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.

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.

The United States supplies to Ukraine mainly new military equipment, the official representative of the Pentagon Michel Baldansa said on Tuesday RIA Novosti on Tuesday. Thus, she refuted the statements of The Washington Post , which published the day before that Washington allegedly put Kiev as weapons in the amount of more than $ 260 million mainly “second -rate trash”.

A group of bin, owned by the Gutseriev-Shishkhanov family, became the owner of another hotel in the center of the capital. Its structures are redeemed for $ 100 million for Seraton Palace Hotel on Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, RBC reports with reference to a source close to the owners of the BIN group.

More than half of the Russians believe that in the next six months or a year in Russia a terrorist attack may occur, comparable in scale to what happened in France on November 13. This was stated by 52% of Russians during a telephone survey conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation on November 21-22 among 1000 respondents in 480 settlements of the Russian Federation, the data of which are quoted by Interfax .

The Mi-8 helicopter disaster , which occurred on November 26 in the Turukhansky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, showed the inability of local rescuers to quickly respond to such incidents, follows from an eyewitness, who first arrived at the helicopter fall.

In the USA in the city of San Bernardino, which is located in California, they shot visitors to the conference center, where the reception for employees of the district was held. According to KTLA-TV , 20 people were killed. Other media called the numbers from 3 to 12 dead. About 0:55 Moscow time. The city police chief announced 14 dead and another 14 wounded as a result of shooting. Three attackers allegedly disappeared on a dark -colored SUV, they are wanted.

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 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.

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.

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.

Ankara is ready to respond to the actions of Russia aimed at Turkey. Such a statement on December 2 was made by the President of the country Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “If Russia continues its line in terms of reaction, we will be forced to take measures,” he said. According to Erdogan, in Ankara "are upset by a Russian disproportionate reaction," reports Reuters.