Six people suffered from the fall of icicles per day in Moscow, the condition of one of the victims is regarded as a serious one, Interfax reports. In particular, on the eve of the day in the center of Moscow on Pushkinskaya Square from the roof of the eight-story building, a block of ice fell, which touched a 55-year-old Muscovite. In serious condition with a fracture of the cervical spine, a woman is hospitalized.

The Communist Party of the Communist Party in the theater passage on Thursday gathered over two thousand participants in the afternoon, the website of RIA Novosti reports. The authorized rally took place in the center of Moscow between theater square and Lubyanskaya Square. It began at 13:00 and lasted an hour and a half.

The competition of scientific works "Vanguard Knowledge" starts on February 24, 2012. Any scientist leading his own research in the field of chemistry, biology, pharmacology and medicine can take part in it. The competition was organized by the International Biopharmaceutical Company "Astrazenka" with the support of the All -Russian festival of science, as well as RVK, OJSC RUSNANO and the Skolkovo Foundation. This was reported by the press service of the competition.

As a result of a series of terrorist attacks in Iraq directed against security forces, at least 48 people were killed, more than 200 were injured, reports Associated Press . Explosions occurred on Thursday in different parts of the country. Most attacks were carried out in Baghdad, where 22 people died. The terrorist attack in the Shiite district of Kadimiya took the lives of six people. In the ADAMIA area, the armed terrorist attacked the police control point, shooting six people.

At 14 o’clock the rally in Luzhniki ended, to which, according to the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, about 130 thousand people gathered. This was announced in the direct broadcast by the website of the " Rossiya newspaper ". The rally participants began to leave Luzhniki. Singer Denis Maidanov, A-Studio group, Grigory Leps with the song "The Best Day" spoke in front of the rally participants.

The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee (SK) in Moscow did not find any reason to conduct an audit on the fact of a hacker attack on the website of the Echo Moskvy radio station on December 4, 2011, the editor -in -chief of the radio station Alexei Venediktov wrote on Twitter . The chief editor of the Echo of Moscow directly stated that he was connecting the attack with the elections to the State Duma.

British writer Joan Rowling, author of the world famous epic about the adventures of Harry Potter, entered into a contract with the American publishing house to publish a new novel for adult readers, Bookseller.com reports. The publishing house Little, Brown and Company has concluded a contract with Rowling, the details will be announced later. Representative of the publisher David Shelley called cooperation with Rowling to realize his personal and professional dreams.

No more than two dozen people took part in a rally in Kazan in support of the presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Interfax reports. The rally took place on Thursday afternoon at the monument to the revolutionary Mullanur Vakhitova in the center of Kazan. The event was organized by the regional branch of the Liberal Democratic Party and agreed with the mayor in advance. The declared participation in the action was 300 people, and its duration was two hours.

Leo Uskin Asar Isaevich Eppel died. Good Russian writer. These words cost a little, for there are writers, but there are writers. Some create a name for themselves, weaving an entertaining narrative, in the network of which a bored reader comes across. Others-lure him, touching the casual of topical public ulcers or, on the contrary, something eternal, incomprehensibly wizard ... others simply amuse us to tears.

Asar Isaevich Eppel died. Good Russian writer. These words cost a little, for there are writers, but there are writers. Some create a name for themselves, weaving an entertaining narrative, in the network of which a bored reader comes across. Others-lure him, touching the casual of topical public ulcers or, on the contrary, something eternal, incomprehensibly wizard ... others simply amuse us to tears.

Attention! Lecture season "Polit.ru" 2011 - 2012. It takes place in the club "Zavtra" (the previous name "Pir.g.I. on Sretenka"). Driving scheme. The Public Lectures Polit.ru project began work on March 25, 2004. This is a platform of substantive communication on problems located in the forefront of science, culture and public discussion. Particular attention is paid to the history, modernity and the future of Russia and the world. The project lays grounds for the formation of a civil position.

In addition, in terms of Ivanishin, two scientific experiments - “Seiner” and “Interaction”, Vesti.ru report. Within the framework of the first, a methodology for the interaction of cosmonauts working on the ISS with Rosrybolovy courts in the process of searching and mastering the commercial and productive regions of the world ocean is being worked out, and the second helps scientists to understand the laws of the small group (space crew) in prolonged space flight.

In the world famous cathedral of the Parisian Mother of God in the capital of France, Paris is changing bells, the Russian Vatican Radio Service reports. Four bells weighing 0.7 to 2 tons were dismantled and removed from the towers on Monday. They were cast in the middle of the 19th century and, according to church authorities, are made of insufficiently high -quality alloy. Their ringing has repeatedly criticized believers and tourists. Nine new bells for the cathedral are made in Normandy.

On Thursday, supporters of the chief contender for the chair of the president of the country-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, nominated by the United Russia party, gathered in the sports arena of Luzhnikov. “Putin is our president!”, “We vote for Putin!”, “Putin is the President of Russia!”, “Protect Russia!”, “Sports Moscow for Putin!”, “Kamchatka supports Putin”, “Yakutia with Putin!” - The participants of the action "Protect the country" chanted.

Syrian human rights activists said that the tanks entered on Thursday in the city of Homs, which is one of the strongholds of the resistance of the rebels to the government army detachments, Reuters reports. As the oppositionist Abu Imad (Abu Imad) told the agency, the tanks entered the Jobar area in the south of the quarter Baba Amr.