Bella Tsarnaeva, the sister of Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, appeared in court in New Jersey on Tuesday on charges of possessing and attempting to sell marijuana, Fox News reported Wednesday . The defendant's boyfriend, Ahmad Khalil, also appeared in court on the same charges. Tsarnaeva reportedly denied all charges during her trial. Her boyfriend also maintained his innocence.

Google topped the list of the world's 30 largest media owners in terms of advertising revenue, the m&mglobal portal cites research data prepared by ZenithOptimedia. The study, titled Top Thirty Global Media Owners 2013, estimates Google's advertising revenue at $37.9 billion, 39% higher than second-place DirecTV ($27.2 billion). Just behind them in the top five were News Corporation ($26.4 billion), Walt Disney Company ($19.7 billion) and Comcast ($16.2 billion).

The Federation Council on Wednesday prematurely terminated the powers of Andrei Guryev, a senator from the Murmansk region, owner of the Phosagro holding. The Federation Council on Wednesday prematurely terminated the powers of the senator from the Murmansk region, owner of the Phosagro holding, Andrei Guryev (No. 28 in the ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia , net worth: $4 billion), RIA Novosti reports .

Producer of the music groups Virus and Strelki, Igor Seliverstov, was detained for driving while intoxicated, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing a law enforcement source. “Igor Seliverstov was stopped by traffic police officers early in the morning of May 28 at house 3 on Sadovo-Chernogryazskaya Street. The producer was intoxicated,” the agency’s source said.

photo ITAR-TASS The show of little-known doubles attracted three times more viewers than the big interview with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Successful parody The highest-rated show of this television season, “One on One,” ended on Sunday. It ran on Channel One for almost three months: from March 3 to May 26. All this time, not a single television project could come close to the “One to One” indicators.

The Monaco football club, owned by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev (No. 14 on the list of the richest businessmen in Russia, worth $9.1 billion), is buying Colombian striker Radamel Falcao from Atlético Madrid for €45 million, the reported . Spanish newspaper Marca Falcao has already passed a medical examination at the new club and met with its owner Rybolovlev. According to the terms of the contract, 27-year-old Falcao will play for Monaco for five seasons.

Former head of Rostelecom Alexander Provotorov has been appointed CEO and president of the fourth largest mobile operator in Russia, Tele2 Russia, which was acquired from the Swedish Tele2 by VTB Group at the end of March, reported on Wednesday. VTB’s press service Alexander Provotorov will also join the board of directors of Tele2 Russia, the report notes.

ITAR-TASS Forbes compares cities by level of obstacles for entrepreneurs Which Russian cities, besides St. Petersburg and Moscow, are known to foreigners? Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg are million-dollar cities, and presentations for foreign investors have been filled with their names for 10 years now. However, in the new Forbes magazine ranking, these obvious leaders do not occupy the highest places.

photo by RIA Novosti The resignations of Fedyukin and Guriev draw a logical line under the political degradation of the regime The dismissal of Deputy Minister of Education Igor Fedyukin acquired particular piquancy against the backdrop of the resignation of NES rector Sergei Guriev. Fedyukin is a former NES employee delegated by academic science to the civil service, and there is an internal logic to this double resignation.

Apple has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a lawsuit over its refusal to provide warranty repairs to early versions of the iPhone and iPod Touch players because consumers allegedly allowed water to get into the devices, cnet.com reported Wednesday . The case was heard in the San Francisco Federal Court in the United States. The $53 million will be distributed among the 153,000 customers who filed a class action lawsuit against the company.

The Ministry of Culture presented an updated version of anti-piracy amendments to the legislation, according to which users of torrent trackers will be responsible for the distribution of pirated content, along with site owners and hosting providers, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Wednesday . According to the publication, the Ministry of Culture presented the corresponding bill on Tuesday at a meeting of a special working group in the State Duma.

Members of the Federation Council complained that the senatorial IDs issued to them do not give them access to all organizations in Russia, as Russian legislation provides, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday .

The American stock exchange NASDAQ has agreed to pay a record fine of $10 million as part of a pre-trial settlement of the conflict related to the failure of the initial public offering (IPO) of the social network Facebook in May 2012, the reported on its website .

None of the objects included in the subprogram “Development of Export of Transport Services” (RETS) of the Federal Target Program “Development of the Transport System of Russia (2010 - 2015)” was completed within seven years from the beginning of the project, the Accounts Chamber established. “The results of the audit indicate that as of January 1, 2013, the expected results of the RETU subprogram were not obtained.

Rector of the Russian Economic School (NES) Sergei Guriev, rumors of whose resignation appeared on Tuesday, provided financial support to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (combines the projects Rospil, Rosyama and others), the founder of the fund, oppositionist Alexei Navalny said in his blog on Wednesday. “Sergey Guriev supported both me and our Anti-Corruption Foundation.” <...> Guriev did not hide his views, does not hide and does not see the need to hide.