March 16, 2012, 11:08 Society Lawyers claim for poverty On Friday, lawyers from the Perm Territory and the Udmurt Republic did not go to work, protesting against low pay. Daria Zagvozdina close 100% About two thousand lawyers went on strike in Perm and Udmurtia. Lawyers did not show up for work and are demanding wage indexation: for one day of work they receive 300 rubles. On Friday, lawyers in the Perm region and Udmurtia went on strike to protest low wages for state-appointed defense lawyers.

March 16, 2012, 02:46 Business Oil futures price in London fell to $123.17 The cost of April futures for North Sea Brent crude oil on the London ICE Exchange fell by $1.89 following trading results. Thus, its price was $123.17 per barrel.

March 16, 2012, 07:59 News North Korea to launch satellite for Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday North Korea said on Friday that it will launch an artificial Earth satellite in April 2012, Reuters reports . The launch will coincide with the 100th birthday of the republic's founder, Kim Il Sung, which is celebrated in North Korea as a public holiday on April 15.

The pharmaceutical market expects the arrival of many biosimilar drugs, the safety and effectiveness of which will require increased monitoring.

The Ministry of Justice provided President Dmitry Medvedev with information about the reasons for the refusal of the People's Freedom Party (PARNAS) in state registration, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Justice.

On Thursday, a man in a coma with a closed craniocerebral injury was taken from the police department to the central hospital of the city of Gatchina, Leningrad Region, according to the website of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The incident occurred a week after the high-profile death of 52-year-old Sergei Nazarov , who died at the Dalniy police station in Kazan after being bullied by police.

The average accrued wage in Russia (taking into account higher paid categories of workers) is about three times the subsistence minimum established for the working population. This was stated on Friday at an extended meeting of the board of the Russian Ministry of Health and Social Development by the Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions, Mikhail Shmakov .

March 16, 2012, 1:08 p.m. Sport Twente striker de Jong: the Germans showed their best football Twente forward Luuk de Jong shared his impressions of the match with Schalke in the 1/8 finals of the Europa League ( 1:4 ). “We had a good first half overall, but Schalke’s penalty sucked all the energy out of us,” de Jong was quoted as saying by the UEFA official website . “After that it was hard for us, and the Germans showed their best football.

The opposition movement “Breakthrough”, after the failed “White Ring” action on March 5, during which it was planned to form a living ring around the Kremlin, plans to hold night vigils on Manezhnaya Square on the night of March 17-18. This is stated in the movement's press release received by Interfax . “On March 17, from 23.00 on Manezhnaya Square near the Zhukov monument, we plan to hold night vigils in the form of single pickets.

March 16, 2012, 16:36 Cars Officials will be put on a “screwdriver” The Ministry of Economic Development proposes to limit officials from purchasing expensive cars under government orders Roman Kondratyev close 100% The Ministry of Economic Development proposes to transfer minor officials to domestically produced cars, leaving the right to buy luxury foreign cars only to persons subject to state protection.

close You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos Hatchbacks are a completely European theme, and Russia has always been a country with conservative tastes and a love for sedans. Beyond the Urals they generally prefer “sheds” and single-volume vehicles. What motivates Chevrolet, which is presenting a five-door variation of the Cruze in Russia with strong sales of the sedan of this model? A Gazeta.Ru correspondent was looking for an ace up his sleeve.

March 16, 2012, 3:01 pm Sport The quarterfinal pairs of the Champions League have been determined: Real and Barcelona did not meet each other The draw for the 1/4 finals of the Champions League took place on Friday in Nyon, Switzerland.

Sport Behind the Netherlands and Ukraine Russia will start the next Euroseason in ninth place Rustam Sharafutdinov close 100% Miron Markevich congratulates the Metalist players on reaching the 1/4 finals of the League of Legends Reuters Russia, after the defeat of CSKA by Real Madrid, has lost all its representatives in the current European Cups. This means that our country will start the next season, 2012/2013, in ninth place after the Netherlands and Ukraine.

— 16.03.2012 22:41 — Russian tennis player Andrey Kuznetsov failed to make it to the Challenger final in Moroccan Rabat, losing to Italian Filippo Volandri (1) with a score of 6:2, 4:6, 2:6. In the final, Volandry will play with Slovakian Martin Klizan (6). You can view statistics and results of other matches on the tennis page . "Gazeta.Ru"

Sport "Metalist" escaped in Piraeus Metalist reached the quarter finals of the Europa League Rustam Sharafutdinov close Fernando Amorebieta's aerial duel with a Mancunian player The joy of the fans in Bilbao New PSV coach in the match with Valencia Philippe Cocu Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea after conceding a goal Oscar de Marcos is perplexed You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos Kharkiv Metalist, losing at the end of the second half, scored two saving goals