The President of the Moscow Bar Association, Henry Reznik, initiated disciplinary proceedings against lawyer Dagir Khasavov , RIA Novosti reports with reference to Reznik’s assistant Alexander Voronin. Thus, the Ministry of Justice’s proposal to deprive Khasavov of his lawyer status will be considered by the qualification commission of the Bar Chamber. However, the initiation of disciplinary proceedings “does not mean that the lawyer is already guilty,” Voronin noted .

The number of victims as a result of a double terrorist attack in the Syrian capital Damascus has reached 55 people, at least 372 were injured, Reuters reports citing Syrian state television. Two explosions occurred in the morning in Damascus near the highway leading to the international airport . After the explosions, a shootout began. At the moment, doctors and rescuers are working at the scene. The government is calling on volunteers to urgently donate blood for victims.

The Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the Sakhalin Region is conducting an investigation into the disappearance of two schoolchildren on May 7 during a mass ascent to Chekhov Peak dedicated to Victory Day, Interfax reports .

If I were a woman ( like Zhvanetsky wanted to be one for at least half an hour to find out how they feel), I would fight for their rights. How much has been written about what is not good when they perform in orange vests

10 May 2012, 13:11 News Governor of the Leningrad Region Serdyukov resigned early Governor of the Leningrad Region Valery Serdyukov , whose powers expire on July 9, has officially resigned, RIA Novosti reports . “I wrote a statement of my own free will. Now the president must sign it. I have not yet decided where and with whom I will work next,” the former head of the region wrote in his microblog on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/VPSerdukov.

May 10, 2012, 10:10 Business Russian stock trading opened mixed Russian stock markets opened in different directions. The RTS index lost 0.74%, amounting to 1,470.09 points. The MICEX rose by 0.46%, reaching 1390.37 points.

Bishop Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk appealed to the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachev, with a request to prevent gallery owner Marat Gelman from holding exhibitions in Krasnodar . reports this Interfax . “Gelman’s work, in our opinion, has nothing to do with genuine culture and is aimed at inciting interreligious and interethnic hatred.

Farewell to the oldest actor of the Maly Theater, People's Artist of Russia Gennady Sergeev will take place on Saturday at 11.00 in the Shchepkinsky foyer of the Maly Theater. Sergeev died on May 6 in a Moscow hospital after a serious long-term illness. A graduate of the Shchepkin Higher Theater School, Gennady Dmitrievich joined the Maly Theater troupe in 1942, where he served all his life.

A Greek court of first instance on Thursday rejected the Russian fund Energia's request to impose an injunction on the privatization process of the Greek gas company DEPA, from which the fund had previously been excluded, the Greek privatization agency HRADF reported. The privatization of the gas company continues “as normal,” the statement said.

On Victory Day, unknown persons placed several portraits of Adolf Hitler on the streets of St. Petersburg, accompanied by Nazi slogans, Interfax reports . “A large banner with a portrait of Hitler was placed at the Leninsky Prospekt railway station, in addition, another similar portrait appeared on the parapet near house 6 on Palace Embankment,” said the agency’s source in law enforcement .

May 10, 2012, 03:00 Business Oil futures price in London fell to $112.38 The cost of June futures for North Sea Brent crude oil on the London ICE exchange decreased by $0.68. Thus, its price was $112.38 per barrel.

10 May 2012, 18:42 Business Eni caught taking a bribe in Kashagan Milan prosecutors suspect Eni of paying bribes in Kazakhstan Maria Malysheva The Milan prosecutor's office suspects the Italian energy company Eni of paying a large bribe during the conclusion of contracts for the development of the Kashagan oil and gas field in Kazakhstan, reports the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera .

The canvas of the American artist, a native of Russia, Mark Rothko, “Orange, Red, Yellow” (1956) was sold at Christie's auction in New York for $86.9 million, which became a new record for works of contemporary art. The buyer's name has not been disclosed. The preliminary estimate for the painting was $35-45 million.

The Russian FSB was able to establish that during 2012–2014 terrorists planned to commit terrorist acts during the preparation and holding of the Olympic Games, the information center of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee reported to Gazeta.Ru. In February 2012, a courier was detained on the territory of Abkhazia, from whom 300 detonators were seized. According to the NAC , they were delivered to Abkhazia from Georgia.

Icelandic singer Björk, due to illness, will not be able to perform at the Afisha Picnic festival, which will be held on July 21 at the Moscow Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve, according to the official website of Afisha magazine.