The World Bank experts criticized the activities of Russia in the field of innovation. In their opinion, Russia in the effectiveness of budget expenses on innovative development lags behind the OECR countries and most developing economies. This was the director of the Moscow Office of the WB Pedro Alba on Monday, October 10, at the presentation of the study “Innovation Stimulation”, which analyzes the innovative policy of different countries, Moscow News reports.

Ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, when signing gas agreements in 2009 with Russia, caused damage to Naftogaz Ukraine in the amount of 1.5 billion hryvnias (about 190 million dollars). This was stated by Judge Rodion Kireev, announcing the verdict. The broadcast from the court of the court is conducted by the Fifth Channel .

The European Union and the Russian Foreign Department condemned the “politically motivated” sentence to the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, convicted by the Pechersky court of Kyiv, to 7 years in prison for signing contracts for the supply of gas with Russia in 2008. The EU represented by the head of the diplomatic department of the Union Katherine Ashton admitted that the court did not meet the international standards of a fair and independent proceedings.

Moscow government plans purchase Wagons For metro u foreign manufacturers, write "Moscow News" . Metro plans annually purchase About 200 wagons V framework Programs By re -equipment mobile composition. In the latter two months Job By delivery New mobile composition Acceled, and u Mytishchinsky Machine -building factory opportunities Maybe Not Enough , explain choice new partners Officials .

The Ministry of Justice of Georgia said that businessman Bidzin Ivanishvili is no longer a citizen of the country. According to the Civil Register Agency, he lost his citizenship at the time of obtaining France citizenship, since the relevant law says that "the adoption by a citizen of Georgia of another country automatically causes the loss of Georgian citizenship." Thus, Ivanishvili will not be able to participate in the elections of the parliament and the president of the country.

When the Russians launched their first satellite, and he began to transmit a signal from orbit, the Americans fell into panic, writes Daly Mail . However, now Kicksat expects to organize the delivery of its own Sprite satellite in orbit for only $ 300. For everyone who wants it! For this money, the device is a little larger than the chip equipped with solar panels, it will be able to transmit the radio signal from the orbit until it burns in the atmosphere.

The RZHS Foundation transferred for two months a auction for the sale of two land plots in the Moscow region falling into the new administrative boundaries of Moscow - 117 hectares in the Leninsky district (near the village of Vatutinka 16 km from the Moscow Ring Road) and 60 hectares in the Naro -Fominsky district (in the Tolstopaltsev region, 17.5 km from the Moscow Ring Road).

A leakage of oil products from a container locomotive, which sat aground near the northeastern coast of New Zealand, turned out to be the most serious ecological catastrophe in the history of the country. About this, as reports AFP , said the Minister of Environment Nick Smith. The Rena container line, walking under the flag of Liberia, sat aground 14 kilometers from the navel among the surfers of the city of Mount Maunganui. On board the vessel is 1.7 thousand tons of heavy fuel fuel.

The Office of the Investigative Committee on St. Petersburg has stopped the criminal prosecution of the activist of the war group Leonid Nikolaev for the lack of corpus delicti. This was reported on the website of the support of activists. The decision to terminate the criminal case dates from September 1. Nikolaev received a notification only on October 11 on Tuesday.

Estonia plans to send its first Estkub-1 mini-satellite weighing one kilogram into space. Size - approximately like a dice of a chubby. The launch is planned in 2012 from the Indian Cosmodrome Satish Dhavan, Komsomolskaya Pravda reports. In space, the satellite will release a 10-meter aluminum nanium, a solar sail, with which it will move using the stream of charged particles emanating from the sun (solar wind).

In Moscow, another suspect was detained in participating in December riots on Manezhnaya Square. This is reported on October 11 by the Investigative Committee . On suspicion of hooliganism and the application of violence to representatives of the authorities, a 24-year-old resident of the Samara region Vitaly Vasin was detained. The investigation believes that during the demonstration he used the traumatic pistol TT “Leader”.

State Duma deputies from the LDPR faction proposed the European Union to cancel visas for Russians who arrive in the Schengen zones by regular flights. This is written by the newspaper " Kommersant ". According to the initiators, if the proposal receives approval from deputies of the European Parliament, Russians will be able to get to Europe if there is a passport and return ticket.

Is the idea of ​​a quantum computer real? How does the idea of ​​the Russian quantum center see its creators? A series of interviews with physicists Oleg Astafyev , Alexei Kitaev , Evgeny Polzik and Alexei Ustinov took place during the first international quantum technology conference, held on July 13-17, 2011 in Moscow.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin does not quite understand what the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko received seven years for. About this, according to the head of the Russian government, transmits Interfax from Beijing. “Seven years - the figure is such ... The figure itself is good.

Gosoboroniacs are 95%performed, said First Deputy Minister of Defense, Alexander Sukhorukov. As Sukhorukov specified, only contracts with the United Shipbuilding Corporation for the construction and repair of submarines have not been concluded at present. The words of the official are conveyed by Gazeta.Ru .