October 24, 2012, 21:52 Society Special operation without arrest A special operation to detain suspects in the assassination attempt on the mufti has ended in Kazan Maxim Solopov close 100% A special operation to detain suspects in the assassination attempt on the Mufti of Tatarstan and the murder of his deputy, committed in July, has ended in Kazan. During the two assaults, two alleged criminals were killed, an FSB officer was killed, and another was wounded.

— 24.10.2012 14:27 — Former major of the State Security Service of Ukraine Nikolai Melnichenko, who was put on the international wanted list, was detained on Wednesday at Boryspil airport. reports this Interfax with reference to the press center of the Security Service of Ukraine.

Russian powerlifting champion Evgeny Fedyakin was the victim of a car accident that happened near Novosibirsk on Monday. As a result of an unsuccessful maneuver, a Toyota car driven by a friend of the athlete ended up under a dump truck near the village of Urgun. The driver of the foreign car, who also died on the spot, was deprived of his license for 36 months in 2011 for driving while intoxicated, but this did not stop him from driving.

The Kazan Human Rights Center (KHC) reports new facts of torture in the Kazan police. Human rights activists distributed a video recording the death of a detainee, who was tied up in the “Swallow” position by police from the Yudino department. The incident occurred back in February, but the details of the death of the 45-year-old man became known only now: immediately after the incident, the investigative authorities refused to open a criminal case into his death.

The scandalous model Katie Price has changed her mind about marrying Argentine model Leandro Penna, with whom Moreover, the couple announced their separation. Perhaps Price just can't forget her ex-husband, MMA fighter Alex Reed . “Leo and I had a wonderful and fun time for several years,” said the 34-year-old beauty.

A protest has begun in Guatemala, in which several hundred representatives of the country's indigenous peoples are taking part, the BBC reports . Demonstrators are demanding a fair trial of the military, who earlier in October used weapons against rally participants who demanded a reversal of the decision to increase electricity prices. Six Indians were killed during clashes between protesters and security forces.

The solemn ceremony of naming the 114th and 116th elements of the periodic table, first synthesized by physicists from Dubna near Moscow, will take place on October 24 in the Moscow Central House of Scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences . Element number 114 was obtained in 2000 by bombarding a plutonium-242 target with calcium-48 nuclei at a cyclotron, and element 116 was obtained in 2004 in the reaction of calcium-48 and curium-245.

October 24, 2012, 18:25 Business Do not collect and do not pay Gazprom lost for the first time in a take-or-pay case Alexey Topalov close 100% RWE achieved the abolition of the take or pay principle in supplies to Gazprom Reuters Gazprom lost for the first time in court on a fundamental condition of international contracts - the take-or-pay scheme. The Vienna Arbitration confirmed the right of the Czech RWE Transgas to reduce purchase volumes without penalties.

Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko said that the media incorrectly interpreted his statement addressed to citizens who greeted the motorcade of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with insulting gestures , Fontanka.Ru reports . “I am truly saddened and upset that some of the media... have overly broadly interpreted my specific statement. I assessed the behavior of individual people...

The first automated intercepting parking lots will appear before the end of 2012 at five Moscow metro stations, the press service of JSC Russian Railways reported on Wednesday. In 2011, Russian Railways and the Moscow government signed an agreement on cooperation in the implementation of projects to create 63 transport hubs near railway stations and the metro with the development of adjacent territories.

October 25, 2012, 08:35 Business Tutors for Intel Capital Runa and Intel Capital invest in Eruditor Anastasia Matveeva close 100% funds of The Intel Capital and Runa Capital Sergei Belousov , Alexander Galitsky and Dmitry Chikhachev invested $4 million in the Russian aggregator of private specialist services Eruditor Group, the companies said in a joint statement. The company manages projects for the selection of professionals: tutors, trainers, stylists, doctors, etc.

in an apartment in Kazan, where criminals were blocked Law enforcement officers found an explosive equivalent to 1.5 kilograms of TNT on Wednesday, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan . On Wednesday, operatives blocked criminals in a residential building on Khimikov Street in Kazan. Two criminals were killed. was mortally wounded during the battle An FSB officer .

October 24, 2012, 10:39 Cars Mercedes came to teach Russians how to drive fast A Gazeta.Ru correspondent attended the opening of the Mercedes AMG Driving Academy driving school Anatoly Karavaev close You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos The AMG Driving Academy has opened a driving school at the new Moscow Raceway race track near Moscow.

Euro zone government debt soared in the second quarter to reach 90% of the bloc's GDP, data from the European Union's statistical office (Eurostat) showed on Wednesday. According to Reuters , Greece has the highest debt among eurozone countries, whose debt in the second quarter amounted to €300.807 billion, or 150.3% of its GDP. Thus, Greece’s public debt increased from 136.9% of GDP, or €280.423 billion, compared to the first quarter of this year.

The international organization Human Rights Watch ( HRW ) believes that the law adopted by the State Duma, expanding the concept of “treason,” threatens human rights, and calls on President Vladimir Putin not to sign it, according to the service’s website. The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe should check the new law for compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights, said the head of HRW in Europe and Central Asia, Hugh Williamson.