Russian companies presented at the IREX 2015 international exhibition in Tokyo the best developments, including a virtual reality helmet, person recognition service, a supersensitive brush prosthesis and other technologies, RIA Novosti reports. The State venture company RVK showed seven projects of various Russian companies on the Generations stand. “I assume that this is the first time that Russian companies participate in the international exhibition of robots in Japan (IREX).

The famous satirist Gennady Khazanov, who on the eve presented to President of Russia Vladimir Putin a copy of the imperial crown, said that the head of state "is very ascetic" and "all kinds of gifts do not really love." On December 1, Khazanov celebrated his 70th anniversary. On this day, he was invited to the Kremlin. During a meeting with the head of state, the artist was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I degree.

In Turkey, there is a lawsuit in the case of comparing the president of the country of Erdogan with Gollum, one of the main characters of the works of John Tolkin. The head of state was compared with the image of the character represented in the epic novel "The Lord of the Rings". The court, in turn, requested an examination of the personality of Gollum from the movie trilogy.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a visit to the Republic of Cyprus, met on Wednesday with the head of the Cyprus Orthodox Church by the Archbishop of Chrysostom II. The archbishop invited the Russian minister to his residence. According to local media, guests are invited here infrequently. “For us, Lavrov’s visit is very important, this is a very dear guest,” the representative of the protocol said in an interview with reporters.

Samsung Electronics has introduced an Internet browser designed specifically for use with virtual reality glasses. The application is optimized to work with Gear VR glasses, according to the company's website. The app, called Samsung Internet for Gear VR, can display 360-degree videos and HTML5 content. The browser interface, judging by the promotional images, consists of tabs hanging around the user in virtual reality, writes N+1 .

A large -scale investigation , dedicated to the FBK, conducted by the Navalny Corruption Fund, the criminal bonds of the sons of the Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika reached Switzerland. A request regarding the activities of the eldest son of the Prosecutor General Artyom Chaika, who is a resident of Switzerland and having a residence permit, sent the publication “present” to the prosecutor's office and received an operational response.

Officials agreed to correct the Plato system after truckers' protests. The decision was made following a meeting of officials with business representatives. The Ministry of Transport and Rosavtodor are waiting for proposals for improving Plato, the RBC material says with reference to the meeting participants. Officials agreed to give the right to confirm if errors in the system were really eliminated. Previously, the operator was accepted by the customer - Rosavtodor.

Ravil Gainutdin, chairman of the Council of the Russian Council of Russia (SMR), is convinced that, in the context of an exacerbation of Russian-Turkish relations, it is necessary to maintain and develop humanitarian ties between the peoples of the two countries. He spoke about this in a conversation held on Wednesday with reporters in Moscow. “We will develop our human relations (with Turkey), the relations of good people.

Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to the Crimea and took part in the launch of the first thread of the Kuban - Crimea. The launch was given from the office of Krymenergo in Simferopol, reports Crimea Inform . Megavatts, which will be given by the energy industry from the Krasnodar Territory, can be distributed throughout the Crimea. The infrastructure on the peninsula is ready for this, the head of the republic Sergey Aksenov said on the eve.

Russian border guards detained two alleged smugglers in the area of ​​the city of Donetsk, who tried to bring a party to weapons and ammunition to the Russian Federation. During the detention on the car of the suspects, fire was opened. On suspicion of smuggling, the driver of the Opel car with Ukrainian numbers and its passenger were detained, Interfax reports.

The media discovered the scene of the rape of the Bear of the character Leonardo DiCaprio in the new film directed by Alejandro Gonzalez injarita "Survivant". The fact that the hero of DiCaprio Hugh was supposedly twice was subjected to sexual abuse from the attacking animal was written by the Drudge Report publication.

On the day of the fight against AIDS, celebrated annually on December 1, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for charity and social service, Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky Panteleimon, urged believers to show love and mercy for HIV-infected people. "Today, we remind us of all the need to combine efforts in the fight against the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and show active love and mercy for people living with HIV," said the bishop, whose words are quoted by TASS.

Police bodies of states included in the European Union connected to the investigation of crimes, which is suspected of 29-year-old Polish citizen Darius Pavel Kotvitsa. Thanks to the open borders within the EU, the serial killer freely moved around Europe, hiding from the police and committing new brutal crimes. Kotvitsa, who received the nickname of the European heater, was arrested in Germany, and then extradited to Austria.

The film of the Corruption Foundation (FBK), dedicated to the criminal business of the family prosecutor’s family, was in the competitive program "Artdokfest". The distribution tape was on the Artoxet list, the President of the festival Vitaly Mansky told Ekhu Moscow . In the commentary "Medusa" he specified that more than 700 thousand people watched him in a day. "This is a sign of the great interest of society in what documentary cinema can tell them.

The Petrozavodsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church banned in the ministry of her cleric, Priest John Petunov, who previously crushed a woman in Petrozavodsk. According to RIA Novosti , the prohibition of serving before the end of the investigation is said in a statement published the day before on the official website of the diocese. Earlier, local media mistakenly called the culprit of the incident a deacon.