The European Commission has denied allegations that the antimonopoly investigation into Gazprom is motivated by political motives. “We are not dealing with Gazprom for political reasons,” said Joaquín Almunia, Deputy Chairman of the European Commission for Competition, whose report was published on the EC website .

Penza biologist Olga Zelenina, who is accused of aiding and abetting attempted drug smuggling, has been summoned for questioning in a new criminal case of abuse of power. “Tomorrow, September 28, we have been summoned for questioning on the so-called new criminal case, which, as we have learned, was opened against Zelenina,” the scientist’s lawyer Natalya Andreeva told Interfax on September 27, noting that official charges against her client have not yet been filed. not presented.

In the new season, Channel One viewers will not see the popular program “ProjectorParisHilton” on air. The closure of the program is due to the departure of its two presenters, Sergei Svetlakov and Garik Martirosyan, Interfax reports with reference to the channel’s Public Relations Directorate. According to the directorate, the departure of Svetlakov and Martirosyan is due to the demand of the TNT channel, whose management did not agree to their participation in the First projects.

The Prosecutor General's Office revealed fraud in the amount of 12.8 million rubles during the repair of the M-1 Belarus federal road.

Evgeniy Trifonov Author Macintosh, nicknamed the toaster, an application that Jobs himself was ashamed of, an antisocial network, a mouse that cannot be caught, scratches on the iPhone and other unpleasant facts Hundreds of millions of adherents, who have decided for themselves that there is no better brand than Apple in the world, are outraged: the cards in the new iOS 6 have become worse than before, and the iPhone 5 case is easily scratched.

Photo by Fotobank/Getty Images Psychologist Olga Troitskaya on what a manager should do to overcome stress In the very question “how to relax?” there is a misconception of a person who thinks that relaxation can be taken under control. In practice, trying to relax immediately leads to even more tension. Massage therapists, for example, know this well. This is one of the reasons why stress management skills do not work at the level of making quick decisions or reacting in everyday life.

photo ITAR-TASS Former anti-Soviet radio station may still play a role in the new information war Two events lie nearby: the publication of the so-called Kostin report on the growing role of social media and networks in Russian politics and the reformatting of the Russian edition of Radio Liberty. To show the connection between these events, we will have to take the fate of the current editorial office out of the equation. Svoboda journalists have been my friends for many years.

The EU Council has lifted visa sanctions against a number of officials from the unrecognized republic of Transnistria. The decision was caused by progress in resolving the conflict between Chisinau and Tirana. Thus, in December last year, after a six-year break, negotiations were resumed in the “5+2” format.

photo ITAR-TASS The investigation did not reveal any evidence of tax evasion by Sobchak The Investigative Committee decided to return the money seized from her during searches on June 12 to famous TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak. According to the department, investigators did not reveal any evidence of tax evasion by Sobchak. “A desk tax audit carried out on behalf of the investigator did not reveal any evidence of tax evasion by Sobchak,” reports the Investigative Committee .

September 27, 2012 news Mode for the visually impaired Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Share Add to favorites This day in business history: Ostankino Tower, Santa Claus school and the first kindergarten On September 27, the first Santa Claus school opened in the USA, the first kindergarten opened in Russia, the railway began to operate in England and the first block was laid at the base of the Ostankino Tower Fotobank · Getty Images The world's first public railway On September 27, 1825,

photo ITAR-TASS While both the authorities and society are afraid of competition, there is no point in creating commissions to protect it Competition in Russia is obviously short of friends. Recently, the head of the FAS, Igor Artemyev, has repeatedly lamented: the government program for the development of competition, if not a fiasco , is stalled . The problem, Artemyev believes, is in the mentality of officials.

Football fans detained for fighting at the Dynamo - Torpedo match in Moscow have been released by the police. This was reported to RIA Novosti on the morning of Thursday, September 27, by a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies. The brawl happened the night before near the Streltsov stadium. About a hundred fans started a fight before the match began, but the riots did not stop during the game. Fans threw firecrackers and flares onto the field, and the referee had to stop the game.

Marat Gelman on how the introduction of criminal liability for insulting faith could end I haven’t read the law myself, so my thoughts relate to what is included in the title: “On the bill on insulting the feelings of believers.” Apparently, we should expect that simultaneously with the introduction of the law on protecting the feelings of believers, the very definition of a believer will appear. For example, if a law is passed to protect children, we determine who is a child and who is not.

On Thursday morning, an intercity passenger bus burned down near the Kursky railway station in Moscow. As a result of the fire, two people died. The possible cause of the bus fire was arson. “Most likely, the incident is of a criminal nature,” RIA Novosti quotes a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies as saying. The fire service in Moscow received a signal about a fire on the bus early in the morning - at 06.23 - on Thursday.

The Ethics Commission did not interfere with the discussion in the State Duma on Friday of the issue of appointing deputy Alexei Mitrofanov as head of the media committee. The commission discussed the issue on Thursday. “Ten people did not support this proposal, so it simply did not pass,” Vladimir Pekhtin, head of the commission on parliamentary ethics, told reporters about the results of the discussion.