haji Ibrahima, the president of the Avesta concern, which implements the project on Wednesday. His words are given by RIA Novosti .

The American company Surfcast filed a court to Microsoft, accusing a software giant of violating a patent for “Live Tiles” (Live Tiles) used in the interface of the latest Microsoft developments - “Table” Windows 8 and Mobile Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8. According to the still -known software company, the development belonging to it is used illegally, Vesti.ru reports with reference to CNET News.

Despite the categorical denial of the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov information about the health problems of Vladimir Putin, the press continues to exaggerate these rumors. In particular, two sources close to the Kremlin at once explained to the Vedomosti newspaper that the reason for the transfer of several foreign visits and trips of the head of state was an old injury, which was aggravated after his September flight with the Siberias in front of the APEC summit.

Skillful Japanese robot designers once again surprised the world with an absolutely useless invention. This time they spent their intellectual potential on creating a toilet, capable of replacing a goalkeeper in a frame of football gate. A curiosity called Super Great Toiler Keeper demonstrated its unique skills in confrontation with the star of Japanese football Tatsuhiko Cubo.

Contrary to the beliefs of suspicious people who are waiting for the apocalypse in December 2012 due to the end of the Mayan calendar , meteorologists are optimistic. According to the Russian Hydrometeorological Center, experts “do not record in nature any unusual phenomena testifying to the approach of the end of the world”, quoted by Interfax the head of the department of Roman Wilfand.

The popular American illusionist Rich Ferguson, also known, also nicknamed the icebreaker, released a book in which he shared some secrets of his skill. It would seem that nothing special, but an interesting way by which the magician decided to attract the attention of potential buyers to this work: he wandered around the streets of his native town and lost his head. In the literal sense. The case took place in San Luis-Obipo in California shortly before the celebration of all saints day.