French authorities warn Muslim women Two apparently contradictory messages arrived almost simultaneously from France. On Tuesday afternoon, the lower house of the French parliament banned the wearing of “clothing that completely conceals the face” in public. The Upper House is due to deliver a verdict in September. If she agrees, the law will come into force in 2011.

US authorities expel another alleged Russian spy from the country US authorities on Tuesday deported 23-year-old Russian citizen Alexei Karetnikov, who was suspected of having ties to a recently uncovered Russian spy ring in the US. Despite the fact that no charges were brought against the Russian, the intelligence services have no doubt that he was related to the ten “SVR agents” exposed and deported last week. At the same time, Mr.

Glavgosexpertiza and St. Petersburg authorities ignored the opinion of the president and UNESCO St. Petersburg officials refused to send a delegation to the session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Brazil, where the fate of the scandalous project for the construction of the Gazprom tower - the Okhta Center - was to be discussed. This happened the day after it was reported that the construction project had received a positive conclusion from the Glavgosekpertiza.

Domestic animation is in danger of dying This story doesn't start now. All animation studios that had contracts with the state to produce cartoons have not received a penny from the Ministry of Culture since the end of last year.

Negotiations on the quality of Moldovan wines at the expert level are suspended Only negotiations at the highest level can radically change the situation with the supply of wines from Moldova to Russia, exporters of problematic alcohol believe.

Before the holidays, the Federation Council considered eight dozen issues in one day The penultimate meeting of the spring session of the Federation Council yesterday turned out to be unusually hot for Russian senators.

A material has been created to accumulate huge amounts of energy Using ultra-high pressure, scientists from Washington State University have created a material that can store energy better than any other capacitors and batteries known to science. “This is the most condensed form of energy storage, apart from nuclear energy,” says the author of the invention, Chun Shik Yu, a professor of chemistry.

Scientists have found a new way to detect small-mass exoplanets The number of planets orbiting their stars outside the solar system is expected to increase significantly in the near future. By the end of June, 464 such planets had been discovered. A group of astronomers from Germany, Bulgaria and Poland, led by Grazian Maczewski from the University of Jena (Germany), discovered a new exoplanet using a completely new search technique.

Collection of Greek icons in Moscow The exhibition that opened in the department of personal collections of the Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin, called “Synaxis” and introduces the collection of the Greek merchant and philanthropist Emilios Velimizis. Emilios Velimizis lived only 45 years (1901-1946).

Goldman Sachs became the best IPO organizer on Wall Street Despite persecution by US authorities, Goldman Sachs showed the best results as an organizer of initial public offerings among all Wall Street companies. According to market participants, accusations from financial regulators and the public will not force companies to abandon the services of the most successful player in the investment market.

Lithuanian car dealers benefited from the emergence of the Customs Union Belarusians do not expect significant changes in trade with Russia after the code of the trilateral Customs Union , in which Minsk, Moscow and Astana participate, comes into force. The Code came into force a week ago, but Belarusian enterprises that previously supplied products to Russia have not yet noticed any serious changes in trade with it.

Mental decline in older people can be reversed According to the journal Cell, scientists have discovered a chemical that improves the survival of new neurons. So far the experiments have been carried out on mice. The essence of the process is not yet clear enough. Future research may lead to the development of new treatments for patients with diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.

Germany deals another blow to Swiss banking secrecy Yesterday, searches were carried out throughout Germany at 13 branches of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse - in Berlin, Bielefeld, Braunschweig, Bremen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne, Nuremberg, Regensburg, Stuttgart and Munich. In Germany, it has long been suspected that bank employees, in word and deed, assist German tax sinners.

VEB raised almost $1.5 billion for SIBUR SIBUR and Vnesheconombank yesterday concluded the largest project financing deal in the country's history - a petrochemical holding company implementing a polymer production project in Tobolsk received a loan of $1.44 billion. The terms of the agreement signed yesterday by the company's president Dmitry Konov and VEB chairman Vladimir Dmitriev, are not disclosed. According to Mr.

CONCERTS Valery Grokhovsky (piano), Anatoly Kroll , Daniil Kramer, Igor Butman, Igor Bril . House of Music , 19.00. Vadim Eilenkrig and group. Igor Butman Club , 20.30. Janine Carter (vocals, USA). "Union of Composers" , 20.30. My Own Private Alaska (France). The concert is part of a world tour in support of the album Amen, released on March 1. “16 tons” , 21.00. Leonid Fedorov and Dmitry Ozersky.