Sergey Ivanov. Photo from the site "Gazeta" First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov advocates an increase in the term of powers of the president. He stated this in an interview with Izvestia, published on Monday. “Yes - to increase the presidential term. I say in open text - I am a supporter of this idea,” Ivanov said. He also considers the "absolutely healthy and correct" idea to spread parliamentary and presidential elections.

Egor Letov. Photo from the site www.zyryane.ru The leader of the rock band "Civil Defense" Yegor Letov died of acute respiratory failure, which developed from alcohol poisoning. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the senior assistant to the head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office in the Omsk region Ekaterina Pavlova.

Haji Abashilov. Photo by RIA '' News '' For information about the killers of the chairman of the Dagestan State Construction Committee, Gadzhi Abashilov was appointed award of 10 million rubles, the Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports. According to investigators, this will help in the search for customers and murder performers.

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State Duma. Hard of news The State Duma again offers to reduce the New Year holidays, and transfer the liberated holidays to May. As RIA Novosti reports, Grigory Anikaev, deputy of the unintercussion, spoke with the appropriate initiative. He proposes to reduce the New Year holidays, which currently last from January 1 to January 5, for two days. Thus, the Russians will rest only on January 1, 2 and 3.

Superjet 100. Photo from the site www.airways.cz The supply of the first Russian regional Superjet-100 aircraft due to delays in testing has been transferred from the end of 2008 for an indefinite period. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced on Monday by the head of the United Aircraft Corporation Alexei Fedorov.

Boris Sokolov. Photo from the site www.open-forum.ru The new espionage scandal blew up a warming in Russian-British relations outlined. How plausible are the accusations brought by the TNK-VR Management employee Ilya Zaslavsky and his brother Alexander, the chairman of the "Club of Graduates" of the British Council?

On March 24, the Moscow City Court again postponed consideration of the cassation appeal against Igor's sentence Reshetin, ex-head of TsNIIMASH-Export. In December 2007 Reshetin was sentenced to eleven and a half years in a penal colony. regime on charges of selling dual-use technology to China. See Also: Academician Ryzhov on the Reshetin case Sentence to Igor Reshetin: details

Cave in the Penza region. NTV frame from Newsru.com In relation to the leader of the sectarians who were barricaded in the Penza region in anticipation of the end of the world, a criminal case has been instituted under the article “Initiation of hatred or enmity on religious and national signs,” Interfax reports.

Andrey Kozlov. Photo from the site yandex.ru The trial in the case of the murder of the deputy chairman of the Central Bank Andrei Kozlov will be held closed. This decision was made by the presiding House of Natalya Olihver at the request of the prosecution, the Gazeta.ru transforms. The prosecutors explained their petition that the victim - the wife of the murdered Ekaterina Kozlova - received threats.

Anatoly Serdyukov. Photo by RIA "News" Among the highest command staff of the Russian Ministry of Defense, dissatisfaction with the actions of the Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov is growing.

Price tag. Photo from Pokrovsk.info In the Primorsky Territory, the price of bread, after the presidential election, jumped by a quarter, returned to the previous level up to 19 rubles.

Handcuffs. Photo from the site www.gazeta.ru In St. Petersburg, by decision of the garrison military court, the head of the former investigative isolator of the Federal Security Service, Alexander Zhotv and his deputy Pavel Chelepnok were arrested. According to Kommersant on Monday, they are suspected of exceeding official powers and receiving a bribe. The operation to detain Nail and Chelepenka was carried out by the Safety Safety Service of the Federal Security Service in St.

Neil Aspinall. Photo by ar In New York, a friend and business partner of the Beatles group Nile Aspinal, who for many years led the base recording of the recording label Apple Corps. According to CNN, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the widow of John Lennon and George Harison reported in a joint statement. Aspinall was 66 years old. According to the British newspaper Daily Mail, McCartney arrived in New York the day before to see a dying friend.

Anti -Chinese action at the light of the Olympic fire. Photo by Arr At the lighting ceremony of Olympic fire, unknown activists ran to the microphone during the performance of the head of the Organizing Committee of the Games in Beijing Liu, shouting anti -Chinese slogans.