On December 7, Moscow will host the eighth day of the festival of public lectures #to know - a cycle of performances of world -famous scientists . It will become a final day when it will be possible to hear lectures of representatives of various fields of knowledge. On Sunday, the guests will be a sociologist Theodor Shanin, anthropologist Elena Godina and crystallographer Artem Oganov.

US President Barack Obama called on the inhabitants of Ferguson to calm and understand after the jury refused to hold a policeman, who shot the black teenager Michael Brown, reports AP . “We are a nation that respects the law, so we must make a decision of the jury,” the American president said.

The Missouri court recognized the police Darren Wilson, who shot the black teenager in the city of Ferguson in August 2014. It is reported by BBC . According to the prosecutor Saint Luis Bob McCalokh, during the consideration of this case, the jury did not find the corpus delicti in Wilson's actions. It is noted that in anticipation of the verdict’s announcement on the streets of Ferguson, hundreds of citizens requiring a fair sentence reached.

Representatives of the “six” of international intermediaries and Iran decided to extend negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program until the end of June 2015. It is reported by RIA Novosti . A joint statement of the parties notes that the framework agreement on this issue should have been developed for the next six months.

US authorities have obliged chain restaurants, supermarkets and cinemas to place the number of calories on menus and on packages of finished products, including popcorn cups, AP reports . These rules will also apply to bakeries, cafes, amusement park establishments and even vending machines. They are expected to come into force in a year - in November 2015. Experts hope these requirements will help combat the obesity epidemic in the United States.

NATO member countries will not recognize the agreement on the union and strategic partnership between Russia and Abkhazia. This was reported by the press service of the North Atlantic Alliance. “We do not recognize the so-called union and strategic partnership agreement signed between the Georgian region Abkhazia and Russia on November 24,” the words of the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg are given in a press release.

Jens Stoltenberg Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today. 1. NATO refused to recognize the agreement between Moscow and Sukhum NATO member countries are not going to recognize the agreement concluded on the eve between Russia and Abkhazia on the Union and Strategic Partnership.

According to the results of the first round of the presidential election in Tunisia, which was held on November 23, none of the applicants managed to gain more than 50% of the vote, so the second vote was appointed in the country, Reuters reports. In the first round of the presidential election, the head of the Nidaa Tuni party (“Call of Tunisia”) Bedzhi Caid Essbcy, who gained 39.46% of the vote, leads. These are official preliminary voting results.

After the lecture on November 24, at the lecture festival “#Know”, we talked with an outstanding Russian mathematician, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ludwig Dmitrievich Faddeev. In scientific life, you often had to change the field of scientific interests. Why did this happen? Because of your personal desire? I have such a statement that "if you write 5 works, change the topic, go away." Is this once in some years or depends on the number of work?

In 2015, the Ministry of Finance of Russia in 2015 may resort to the mechanism for the placement of short -term state ruble bonds (GKO). This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to the deputy head of the department Tatyana Nesterenko. To date, the Russian authorities already have extremely negative experience with GKO.

On Monday, November 24, a specialist in mathematical physics, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, director of the Leonard Eyler, Ludwig Dmitrievich Faddeev , spoke at the Festival of Public Lectures of Polit.ru. The theme of his lecture: "The instructive story of the quantum theory of the field." The difference between quantum mechanics and quantum field theory should be remembered.

The theme of the Ukrainian referendum to join NATO revived. It seems that this is already such a meme "Ukraine joins NATO", which is activated not what is the slightest reason, but simply from pronouncing it aloud. No one spends anything there, but at the same time you can see what is happening there at all. The mechanics of the revitalization of the meme is obvious.

Ludwig Faddeev Photo: Natasha Chetverikova/ Polit.ru On Monday, November 24, a specialist in mathematical physics, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, director of the Leonard Eyler, Ludwig Dmitrievich Faddeev , spoke at the Festival of Public Lectures of Polit.ru. The theme of his lecture: "The instructive story of the quantum theory of the field." The difference between quantum mechanics and quantum field theory should be remembered.

The average monthly salary of federal officials in the public service in January-September increased by 18.3% compared to last year and amounted to 96.5 thousand rubles. This was reported on the website of the Federal State Statistics Service. According to the Federal State Statistics Service, the highest paid officials were employees of the presidential administration - their average salary for three quarters amounted to 216.4 thousand rubles, increasing by 13.8%.

The number of victims of the flash of the plague in Madagascar was at least 47 people. It is reported by France Presse with reference to the narthex of the island state. According to doctors, to date, the disease has already spread to the capital of the country to Antananariva, where currently known about two cases of infection. According to doctors, in the near future, the number of victims can increase significantly.