The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the Russian assets of Salford Capital Partners, which controls the famous Borjomi mineral water brand and belongs to the disgraced oligarch Boris Berezovsky. “As an interim measure in a criminal case, the Russian assets of Salford Capital Partners have been seized,” the press service of the Basmanny Court told Interfax. The assets were arrested as part of one of the criminal cases against Berezovsky.

Four Russians arrested in the United States on charges of illegally exporting high technology for military purposes have pleaded not guilty during preliminary hearings. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Friday, October 5, by the lawyer of the detainees, Alexey Tarasov. with illegally exporting high-tech equipment to Russia. In total, 11 people from SSS R were charged All of them worked in two companies - the American Arc Electronics and the Russian Apex.

One Russian tourist died as a result of an accident in Turkey. Another Russian was taken to hospital in serious condition. There are other victims. about this told RIA Novosti Viktor Topolkaraev, general director of Intourist, . The tourists flew to Turkey via Intourist. The accident occurred on Friday. “The flight arrived in Antalya from Moscow. The bus went to the hotels in Kemer. It started raining in the Beldibi area, the bus fell into a ditch and overturned.

Two-time Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics, former State Duma deputy from the United Russia faction Svetlana Khorkina became an employee of the presidential control department. “She has been working for us for a long time,” a source in the Kremlin administration told Interfax on October 5. At the same time, the agency’s interlocutor denied the information that appeared in the media that Khorkina was replaced in management by Khamit Mavliyarov.

A Belgian diplomat working in Denmark is suspected of spying for Russia. The prosecutor's office is investigating. The 57-year-old Bruges native has been recalled from Copenhagen. Brussels believes that he was recruited by the KGB back in the eighties, when he was working in Tokyo. He later flew to Lagos, Algiers, Lisbon, New York and New Delhi. According to the prosecution, the diplomat met with representatives of the KGB and then the SVR several times a year.

An application for declaring the Nevo Tabak tobacco factory bankrupt was registered in the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. It produces products of the lowest price category, including Belomorkanal cigarettes and Prima cigarettes. The application was filed by Moscow-based GrossStems LLC, RIA Novosti reports with reference to materials from the Supreme Arbitration Court of Russia. A hearing date in the case has not yet been set. In September, the St.

Russia may begin issuing licenses to Western oil companies to operate in its Arctic waters. told the Financial Times Energy Minister Alexander Novak . According to him, this will allow foreign companies not only to participate in offshore projects, but also to “gain access to production” and become “co-owners of licenses.” We are talking about financially reliable, technologically advanced companies whose activities are environmentally friendly.

The leaders of the Russian opposition intend to publish the names of the journalists who became the authors of the documentary film “Anatomy of Protest-2”, which will be released on October 5 at 19.30 on the NTV channel. this to the Izvestia newspaper. A Just Russia deputy Dmitry Gudkov stated “We’ll wait for the film to come out. If this is again “dirty” PR, if they affect our families, our children in this program, then the filmmakers will be held accountable.

Roskomnadzor will hire an operator to maintain a “black list” of sites. However, the operator for maintaining the register of sites with prohibited content has not yet been identified. on Friday The head of the department, Alexander Zharov, told Interfax . From November 1, Russia will introduce a law on protecting children from harmful information, according to which Roskomnadzor must create a register of prohibited sites.

Violations amounting to 18.5 billion rubles were identified in government defense contracts for 2011. At the same time, the overwhelming majority of violations were due to ineffective spending of funds. A similar conclusion was made as a result of the inspections, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a certificate on the results of Rosoboronzakaz’s activities for 2011.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin called for creating a culture with an “ideology of recovery” and reviving historical memory, including through cinema. “I would like to see a serious domestic historical Big Cinema, in which the best qualities of the nation would be manifested. I would like a film adaptation of Russian classics - after all, not everything has been filmed.

The Prosecutor General's Office succeeded in declaring the arrests of the alleged organizer of a network of underground casinos in the Moscow region, Ivan Nazarov, and his partners Marat Mamyev and Alla Guseva, illegal. In August-September, Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor Grin appealed to the Supreme Court with supervisory submissions about the illegality of the arrests of Nazarov and his companions.

photo ITAR-TASS In an atmosphere of total mistrust, any cult of the leader turns into a parody They write from Antalya. At the resort, German tourists, having noticed a hang glider over the sea, begin to laugh: “Putin, Putin!” Over the past year, an irreparable thing has happened to the image of the national leader: the president is becoming a comic character. If Medvedev appeared on Twitter under the hashtag #pathetic, then it’s time for Putin to assign the hashtag #funny .

Fines for drunk driving can rise to 50,000 rubles. And the punishment for a driver who causes an accident resulting in the death of people will be raised to 15 years. This is a collegial proposal from the government, the State Duma and public organizations. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Safety and Anti-Corruption Irina Yarovaya spoke about it at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on road safety.

Levada Center learned about the desire of 20% of Russian women to marry Putin. At the same time, 66% of Russian citizens are not eager to become the wife of the current president. These are the results of a survey conducted by the Levada Center . At the same time, the question “would you like to marry V. Putin” was asked only to women, clarifies the Yuri Levada analytical center.