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.

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 .

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”.

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.

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.

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.

The Moscow authorities under Sobyanin did not abandon the practice of large -scale celebrations. New Year, for example, will cost a budget of 200 million rubles. A trifle, of course, but in the conditions of an unbalanced budget, leaves an unpleasant sensation. However, Muscovites are far from federals. Moscow does not abandon the Luzhkov traditions of mass festivities for the holidays. This costs the budget is not that it is very significant, but still money.

The victory over the Andorra national team, which took place last Tuesday, allowed the Russian national team to take first place in the qualifying group and get a ticket to the final part of the European Championship 2012. There was a minimum number of doubts that Russia will allow an outrage in a home match against an outsider.

According to the results of negotiations between the heads of government of the two countries, Russia and China signed a package of agreements, including the memorandum of cooperation in the field of modernization of the economy. This was reported on the website of RIA "Novosti" .

“Independent” publishes an article by the director of the Institute of Problems of Globalization of Michael “ Liberalism does not work ”. Attempts to break out of the crisis are directly related to the abandonment of fundamental liberal dogmas, the expert believes. Recently, New York Times also noted the sunset of liberalism in Russia.

ZAO Atomstroykport - a Russian exporter of services for the construction of nuclear power plants - strengthens its competitive advantages by the competence of design. The previously announced decision to unite ASE CJSC with one of the three design institutions of the nuclear industry will be issued by December 1, 2011.

NASA, YouTube and Lenovo announced a project called YouTube Space Lab . The international jury will select scientific projects of schoolchildren and students under 18 years old to conduct real experiments at the International Space Station.