On Wednesday, the Central District Court of Voronezh sentenced 34-year-old Vyacheslav Natsvin to one year and one month in a penal colony for distributing pornography. According to investigators, in December 2009, Natsvin was selling discs on Koltsovskaya Street, in the alley opposite the Elektronika store. Natsvin sold a DVD with pornography for 100 rubles - and immediately fell into the hands of law enforcement officers.

On Wednesday, the executive committee of the International Federation of Association Football ( FIFA ) published a report assessing bids from countries seeking to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. During the period from July 19 to September 17, the expert commission visited all nine (and if we take into account the “doubleness” of the two applications - 11) countries that expressed a desire to host the World Cup.

The director of the Hollywood remake of the French horror film “Martyrs” will be German Daniel Stamm. The first thing Stamm did in his new position was to laugh at rumors that Twilight star Kristen Stewart would star in the remake ; he stated that this was the first time he had heard about it. Stamm became famous for 2010's The Last Exorcism, a low-budget ($3 million) mockumentary about a TV exorcist who goes on his last show and discovers that this time it's going to be for real.

17 November 2010, 15:19 Meira will move to Lazio Zenit defender Fernando Meira will move to Lazio in Rome in the winter transfer window, reports Corriere Dello Sport . The management of the St. Petersburg club has already agreed to release the player.

The beautiful Chilean model Carla Quintana said that she prefers Fernando Gonzalez to Alexis Sanchez . According to the beauty, who appeared during the celebration of the successes of the Chilean team at the World Championships in South Africa (the team reached the 1/8 finals, where they lost to the Brazilians), soon after the end of the World Cup she realized that tennis brought her truly heavenly pleasure. Carla says that she loves to run around the court and hit the ball with her racket.

The detained president of the Freestyle Wrestling Federation of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Kulibab, and his deputy, Oleg Gyrzin, are being tested for involvement in the disappearance of the restaurateur, which occurred this summer. “The detainees will face interrogation in connection with the investigation of a case that was opened in the summer regarding the disappearance of restaurateur Alexei Zakharenko,” a source in the UPC told Lifenews .

On Wednesday, the International Federation of Association Football ( FIFA ) published an updated ranking list of national teams. The Russian national team , which last month made an impressive breakthrough from 25th to 10th place, this time again fell out of the top ten teams in the world. Having lost three positions, the Russians are in thirteenth place. FIFA ranking (November) eleven). Spain – 1920 2 (2). Netherlands – 1718 3 (3). Brazil – 1493 4 (4). Germany – 1489 5 (5).

November 17, 2010, 21:19 The FSB has published the daily ration standards for its employees The draft order on the diet of employees of the Federal Security Service and their animals was published on Wednesday on the FSB website . According to this order, the individual daily food ration of a service employee, among other things, consists of 250 grams of canned meat and the same amount of vegetables.

17 November 2010, 19:41 Renault: Petrov has a good chance of remaining in the team Eric Bouillet , head of the Renault Formula 1 team, for which Vitaly Petrov competes, said that the Russian has a good chance of remaining in the French team. “The weekend in Abu Dhabi was very good for Vitaly,” Bouillet told Autosport .

17 November 2010, 17:16 The RSPP approved amendments to the 60-hour work week The Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs ( RSPP ) on Wednesday approved controversial amendments to the Labor Code that give employers the opportunity to increase the working week to 60 hours. According to Deputy Chairman of the RSPP Fyodor Prokopov, the bureau “generally approved” the amendments prepared by the Committee on the Labor Market and Personnel Strategies.

— 17.11.2010 01:56 — In Ramenskoye, Moscow Region, unknown masked men attacked a Pension Fund employee - after brutally beating the woman, they stole gold jewelry and 20 thousand rubles, Life News reports . After the attack, the woman was hospitalized in shock with a broken nose and facial bruises. The number of attackers and the exact motives for the crime are being established. According to a law enforcement source, the woman is not yet ready to testify. "Gazeta.Ru"

17 November 2010, 14:45 Russian businessman Yuri Milner may invest in Twitter Russian businessman and co-owner of the Internet holding Mail.ru Group , Yuri Milner intends to invest in Twitter, reports Market Watch . Milner's company has already invested in Facebook Inc., Zynga Game Network Inc. and Groupon Inc. The businessman said that he is considering about 25-30 private companies as investment projects.

17 November 2010, 02:37 Ex-prosecutor's office employee sentenced to two years in prison for violating traffic rules resulting in death Former senior assistant prosecutor of the Frunzensky district of St. Petersburg Andrei Tarasov , found guilty of violating traffic rules that negligently resulted in the death of a person, was sentenced to two years in prison to be served in a penal colony.

November 17, 2010, 21:28 The Russian Consulate General received permission to meet with Bout The Russian Consulate General in New York received permission to have a consular meeting with Viktor Bout , who was extradited to the United States on Tuesday, but were unable to contact him. “We received permission to hold a consular meeting, but, unfortunately, we have not yet been able to contact Viktor Bout.

November 17, 2010, 21:54 Messi's goal brought Argentina victory over Brazil Friendly matches of football teams take place on Wednesday. The national teams of Argentina and Brazil met in Doha. The Argentina team won with a score of 1:0. Goal: Messi, 90+2. Spartak Moscow defender Nicolas Pareja made his debut in the Argentina national team . He played the entire match for his team. Gazeta.Ru conducted an online broadcast of this match.