In 2013, Rusnano invested 38.3 billion rubles in the production of nanotechnological products. Such a decision was made at the next meeting of the board of directors of the company, the press service of RUSNANO said on December 5. According to the company approved at the meeting, the company’s short -term financial plan for 2013, 13.6 billion rubles will be allocated for the maintenance of long -term investment loans and loans involved in state guarantees of the Russian Federation.

On December 5, 2012, the Palace of Culture of ZIL is 75 years old, and now - the ZIL cultural center , a pilot project of a citywide experiment to modernize palaces and cultural houses. About what problems are called to solve this project, what will happen to the former recreation center, and how this is related to the transformation of the urban environment as a whole, Polit.ru was told by the director of the CC ZIL Elena Zelentsova.

HIV prevention banner in Laos Frédéric Gloor/Flickr.com The United Nations submitted a new report on the international struggle against HIV. According to the observer of The New York Times, over the past ten years in 25 poorest countries of the world (most of them are located in Africa), the number of HIV infection has reduced by half. But it's still too early to rejoice: there is no need to talk about the victory over the main disease of the 20th century.

North Korea informed the International Maritime Organization of the Earth’s artificial Earth’s satellite, which, contrary to the warnings of the world community, will have to bring the BBC ballistic missile into orbit, BBC reports. The satellite will be brought to orbit with a three -stage rocket, which starts in the first half of the day in local time from December 10 to 22. After the start of the rocket, he will go south.

In Beirut at the age of 91, the Patriarch of Antioch and the entire East Ignatius IV Khazim died , according to the Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star . On December 5, after the stroke, the Patriarch was hospitalized in the Beirut Orthodox hospital of the Holy Great Martyr George. Ignatius IV, in the world of Khazim Khabib Assad was born in Syria in 1921. The future patriarch was brought up in an Orthodox Arab family and was already involved in the service in the church.

Recently, a corruption scandal related to a criminal case regarding the illegal appropriation of federal lands in the Moscow region showed its further logical development. In connection with the criminal case opened against the head of the Chekhov district, Alexander Slobodin, investigators conducted a search and seized documents in his reception room and country house.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes a visit to the Czech Republic in order to convince the Czech leadership to recognize the American company Westinghouse by the winner of the tender for the construction of the second stage of the Temelin nuclear power plant, the cost of which is estimated at $ 10 billion.

At the Red Hat Shap mine, located in Severouralsk, the Sverdlovsk Region, a rock broke on the night of December 5, RIA Novosti reports. As a result of the collapse, one person died. The dead was the 45-year-old miner of the treatment plant. Also, during the collapse, a 43-year-old man who was injured by the leg was injured. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, the collapse occurred at 02:31 Moscow time. Work in the face is currently suspended.

In Tuscany, unknown people destroyed more than 60 thousand liters of the famous Italian red wine Brunello di Montacino. The total damage is estimated at 6 million euros, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the La Stampa newspaper. On December 2, attackers made their way to one of the Tuscan cantin for the production of elite wine of the Docg category and poured out of 10 barrels in the cellar, all the wine produced over the past six years. Wine belonged to Soldra.

The victory over the Italian “Milan” visiting 1: 0 in the match of the sixth round of the Champions League allowed the St. Petersburg “Zenit” to finish in third place in group C and win a ticket to the playoffs of the European League. The victory of the current champion of Russia in a match against the Italian FC was brought by the goal of Miguel Danny, who distinguished himself in the 35th minute.

Rosatom as a state corporation will remain for a very long time, said the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. In an interview with the newspaper Kommersant, Medvedev emphasized that Rosatom is a special kind of state corporation, that this is not just a commercial structure, and its activity is aimed not only at the development of business or solving a social problem.

A detachment of ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet will return to Sevastopol in the second half of December, Interfax reports. As the source in the General Staff explained, the transition of ships through the Suez Canal to the water area of ​​the Indian Ocean to fight the pirates along with the ships of the Pacific Fleet was canceled.

Vladimir Bobrovnikov - born in 1964 Candidate of Historical Sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. About 120 publications, including articles: “Islam and the Soviet legacy in the collective farms of North-Western Dagestan” (1997); "a"-Azhar and Sharia Courts in TwentiethCentury Caucasus" (2001) and the monograph "Muslims of the North Caucasus: custom, law, violence" (2002).

A resident of St. Petersburg lost in court a lawsuit against the governor of the Northern capital, Georgy Poltavchenko for his statement about the “frank bustle” of Petersburgers, reports Fontanka.ru . The representative of Poltavchenko said in court that the governor had already explained his words and was not obliged to apologize to every resident of the city. A lawsuit to protect honor and dignity was filed on November 12 by art score Anastasia Ermakova.

The Ministry of Culture has prepared a list of topics for Russian cinema, which meet the strategic interests of the state. According to Izvestia , Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky cited this list in his letter to the government. Representatives of the department reported that the list was formed taking into account the requests of the company, which were identified following the results of hundreds of questions.