Intellectual partner of the project Four hours of work in the garden, three hours of leisurely walking or an hour of running a cowardly per week by 31% reduce the risk of kidney stones in women. This was found out by American researchers from the school of medicine at the University of Washington. According to one of the research leaders, Dr. Matthew Sorensen, on the contrary, high -calorie food and lack of physical activity increase the likelihood of kidney stones.

The State Duma in the third final reading adopted a law obliging to use transparent voting boxes in elections and referenda, RIA Novosti reports. According to adopted amendments, the CEC should purchase boxes for voting from transparent and translucent material until December 31, 2014. Funds for these purposes will go from the federal budget funds, and order technological equipment, including voting boxes, the CEC will have to be in the “inter -election” period.

The company "Intellectual and Description Bureau", created by the St. Petersburg branch of the Rodina party, appealed to Rospatent with a request to register the trademark "Without the use of the labor of migrants", the newspaper RBC Daily reports. In case of registration, a trademark will be able to use companies that do not use the work of illegal migrants in the manufacture of their products or the provision of services.

The American missile cruiser barely escaped a clash with the Chinese warship in the neutral waters of the South China Sea, reports Reuters with reference to the statement of the command of the US Pacific Fleet. The incident occurred on December 5th. The American cruiser Cowpens had to take an unplanned maneuver in order to get away from a collision with a Chinese ship, the name and type of which are not specified.

Everyone should stay in Russia for the New Year, said the main person in ideologically verified trolling. That is, the former chief sanitary doctor, and now assistant to the prime minister, Gennady Onishchenko. “You shouldn’t go to the sea. The stress associated with sudden climate change in the middle of winter is unnecessary. This is a serious test even for a practically healthy person,” he told Interfax on Friday. “Spend these days in the climate zone in which you are located.

The Central Bank revoked the license to carry out banking operations from the Moscow Investment Bank as of December 13, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the regulator’s message. Investment Bank ranks 80th among the largest banks in Russia with assets of 75.6 billion rubles, and is also a participant in the deposit insurance system. Investment Bank on Thursday suspended banking operations in Kaliningrad due to panic among depositors, but reported taking measures to restore liquidity.

The oil and gas company. Rosneft will conduct a corporate celebration of the New Year at the expense of employees, RIA Novosti reports. This year, state -owned workers for the first time voluntarily participate in celebrations. On the fifth of December, Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a press conference of the “All-Russian Popular Front” “Forum of Actions”, called for the New Year's corporate parties at the expense of state-owned companies, and not from the state budget.

In January 2014, a bill will be submitted to the State Duma, proposing to foresee in the legislation the normative definition of the concept of “irresultative (ineffective) use of budget funds”, Izvestia write with reference to a source in the chamber. At the same time, the interlocutor of the publication in the White House explained that this bill was prepared as part of the execution of the instruction of President Vladimir Putin, which he gave at the State Council in October this year.

The Russian team set a world record at the European Swimming Championship in short water, RIA Novosti reports. In a mixed relay with a complex swimming of 4x50 meters, Russians showed the result of 1 minute 37.63 seconds, improving the time of the world record by 0.21 seconds. The “gold” of the European Championship in the mixed relay of Russia was brought by Vitaly Melnikov, Julia Efimova, Svetlana Chimrov, Vladimir Morozov.

Kyiv and Brussels agreed to sign an agreement on the issue of further cooperation without Russia's participation. The Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Sergey Arbuzov and the European Commissioner for the expansion of the EU Stefan Füle agreed during the meeting, Interfax reports.

A resident of the American city is arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, reports Associated Press . According to the prosecutor Barry Grissom, the suspect was detained on the morning of December 13 at Vichita Airport. The man intended to put a car loaded with explosives to the airport terminal. It is reported that the suspect is a specialist in aviation electronics and works at the airport, in which, supposedly, he intended to commit an attack.

In Moscow , a second policeman wounded on the Leningrad highway during the detention of suspects of extortion, Interfax reports . The investigator who received a wound died in the hospital. According to Lifenews , police captains Dmitry Shishkin and Vladimir Boriskin died. Both were employees of the criminal investigation department of the Northern Administrative District. For a long time they served in the organs of internal Delhi very well proven themselves.

The number of those who died as a result of the Khayan typhoon in the Philippines exceeded six thousand. It is reported by the Associated Press with reference to the National Council for Emergency Management of the Philippines. Earlier, the authorities spoke about 5796 dead during the element. Another 1779 people are listed as missing. Khayang, which went through the entire central part of the Philippines, became the most destructive in the history of the country.

Photo: saufaus.ru The politicized public was excited the day before: the media suddenly surfaced that Vladimir Putin would cancel the election of mayors. “In Russia, the elections of mayors of cities can be canceled, and the city thoughts are eliminated. This was reported to the "rain" by a source close to the presidential administration. According to the source, the heads of regions will be appointed mayors, in turn, elected in direct elections.

The State Duma in the first reading adopted a bill that will allow the election to convicts for serious and especially serious crimes, RIA Novosti reports. According to the document, persons convicted of serious crimes will not be able to run in the elections only for ten years from the date of release. The authors of the bill are a group of deputies led by the chairman of the committee on constitutional law and state building Vladimir Pligin.