The government relinquishes its authority to pay compensation to parents of preschool children The federal authorities intend to shift the responsibility “to the shoulders” of the regions to compensate for the costs that parents bear when paying for the maintenance of their child in kindergarten.

President Barack Obama yesterday spoke for half an hour with the commander-in-chief of Western forces in Afghanistan, American General Stanley McChrystal. Now the president must decide whether or not to fire the general.

The captain of the volleyball team changed clubs One of the tallest players in world volleyball. The captain of the Russian national team, blocker Alexey Kazakov (height 217 cm), moved from Novosibirsk Lokomotiv to the capital's Dynamo. Together with him, the five-time national champion, finisher Alexander Korneev, followed the same route.

A voice can tell a lot about the physical strength of its owner. It is known that a handshake can tell a lot about a person’s physical strength - the harder he shakes his hand, the stronger he naturally is. Now scientists have established, writes the journal Proceedings of Royal Society, that a person’s voice carries no less, and perhaps more, information about a person’s strength.

Moscow did not expect such a reaction from the United States on Korea Tomorrow marks exactly 60 years since the Korean War began, which claimed the lives of more than 5 million people. It would seem that only recently the United States and the Soviet Union were allies in World War II. But their interests began to collide. And some still believe that the Korean War is a continuation of this clash of interests.

Dmitry Medvedev showed knowledge of mining The President of Russia recommended yesterday that amendments to legislation introducing mandatory degassing of coal mines be sent for revision. The bill, which the State Duma adopted shortly after the May tragedy at the Raspadskaya mine claimed the lives of more than 90 people, seemed to the head of state to be insufficiently developed and did not create a guarantee of labor safety for miners. 48% of Russian coal mines are methane-hazardous.

Solar panels could become more efficient The efficiency of solar cells can be increased from the current 30% to more than 60%, says Xiaoyang Zu, a chemistry professor at the University of Texas, in the latest issue of the journal Science. He and his assistants managed to significantly increase the production of electrical energy from solar energy using traditional solar panels. Today, the efficiency of the best solar cells does not exceed 31%.

People without shoulder straps will be responsible for all purchases of the Ministry of Defense The latest personnel changes in the Ministry of Defense will entail certain structural changes in the military department. This follows from statements made immediately after taking up his new position, Colonel General Vladimir Popovkin, who was appointed the day before as First Deputy Minister of Defense.

Giant reptiles that lived in the seas hundreds of millions of years ago had a constant body temperature Geochemists and paleontologists from the Lyon laboratory “Palaeoenvironment and Paleobiosphere” managed to answer a question that has long haunted scientists: how did the contemporaries of dinosaurs - the giant reptiles that inhabited the oceans in those ancient times - regulate heat exchange?

Minsk demands controversial money from Gazprom for transit Gazprom noted Wednesday morning with another reduction in gas supplies for the needs of Belarus. The valve was screwed down 60%, since the previous two days had not brought a settlement to the debt problem. Minsk began unauthorized selection of raw materials from the transit flow heading to Lithuania (a decrease in pressure was recorded at the entrance to this Baltic republic).

Films about war at the Moscow International Film Festival It was announced in advance that June 22 will be War Day at the Moscow festival. The premiere of “Brest Fortress”, a film shot with joint funds from Russia and Belarus, in the “Gala Premieres” program in “October” and screening at the House of Cinema as part of the Russian program of the films “Pop” and “Imminence”.

Two KamAZ trucks of ammunition burned at a military training ground near Ryazan One serviceman was killed and more than 20 were injured as a result of an incident that occurred yesterday afternoon at a military training ground in the Ryazan region during the disposal of artillery shells. According to preliminary data, when old powder charges were burned, two KamAZ trucks in which they were delivered caught fire, after which the gas tanks of the trucks exploded.

Moscow authorities intend to force a well-known developer to dismantle the constructed floors The fight against unauthorized construction in the Russian capital, which began with attempts by the prefecture of the Western Administrative District to demolish illegally erected cottages in the village of Rechnik , has reached unprecedented heights.

Our native from Almaty beat the Kazakh Muscovite The first Russian woman to reach the third round of the British Open, held on the courts of the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, was Regina Kulikova, a native of the former capital of Kazakhstan, Almaty.

Artificial liver first grown in laboratory from stem cells In the foreseeable future, a breakthrough in transplantation may occur. Scientists for the first time managed to grow a liver in the laboratory and thereby gave hope to millions of patients. While it is too early to talk about the timing of creating a liver suitable for transplantation, repairing the damaged organ using artificially grown tissue fragments is a matter of the near future.