A strong earthquake occurred in Mexico, the echoes of which were felt in the capital of the country, where buildings shook, but there are still no reports of destruction in Mexico City. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.8 and the epicenter was in the southern state of Guerrero. “I felt it good, my lamp was shaking, the table was shaking too,” said Alexandra Cadavid, who lives in an apartment in Mexico City.

06 May 2011, 20:05 Business Friedman's shelf The Stockholm arbitration court allowed the exchange of shares between British Petroleum and the state company Rosneft, Petr Kanaev , Rustem Falyakhov The Stockholm arbitration court allowed the exchange of shares between BP and Rosneft according to the scenario that the Russian shareholders of TNK-BP insisted on: the Russian-British joint venture should be admitted to the Arctic alliance.

Borjomi mineral water will be allowed on the Russian market only on the condition that Georgia ensures high quality and safety of the product, Interfax reports , citing a statement by the head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko . “We have one political demand. Our policy requirement is to ensure the quality and safety of these products. If they ensure quality, we will allow these products,” he noted.

Famous sports journalist, television and radio commentator Georgy Sarkisyants died in Moscow at the age of 78, his wife Tatyana reported. He died after a long illness in the Botkin hospital. Sarkisyants was born on March 16, 1934. He studied at MGIMO , after the merger of the Institute of Oriental Studies and MGIMO in 1954 he moved to Leningrad State University to the journalism department of the philological faculty.

At the 78th year of his life, after a long illness, the famous sports journalist, as well as television and radio commentator Georgy Sarkisyants died in the Botkin hospital, Interfax reports. Sarkisyants began working at the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company in 1959.

United Russia is creating a service for working with social networks. By September of this year, accounts on social networks will be created for the majority of party deputies: Twitter, Live Journal, VKontakte, the head of the United Russia project “Runet Development”, a member of the Duma Committee on Information Policy and Information Technologies, told RIA Novosti on Thursday. and communications Robert Schlegel .

The operational group of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations carried out an inspection and did not find burning peat bogs in the Sergiev Posad district of the Moscow region, which were previously announced by a Greenpeace representative, said the head of the press service of the Moscow region department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Svetlana Anatolyeva.

, the fuel crisis To the surprise of analysts that arose in Russia, a hydrocarbon exporting country , began to manifest itself abroad. Western media, primarily newspapers in the USA and Italy, write about the steadily rising price of gasoline, which has caused a sharp decrease in demand for fuel, and has also greatly increased the number of people wanting to use public transport.

Vnukovo as a gift Vnukovo assets will be transferred to federal ownership under a gift agreement The assets of the Moscow Vnukovo Airport, which currently belong to Moscow, can be transferred to federal ownership on the basis of a donation agreement. On behalf of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, by April 30, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Transport were to submit proposals on the method of transferring the airport’s assets.

US President Barack Obama on Thursday visited Ground Zero, the site of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York, reports the Associated Press . twin towers fell He laid a wreath at the memorial erected at the site where the two World Trade Center . The President also honored the memory of the victims with a minute of silence, greeted the relatives of the victims, police officers, and representatives of current and former New York city authorities. Refrained from speaking publicly.

for the Trans-Baikal Territory Olga Levonenkova guilty of accepting bribes The Central District Court of Chita found former inspector of the traffic police battalion of the Internal Affairs Directorate for returning driver's licenses to motorists whose licenses were confiscated for offenses. The press service of the investigative department reports that Levonenkova was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony with a deferment of the sentence until her child reaches 14 years of age.

Qualifying round matches are taking place at the IIHF World Championship on Thursday in Slovakia. In Group F, the Swiss team met with the Norwegian team and lost with a score of 2:3 (0:2, 1:0, 1:1). Pucks scored: 0-1. Holös (Bonsaksen, M.Ulimb), 08:47 0-2. Skröder (Holyos, M. Ulimb), 19:55 1-2. Monnet (Sprunger Zeger), 28:35 1-3. Forsberg (Holtet), 42:48 2-3.

The parents of journalist Anastasia Baburova , who was killed along with lawyer Stanislav Markelov , demand 5 million rubles from Nikita Tikhonov , who was found guilty of murder, for moral suffering, a Gazeta.Ru correspondent reports from the courtroom. Tikhonov's lawyer Alexander Vasiliev objected that no documents were provided confirming the depth of moral suffering of the victims. In turn, Judge Alexander Zamashnyuk noted that the victims were recognized as civil plaintiffs.

In the Suleiman-Stalsky district of Dagestan, a guilty verdict was passed against a schoolgirl who, on December 14, 2010, called the editorial office of the program “Conversation with Vladimir Putin ” and told the operator deliberately false information about an impending terrorist act in the Moscow region, the press service prosecutor’s office of the republic’s reported. . A criminal case was opened under Art.

Starting this year, Intel will use 3D chip manufacturing technology, which will make it possible to develop more capable smartphones and tablet computers without increasing the load on the battery. Intel's competitors are also exploring similar technologies; 3D chips have been talked about for 10 years, but the corporation may begin producing new chips before its competitors. This will help the company gain a foothold in the smartphone market, analysts expect.