May 23, 2012, 12:14 News Tens of thousands of Canadians took to the streets to protest against the new law on rallies Tens of thousands of Canadians took to the streets to protest against the new law on rallies, writes the Toronto Star . “It’s a shame that the government chose the path of repression rather than negotiation,” one protester told reporters. “We are protesting against the unjust law on rallies, which turns us into criminals,” added another protest participant.

Russia will become a full member of the nuclear energy agency of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) from January 1, 2013, Prime reports . Exchange letters on Russia's accession to the agency were signed on Wednesday in Paris as part of the OECD forum. The document was signed by Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrei Denisov , Deputy Head of Rosatom Nikolai Spassky and OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría .

In the Kemerovo region, a court sentenced the director of a psychoneurological boarding home with a department for mentally retarded children, Boris Gridaev, to 1 year and 8 months probation for extorting “donations” from students for the needs of the boarding school, reports the official website of the Investigative Committee .

A clutch of “dinosaur eggs” found in Chechnya turned out to be a pile of stones, Sciences, told RIA Novosti Kirill Eskov , a senior researcher at the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of .

Vladimir Putin appointed the chairman of the board of directors of Uralvagonzavod Evgeny Shkolov as his new assistant; became an adviser to the president the great-great-grandson of Leo Tolstoy, Vladimir Tolstoy, . The corresponding decree is posted on the Kremlin website . Shkolov became the second employee of the plant who supported Putin after the parliamentary elections to take a post in the federal administration.

On Wednesday, an emergency occurred in the Czech Republic with a Russian An-30B aircraft from military unit 62632 “B”. There were 23 people on board the plane - nine military from the Czech Republic and 14 military from Russia, Vladimir Lukovsky, head of the press center of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, told Gazeta.Ru. “They arrived as part of a five-day official visit to the Czech Republic, as part of the Open Skies Treaty.

Japanese automaker Mazda Motor Corp is in talks with Italy's Fiat SpA to create a joint venture, a source familiar with the situation said. In this way, Mazda is trying to find ways to improve its business after breaking its strategic alliance with the American Ford Motor Co. The agreement with Fiat will not include any capital swaps, the source said. Mazda suffered losses for the fourth year in a row due to the high yen.

Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi, who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden , has been sentenced to 33 years in prison, the BBC reports . Shakil Afridi has been found guilty of treason for running a bogus vaccination program in Abbottabad to use DNA samples to determine whether Osama bin Laden was in the city. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Pakistani authorities to release the doctor on the grounds that his work served the interests of both America and Pakistan itself.

The new Voronezh-M radar station of the missile attack warning system in the Irkutsk region has been put on experimental combat duty, RIA Novosti reports . “This is a unique station with enormous potential for increasing combat capabilities, which has become the next link in solving the strategic tasks set by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. It plays a key role in the missile attack warning system,” said Lieutenant General Oleg Ostapenko .

issue a bank card, the interest from transactions on which will go to the Anti-Corruption Fund (the organization is included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice) of Alexei Navalny can The National Reserve Bank newspaper reports , the Izvestia , citing the owner of the bank, Alexander Lebedev. “I really like this idea, I’m ready to discuss the details of the project after Navalny is released from prison,” Lebedev told reporters.

The winner of the 4th season of the Russian-Italian literary Gorky Prize 2012 was the writer, Russian Booker winner Olga Slavnikova . The jury of the Gorky Prize, which includes famous writers, Slavists, experts in literary criticism and translation from Italy and Russia, noted Slavnikova’s book “Immortal” (2001). At one time, the writer accused the creators of the sensational German film “Goodbye Lenin!” of plagiarism.

A Russian An-30 military aircraft crash-landed in the Czech Republic and caught fire, 19 people were injured, most of them in serious condition, RIA Novosti reports, citing local media. According to their information, the incident occurred at the airfield in the city of Caslav. As press secretary of the Czech General Staff Jana Ruzickova told the Czech news agency CTK, there were 23 people on board the Russian plane - 14 Russian citizens and nine Czechs.

The statements made after the appointment of ex-ministers to the presidential administration that all decisions after President Vladimir Putin took office will be made only in the Kremlin are incorrect, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters .

23 May 2012, 13:19 Culture “The life of a ballet dancer consists of adventures” Interview with ballerina Natalia Osipova Kirill Matveev close 100% World ballet star Natalya Osipova told Gazeta.Ru about her love for realism, improvisation on stage, Maya Plisetskaya’s dance and personal tours in America, as well as the role of Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, performed at the Mikhailovsky Theater. — As I understand, “Swan Lake” is your challenge to public opinion.

Analysis of special genetic marks in the DNA of cod and three other species of commercial fish allows you to quickly determine the source of the catch and understand whether it was caught legally or in violation of fishing laws, RIA Novosti reports , citing a publication in the journal Nature Communications .