RESULTS The opposition took a third of Moscow The opposition received up to a third of seats in Moscow municipal assemblies Following the results of municipal elections in Moscow, the opposition will receive a third of the mandates — 7.03.12 18:30 — TEXT: Ekaterina Vinokurova PHOTO: ITAR-TASS As a result of the municipal elections in Moscow, a third of the mandates will be received by the opposition - candidates from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, A Just Russia, and independent

11 March 2012, 13:05 Business FAS will evaluate iPad The FAS sent a request to the Federal Customs Service in connection with a recommendation to exempt Apple tablet computers from a five percent import duty Anastasia Matveeva The Federal Antimonopoly Service ( FAS ) sent a request to the Federal Customs Service in connection with the FCS tablet computers recommendation to exempt Apple from a five percent import duty.

07 March 2012, 23:53 Sport "Donbass" won the second match against "Titan" in the VHL playoff series The second matches of the 1/4 finals of the playoffs in the VHL Western Conference take place on Wednesday. “Donbass” (Donetsk) - “Titan” (Klin) 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0). The score in the series up to three wins is 2-0.

The Court of Appeal in Krakow on Wednesday will consider the appeal of the former first deputy prosecutor of the Moscow region, Alexander Ignatenko, against the decision of the Polish court on the possibility of extradition to Russia. As the press secretary of the appellate instance, Wojciech Dziuban, told RIA Novosti , the meeting is scheduled for 13.00 (16.00 Moscow time), the presence of the ex-prosecutor is not envisaged.

The Ministry of Defense has allocated 90 million rubles to modernize and expand the functionality of the official website of the department. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to a source in the Ministry of Defense. The allocation of additional funds became known the day after the Military Prosecutor's Office announced a criminal case regarding fraud in the modernization of the military department website .

Sport "Zenith" lost due to parasites" Valery Reingold about Zenit's departure from the Champions League Valery Reingold close From the first minutes a stubborn struggle began on the field None of the opponents wanted to give in Benfica looked better in the first half Maxi Pereira's strike gave the hosts the lead at half-time Fans at Da Luz were overjoyed You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos Gazeta.Ru expert Valery Reingold summed up Zenit’s performance in the Champions

Ukraine annually overpays about $3.75 billion under existing gas contracts with Russia, said at a meeting of the Ukrainian government the country's President Viktor Yanukovych . “We never thought we would be in this economic situation. Thanks to the shameful gas contracts of the previous government... we received an additional “gas tax” in the amount of 30 billion hryvnia,” Yanukovych said.

Lebedev will fight in Moscow for the third time in a row There is less than a month left until Denis Lebedev’s next fight. On April 4, the Russian will enter the ring against Barbadian Sean Cox. According to the manager of our boxer Vladimir Khryunov , the fight will take place in Moscow. “The contract for the fight has already been signed,” Khryunov told R-Sport. “It will be held in the Crocus City Hall in Moscow.” Lebedev is the interim WBA cruiserweight champion.

07 March 2012, 14:32 Culture From fairy tales to crime The official start of the Photobiennale 2012 at the Multimedia Art Museum Velimir Moist close You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos The official start of the 2012 Photo Biennale is accompanied by a series of exhibitions at the Multimedia Art Museum: the works of world celebrities William Klein and Sarah Moon stand side by side with photographs by Boris Reznikov and semi-anonymous photographers from the Los Angeles

07 March 2012, 06:08 Sport BC CSKA offered a contract to Maccabi forward Hendricks BC CSKA has offered a long-term contract to Maccabi Tel Aviv forward Richard Hendricks , reports Eurobasket.com . In the summer, the 26-year-old basketball player’s contract with his current team expires, and so far the parties cannot come to a new agreement.

Japan's Emperor Akihito, 78, who had heart surgery on Feb. 18 and was released from hospital two days ago, has been readmitted to the hospital and will have to undergo another operation. This time, doctors will have to remove fluid from his lungs, media reported, citing a representative of the Japanese Imperial Household. Another examination by doctors revealed fluid in the emperor’s lungs; on Wednesday, doctors will have to pump it out.

07 March 2012, 15:49 Society Hacker leaked to FBI FBI representatives officially confirmed at the trial that one of the leaders of Lulzsec handed over the hackers to the intelligence services. Daria Zagvozdina close 100% New details of the arrest of hackers of the Lulzsec group have become known. Security services officials officially confirmed that its leader helped them. Based on his testimony, American intelligence agencies were able to identify and arrest five Lulzsec participants.

A US court found famous financier Allen Stanford , who until 2009 was considered one of the richest people in America, guilty of fraud, the BBC reports . According to prosecutors, Stanford created a financial pyramid using a “Ponzi scheme” (when interest on investments is paid through the influx of new clients) and over 20 years attracted more than 30 thousand investors from approximately one hundred countries to the scheme.

In the Kamchatka Territory, a colony employee shot three people with a traumatic pistol. As , senior assistant to the head of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee (IC) for the Kamchatka Territory, Elena Matafonova clarified to Gazeta.Ru , the shooter is the head of the guard of IK-6 of the Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service ( UFSIN ) of Russia, the captain of the internal service.

March 07, 2012, 11:09 News Sokurov and Shevchuk wrote an appeal to Poltavchenko: detentions on Isaakievskaya are a shame for St. Petersburg Director Alexander Sokurov and musician Yuri Shevchuk sent an appeal to the city governor Georgy Poltavchenko regarding the detention of opposition rally participants on St. Isaac's Square in St. Petersburg during opposition rallies on March 5, Interfax reports .