The Estonian newspaper Eesti Pävaleht writes that on Tuesday an accountant was arrested for robbing the Estonian Automobile Register Center of about 10 million kroons. Malle Kram, 60, who has recently led a defiantly luxurious lifestyle, was arrested along with an accomplice, whose name the police did not disclose, BNS reports.

In Blagoveshchensk, Amur Region, an invasion of ladybugs was noted. According to an Interfax correspondent, thousands of insects filled the city, penetrating into houses and offices. They also made traffic on the roads very difficult, because they simply cover up the windshields of cars. Nikolai Mashchenko, a researcher at the Soybean Institute, who deals with the protection of agricultural plants from pests, said that the insects that attacked the city are useful.

Citizens of Chechnya have begun to receive compensation for completely destroyed housing and lost property from today, Stanislav Ilyasov, the Federal Minister for Chechen Affairs, told reporters on Friday. It is reported by RIA Novosti. "Today, funds have been credited to personal accounts of citizens of the Chechen Republic, whose housing was completely destroyed and their property lost," Ilyasov said.

735 sea urchins were seized during a joint raid by police officers, maritime inspection and border guards from poachers on Sakhalin in the natural park "Moneron Island". According to Gazeta.ru, the Information Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Far Eastern Federal District told Interfax on Thursday that a group of 12 poachers was on the island.

Late Wednesday evening in the Oktyabrsky district of Novosibirsk, a fire broke out at a substation owned by the Eastern Electric Networks company. The regional Department of the State Fire Service told Interfax that the fire was localized three hours later, early Thursday morning, Gazeta.Ru reports. It is assumed that the cause of the fire was a short circuit in one of the phases of the autotransformer.

On Thursday, in broad daylight at the Ostankino television tower, unknown persons abducted a woman. As was informed Rosbalt in the capital's police department, at 12.45 Moscow time, unknown persons forcibly put a middle-aged woman in a green toned "nine" and disappeared in an unknown direction. About 12 people witnessed the incident. The operatives believe that what happened is not a television plot or a prank.

On Wednesday, a student at a school in the US state of Minnesota opened fire with a pistol on his classmates. As a result, he killed one and seriously injured another, said Cold Spring police chief Phil Jones, according to Reuters. A student who had just started studying at this educational institution started shooting at the gym during recess. One of the teachers managed to convince him to lay down his arms, after which the student, whose name was not disclosed, was detained by the police.

Barbara Lützeler, the only specialist in chicken psychology in Germany, has been practicing for a long time. According to Ananova.com, she helps chickens cope with neurosis or self-awareness. So, one of her patients considered herself a rooster and was very upset when she was not allowed to protect "her territory" from strangers. With the help of a psychologist, this chicken finally became self-determined and even learned to crow. Dr.

In the center of Moscow, a man was robbed of about 5 million rubles, RIA Novosti was told at the Moscow police department. Around 15.00 Moscow time, the man left the building of the Bank of Moscow near Taganskaya Square, where he received 4.7 million rubles. A few meters from the bank building, two intruders attacked him, stunned him and took away a sports bag with money. The attackers fled in a black BMW car. They are looking for robbers.

In the village of Mirny (Privolzhsky district of Kazan), a conscript threw a military-style explosive into a crowd of schoolchildren. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Thursday in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan. The incident happened around 10 a.m. Moscow time. The culprit of the incident, together with his colleagues, was heading to a suburban training ground to undergo planned exercises.

The third power unit of the Novovoronezh NPP was shut down after automatic protection was activated on Wednesday evening, the Rosenergoatom concern said in a statement. It is reported by RIA Novosti. The power unit of the nuclear power plant was "stopped due to a false operation of the protection for exceeding the level in the high-pressure heater," the concern said in a statement.

On Thursday, the Moscow City Court left in custody the head of the security department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Lieutenant-General Vladimir Ganeev, who is being investigated in a criminal case on abuses in law enforcement agencies, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Thus, the higher authority rejected the cassation appeal of his lawyer Vladimir Levin.

In the US, publisher Scholastic is launching a new ad campaign for Harry Potter books targeting a target group of 18 to 35 year olds, AP reports. The campaign will start in October. It will involve sites in Rolling Stone, US Weekly and Time Out New York magazines. In advertising for JK Rowling's book, cool gloomy bikers will be read to holes (the book is worth it to take an extra detour. - Ed.), fashionistas in evening dresses (invisible robes are the new fashion!) and skateboarders.

27 Israeli reservist pilots signed an open letter to the command in which they refused to bomb the homes of terrorist group activists. According to Ha'aretz, the letter was written by them last week, but so far 9 of them continue to be in active service. The Air Force command is going to transfer them to the reserve in the near future.

It's another fashion week in London. For five days, local designers showed everything that the "fashion laboratory" is famous for, as the British fashion industry is often called: from glamorous classics to shocking avant-garde, reports the BBC. London Fashion Week is one of the youngest in the world. It has grown from a modest 15 shows a week in 1994 to 50 this season. This year, in addition to the usual names such as Paul Smith and Julian McDonald, there will be many new ones.