The largest low -budget airline in Asia Airasia plans to start flying to Russia. This was stated by carrier President Tony Fernandez, reports TASS. In Kuala Lumpur, the head of Airasia met with the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, says the publication The Star. On his Twitter, Fernandez wrote that on Russian routes “Very soon” the “daughter” of Lawkoster - Airasia X.

The case, initiated against several leaders of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, is associated with theft of funds during the restoration of the Izborsk fortress in the Pskov region. About this "Interfax" was told by a source close to the leadership of the department.

A brief retelling of Hermann Lubbe's book, “On the Leave, with the times. Abbreviated stay in the present ”(M., Publishing House of the Higher School of Economics, 2016). The publishing house of the Higher School of Economics has published a translation of the recent book of the famous German philosopher German Lyubbe, dedicated to our memory of the past. How do our ideas about ourselves depend on the speed with which our world changes?

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation proposed to extend for a year freezing the funded part of the pension. Three federal officials told about this newspaper Vedomosti. According to sources, the decision to extend the moratorium on the formation of a funded pension has not yet been made, but various options for its implementation are discussed at the government level. This is also confirmed by two participants in the meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The amount of damage from the actions of employees of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation exceeded 1 million rubles. A case of an especially large scale was initiated against them, Interfax reports with reference to its own source. “The case is investigated under the article Fraud on an especially large scale - part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,” the source said.

The amount of the claims of Gazprom by Naftogaz of Ukraine in the Stockholm Arbitration Court is increased. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the Russian concern. In particular, Gazprom included in them the amount of $ 2.549 billion for the shortage of the Ukrainian state-owned law of gas in the third quarter of 2015, according to the Take-Pays. As a result, the total amount of requirements increased to $ 31.759 billion.

The book of Malcolm Gladwell “David and Goliath” in a brief retelling (M., Alpina, 2014). Context Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, writer and self-taught sociologist. The place in the ranking of the most influential people according to the Time magazine and the first lines in the lists of bestseller brought him the popular science books “The turning point” (2000), “Insight” (2005) and “Geniuses and outsiders” (2008).

A brief retelling of the book by George Derlugyan “Adept Bourdie in the Caucasus. Sketches for biography in the world -style perspective ”(M., Territory of the Future, 2010). Context With George Matveevich Derlugyan, I first met at the Non/Fiction Fair at the Central House of Sciences. He represented the new Russian translation of the Mir-System of Art Nouveau Immanuel Vallestain, to which the preface was.

The FSB opened a criminal case against a number of leading employees of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and several entrepreneurs, according to the website of the special services. Among others, according to Interfax, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, during the investigation one of the deputy minister of culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky was detained.

A brief retelling of Ethan Tsuckerman's book “New Compounds. Digital cosmopolitans in the communication era ”(M., Ad Marginem, 2015). Context In the 1990s, Ethan Tsuckerman, now the director of the Center for the Study of Civil Media at the Massachusetts Technological Institute, moved to Ganu to help IT companies and individual specialists to attract the attention of the Western market.

“Wine in a stream of images. Aesthetics of the ancient Greek feast ”Francois Lissaraga in a brief retelling (M., New Literary Review, 2008). Context The monograph by the famous French Hellenist Francois Lissarg is hardly addressed to the Gurmans. The focus of the author of the author - images on a ceramic bowl consumed on antique feasts.

The White House representative Josh Ernest first called the death of the former minister of Russian press Mikhail Lesin "a possible crime." RIA Novosti conveys his words. “As far as I understand, the metropolitan police continues to investigate this crime that could happen here in Washington. We are watching this carefully. I know that the FBI offered my help, I have no more comments, ”he said.

A brief retelling of Guy Standing's book “Precariat. New dangerous class ”(M., Ad Marginem, 2014). Context Guy Standing is an economist, professor of the school of eastern and African studies of the University of London, a full member of the British Academy of Social Sciences. It is also one of the ideologists and founders of the World Wide Web ( Bien ), fighting for economic equality by paying monetary allowance to citizens, regardless of whether they work or not.

The Federal Tax Service (Federal Tax Service) of Russia demanded to recognize Kogalymavia bankrupt. The application is registered in the database of the Moscow Arbitration Court. The lawsuit has not yet been accepted for production, the details are not disclosed. In early March, the Russian Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov suggested that the airline leave the market or provide a development plan.

Vladimir Medinsky and Grigory Pirumov at a plenary meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Sergey Fadeichev / TASS In Rostov-on-Don, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Grigory Pirumov was detained. He and some of his colleagues are suspected of theft of funds allocated for restoration work, the FSB is investigated by investigation. According to unofficial data, we are talking, in particular, about the restoration of the Izborsk fortress (Pskov region).