Council of the Federation. Hard of news The State Duma adopted in the third, final reading the law introducing the qualifications of sedentary for senators. According to RBC, for the relevant amendments to Article 1. The law "On the procedure for the formation of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation" voted 338 deputies, against - 77, there were no abandoners.

Alan Johnston. Sky News frame Air Force journalist Alan Johnston, abducted in gas on March 12, was released. According to the Air Force, Hamas Palestinian movement announced this on Wednesday. In the residence of Ismail Khania - the head of government, dissolved by the leader of the Palestinian autonomy, Mahmoud Abbas - Johnston gave a press conference at which he stated that the militants who captured him threatened to kill him. “It’s just amazing to be free again,” Johnston said.

Guatemala-2007. 119th session of the IOC. Photo from the site Expert.ru In Guatemala, the opening ceremony was held of the 119th session of the International Olympic Committee, at which the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympiad will be named. Three candidates are Russian Sochi, Austrian Salzburg and Korean Pyeongchang. The session will begin its work at 9.00 local time (19.00 Moscow time) at the Westin Camino Real Hotel.

Carlos Slim. Photo from the Air Force website Mexican entrepreneur Carlos Slim became the richest man of the planet. It has assets of 67.8 billion dollars, the Air Force reports with reference to the Sentido Comun website, which specializes in finance. The state of the founder of Microsoft Bill Gates is estimated today at 59.2 billion, so he, according to this information, is no longer the richest person on earth.

State Duma. Hard of news Amendments to the Law "On Countering Extremist Activities", the Criminal Code and a number of other legislative acts on Wednesday have passed the second reading in the State Duma, the Parliamentary correspondent of the Grani reports. The bill was supported by 321 deputy, 45 voted against.

Signature of Vladimir Putin The governor of the Arkhangelsk region Nikolai Kiselev raised the president of the president of trust. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the head of the press service of the apparatus of the Presidential Presidential President in the NWFO Anna Diaghilev. "The head of the administration of the Arkhangelsk region, Nikolai Kiselev, submitted to the presidential administration the documents necessary to resolve the issue of trust," Diaghilev said.

Vladimir Putin in Guatemala. Frame of Channel One Russian President Vladimir Putin acquired a house in the capital of Guatemala, where he arrived at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This is written by the British Daily Telegraph. As it became known to the publication, the house was bought a few months ago, after Putin decided not to stop at any of the Gvatemala hotels.

Nikolai Petrov. Photo from the site www.open-forum.ru Five months before the election to the Duma and eight before the presidential election, the presidential decree was published, introducing the system of indicators on the basis of which the Kremlin is going to monitor how effective the executive branch in the regions is.

The seizure of documents. Photo from Newsru.com The police and the prosecutor's office were seized by documents at the City Hall of Yekaterinburg. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced on Wednesday by the press secretary of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Sverdlovsk region Valery Gorelykh.

The traffic police machine. Photo from the site www.autoclub.ur.ru In Tobolsk, a former traffic police officer was sentenced to 3 years in a colony for beating a pedestrian. According to Echo of Moscow, Mirshat Iskandarov was found guilty of exceeding official authority with the use of violence. Last spring, Iskandarov, in an official car, tried to drive a red traffic light, but the pedestrians who crossed the street did not miss him. Then Iskandarov got out of the car and hit one of them.

State Duma. Hard of news The State Duma adopted on Wednesday in the second reading an updated bill, enhancing the fight against extremism. According to RIA Novosti, compared with the initial concept, the document has undergone noticeable changes. At the same time, as one of the authors of the legislative initiative Mikhail Emelyanov said, the concept of the document remained the same - increased responsibility for extremist actions. Several completely new articles appeared in the bill.

Yuriko Koika. Frame NTV For the first time, a woman will become the Minister of Defense of Japan. This is an adviser to the National Security Government Yuriko Koik, reports Radio "Freedom". Koika is in the liberal-democratic party. She worked for more than 10 years on television. The former head of the defense department of Fumio Kyum was forced to resign due to the scandal caused by his statement about the American atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Police. Photos of faces The non -working resident of the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow was charged with a series of armed attacks using firearms. He is charged with two killings. As Interfax reports, a source in the regional law enforcement agencies said this. According to him, the man is suspected, in particular, that on October 15, 2005, at the house 34 along the highway, enthusiasts from the pistol shot a resident of Moscow and took values ​​worth about 400 thousand rubles.

"Skyscraper-kukuruza." The winner of the Gazprom Building Competition in St. Petersburg. Photo from the Air Force website Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Accounts Chamber to check the preparation of the construction of the Gazprom office in St. Petersburg.

Disaster Mi-8. Frame NTV In the Pskov region, the Mi-8 helicopter fell. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies. The helicopter belonging to the border troops fell on Wednesday in the area of ​​the warm lake (Gdovsky district). There is no information about the victims at the moment. Emergency and rescue services went to the helicopter accident site.