The main blow was dealt not to the books, but to the institute Photo: Vladimir Abramov / “Interlocutor” After the fire, the building of the library of the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences cannot be restored. Director of INION RAS Yuri Pivovarov said that he intends to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin for help: “This is a disaster.

There is no information about the downed plane Photo: Mikhail Dyagtyarev / Russian Look On the evening of February 1, militias from south-eastern Ukraine shot down a plane of Ukrainian security forces over Gorlovka. “An air defense unit of the DPR Army shot down an enemy plane at around 18:00 over the village of Gorlovka,” reported the headquarters of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. Note that there is no information about which plane was shot down and how many people were there.

Photo: The State Duma is considering the introduction of an excess profit tax // Konstantin Kokoshkin / Russian Look The State Duma is considering the possibility of exempting the poorest segments of the population from taxes and introducing a tax on excess profits. Deputies from the Liberal Democratic Party spoke in support of this initiative. In addition, the faction is preparing a bill to replace the value added tax.

Igor Yurgens: The economy cannot be saved without institutional changes Photo: frame from Youtube.com Economist Igor Yurgens evaluates the anti-crisis plan of the government and President Putin to save the Russian economy. The government proposed an anti-crisis program, the president approved it. Saving the economy will cost 1.4 trillion rubles. And this is not the limit.

Photo: Pavel Polunin // Alexander Aleshkin Actor Pavel Polunin, Vanyushka from “The Fate of Man” by Sergei Bondarchuk, has become disabled and no longer acts in films. 55 years ago the cult film “The Fate of Man” by Sergei Bondarchuk was released. He himself played the main role in this movie. According to the plot of the film, soldier Andrei Sokolov, played by Bondarchuk, meets six-year-old Vanyushka, a street child.

Photo: Still from the TV series “Fizruk” // kinopoisk.ru Kolya from “Is It Easy to Be Young?” and Banana from Fizruk, actor Andrei Kryzhny told what sacrifices he makes for his roles. Andrey Kryzhny played in the sitcom “Is it easy to be young?” hooligan Kolya. His hero keeps two “losses” in slavery - they get him not only money, but also “likes” for his beloved girl Marina, who runs her own blog on the Internet. And all because the beauty refuses Kolya sex until he gets 600 “likes” for her.

Lady Gaga's party took place in one of the clubs in New York Photo: Global Look Press The flamboyant singer Lady Gaga threw an erotic bachelorette party and went overboard to such an extent that she doesn’t remember anything. Lady Gaga, who spent the entire weekend with her friend at a bachelorette party, told how the girls tried to cure her of a severe hangover.

According to the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, celebrating the end of the war in Moscow is unnatural Photo: Dmitry Golubovich / Russian Look On February 2, Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna supported the idea of ​​moving Victory Day from Moscow to the Westerplatte peninsula. The minister expressed bewilderment that, in the eyes of the world community, Moscow is still the main place where annual events to mark the end of the Second World War take place.

Photo: Dana Borisova // Russian Look Dana Borisova became the star of a new TV show about marriage, “You’re Suitable for Us!” and now arranges interrogations for men. Dana Borisova became one of the hosts of the new TV show “You're Suitable for Us!” on the Domashny TV channel. Together with writer Daria Dontsova and psychologist Larisa Renard, she will help lonely young ladies find their other half. Our correspondent visited the filming of the project.

Yuri Nikulin Photo: Anton Kavashkin / Russian Look The grandson of the legendary clown told what happened to the multimillion-dollar inheritance of Yuri Nikulin. Valentinovka is a legendary holiday village 12 kilometers from Moscow, where many Russian celebrities have homes. “Christmas Meetings” was filmed here at Valery Leontiev’s dacha; the other inhabitants of the village are no less popular: Mikhail Efremov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Alexander Kalyagin...

Photo: According to a representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, most of the books can be restored // Youtube frame A number of departments and the administration of the burnt INION library will be temporarily located in another building of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Ponies became sex toys after the cartoon “My Little Pony” Photo: Global Look Press Some Chinese sex shops produce toys that, no matter what, children can safely play with. Inflatable ponies have appeared for sale in Chinese sex shops. Moreover, manufacturers say that they can make characters from the cartoon “My Little Pony” to order. In general, the expression “you live in a world of rainbow ponies” means that a person is naive and far from reality.

Photo: Two men bought themselves police and camouflage uniforms // Konstantin Kokoshkin / Russian Look In Moscow, men were detained who at the Belorussky railway station, under the guise of police, took money and phones from citizens. According to investigative data, the two men are homeless; they purchased police and camouflage uniforms in a specialized store and, under the guise of law enforcement officers, asked citizens to present documents.

Photo: Sergey Kurchenko // Lori photo bank Ukrainian millionaire Sergei Kurchenko continues to expand his Russian business, rumored to be at the expense of Yanukovych. According to rumors, billions of ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, arrested in absentia, could well be invested in the business of Sergei Kurchenko. Our correspondent found out what the entrepreneur who emigrated to Russia is doing now.

Experts found ethyl acetate in a Moscow sewer collector Photo: Russian Look Ethyl acetate was found in the Moscow sewer collector. Taking samples from a sewer in the southwest of Moscow, Mosvodokanal experts discovered the presence of ethyl acetate (a liquid substance, the evaporation of which causes irritation of the mucous membrane of the eyes and respiratory tract, leading to dermatitis and eczema).