Sergey Sidorsky. Frame "Channel One" The House of Representatives of the Belarusian Parliament agreed to the appointment of Sergei Sidorsky Prime Minister of Belarus, Interfax reports. “As a result of a secret vote in the consent of consent to the appointment of the Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky, 103 deputies out of 105 voted“ for ”, two people against,” the chairman of the Accounts Commission, deputy Alexander Svirid, said at a plenary meeting.

Sergey Yushenkov. Photo 'light Today in the Sakharov Center there will be an evening of memory of a prominent Russian democrat, Sergey Nikolayevich Yushenkov. The organizer of the evening is the movement "Democratic Russia". State Duma deputy Sergei Yushenkov was killed on April 17, 2003 at the entrance of his house on Svoboda Street. The customer of the murder was considered the co -chair of the liberal Russia party Mikhail Kodaev.

Photo from the BBC News website American archaeologists found in Africa (in the same area as the famous Lucy in the 1970s) the remains of a possible direct ancestor of a person who lived more than four million years ago. This find, according to scientists, is a missing link in the human evolution chain.

Pipeline. Photo from the site www.galaxy.com.ua Theft of oil from trunk pipelines with the aim of its illegal sale will be punishable by the state extremely harshly. According to the Independent Gazeta on Monday, the bill entering the State Duma from the United Russia group equalizes crimes of this kind with extremism, terrorism, bribery and laundering of criminal proceeds. Parliamentarians offer to consider "oil" affairs that are difficult, which almost never fall under an amnesty.

Ren-TV. On April 27, the Khamovnican Court of Moscow will begin to considerate the claim of the Federal Penitentiary Service (Federal Penitentiary Service) in Moscow to lawyers Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev, as well as to the REN TV channel and journalist Marianne Maximovskaya, RIA Novosti reports. The reason for this decision was the FSIN's petition to attract representatives of the investigative insulator "Sailor Silence" as interested parties.

United Russia. Photo from LJ-blog Drugoi United Russia will formulate its election program by the fall, with which he will be released in the State Duma of the next convocation. According to Kommersant on Monday, such a decision was made on Saturday at a meeting of the General Council of the party in Moscow.

Black caviar. Photo from Caviaramptor.org Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan will not be able to export black caviar this year. According to the Independent Gazeta on Monday, export quotas for these countries were not approved by the Convention on International Trade of the Views of the Wild Fauna and Fauna of the UN. To export 44.37 tons of caviar allowed Iran, although from January 1, 2006, the organization banned the export of black caviar for all countries of the Caspian region.

Syria Vice President Faruk al-Shara (left). Photo AFP Syria begins funding in favor of Palestinian autonomy. According to AFP, the President of the country Bashar al-Asad made such a decision the day before. According to the Vice President of the country Faruk al-Shara, in the near future bank accounts will be opened, to which people will be able to transfer money. The details of the accounts will be published in local media.

Oscar Kaibyshev. Photo from Newsru.com The Supreme Court of Bashkiria will continue to hear the criminal case against the physicist Oscar Kaybyshev, accused of espionage in favor of South Korea, RIA Novosti reports. The scientist is charged with illegal export of materials and technologies, abuse of authority and embezzlement on an especially large scale. At first, physicist was also accused of disclosing GOSTaina, but then removed the charge for unprovenness.

The policeman is chasing a young offender. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru The policemen who beat a 12-year-old boy who beat last week in Moscow, will be dismissed, Independent Gazeta writes on Monday. The senior sergeants of the police Ryabov and Starkov are still listed in the police, but have already been removed from execution, the chairman of the Basmann ATS told the publication.

Traulers in the Barents Sea. Frame NTV The Norwegian coastal guard was arrested by the Russian fisherman trawler. According to Echo of Moscow, for violating the rules of fishing in the Barents Sea, the vehicle was detained. At the moment, it is located in the port of the city of Vads. On board the trawler is about 40 tons of fish. Now the captain of the Russian ship faces a fine of more than $ 2 thousand, and a trailer can be a fine of 15 thousand dollars.

Svetlana Gannushkina. Photo from the site www.novayagazeta.ru On April 18, the law "On non -governmental and non -profit organizations" comes into force. Our correspondent met with the chairman of the Civil Promotion Committee, a member of the Council of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" and a member of the Council of the President of Russia for the promotion of the development of civil society institutions and human rights, Svetlana Gannushkina.

The Ministry of Justice From today in Russia, the law on non -governmental organizations comes into force. From now on, the activities of all non -profit public organizations will be controlled by the state represented by the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice will check the activities of all associations and organizations for compliance with the legislation and declared goals.

Baikal. Photo from the site www.agniart.ru At the referendum last Sunday, residents of the Irkutsk region and the Ust-Horde Buryat Autonomous Okrug spoke out for the unification of two subjects of the Federation. According to RIA Novosti, this was reported in the election commissions of the regions. According to preliminary data, 89.76 percent voted in the Irkutsk region for "for", 97.79 percent in the autonomous district.

Handcuffs. Photo from Newsru.com The prosecutor's office of the Voronezh region charged three teenagers suspected of beating a native of Vietnam, Russian citizen Chan Ngoka Binya. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the senior assistant to the regional prosecutor Galina Gorshkova.