The American biotechnological company BioQUARK InC has received permission to activate the central nervous system of patients who were recognized as clinically dead as a result of traumatic brain injury, reports Sciencealert. She received permission for these actions from the National Institute of Health in the USA and India to start clinical trials.

The State Department of the United States confirmed the conclusion with the Russian side of the Agreement to terminate the fire in Aleppo, which comes into force from midnight local time, said Mark Toner, the official representative of the American Foreign Ministry, Reuters reports.

Spokesman Alexei Navalny Kira Yarmys spoke about the services that were connected to her mobile phone without her knowledge. We are talking about the disconnected function of receiving SMS messages, as well as about turning off the Internet at someone's request. Previously, Georgy Alburov complained about such actions (also from the MTS operator). Then he stated that such actions can be performed only at the request of the FSB.

The composition of the advisory council on foreign investments in the Russian Federation underwent changes, it was left by the Ford Motor Company, Renault and the American engineering concern United Technologies Corp, - Interfax reports. The reason is the insufficient activity in working groups and the missiles of plenary meetings, the agency’s source reports.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a law on extending the validity of a temporary moratorium on payments issued in December 2013 and a purchased national welfare Fund for the Russian Federation to two -year Eurobligations in the amount of three billion dollars. “April 29, 2016 - returned (law - approx.) With a signature from the president,” the materials on the website of the Verkhovna Rada say.

News The police opened a criminal case on the fact of the mass death of animals in the shelter "Eco Veshnyaks" 4 May 2016 The metropolitan police opened a criminal case on the fact of the mass death of dogs and cats in an animal shelter “Eco Veshnyaks”, the press service of the GUMVD of the Russian Federation in Moscow reports . “A criminal case has been instituted on the grounds of corpus delicti under the article“ Cruelment with animals, ”the report said.

Turkey will not receive exceptions to the visa regime compared to Ukraine, Georgia and Kosovo, said the European Union representative on the extension of Johannes Khan on the air of Radio Liberty .

The Bellingcat International Expert-Journalist Group introduced the Buk 3x2 report: the secret of the lost figure. " In it, experts compare the self-propelled firing fire installation of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system with real-existing samples of this technique on the eve of the crash of the MH17. Judging by the previous investigation by Bellingcat, the “Buk” was taken to the zone of the aircraft crash by the military personnel of the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade from Kursk.

The European Central Bank decided to stop printing € 500 banknotes, the regulator’s press service reports . The issuance of banknotes will be stopped by the end of 2018, when the banknotes of the Europa series with a face value of € 100 and € 200 will be put into circulation. The ECB made such a decision due to the concern that the bill with the dignity of € 500 is suspicious of its authenticity. At the same time, the bills will remain a legal payment tool.

The Ministry of Justice proposed to increase the composition of the central apparatus of the Federal Penitentiary Service by 50% due to the redistribution of state in auxiliary units, Interfax reports.

The German authorities intend to legalize marijuana for medical purposes - the corresponding bill has already been approved by the government, ”the Cabinet of Ministers said in a widespread message. Doctors will be able to write a prescription for the use of the drug only if no other methods are suitable for the patient. It will be possible to purchase therapeutic marijuana in pharmacies, insurance companies will compensate for all expenses of private individuals, the government decided.

Hackers hacked millions of postal accounts in Mail.Ru, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, most of them belong to Russian users, - the Hold Security expert Alex Holden said about this Reuters. According to him, hackers gained access to 272.3 million accounts, most of which are registered at the Mail.ru service. Data leakage was found after Hold Security reached one of the Russian hackers, who said on the forum that he was ready to sell 1.17 billion records of stolen accounting data.

The former vice-governor of the Primorsky Territory Oleg Yezhov, who oversaw the issues of urban planning, was detained as part of a criminal case, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in the regional law enforcement agencies. Information confirmed in the regional SU TFR .

The EU countries are facing a fine of 250 thousand euros for each rejected refugee, BBC News reports. According to the British media, the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker will present a plan for strict measures to influence countries that will refuse to accept refugees on quotas. According to the proposals of the European Commission, the quota of migrants for each country will be calculated taking into account its economic well -being and population.

The Savelovsky District Court of Moscow accepted the statement of Alexei Navalny to VGTRK, Dmitry Kiselev and Evgeny Popov about the protection of honor and dignity. The reason for the statement of claim was the film shown on the air of Russia-1, Operation “trembling”. As Navalny previously wrote, according to clause 5 of the Decree of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated July 24, 2005 No.