The state will stimulate the development of new deposits The Ministry of Energy is preparing to submit for consideration to the government commission on the fuel and energy complex, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, a program for the comprehensive development of new deposits in the north of Western Siberia.

The birds surprised scientists with their mental abilities After the research, zoologists can now claim that rooks are quite capable of competing even with chimpanzees in the use of tools to obtain food. It turned out that they can not only “spontaneously” use tools, but also improve them, and are also able to use several tools at once. Scientists from the University of Cambridge studied the behavior of rooks. Four 5-year-old rooks participated in the research: Cook, Conelly, Fry and Monroe.

Swede Robin Soderling became the main discovery of Roland Garros The French Open, taking place on the courts of the Roland Garros tennis stadium in Paris, entered its decisive phase on Tuesday. Half of the quarterfinal matches in men's and women's singles took place yesterday. Two Russians continue to fight for the title - Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina. True, the latter has already reached the strongest quartet, and Kuznetsova is fighting for a place in the top 4 only today.

CLUBS Oleg Mityaev. KZ "Mir" , 19.00. Papa Roach . Pop hardcore. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Culture , 20.00. Charity music festival Music-Help in support of children with cancer. Members of KalashnikovBand, VOSK, Bay of Whale, Safety Magic, Masha Makarova (“Masha and the Bears” ). "B2" , 20.00. CONCERTS Moscow Symphony Orchestra . L. Cherubini, F. Mendelssohn, I. Brahms. Conductor G. Landini (Italy). Conservatory , 19.00. THEATERS “Three Years” by A. Chekhov. Directed by Sergei Zhenovach.

The jury was shown receiving envelopes by ex-heads of the Federal Compulsory Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund Yesterday, the Moscow City Court held a regular hearing in the case of former leaders of the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund (FFOMS), led by its ex-chairman Andrei Taranov, who are accused of abuse of power and taking bribes.

Experts offer Brussels, Kyiv and Moscow a mechanism for stable transit In particular, the international group of independent experts WIEN, which was organized in 2007 to develop independent, competent recommendations on issues of international importance, including gas transit through the territory of Ukraine, presented its vision of the problem.

The Presidential Administration is preparing a lawsuit against Mosvodokanal The Presidential Administration Department is going to sue Mosvodokanal. The Kremlin structure considers this municipal service to be responsible for the flooding that occurred in mid-May on the territory of three “sponsored” boarding houses near Moscow: “Lesnye Dali”, “Sosny” and “Petrovo-Dalnee” (which, by the way, are located near the residence of the Prime Minister in Novo-Ogarevo).

Experts and officials argue about the pros and cons of replacing the unified social tax with insurance premiums Today, the State Duma will approve in the first reading a bill according to which the unified social tax (UST) will be replaced by insurance contributions starting next year. From 2011, these contributions will increase significantly compared to the current unified social tax. On the eve of the adoption of the seemingly inevitable law, serious controversy unfolded around it.

New elementary particles may be the cause of the expansion of the Universe Astronomers say they have found evidence of the existence of chameleon particles. These particles change their mass depending on environmental conditions. According to some theories, it is “chameleons”, and not black matter, as previously thought, that are the cause of the rapid expansion of the Universe. Scientists first started talking about the influence of mysterious and elusive “chameleons” on the Universe in 2003.

Old Believers in Russia: to be or not to be 38 years ago, on June 2, 1971, an extraordinary event occurred in the history of Russian Orthodoxy - by the act of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, the anathemas against the Old Believers, imposed on them back in 1667, were lifted. But there was no sensation - no one in the atheistic USSR simply noticed what had happened...

Real Madrid has decided on its leadership Real Madrid have announced a number of important appointments within the club's structure. First of all, it has been officially confirmed that Florentino Perez will take over as president of the club. Perez was the only candidate for this elected post: the other contenders were unable to provide bank guarantees in the amount of 57.4 million euros, which are required to take part in the elections. Real Madrid must quickly regain their lost ground.

The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs has prepared a concept for a bill to create a state pension insurance system. RIA Novosti reported this in the RSPP working group involved in developing the concept. The working group is headed by Vice-President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Leonid Fedun.

Israeli Foreign Minister takes a strategic course towards Russia Negotiations in Russia by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman yesterday demonstrated that relations between Moscow and Tel Aviv, although they are, according to the guest, “at their highest point,” can rise even higher. “I hope that traditionally friendly relations between our countries will strengthen and develop in all directions,” President Dmitry Medvedev said before meeting with the Israeli in Barvikha, near Moscow.

Europeans and Russians are trying to understand each other Where can you find such different public Russian figures, such as the chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia, Heydar Dzhemal, and ex-presidential candidate Andrei Bogdanov, together in one audience? Last week, such a place was discovered in Bucharest - it was the 5th Russia-Europe Economic Forum, organized by the European Institute of Poland and the Department of National Security of the Romanian Presidential Administration.

China is tired of class struggle Tomorrow marks twenty years since the dramatic events of June 4, 1989 in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Over the years, Chinese society has acquired a new face and spoken a new language. One of the main ones was the new term “harmony”, which appeared at the beginning of this century. We are talking about two slogans: building a “society of harmony” in China and establishing “world harmony” on the planet.