The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) begins negotiations with leading world universities and research centers on the creation of the first three centers of science, innovation and education (TsNIO), the press service of the Russian Academy of Sciences .

Korea is interested in investment cooperation with Russia in the field of technology, said the head of the Korean Association of Wendular Investors Chin Taek Pak at the Global Innovation Partnership 2012 forum, which is held from October 2 to 4, the RVK press service said. “We know that various technologies are well developed in Russia, the Korean side also has good achievements in this area. Therefore, our joint efforts in this direction could be more effective.

On October 4, in the village of Smolino, the Kirovograd region in Ukraine, a solemn ceremony of starting the construction of the plant for the factory of nuclear fuel took place. This is a Russian-Ukrainian project, in which 50% plus 1 share belongs to Ukraine (Nuclear Fuel Group of Companies), and 50% minus 1 share-Russia (fuel company TVEL).

Ilya Belov filed a civil lawsuit with a request to recover five million rubles from the Domodedovo terrorist attack in Domodedovo, the airport as compensation for non -pecuniary damage, RIA Novosti reports. According to the plaintiff, before the terrorist attack, he was able to freely go to the airport building through the zero entrance, while the airport security officers did not carry out any audit.

Sales of the first “adult” book by Joan Rowling “Free Place” brought the novel to first place in the list of bestseller in the USA and Great Britain. According to The H Ollywood Reporter , in the first six days of sales, the Americans sold 375 thousand copies of the novel - on paper and electronic media. This publication was reported by Little, Brown and Company, which published a book.

The seven - time world champion in Formula 1 class races Michael Schumacher announced his career completion at the end of the 2012 season. According to Schumacher, the decision was made due to the lack of motivation and confidence that it was worth continuing the career of the rider. The next season, Lewis Hamilton will take his place in the Mercedes team. In total, during his career, 43-year-old Michael Schumacher spent 297 Grand Prix, won 91 victories and became a winner 155 times.

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church allowed clergymen to participate in the elections only in order to fight opponents of the Church. This follows from the published transcript of the Synod meeting . It is noted that in the elections it is possible to take part only with the permission of the Synod itself and "in exceptional cases, for reasons of extreme church necessity." Also, priests cannot be in political parties and occupy party positions.

The director of the FSB of Russia, Alexander Bortnikov, said that it was too early to comment on the situation with the arrests in the United States 11 members of the Russian Spy Network, which, allegedly, supplied him with a secret microelectronics, Interfax reports. The head of the FSB emphasized that he instructed his subordinates to collect more complete information about the scandal itself and its causes.

The number of users of the social network Facebook in the morning, on October 4, exceeded a billion, wrote its creator Mark Zuckerberg. He expressed gratitude to all users of the resource And he expressed the hope that once Facebook will be able to unite the rest of the world. A document was also published, which indicates the main statistics of the resource.

In the center of Moscow, on the night of October 4, unknown people cut off the cross at the Church of Nikolai Wonderworker in Pokrovsky, the site of the Epiphany deanery of the capital reports. The cross was installed on the roof of the Nikolsky Church in 1992, and in 1995 it was transferred to the burial of the remains buried on the former graveyard near the temple, which were found during restoration work.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev decided to begin grain intervention, which implies the implementation of grain from the State Fund. The head of the Cabinet of Ministers instructed the Ministry of Agriculture to prepare proposals for the volume and regions of its holding, RIA Novosti reports. In addition, the prime minister instructed Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich to present a report on the topic of grain interventions.

The Turkish government received permission to carry out military operations in Syria. On October 4, the Turkish parliament issued the Tayyip Erdogan Mandate to the government, which allows military operations abroad, RIA Novosti reports with reference to local television.

Several Senators-Businessmen wrote voluntary statements about the addition of authority. Next week will be a meeting of the SF Commission under the chairmanship of the Vice-Speaker of the Upper House of Parliament Yuri Vorobyov, their statements will be considered.

Roskomnadzor is not going to block the access of minors to public networks of WiFi , but intends to discuss the mechanism for the implementation of the law that will protect children from unwanted content, the head of the department Alexander Zharov explained to Interfax .

In Moscow, the average salary will approach 60 thousand rubles in 2013. This was announced in an interview with RT channel by the Deputy Mayor for Economic Policy Andrei Sharonov. According to the official, in January-August of this year, the average salary amounted to about 46 thousand rubles, and by the end of the year it will reach 52 thousand. Sharonov admitted that the average salary in Moscow exceeds the similar Russian indicator.