The masterpiece of the Italian master Merizi Caravaggio "The calling of the saints Peter and Andrei" was exhibited on Monday in Rome. The canvas is the property of the British queen Elizabeth the second. For four centuries, no one knew where the picture was located, until six years ago she was accidentally discovered in a clouded pantry of the Royal Palace. The picture was restored, and at present it is estimated at $ 100 million.

DNA structure Genes determine the predisposition of a person to certain diseases. The most important task of geneticists is to find out exactly what genetic changes affect this predisposition and find the healing method. About how genetics find genes related to various diseases, says Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences Evgeny Rogaev. - Evgeny Ivanovich, you studied the genetic foundations of diseases such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.

The reconstruction of the Neanderthal skull found in Germany in the Neandertal Valley near Dusseldorf. Genetics reported reading a significant part of the Neanderthal genome. Modern methods allowed scientists to express confidence that in the near future it will be possible to read the full genome of our closest relatives who died out 28 thousand years ago.

Andrei Stolypin: “This is a kind of artistic and creative face of the late XX century. Well, what to talk about? Not about the ceremony, right? " From November 16 to 21, events dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Leningrad rock club are held in St. Petersburg. On November 16, a jubilee exhibition-festival was opened in the Central Exhibition Hall of Manezh, on November 19, an anniversary gala concert was held at the Yubileiny Sports Palace.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Sharogradsky takes part. Kirill Kobrin: The British Police is an official investigation into the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. At least the day before, the newspaper Sandy Times wrote about this. Andrei Sharogradsky: The Sandy Times newspaper, referring to the attending doctors, writes that traces of Tallia - a deadly poison and taste were discovered in Litvinenko’s blood.

The program is conducted by Dmitry execution. The guest of the studio is the president of the Leningrad rock club Nikolai Mikhailov. Dmitry execution: Today we have in the studio Nikolai Mikhailov, president of the Leningrad rock club. And the theme of our program is the 25th anniversary of the legendary Leningrad rock club. Nikolai, how did the rock club form, what kind of phenomenon was it? Why did he arise?

The film "Cracks" of the Danish director Uga Reis-Nordendoft received the main prize at the 21st European Festival of Short Films, which ended in the French city of Brest. The festival was attended by 250 short films, 44 ribbons were presented for consideration by the jury, headed by the director of Claire Devher. The audience’s prize of the French director Philip Rolle-Viyar “Mozart Pockets” received the film.

The condition of the former FSB colonel Alexander Litvinenko, who is poisoning in a hospital in London, worsened on Monday - he was transferred to intensive care. The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service denies its involvement in poisoning, the representative of the SVR told France Press. The representative of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov in an interview with the television company Sky-Nachuz also stated that such accusations are absolutely groundless.

The Butyrsky court of Moscow sentenced the editor-in-chief of the Radical Politics publication Boris Stomakhin, who collaborated with the Caucasus Center website, by 5 years in prison. Stomakhin was found guilty of inciting interethnic growth and calls for extremism in publications dedicated to events in Chechnya. The journalist did not admit his fault. For more than two years, Stomakhin was wanted and was detained in March this year.

The Public Committee of "Mother Beslan" intends to achieve the continuation of the investigation and hold all the perpetrators in the Beslan tragedy. In a press conference in Vladikavkaz, the “Beslan mothers” sounded today, it is noted that during the storming of the school captured by the militants, tanks and flamethrowers were unreasonably used, and the fire in the school began with a delay for almost two and a half hours.

The leaders of the German museums and representatives of the Government of Germany are discussing the problem of the return of works of art confiscated during Nazism. The meeting was convened at the initiative of the Minister of Culture of Germany Brand Neoyman after the auction was sold a masterpiece of German expressionism - the “Berlin street scene” of Ernst -Ludwig Kirchner.

Physicists from the Dresden Technical University were reported in Nature magazine about the results of an electron-microscopic study of samples of the famous Damascus steel, the secret of which was lost in the 18th century. It turned out that Damascus steel contains complexes of carbon nanotubes and the thinnest strong fibers consisting of cementite (Fe3C). Such a microstructure allows you to explain the extraordinary strength of Damascus steel.

The investigation of the case of the poisoning of the former FSB lieutenant colonel Alexander Litvinenko, hospitalized in London, was taken by the local police department, which oversees the fight against terrorism. On Monday, Litvinenko was transferred to the intensive care unit - after his condition worsened. According to the doctors, the probability that he will survive is no more than 50 percent. Doctors suggest that Litvinenko was poisoned by a potent poisonous substance - tallium.

The results of the next NHL matches: "New York Rangers"-"Tampa"-4: 1. The account in the match was opened by the New York Rangers player Yaromir Yagr, for whom this puck became the 600th, abandoned in matches of the National Hockey League. Before him, 15 players achieved such a result. "ANAHAM" - "Phoers" - 6: 4 "Vancouver" - "Chicago" - 2: 1.