Astronomers approached the unraveling of one of the secrets of Venus. For the first time, taking a photograph of a rainbow phenomenon called Gloria from space, they can now better understand the composition of the atmosphere of one of the planet closest to the Earth. As the employees of the European Space Agency reported on March 11 on their website , the Venus Express device managed to successfully take pictures of Gloria when it was between Venus and the Sun.

The countries of the European Union are going to sign the political part of the Association Agreement with Ukraine at the next meeting of the EU summit. Also from Germany, Poland and, possibly, France will go to Ukraine a special commission that will help in the “development of funds” provided to Ukraine in the form of economic assistance, Reuters reports.

The new Peugeot 3008 is a compact crossover that has absorbed the features of an SUV, hatchback and station wagon. The novelty with advanced functionality will allow you to get more pleasure from driving. The model is proposed in three configuration options: Access, Active and Allure with two options for gasoline engines 1.6 L 120 hp.

The Moscow authorities launched an Internet service that allows you to find out the story of a car before buying by a Vin-Nomer. In particular, you can get data on the accident in which the car visited the number of its owners or the inspection passed, writes Kommersant . Experts are sure that the service will become paid. The Department of Information Technologies (DIT) Moscow launched the Avtokod portal, where you can find out the history of the car before buying.

Freddie Mac and Fannie MAE, controlled by the US government, eliminate the Prime Agency. They will replace the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation (Federal Mortgage Corporation, FMIC), which will work according to the model of the Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation (FDIC). According to the American press, the US Senate banking committee agreed on the reform of housing financing, which includes the liquidation of mortgage agencies controlled by the government.

The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation published on its website a letter in support of the position of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea, under which there are signatures of more than 80 famous figures of Russian culture. "In the days when the fate of the Crimea and our compatriots are decided, cultural figures cannot be indifferent to observers with a cold heart.

The American soldier from the troops in Afghanistan almost became a victim of a suicide bomb, who brought a bomb stuffed with amazing elements, in the immediate vicinity of Sean Frank's headquarters, Yablyk.com portal reports. The metal balls with which the bomb was filled inflicted several wounds to the soldier, but one of them hit the iPhone, which was in the pocket of the trousers.

Against the background of the information war between the Crimea, Russia and Ukraine, the authorities of the Autonomous Republic decided to release two journalists and three activists of Avtodan, who were detained on March 9. Relatives of activists said that people in the form of security forces mocked the detainees, and the Crimea authorities, in turn, assured that not journalists, but provocateurs were detained on the territory of autonomy.

Despite the already real threat to the adoption of economic and visa sanctions by the United States against Russian officials recognized for permission to enter the troops into the territory of the Crimea, Russia declares the continuation of cooperation with the leadership of the United States in terms of disarmament and non -pronunciation. As noted in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the situation with Ukraine does not affect these contacts.

The transit of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine to European countries in January -February 2014 decreased by 9% compared to the same period of 2013 - to 12.2 billion cubic meters. m, reports ITAR-TASS with reference to the data "Ukrtransgaz". In the statement of the state -owned company - a monopolist for transporting and storing natural gas in Ukraine, it is noted that the supply of natural gas for consumers within the country in February 2014 amounted to 5.6 billion cubic meters.

A cast-iron gun, stolen two years ago from the museum in the village of Nikolsky Aleutsk district on the island of Bering, was found at a non-ferrous metal reception in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. They tried to put a rarity worth 14 million rubles for remelting. At the intake of the scrap metal, the gun with the legendary package of St. Peter, whose age exceeds 273 years, was delivered in a wooden box with sawdust along with the metal party.

The territory of the Red October plant in the center of Moscow, ideally, should be left in today's state and not to implement the development project there. This was stated by the chief architect of the capital Sergey Kuznetsov, speaking at the Mipim real estate exhibition in France, RIA Novosti reports.

On Thursday, the Russian State Library will open the international scientific conference "450 years" to the Apostle Ivan Fedorov: the history of early printing in Russia (monuments, sources, the tradition of study) "" According to the Blagovers-Info agency with reference to the website of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, the scientific forum is timed to the anniversary of the publication of the first dated printed book in Moscow.

The Hong Kong police announced the detention of two suspects in an attack on a famous journalist. The victim received several stab wounds and was hospitalized in critical condition. The alleged criminals were arrested in the city of Dunguan of the province of Guangdun in southern China. Both of them have connections with the criminal world.

Export liberalization gives Russia a chance to take by 2025 an almost fifth of the global market of liquefied natural gas, made the forecast of the Ministry of Energy. Now Russia occupies only 4% of the global LNG market. By 2020, its share can grow to 14.3% (55.1 million tons), and in 2025 to 19.3%, follows from the Russian energy station project until 2035, developed by the Ministry of Energy.