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In Vladivostok, the prosecutor's office began an audit in connection with the collapse of part of the retaining wall on the section of the new Sedanka -Patrocla vehicle, which was built for the APEC summit. The section of the road, which was spent 29 billion rubles, was washed off by rain that fell into the region in mid -June. This route is a section of the new highway, which should become an understudy of the existing M-60 Khabarovsk-Vladivostok highway. It is on this road in September 2012 that delegations should drive for the APEC summit, including presidential motorcade.

However, the not -not -in track had already begun to crumble: there was a landslide of the gabion nets, which strengthened the slope from the highway to the sea. As a result, a crack went along the roadway, and the asphalt sank in some places. “We found out that during the design of this section of the road, mistakes were made. Now we understand, the perpetrators will be punished, ”said Primorye Governor Vladimir Miklushevsky. How much these errors will cost taxpayers additionally, the governor did not specify. Builders hope to repair the collapsed section by July 1.

Look to the Shagal
The retrospective of Mark Shagala opened in the Tretyakov Gallery. For the exhibition, they collected very different works - painting, graphics, sculpture, watercolors, gouache and famous etchings - illustrations of the Bible and Lafontaine. The basis of retrospective is from the family assembly, and in addition, from private collections, Russian and foreign museums. The works of the “family” circle - portraits of mother, grandmother, cousins, sisters, wives and daughters - have never been exhibited in Russia before. For the first time in Moscow, youthful works from the archive of Blez Sandrara, the writer, the poet, the translator who introduced the young chagal into the circle of Parisian avant -gardeists are also showing.

"Of course I want"

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych wants to have mercy on the convicted ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. He made such recognition in an interview with the American magazine Time. The president said to the clarifying question of the correspondent of the publication whether his intentions are sincere. Of course I want. " Now Yanukovych has “necessary tools” to make such a decision, but first, according to him, the trial of Tymoshenko should end. “When this ends, when the courts make their decisions, including the European Court of Human Rights, the question of pardoning the convict will be within the competence of the president,” Yanukovych emphasized. The question, however, is different: does Tymoshenko herself wants presidential pardon? After all, she, too, more than once sincerely admitted that she would not ask Yanukovych about anything.

The verdict that was expected
The Kirovsky District Court of Astrakhan expectedly refused to recognize the results of the election of the mayor of the city, which Socialist -Revolutionary Oleg Shein tried to challenge. According to the results of the vote held on March 4, Shein disputed the results of 178 of 203 sites. But the court listened to the representative of the regional election commission, who stated that "even the massive violations could not affect the identification of the will of voters." Elections in Astrakhan, recall, turned out to be a grandiose scandal: Shein announced total falsifications in favor of the candidate from United Russia Mikhail Stolyarov and demanded from the election commission of the video from the sites to file a lawsuit to court. They did not want to give out videos for him for a long time, and Shein even announced a hunger strike, which he held 40 days. The head of the CEC Vladimir Churov and the Prime Minister (at that time) Vladimir Putin had to intervene in the situation. The latter in his usual manner stated that he did not see the point in protest and advised Shein to go to court, which on June 15 upheld the results of the election.

The most expensive cities in the world

The Mercer research company has published a new rating of the most expensive cities in the world. It is compiled to help transnational companies calculate optimal compensation for foreign specialists. The compilers of the rating take into account the prices of more than 200 goods and services (including rental of housing, food and gasoline) in 214 cities of the world. According to the results of 2011, expenses in Karachi were three times less than in Tokyo.

$ 39 500,000,000

The richest man in Europe with a fortune of $ 39.5 billion was the Spaniard Armansio Ortega, the owner of the Zara and Massimo Dutti brands. On June 13, according to the results of trading on the Madrid stock exchange, the shares of the company of Inditex have risen in price by $ 3.8 billion, allowing him to overtake the owner of IKEA Swede Ingvara Kamprad ($ 37.2 billion) and head the rating of billionaires. In the world scale, Ortega takes only 4th place-after the Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim ($ 65.4 billion) and two Americans-the founder of Microsoft Bill Gates ($ 59.7 billion) and investor Warren Buffetta ($ 47 billion).