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HSE scientists have found that bilinguals are prone to some types of memory errors (people equally fluent in two languages) are prone to some types of false memories, such as attribution error. In other words, a person who speaks two languages ​​may remember incorrectly whether he received information from a foreign-language source or from a source in Russian. The researchers presented their findings in an article published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. Experts considered a hypothetical situation in which a person who speaks two languages ​​is forced to give testimony in a foreign country. Compared to witnesses for whom a foreign language is native, a bilingual person can receive information from a larger number of sources. It is known that human memory is imperfect and can change over time. While a bilingual person is believed to be more likely to make sense of what happened, little is known about

The court gave a suspended sentence to the ex-head of the Prionezhsky district of Karelia for abuse of power for abuse of office. This was reported to “Lente.ru” in the republican prosecutor's office. The official was given a four-year suspended sentence. He was also deprived of the right to hold positions in government agencies for a period of three years. As the court established, while serving as the head of the municipal district, Luchin continued to lead his construction company, which erected two apartment buildings in Zaozerie in violation of current regulations, with the use of substandard materials and unskilled labor. This housing, with the assistance of an official, was sold to local authorities in 2014 under the program of resettlement of citizens from emergency houses. Luchin's actions caused damage to the budget of 40 million rubles.

Spartak defeated Napoli in the Europa League group stage round 5 match Spartak beat Italian Napoli with the score 2: 1 in the match of the fifth round of the group stage of the Europa League. This was reported by the Lenta.ru correspondent. The meeting was held in Moscow at the Otkrytie-Arena stadium. In the first half, the hosts upset the Napoli goalkeeper twice. The double was designed by Spartak striker Alexander Sobolev. In the third minute he converted a penalty, and on the 28th he managed to take advantage of his partner's pass and sent the ball into the Napoli goal net with his head. In the 65th minute, the Macedonian midfielder of the Italians Elif Elmas closed the gap. Having won, Spartak topped the standings in Group C. Like Napoli, the red-white team had seven points. Ruy Vitoria's team is ahead of rivals due to victories in head-to-head

The Moscow City Court has reduced the sentence for the former head of the EKTs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Grishin to 7.5 years Center (EKTs) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Petr Grishin, sentenced to eight years in prison for multi-million dollar embezzlement of funds from the budget. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the court. The court reduced Grishina's term by six months, to seven and a half years in a general regime colony. Also, the term of his former deputy Oleg Mazur was reduced by six months – instead of seven years, he will spend six and a half in the colony. The third person involved in the case, businessman Sergei Narutov, will also serve his sentence for six months less – six and a half years instead of seven. The decision was made after the consideration of the convicts'

Deputy Wasserman spoke in favor of introducing a separate subject about the Great Patriotic War war. He stated this in an interview with the Daily Storm. He stressed that the new subject should be the same in form as the foundations of Orthodox culture. According to him, in Russian culture a lot is tied to the theme of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. “Just like with the Great Patriotic War. And when they try to destroy us again, they hit on these two cornerstones, we need to introduce a similar subject, ”Wasserman spoke. culture, since the history of the Great Patriotic War is incomprehensible without knowledge of military science. Since 2012, most Russian schools have introduced a course on the basics of religious culture and secular ethics, which includes modules on the main religions professed in the country. Schoolchildren together with their parents should choose one of the proposed courses. In

The new ruling coalition in Germany has unveiled a plan to legalize marijuana “And Free Democrats, plans to legalize recreational cannabis use. This became known from the published text of the coalition agreement. According to the document, the government will introduce a controlled distribution of cannabis among German adults through certified stores. According to the representatives of the coalition, in this way it will be possible to control the quality of the sold marijuana, as well as to protect minors. It is clarified that the effectiveness of this project will be assessed in four years, and the law will be revised according to its social consequences. At the same time, the coalition plans to raise awareness of minors and pregnant women about the consumption of marijuana, nicotine and alcohol in order to protect against unwanted consequences. The coalition plans to tighten the rules for marketing and sponsoring the distribution of

Military expert Shurygin: US Air Force exercises could lead to a new war appreciated in Russia. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin told Izvestia about the consequences of the actions of the United States. “We are moving with the speed of an express to a new big, at least European war. I believe that all the preparations that have now been launched in the West lead to a clash, “Shurygin noted. According to the expert, the activity of the US and NATO military is returning to the level of the Cold War. He compared the current situation with the situation before the First World War. “In 1914, it was a launched mobilization mechanism. In the end, they could not stop him, and the mobilized armies began a war. Now there is a similar race of military measures, “the expert added. Earlier, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the US Air Force had

Natella Duguzheva: more than 50 projects for the development of the city and tourism have been developed in Nalchik tourist attraction. This is reported by TASS with reference to the deputy head of the administration of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Natella Duguzheva. It is known that at the moment the city has implemented projects worth more than four billion rubles. “We plan to reach 400 thousand tourists, this task is ambitious, but achievable, because up to 600 thousand tourists go to the Elbrus resort today, and our goal is to take these tourists to Nalchik,” Duguzheva explained. She also noted that they expect to develop gastronomic and nostalgic tourism in Nalchik. Earlier in November it became known that a Russian-Kabardino-Circassian dictionary had been published in Nalchik. Its volume was 792 pages, while it included more than 75 thousand words and expressions. In particular, the publication includes both the vocabulary of

The girl complained about the minivan donated in honor of the 18th anniversary and was criticized on the network honoring 18th birthday, and pissed off netizens. The corresponding video and comments appeared on TikTok. Priscilla Von Webber posted a short video on the social network, in which she expressed her displeasure at the gift from family members on the occasion of her birthday. This is an unspecified brown minivan with a personalized license plate. “Today I turned 18 and pray that my family will say that a car as a gift is a stupid joke.” – the girl signed the video, which went viral and gained 1.6 million views and almost 300 thousand likes. Netizens thought that the heroine of the material was too spoiled, and shamed her in the comments. “I am very sorry that the present in the form of a new car hurts you so much”, “I