During the campaign "Earth 2013" Moscow saved 26 thousand rubles. However, as RBC Daily writes in the Department of Fuel and Energy Economy of Moscow is proud of such a modest figure. After all, if in the architectural and artistic backlight of 90 buildings, which was disconnected during the World Environmental Promotion for one hour, ordinary lamps, not LEDs were used, the savings would be ten times more.

The biathlonist of the Russian national team Anton Shipulin urges the fans to use the phrase "We hope for you" on the eve of the Olympic Games in Sochi. According to the athlete, this can aggravate the situation, make tension and cause the opposite effect. “Around the Olympic Games in Sochi there is a lot of excitement. The responsibility is huge.

Around the Russian space industry, an alarming atmosphere is preserved. The new scandal with Roscosmos further aggravated the situation: perhaps the unsuccessful withdrawal of military satellites to orbit was hidden, although representatives of the department deny this, RIA Novosti reports.

The capture in Moscow of the alleged American spy, who, according to the FSB, tried to recruit an employee of the Russian special services, caused a response in the Kremlin. There, the news of the new espionage scandal was perceived with regret, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov told ITAR-TASS.

The head of the Republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, known for his activity in the Instagram photo service, surprised bloggers with a published picture. True, not the struggle with corruption, which was the key message of his photo, but to those who are depicted in the picture. All data say that this is the criminal Bekhan Ibragimov , sentenced in 2011 by six years in prison for involvement in the murder of an employee of the VGTRK, fan of the Spartak FC Yuri Volkova.

“The pathos of his complaint is to protect the dignity of three female deputies. In his opinion, the term “political prostitute” is offensive to female deputies. Zheleznyak positioned himself not as the vice speaker of the State Duma, but as a knight who stood up for weak women. True, he wrote the complaint not on a “knight’s” form, but on a deputy’s form. In the end, the form is not important. And among the deputies, knights may unexpectedly appear. True, from another planet.

Skolkovo, contrary to the information that has spread, has never financed the opposition, the president of the Foundation Victor Vekselberg said at a meeting with reporters. The head of the science city and one of the richest businessmen of Russia also answered questions about the embezzlement of Skolkovo funds and confirmed the rumor about the new curator of the fund.

A group of UN experts, which prepared a secret report, came to the conclusion that the ban on the supply of weapons and other trade and financial sanctions imposed on North Korea significantly restrain the deployment of Pyongyang’s nuclear program, Reuters reported. The document, numbering 52 pages, says that "the introduction of sanctions did not stop the development of a nuclear program, but it absolutely clearly knocked it out of the staffing table.

The archbishop of Vienna Cardinal Christophe Schenborn, who, according to experts, was considered one of the most likely successors to the resigned of Benedict XVI, said that during the conclave for the election of the Pope, he was personally witnessed by two “obvious signs”, the Higher Forces given to the Argentine Cardinal, Mario Bergolo as their chosen one.

The parliament of Kyrgyzstan voted to assign the Republic of Mid to declare Persona non grata deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, ITAR-TASS reports. This initiative, supported by the deputies, was made by the deputy of the opposition faction "Ata-Zhurt" Zhyldyzcan Dzholdoshov, who considered the statements of Zhirinovsky's statements dubious and offensive to Kyrgyzstan.

The operatives conducted a series of searches in various banks in Moscow in the case of illegally cashing of 1.5 billion rubles, according to the website of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow.

The Finnish company Nokia does not cease to make attempts to surpass its competitors or at least equal them. At the presentation in London, the company introduced the new Lumia 925 smartphone, which replaced the flagship Nokia Lumia 920 , which was demonstrated last fall, CNET reports.

The Georgian police conducted a raid, during which almost three dozen alleged members of the mafia were caught. The detainees are suspected of relations with thieves in law, which, under the former President Mikhail Saakashvili, declared an uncompromising war. Most of the defendants in the investigation were in prisons, but were amnestied after the change of power in the country.

Active sales of credit cards to low -income borrowers with a low level of financial literacy played a cruel joke with Russian bankers. For the first quarter, the volume of delay on card bank debts increased by a quarter, and its share in the total volume of such loans began to grow for the first time in 2011. Such data, as the Kommersant newspaper writes, were discovered in the Bulletin of the NBKA, which is included in the three leaders of the credit stories bureau.

The case of a "cocaine pilot" , sentenced in the United States to 20 years in prison, may be continued. The defense of the Russian Konstantin Yaroshenko, accused of trying to smuggle drugs, tried to cancel the court decision by providing new documents to the court of appeal. The pilot himself, who was serving a sentence in the Fort Dixes of the state of New Jersey, hopes more for extradition to Russia than to the US judicial system, RIA Novosti reports.