Storms and heavy rains, which came to California in December, provided American paleontologists with a number of interesting finds. Swer rains and winds expose the layers hidden with sand and destroy the cliffs of sandstone. Thanks to this, a lot of fossils come out. Due to the rains, the water level in rivers and streams also rose, it erodes the shores and carries fossil remains of various animals to the coast.

The domestic policy department of the Presidential Administration will undergo significant personnel changes. This was written on Tuesday, Izvestia with reference to a senior source in the presidential administration. Viktor Seliverstov, who supervised the regional block with Tatyana Voronova, goes to work in the All -Russian Popular Front (ONF).

Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev signed an agreement on joining the Eurasian Economic Union. According to Interfax , by May 2015, Kyrgyzstan can become a full -fledged participant in the association. “The conversation was not easy, and the parties determined the clear and fair parameters of the republic’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union,” Atambayev emphasized.

“Polit.ru” publishes a video project “Moscow Scientists. The first person”, created by order of the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of the city of Moscow. Vsevolod Tordyslov tells about modern biophysics. Vsevolod Tverdoslov - Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Honored Professor, Head of the Department of Biophysics of the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University.

On November 12, 2014, the well -known human rights activist, a teacher of mathematics, the former Soviet political prisoner Valery Senderov (March 19, 1945 - November 12, 2014), who played a key role in the struggle against anti -Semitism in the Soviet mathematical environment, did not become. In the last years of his life, he was seriously ill.

The real rate of GDP GDP has accelerated in the third quarter of 2014 by 5% in annual terms. This was reported in the updated report of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the State Department. The data obtained is the result of a third, clarified assessment of the statistical indicator, and indicate the maximum growth rate of the US economy from July-September 2003.

A man on a small cargo van drove into a crowd of visitors to the Christmas Fair in the city of Nantes in the west of France, injuring ten people, five of which are hard. It is reported by BBC . According to eyewitnesses, a white van at high speed entered the line with a mulled wine. After the car stopped, his driver took out a knife and inflicted several injuries to himself. The Christmas market was evacuated after the incident. The platform on which he passed examined the sappers.

In Russia, there are 2.7 million people with alcoholism and about 700 thousand registered patients with drug addiction. This was announced by the chief narcologist of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Evgeny Brun, reports Interfax . “Patients with alcoholism with mental disorders that we are registered with are 2.7 million people per country. The real figure approximately corresponds to official data - about 3 million should be in the country of patients with alcoholism, ”Brun said.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria found guilty of all 57 defendants in the case of an attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, five of them were sentenced to a lifelong term of imprisonment, Interfax reports. Anzor Mashukov, Murat Bapinaev, Aslan Kuchmenov, Rasul Kudaev and Eduard Mironov received a life sentence. The court found five suspects guilty under Articles 317 of the Criminal Code (“Acting for the Life of Law enforcement officers”) and 105 of the Criminal Code (“Murder”).

The Investigative Committee was interested in the publication of the Komsomolskaya Pravda about the alleged secret witness in the case of the Boeing's shot down. This was stated by the head of the press service of the TFR Vladimir Markin.

The FSB suppressed the attempt to smuggle from Russia to Ukraine of electronic blocks to the S-300 and Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems, Interfax reports with reference to the Center for Public Relations of the Department. According to the FSB, a citizen of Ukraine Denis Danchenko was detained in Russia, who intended to purchase electronic blocks to modern anti-aircraft missile systems, information about which is a state secret.

The organization of oil exporting countries will not reduce production even with a decrease in oil prices to $ 20 per barrel. This was announced in an interview with CNN by the Minister of Oil Saudi Arabia Ali al-Nami. “We will produce the volume that we produce now and we will welcome the increase in production if the consumer is asked for this,” Al-Nami explained.

The Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation for domestic policy has appeared responsible for preparing for the federal elections - the Duma campaign of 2016 and the presidential 2018. It is reported by RBC with reference to sources in the Kremlin. This position was taken by the deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Education, Sports and Youth Policy, a member of the parliamentary journalistic pool Timur Prokopenko.

Former Minister of Sports and Tourism of the Kamchatka Territory Viktor Kravchenko was found guilty of embezzlement by a decision of the court of the regional capital and sentenced to four years in prison in a colony of general regime. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press secretary of the court Anna Perminov. The ex-official was taken into custody in the courtroom. In addition to imprisonment, he is forbidden to occupy leading positions for two years.

Maria Blokhina Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Van and photo: News.cn The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Van recently stated that China is ready to provide Russia with the necessary assistance within its capabilities. It is reported by China Daily.