22 May 2012, 17:23 Politics Fines will increase with decreasing The State Duma increased fines for rallies Ekaterina Vinokurova close 100% Alexander Sidyakin at the plenary meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation ITAR-TASS The State Duma adopted in the first reading a law on a multiple increase in fines for participation in unauthorized rallies.

May 22, 2012, 00:54 Business Oil futures price in London rose to $108.81 The cost of July futures for North Sea Brent crude oil on the London ICE exchange increased by $1.67 following trading results. Thus, its price was $108.81 per barrel.

May 22, 2012, 17:30 News The State Duma adopted in the first reading a law on increasing fines for rallies The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill to increase fines for violating the procedure for holding rallies to one and a half million rubles, RIA Novosti reports . With the required 226 votes, 236 deputies voted for the bill. 207 voted against, one deputy abstained.

For Vasily Yakemenko, a particular dress is completely inorganic. In a tie with a thick knot, he looks like a cold schoolboy whose mother, despite the May heat, put on a scarf. But it was in this wild appearance, not at all Seligerian, that he appeared at a press conference in Interfax . The situation obliges us: we are now creating a “Party in Power”, agreed upon with the Kremlin.

Gunmen opened fire at a protest rally in Pakistan's largest city Karachi, killing at least 10 people. At least 20 more rally participants were injured, the BBC Russian service reports . In addition, several shops and about a dozen cars were set on fire. The shooting reportedly began as hundreds of opposition activists marched through the city's main shopping district to protest calls for the creation of a new province for the city's majority Urdu-speaking residents.

May 22, 2012, 10:34 Culture Corrected to believe A retrospective exhibition of Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky opened Velimir Moist close 100% A two-part retrospective exhibition of Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky opened at Winzavod and the Triumph gallery. True, the renowned duo decisively transformed the genre of “report on the work done” into “work on mistakes”, presenting to the public recently completed canvases from the category of unsuccessful ones.

22 May 2012, 13:59 Cars Nissan expanded to AvtoVAZ Nissan will assemble five models in Russia in St. Petersburg, two in Tolyatti Vladimir Litvinov close 100% Nissan expands production in St. Petersburg ITAR-TASS Nissan Motor Co. invests 167 million euros in production near St. Petersburg. The plant will assemble five models, and production capacity is planned to increase to 100 thousand cars per year.

Chrome browser According to the results of last week, the Google Internet Explorer in popularity for the first time surpassed its main competitor Microsoft , taking first place in the world market, according to data from the statistics service StatCounter. According to the service, the share of Chrome for the week from May 14 to 20 was 32.76%, and Internet Explorer - 31.94%.

A group of bioengineers from Stanford University - Jerome Bonnet, Pakpoom Subsoonthorn and Drew Andy - have announced the creation of the first rewritable and non-volatile digital memory module based on DNA. The device uses technology for reversible inversion (turning 180 degrees) of certain sections of DNA using recombinase enzymes - proteins that cut, turn over and recombine sections of DNA.

Russia considers the reburial with honors in Kaunas of the head of the collaborationist Lithuanian provisional government Juozas Ambrazyavichyus a blatant mockery of the memory of thousands of Jews, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich . The solemn reburial ceremony took place on Sunday.

Honored Artist of Russia Alexei Vanin has passed away. All-Union fame came to him overnight after the main role in the film “World Champion,” released in 1954. In it, Vanin played the village blacksmith Ilya Gromov, who became the world champion in classical wrestling. The film crew searched for a long time for an actor to play the role of Gromov and, from three candidates who passed, in modern terminology, the casting, they chose master of sports Vanin .

Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government , who oversaw the fuel and energy complex, Igor Sechin headed Rosneft, a state-owned company with a capitalization of 2.1 trillion rubles. “I have just signed a directive to the board of directors of Rosneft for you to take the position of head of the executive body of this company,” Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said during a meeting with Sechin on Tuesday.

The Indonesian National Transport Safety Committee announced that it will continue to search for the parametric “black box” of the crashed Superjet-100 aircraft. This was reported by the Jakarta Globe . As the department stated, without a parametric recorder, it will be difficult for the investigation to establish the causes of the disaster. Earlier, Indonesian and Russian rescuers stopped searching for the Superjet “black box”, which recorded parametric data about the flight.

May 22, 2012 at 12:45 pm Opinions Freedom of conscience versus freedom of speech By launching criminal prosecution of Pussy Riot, the authorities opened the floodgates of public discontent with the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church Damir Gainutdinov , Pavel Chikov close 100% The Russian Orthodox Church has actually become the Ministry of Religious Affairs ITAR-TASS Russia is moving along the path of Saudi Arabia and Iran, demonstrating the fusion of the state and the religious

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday announced the dismissal of one of its employees who, while serving as a diplomat in Brazil, allegedly molested girls in the pool. According to Brazilian media, we are talking about 51-year-old Iranian diplomat Hekmatollah Ghorbani, who allegedly touched four girls aged nine to 15 while swimming in the pool. The girls' parents called the police, who arrested the diplomat.