Before the performance in the “Public Lectures” cycle, Polit.ru Mathematics, Kand. Fiz.-Mat. Nauk, senior researcher at IPPI RAS, researcher Lirmm CNRS (France, Montpellier) Alexander Shenya , which will be held on Thursday, March 6, 2014, we talked with him about the theory of difficulty, Kolmogorov and literature. Natalia talked. Demina . You began an annotation to your lecture with a story about the play " Rosencrantz and Guildensster are dead . " Do you like Tom Stopard, how I love him?

Western commentators closely monitor the development of events in Ukraine and around and try to summarize their observations, predict scripts, and also make recommendations. Among other things, a number of analysts criticize the coverage of events in the media. In particular, doubts about reporting in the Western press (as well as social networks) were expressed by political scientist David Marps.

The Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson is expecting a child from her fiancé, French journalist Romain Doriak, reports People magazine with reference to her source. The actress refused to comment on reports of the first -born, but the sources of the publication confirmed this information. According to some media reports, the 29-year-old actress is in the fifth month of pregnancy. Johanson engaged with her fiancé in September 2013, but there were no reports of her wedding yet.

The European Union is ready to provide Ukraine with financial assistance in paying debts for Russian natural gas. This was stated by a member of the European Commission for Energy Gunther Ettinger, Interfax reports. “The question of the payment of colossal Ukrainian debt is included in the package of assistance to the European Commission,” the Europeanchist said. According to him, a package of financial assistance to Ukraine is expected to be approved on March 5.

Moscow police officers began to accelerate the action against a possible armed conflict in Crimea near the building of the Ministry of Defense. This was reported on the website of Avdinfo . Currently, 38 detainees are known. According to Interfax , at the same time in six Russian cities, large rallies were held, whose participants advocated support, in particular the military, Russian -speaking residents of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

The LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky made a proposal to allow the sale of cigarettes and tobacco only if there is a medical certificate of tobacco dependence. It is reported by Interfax . “It is necessary to introduce the sale of tobacco on the certificates that he is a patient with tobacco dependence,” said Zhirinovsky, speaking in the State Duma at a round table on the improvement of legislation in order to reduce tobacco consumption among youth.

In the city of Balakovo, the Saratov region, 41 children were hospitalized with suspected poisoning. This was reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta with reference to a source in the regional Ministry of Health. All sick people are currently in the children's hospital No. 1. Doctors recorded impaired function of the gastrointestinal tract in them. The condition of 40 children is evaluated as moderate, while in one child is stably severe.

In the north-west of Moscow, a man abducted a large amount of money, Interfax reports. According to the victim, at the intersection of Sorge streets and the people's militia, unknown people approached his car, defeated the side glass, after which they stole the bag with a large amount of money. According to the unnamed source in the police, there were 200 thousand dollars in the bag.

In Iran, the bodies of four people on board the Falcon light -engine aircraft were discovered, IRNA reports. The aircraft of the civil aviation organization performed a test flight to check the equipment. The reason for the crash of the aircraft is still unknown. Earlier it was reported that five people were on board the aircraft. According to updated data, four people were on the plane.

As a result of an accident in the Irkutsk region, three people were killed, Interfax reports. According to the press service of the regional State Emergencies Ministry, the Niva passenger car and the tractor collided at the 116th km of the Kachug tract. Three people died from injuries. The cause and circumstances of the collision are established.

A bill has been submitted to the State Duma, simplifying the procedure for obtaining a Russian passport for foreign citizens who are qualified specialists, entrepreneurs, investors or graduates of Russian universities. It is reported by Interfax . The document clarifies that entrepreneurs who want to get Russian citizenship should engage in business in Russia for at least three years, and their revenue should be at least 10 million rubles.

The detached President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and 17 to his associates Lithuania banned entry into the country, reports DELFI.LT . Ukrainian officials who are suspected of violating human rights and the application of force against demonstrators were suspected of power in the “black list”. According to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkyavicius, this list is not final. “On the list of Yanukovych, all the former leadership, leaders of the power structures.

A visitor from Georgia brought the body of a girl who he killed to one of the Moscow police, Interfax reports. According to the source in law enforcement agencies, the man previously called the police and said that during a quarrel he killed his girlfriend and was taking her body to the police department. After some time, a car really drove up to the indicated department, in the back seat of which the victim’s body was. The criminal, who decided to turn a guilty, was driving a car.

Russian President Vladimir Putin put a signature under a bill providing for restrictions on replacing positions for relatives of officials. This was reported by the Kremlin press service . The action of this law will affect, in particular, the activities of various civil service, prosecutors, police, the Investigative Committee, as well as municipal employees and employees of audit organizations.

The Ukrainian group "Ocean Yelzy" learned about the abolition of a concert in Vladivostok from the Internet. This was reported to " Interfax " by the manager of the group Victoria Khomenko. According to her, the musicians are currently waiting for information from the organizers. Earlier it became known that the concert of the Ocean Yelzy group, which was supposed to take place in Vladivostok on April 19, was canceled. “The organizers informed us that the concert was postponed indefinitely.