In Minnesota, they found a cure for inveterate kleptomaniacs American doctors promised a cure for pathological swindlers. Dr. John Grant from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School (USA) claims to have found a panacea for kleptomania. Dr. Grant’s group wrote in the latest issue of the scientific publication Journal of Biological Psychiatry that kleptomaniacs can be treated with drugs used to bring drug addicts back to life, Lenta.ru reports.

“Uncle’s Dream” from the Bolshoi Drama Theater at the Golden Mask festival At "Uncle's Dream" BDT named after. Tovstonogov's production by the artistic director of the theater Temur Chkheidze asked for an extra ticket at the metro station (though the Mossovet Theater, where the tour took place, is quite close to the metro station), and after the performance the ovation did not stop for a long time.

New programs of the Great Symphony Orchestra named after P.I. Tchaikovsky After a successful tour in the famous Vienna concert hall Musikverein, the Great Symphony Orchestra named after P.I. Tchaikovsky, led by artistic director Vladimir Fedoseev, presented several programs in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. One of them is the cycle “Legends of Love” invented by maestro Fedoseev.

Khodorkovsky and Lebedev recognized the accusers as witnesses The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow yesterday continued the consideration of the second criminal case against the ex-head of the Yukos Oil Company Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the former head of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev. At the second meeting, the conversation did not get to the essence of the accusations. The defendants' lawyers continued to file motions.

The Mariinsky Theater presented The Barber of Seville, accessible to the general public. This already seems to be a bad tradition: director Alexey Stepanyuk cooks up something in the Russian provinces, and then sells this second-hand production to the Mariinsky Theater, for a moment. So four years ago “Carmen” appeared on its stage, and now the stage of the Concert Hall is blessed with “The Barber of Seville” - a clone of the play produced a year ago in Chelyabinsk.

The verdict on the scandalous textbook will be delivered in a week The leaders of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia took a time out in order to formalize their reaction to the appearance within the walls of the university of the odious textbook “History of the Russian State and Law. 1985-1991.” Professor Vasily Drozhzhin. The commission, which will have to develop a competent opinion within a week, is assembled from employees of the same university.

There is no reasonable industrial safety policy in Russia Many people have probably seen on TV an idyllic picture of antelopes peacefully grazing in the African savannas. The idyll is disrupted by the appearance of a predator. Confusion, panic. The predator selects a victim and leaves. The population gradually calms down and continues to graze peacefully.

The Federation Council rejected the law on payment for services "on the street" It is again illegal to pay for mobile communications, housing and communal services and fines “on the street”. The Federation Council yesterday rejected a law designed to regulate the activities of payment terminals that accept cash as payment for services. Thus, banks formally remain a monopoly on accepting payments from the public, and terminals continue to exist in a legal vacuum.

On the island they fearfully dream of the lifting of American sanctions In Cuba, changes in US policy are being watched with muted interest, where, with the coming to power of Barack Obama, there have been hints of a possible improvement in relations between the two countries. Of course, Cubans hope for the lifting of American economic sanctions imposed in 1962 to fight the communist authorities led by Fidel Castro. The first steps towards this are already being taken.

The federal campaign to combat fires at social facilities is taking clinical forms After the January tragedy in Komi, where a fire in a veterans' home in the village of Podyelsk claimed the lives of 23 elderly residents, inspections of social facilities began throughout the country to determine their fire hazard.

Kolyvanov’s team started in the qualifying round of the European Youth Championship The Russian youth team began its journey in the qualifying round of the 2011 European Championship, which in turn is a stage of selection for the 2012 Olympic Games. Yesterday, the team led by Igor Kolyvanov defeated the Andorran team - 4:0. Russian teams have never competed at the Olympics in recent history.

The presidential administration forced the anti-tobacco bill to be rewritten Tobacco companies and smokers have received a reprieve - the government's attack on their freedoms has been postponed. Several dozen amendments to the law “On Restricting Tobacco Smoking,” which State Duma deputies have been struggling with for the last two years and even passed in the first reading, will never be introduced.

US authorities are tightening control over the spending of anti-crisis funds Representatives of the American Congress and auditors overseeing the progress of the US anti-crisis financial program accused the Ministry of Finance of not strictly controlling the budget funds allocated to help banks. At the same time, it became known that the American authorities had already initiated more than a dozen criminal cases for fraud and misuse of public money.

The Barack Obama administration is “committed” to seeking US entry into the UN Human Rights Council. This position differs from the policy of boycotting this organization carried out by former American President George W. Bush. Now Washington views future membership in this council as “the beginning of a new era of interaction with other countries in search of answers to global challenges,” the State Department statement emphasizes.

The Ministry of Defense will be led by generals in civilian clothes Two four-star and two three-star generals from the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense voluntarily removed their shoulder straps.