The scientist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Theodore was invented by how to solve the problem of installing a pro in Europe. His proposal is designed to “resolve Obama’s doubts and relieve Russia's fears,” writes The New York Times. He offers instead of “provocative” and “unemployed” European about keeping close to the Iranian and North Korean launchers, unmanned aircraft armed with fast-fast-interceptor missiles.

Dmitry Medvedev appointed Elena Skrynnik, head of Rosagrolyzing, head of Rosagroolizin, reports Prime-Tass . “I signed a decree on the appointment of you by the Minister of Agriculture. You have long been engaged in the problems of the village, are engaged in the organization of agrarian production. In my opinion, you are successful, ”the head of state said today at a meeting with Elena Skrynnik.

On March 2, the first public hearing on the new redevelopment project for the House of Artist and the adjacent park was completed.

Oksana Sargsyan On March 2, the first public hearing ended on the new project of redevelopment of the artist’s house and the adjacent park.

The bailiffs arrested Vimpelcom shares (Beeline trademark), owned by the Norwegian Telecommunication Holding Tlenor, the company said. Telenor owns 29.9% of voting shares (33.6% of the authorized capital) of Vimpelcom. The corresponding decision was sent by the bailiff service to the National Registration Company, which is the registrar of the Vympelcom shares.

We publish the text of the open letter to the President of the Russian Federation DM. Medvedev of three St. Petersburg sociologists about the situation at the Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg). First published on the website of the International Biographical Initiative. President of the Russian Federation Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich St. Ilyinka, d. 23 103132, Moscow, Russia OPEN LETTER Deeply Reasonable Dmitry Anatolyevich!

The court sentenced the Iraqi journalist Moundhara Al-Zaydi, who in December last year threw shoes at the ex-US President George Bush, by three years in prison for attacking the leader of a foreign state. Recall that during a press conference following the negotiations of George Bush with the Prime Minister of Iraq Nuri Al-Malika Iraqi correspondent of the Egyptian television channel Al-Bagdadia Mustadhar Al-Zaidi called Bush a “dog” and launched his boots into it.

Human rights organizations “Reporters without Borders” and “International Amnesty” announced today without censorship day on the Internet, Radio Liberty reports. Human rights activists turned to American companies Google, Yahoo! And Microsoft for one day to turn off the filters on their servers in several countries in order to help expression of protest against censorship in cyberspace.

In his new article on the topic of the exam (see its previous article by KVN -2009. Notes on the USE in humanitarian disciplines), the professor of the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University Alexei Peskov in detail analyzes some test tasks that are offered to schoolchildren to test their knowledge on history.

Russian doctors will no longer be punished for non -ordering for help to the patient, who entailed causing harmful harm. Yesterday, State Duma deputies unanimously approved in the second reading the draft law on the abolition of this provision contained in the 124th article of the Criminal Code (non-ordering of assistance to the patient).

Today, a Russian loan of $ 500 million was received by the Belarusian National Bank, the Belarusian telegraph agency reports. This is only part of the promised amount. Earlier, Belarus and Russia entered into an agreement providing for the allocation of Belarus of a stabilization loan of $ 2 billion in 2008-2009. Thus, on November 18, 2008, the first tranche of a loan of $ 1 billion was received to Belarus.

In January-February, sales volumes of the Volkswagen German automobile concern in the world decreased by 15%. At the same time, this indicator turned out to be smaller than the market as a whole (-23%). This was reported by the leadership of the concern on March 12 in Wolfsburg, reports Finmarket . The only exception is Germany where sales volumes have increased, thanks to a special prize for the disposal of old cars when buying new ones.

We publish a complete transcript of the lecture of a professor at the Russian Economic School , the leading economist of the Center for Economic and Financial Development , the observer of the Vedomosti newspaper , candidate of physical and mathematical sciences Konstantin Sonin , read on October 30, 2008 in the club-literary cafes of Bilingua as part of the Public Lectures Polit.ru project.

Yesterday, the European Business Association (AEB) published data on the sales of new cars in January -February. In two months they decreased by 36% and amounted to 252.3 thousand cars. Sales in February fell by 38%, to 134.9 thousand cars. Among foreign cars, the Chevrolet brand took the first place, the second - Ford, the third - Hyundai (the same situation was in January). The leader of the Russian car market remains LADA, which is almost three times ahead of the Chevrolet.

Inflation in Russia for the period from March 3 to 10, 2009 amounted to 0.3%, from the beginning of the month - 0.4%, from the beginning of the year - 4.5%. This was reported in the Prime-Tass who received today the report of Rosstat. The rate of average daily price growth in the current month is 0.04%. For March 3-10, an increase in prices for sugar-sand and tea amounted to 1.6% and 1.3%, respectively.