The first decade of the 21st century has ended. Science journalist Denis Tulinov asked a number of scientists who blog on LiveJournal to think about the coming decade. And he asked them the following question: “What trend, which is not yet visible to everyone, will increase its influence in the next 10 years?

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed an order according to which the Russian authorities no longer intend to continue the investigation of the plane crash near Smolensk, the media reported. Thus, the authorities put an end to international proceedings after the publication of the conclusions of the Interstate Aviation Committee.

Vladimir Putin introduced adjustments to the public procurement system, approving the program for changing the regulatory framework on the planning and execution of the state order, the newspaper Vedomosti writes. Now the initial price of the contract must not only be published, but also justified “indicating the sources for its establishment,” the disposal says.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announces the support of the inalienable Palestinians' right to create its own independent state with the capital in Eastern Jerusalem, ITAR-TASS reports on the results of negotiations of the Head of Russia with a colleague from the Palestinian National Administration Mahmoud Abbas.

The expedition of the ISS-26 expedition Cosmonaut Roscosmos Colonel Dmitry Kondratyev told in his blog on the website of Roscosmos about how they are preparing to deal with the fire: “On the ISS, crews on an ongoing basis conduct training on actions in case of emergency situations. The importance of clear actions in the event of emergency situations is caused by the need to maintain a high level of training, because the crew should rely only on its own forces.

Deputies of the Lviv City Council voted to write a textbook of recent history, which will say that Stepan Bandera, who led the organization of Ukrainian nationalists in the 1940-1950s, was a “real hero”. About this, it is believed in Lviv, today's textbooks are silent. Who exactly will create a new textbook of the history of Ukraine, Lviv deputies do not yet know, but they emphasize that we are talking about a manual for grades 10-11.

The deputies decided not to increase fines for creating illegal casinos, the Kommersant newspaper writes. According to deputies, the organizers of the gambling should be punished on a par with other entrepreneurs working without a license, that is, in the amount of not more than 50 thousand rubles. The activities of the casino outside the four special zones are prohibited by law since July 1, 2009.

The Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili will not come to the inauguration of the head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, instead of him a group of deputies of the Georgian parliament will be present at the ceremony, Georgia Online reports . “They called the parliament from Belarus.

The proposal of Father Vsevolod Chaplin to introduce the "state dress code" caused sharp criticism. The church recently made another initiative - in the field of motherhood and childhood, where, in particular, it proposes to exclude abortions from the medical insurance system. The state is unlikely to react positively to both proposals. Current people represent a significant part of the population, but still a minority.

Vouchers, which Aeroflot decided to give passengers to the victims of the aviation collapse, do not arrange everyone, the newspaper Vedomosti writes. They not only do not cover the full cost of the flight, but for them passengers will still have to pay income tax. From November 26 to 28, due to ice rains and a lack of anti-icing fluid, the airline detained more than 8 hours almost 200 flights. Several thousand people were forced to spend more than a day in Sheremetyevo.

In the forest near the village of Old Podduba, which is located in the Grodno region of Belarus, the hunter was wounded by the thigh and was hospitalized. According to Telegraf.by, the man claims that he was shot by a fox. A 40-year-old resident of the village of Old Podduba said that during the hunt he wounded the fox, and then decided to finish the animal with a butt. When he pressed the fox to the ground, she accidentally touched the trigger with his paw, and the gun fired.

For three years, it is planned to allocate 90 billion rubles for the development of sports and physical education in Russia. About this yesterday, January 17, said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Novogorsk. According to him, funds for the development of physical culture and sports were first allocated in an independent section in the budget. “Just three years, about 90 billion rubles are planned for three years for these purposes. For 2011 - 39.5 billion.

The state program of weapons until 2020 is funded so far according to the temporary scheme, the Vedomosti newspaper writes. Last Saturday, Dmitry Medvedev signed a law allowing to conclude contracts based on the forecast volumes of financing for the project of the State Autonomous Okrug Program and the three -year budget. The law had to be adopted, since a large -scale weapons program worth 20 trillion rubles has not yet been approved.

The dispatchers of the Severnoy airport near Smolensk acted under high pressure and made many mistakes, not providing support for the crew during the approach in difficult weather conditions. This was stated by the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Polish Administration by Jerzy Miller at a special press conference of the Polish Government Commission, which investigated the reason for the Tu-154 disaster near Smolensk, ITAR-TASS reports.

The British media believe that British Petroleum (BP) risks, contacting the Russian State Corporation Rosneft. According to The Times (translation by infressa.ru ), the agreement between BP and Rosneft from an economic point of view is advisable for both parties, but BP risks, intending to benefit from the UKOS assets.