The short film of the Russian director Konstantin Fama “Shoes” about the victims of the Holocaust received all the main prizes of the XI International Film Festival in Monaco, Interfax reports. The picture and its authors won the categories the best short film, the best director, the best producer, the best cameraman work, the best original music, as well as “Angel Peace Award” (special reward for contribution to the preservation of peace).

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that until 2020 the government plans to create 25 million modern jobs, RIA Novosti reports. According to Medvedev, this will allow for five years to increase labor productivity by 50% and help to refute the assertion that Russia is strong only by natural resources. In the Russian economy, industrial production plays a very significant role, said the Prime Minister.

In one of the graves, excavated by Chinese archaeologists in October on the Neolithic settlement of Jiah (Henan province, 7000-5500 BC), three flutes made from the bones of the Japanese crane were discovered . The most ancient flutes are known in Orinagnic culture (Western Europe, 35-21 thousand years ago), but the uniqueness of the flute from Jiangu that it was possible to extract sounds and play several songs. This makes them the oldest, serviceable musical instruments in the world.

Employees of a large furniture store in the north of Moscow went outside, demanding paying salaries, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow. On Monday morning at the entrance to one of the furniture stores in the northeast of the capital, about a hundred people gathered. Dissatisfied people who arrived at the police station said that for several months they have not received a salary.

Officials will have to take exams - for knowledge of the Basic Law. State Duma speaker Sergey Naryshkin, speaking, but a joint meeting of the chambers of the parliament, returned to this topic and stated that such an exam could be introduced since next year.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev considers it necessary to form a system for forecasting the development of legislation and monitoring the effectiveness of the adopted documents. He wrote about this in the article “The Constitution, Functions of the Russian Government and Effective Management Technologies” for the journal “Law” and “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”. According to him, the forecasting system should work both at the federal and regional levels.

The Ministry of Justice proposes to introduce new forms for the registry office in which the groom and the bride will ask to indicate their nationality, education and the number of common children who have not reached adulthood, Kommersant reports. The draft order, changing the procedure for filling out documents during marriage and divorce, is published on the Unified State Portal of Disclosure of Information.

Scientists have found confirmation that the freshwater lake that existed on Mars in ancient times was suitable for the existence of bacterial life forms, reports Reuters . Intellectual partner of the project The lake, located in the gale crater, reached 50 km in length and 5 km wide. Over time, the size of the reservoir changed.

The leaders of the Duma factions of the Communist Party of the Communist Party and “Fair Russia” criticized the ambassador of Russia in Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov, reports “ Echo of Moscow ”. Gennady Zyuganov and Sergey Mironov noted that the diplomat did not show himself for all the time of the riots. According to them, Zurabov did not actively express the opinion of the Russian side and untimely informed Moscow about the events .

Intellectual partner of the project Israel, the Palestinian National Administration and Jordan intend to build an 180-kilometer pipeline for the transfer of water from the Red Sea to the dead. The agreement on joint construction was signed on December 9 at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington. The pipeline system should go through the Jordanian territory. Additionally, a decreasing plant and hydroelectric power station will be built on the path of water.

In the Chegemsky district of Kabardino-Balkaria there was an armed attack, as a result of which one person died and two were injured, Interfax reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic. At the moment, the police are conducting the search for criminals, who on Tuesday at 20:32 in the city of Chegem of the Chegem district of the KBR at the intersection of Sovetskaya Streets - Pionerskaya committed an armed attack for three people whose identities are established.

On the fact of the death of a girl in the Vladivostok hospital, a criminal case was opened under Part 2 of Art. 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Causing death by negligence due to improper performance by a person of his duties,” Interfax reports. According to the investigation, on September 30, a 16-year-old resident of Vladivostok was delivered to one of the children's regional hospitals with a preliminary diagnosis of “pinching of the sciatic nerve”.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych gave his consent to the release of protests by protests on the Maidan, the first president of the republic Leonid Kravchuk, who took part in the meeting of former Ukrainian leaders with Yanukovych. Kravchuk conveys the words " Interfax ." Kravchuk specified that investigative actions in relation to these people will not be discontinued, and Yanukovych would not interfere in the work of the judges.

Artem Korsun Flute from Jiang In one of the graves, excavated by Chinese archaeologists in October on the Neolithic settlement of Jiah (Henan province, 7000-5500 BC), three flutes made from the bones of the Japanese crane were discovered . The most ancient flutes are known in Orinagnic culture (Western Europe, 35-21 thousand years ago), but the uniqueness of the flute from Jiangu that it was possible to extract sounds and play several songs.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a special statement “On the situation in Ukraine”, where protests are held in connection with the refusal of Kiev to sign the Association Agreement with the EU, UNIAN reports. 444 parliamentarians voted for the adoption of this statement. Russian deputies called on the Ukrainian opposition to return to the legal framework and look for a way out of the crisis only peacefully.