The Japanese authorities expressed regret over the assignment of Russian names to the five Kuril Islands. Earlier , Sobesednik.ru wrote that by decree of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, five nameless islands of the Kuril chain were given names.

Photo: Initiator of the “witch hunt” – Senator Elena Mizulina // Global Look Press Sobesednik.ru looked into what the new commission to combat “destructive sects” headed by Elena Mizulina will do. A working group to combat destructive sects will be created under the Federation Council, headed by Elena Borisovna Mizulina. This decision was made during a meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation. According to data voiced by Ms.

Daytime sleep allows the child not only to relax, but also to speed up the process of speech development. Researchers from the USA have established another benefit of night sleep for child development. It turned out that this habit has a positive effect on speech skills, as it has a refreshing effect on the brain. Observations of a group of preschool children confirmed that daytime sleep strengthens the child’s cognitive abilities and accelerates the process of speech development.

Canadian scientists have managed to grow genetically modified mice that are resistant to drug addiction. This study makes it possible to develop tests that determine the tendency of a healthy person to develop drug addiction. In addition, the discovery of scientists theoretically makes it possible to create a new method of treating drug addiction. Researchers have found that increased levels of cadherin proteins erase memories of drug intoxication in the brain.

Photo: Fyodor Bondarchuk // Global Look Press Fyodor Bondarchuk, in an interview with creative editor of Sobesednik.ru Dmitry Bykov, spoke about his film “Attraction”. “Attraction” by Fyodor Bondarchuk surprised the Russian audience twice. At first everyone was expecting a fantastic action movie, and then they got a very strange, in some places openly parody, in others downright journalistic movie about the explosion of nationalism on the Moscow outskirts.

In the Amur region, three people died from poisoning from alcohol-containing liquid with methanol. RIA Novosti reported on another tragic case of poisoning with counterfeit alcohol in the press service of the regional branch of the RF IC. According to investigators, on February 11, two residents of the city of Skovorodino were hospitalized in a local hospital in a coma. As it became known later, the day before, men born in 1973 and 1967 drank alcohol in an apartment in one of the houses.

Photo: Alexey Navalny // Global Look Press Creative editor of Sobesednik.ru Dmitry Bykov in verse - about the next term of Alexei Navalny. Alexei Navalny, who is eager to run in the 2018 presidential elections, received a suspended sentence of five years in the “second Kirovles case.” Well, thank God! He's guilty He received five legal ones, And again his sentence is suspended, And the verdict is indistinguishable.

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Photo: “When people are faced with a reality that does not match their expectations, they decide to leave the Duma” // Global Look Press The “migration” of deputies, elected literally six months ago, from the State Duma back to business was discussed with an expert at Sobesednik.ru. The other day it became known that another parliamentarian, Alexander Metkin, had surrendered his mandate.

Photo: The easiest way to explain the concept of stress is if you remember how this word is translated from English - “pressure” // YouTube still frame Sobesednik.ru has studied all possible types of stress and ways to overcome it. What is stress? A common occurrence. If you want, the norm of life. Then why do they talk about it as something negative, advising to avoid it at all costs? Because stress comes in different forms. Let's talk about them.

In the Trans-Baikal Territory, customs officers seized more than 40 bear paws from a train passenger. According to the Life web portal, while checking luggage on the train at the Zabaikalsk station, customs officers detained a smuggler. One of the passengers tried to smuggle bear paws into China as a delicacy, media reports. In the man's bag, customs officers found 41 bear paws with a total weight of more than 30 kg. All products were confiscated and sent for examination.

Photo: Lenin Mausoleum // Global Look Press Sobesednik.ru, together with the last tourists, visited the Lenin Mausoleum - from day to day it is closed for maintenance. Near large shopping centers, at intersections and at underground passages, the first signs of the inevitable March 8 appeared, the heralds of Valentine's Day - elderly women with buckets. There are flowers in buckets, mostly tulips.

Ukraine is not going to import electricity from Russia, despite the energy crisis in the country. The head of the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine , Igor Nasalik, said on the evening of Monday, February 13, that Ukraine does not intend to replenish its electricity reserves at the expense of Russia. He spoke about this on air on the ICTV channel. “I am convinced that importing electricity from Russia should not even be considered, because we will not have it,” Nasalik said.

The leader of the LDPR faction, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, proposed dismissing officials whose subordinates were caught taking bribes. As the Moscow city news agency reports, citing the LDPR press service, Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed removing from office civil servants whose subordinates were found to have taken bribes.

Scientists from Russia have convincingly refuted the theory of aging and mortality that has long dominated science. According to experts from Skolkovo, the Strehler-Mildwan correlation, which correlates the starting mortality rate with a doubling of its intensity, is not always correct. It is this correlation that proves the impossibility of immortality. However, scientists using nematode worms have proven that life expectancy is not always limited solely by biological facts.