Helicopter. Photo from the site cursorinfo.co.il In Iraq, a civilian helicopter of the Georgian airline Tusheti crashed. According to the Rustavi-2 channel, there are no dead, out of eight people on board, three were injured. They are sent to an American military hospital. According to representatives of the airline, the reason for the crash is aside, but it is already known that this is not a terrorist attack.

Jean Bodriyar. Photo from the site adliterate.com In Paris, Jean Bodriyar, a famous philosopher, sociologist and culturalist, died. He died at the age of 77, CNN reports with reference to its publisher. The scientist died at home after a long and serious illness. The sociologist by education, Bodriyar gained fame thanks to his theory of hyperreality and simulation.

Bribe. Photo from the site Press.try.md On charges of receiving a bribe, a major official of the Federal Insurance Supervision Service was detained. According to Vedomosti Wednesday with reference to an employee of the central apparatus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the head of the department of the FSSN inspection in the Central District, Alexander Mironos, was detained at the workplace the day before.

The emblem of the US State Department Over the past year, the situation in compliance with human rights in Russia has deteriorated significantly, according to the section of the annual report of the US Department of State, dedicated to Russia. According to the department, Russian President Vladimir Putin continued the centralization of power in the country, and state bodies limited freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.

The crash "Boeing-737" in Java. Photo by ar The Boeing 737 passenger aircraft crashed in Indonesia. It caught fire when landing at the airport of the city of Jokyakarta in the central part of the island of Java, reports the Air Force. On board were more than 140 people. At the moment, 49 people are considered the dead, 93 were saved. Many of them are hospitalized, some have serious injuries and burns. Meanwhile, Reuters with reference to Garuda airline reports.

Killer. Photo from the site doCi.nnm.ru On Wednesday, the Moscow City Court sentenced the seven defendants in the Kingisepp Group case to imprisonment from 13 to 19 years. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". The defendants are found guilty of the murder of five people and attempted murder. The hearings were held with the participation of jury, who almost unanimously issued a indictment on February 27. The state prosecutor demanded a longer time for imprisonment: from 15 to 51 years.

Mikhail Zurabov. Frame NTV There is no one to punish the disastrous situation with the provision of beneficiaries, according to the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development Mikhail Zurabov. The matter is the importance of authorities at different levels, he said on Wednesday in an interview with journalists, reports ITAR-TASS. “There is no one to punish here,” the minister said.

Boris Yeltsin. Photo from the site Liter.kz The first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin lost documents for the right to own two elite plots of land in the Odintsovo district with a total area of ​​4 hectares and worth about $ 40 million. As Komsomolskaya Pravda writes on Wednesday, the assistant ex-head of the state, Alexander Moskovkin, turned on behalf of Yeltsin to the police department.

Lewis Libby. Photo from the White House website This was not the case in America for a long time - the last time high -ranking officials of the administration, the indictment in the criminal case was issued 17 years ago - it was the famous Iran -Contract scam . But even then, really, no one got into prison. Walter Score Libby, a former chief of the apparatus and adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, can sit down.

Irina Vorobyova on the "march of disagreements". Photo from the blog Tapirr.livejournal.com The journalist of Russian Radio Irina Vorobyov was fired from work due to the fact that she took part in the program "Echo of Moscow" dedicated to the "Marsh of the Disagnuts". She came as a guest on the air of the “Full Albats” program . At the same time, Vorobyov was not represented as an employee of the Russian Radio.

"Boeing-737". Photo from the site www.gbiu.de On Wednesday, the Boeing 737 Airlines Airlines Kaliningradavia, RIA Novosti, made an emergency landing at the Premodedovo airport on Wednesday, with reference to the Ministry of Transport’s press service. “In 6.34 Moscow time, the plane, which performed the Domodedovo -Esh -shoh -shih flight, flew out of the Domodedovo Airport, however, there were problems with the engine on the aircraft,” the press service of the ministry reported.

Vladimir Nikolaev. Photo from the site Primamedia.ru The prosecutor's office asks the Vladivostok court to authorize the arrest of the resolved mayor of Vladivostok Vladimir Nikolaev. This was reported on Wednesday on the website of the Prosecutor General.

The builder is a mound in Moscow. Photos of faces The Moscow authorities have created a commission that will control the use of the labor of foreign and nonresident citizens on the capital's construction sites. According to RIA Novosti, citing a source in the metropolitan administration, the relevant order was signed by Vladimir Resin, First Deputy Mayor in the Moscow government.

Central Bank. Photo from the site www.chronicle.ru The Bank of Russia has developed a bill obliging auditors to report to the Central Bank about the facts identified during banking inspections affecting the interests of depositors and bank creditors. According to Kommersant Wednesday, a package of amendments to the laws "On Banks and Banking Activities" and "On Auditing" has already been submitted to the Ministry of Finance.

Badri Patarkatsishvili. Photo from the site inosmi.ru Georgian entrepreneur Badri Patarkatsishvili denied reports that he decided to leave Georgia, Interfax reports. According to Patarkatsishvili, we are talking only about the rejection of "active political life." Patarkatsishvili is not going to sell his property in Georgia. Earlier on Wednesday there were reports that the Georgian authorities put Patarkatsishvili on the wanted list.