Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photo from Newsru.com The defense of the ex-head of the "Yukos" Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the head of the MENATEP MFI Platon Lebedev appealed to the refusal of the Khamovnichesky court of Moscow to stop the second criminal case against them, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Lebedev’s lawyer Elena Lipzer.

The border of South Ossetia. Frame '' Vesti '' The authorities of South Ossetia expelled the US citizen, correspondent of the New York Times, Christopher John Chinese, reports Rosbalt. The journalist was detained on Thursday morning while trying to cross the border of South Ossetia in the village of Mosabruni.

Roman Romanchuk. Photo from the site www.peoples.ru The court of the Frunze district of Vladivostok sentenced the Russian boxer Romanchuk by one year and six months of imprisonment in a colony-settlement, Interfax reports. The boxer was found guilty of the murder of a resident of Primorye Oleg Meshkov and insulting a representative of the authorities. On July 28, 2008, at the height of the quarrel of bags, he shot at Romanchuk from the traumatic pistol "OSA".

Anatoly Bagmet. Photo from the site www.sledcomproc.ru The Supreme Court canceled the decisions of the Tver District Court of Moscow and the Moscow City Court, which a year ago recognized the dismissal from the prosecution authorities for defamatory motifs of Anatoly Bagmet, now holding the post of head of the Moscow Department of SCP, writes "News Time".

Vladimir Yakunin. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru The healing of the Keith Finance bank, which has become one of the first victims of the financial crisis, can be transferred from Russian Railways to the deposit insurance agency. About this on Friday writes "Kommersant". The procedure has already been launched: the bank is being checked by the DIA.

State Duma. Hard of news The measures taken by the State Duma leadership to save paper in a crisis lead to the fact that deputies and journalists cannot receive the texts of bills considered at plenary meetings in time. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". Earlier, the Council of the Duma decided to distribute documents not in paper form, but on electronic media.

Promotion OGF. Photo Kasparov.ru The Moscow branch of the United Civil Front began a campaign to collect signatures for the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Kasparov reports. The protest of the campaign took place in Moscow on Friday on the Square of the Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava ( VIDEO ). 15 AGF activists collected signatures from passers -by for Putin's resignation.

Internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Photo from the site www.mvd.ru During the spring call, which will begin on April 1, about 50 thousand recruits will be called up for military service in the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was announced by Interfax by the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the commander in chief of the internal troops, Army General Nikolai Rogozhkin.

Living magazine logo. Screenshot from the site Livejournal.com Blogger Dmitry Soloviev, a member of the defense movement, was charged under the 282nd article of the Criminal Code (excitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

Tu-134. Photo from the site www9.polets.ru The aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Defense Tu-134, which transported the command of the Far Eastern Military District, on Thursday made an emergency landing on Sakhalin, Interfax reports with reference to a source in the law enforcement agencies of the Sakhalin Region. “At the Sokolin airfield, on Sakhalin last Thursday, when taking off the Tu-134, the plane hit the snow charge. The crew commander decided to make an emergency landing.

Valery Okulov. Photo viperson.ru The former General Director of Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Valery Okulov agreed to go to the Ministry of Transport to the post of deputy minister, reports RBC. According to the airline’s press service, documents on the appointment of Okulov for a new position are approved by the government. It is assumed that in the ministry he will oversee civil aviation issues. The day before it became known about the resignation of Okulov.

Schoolchildren. Photo from the site yuga.ru The State Duma postponed the third reading of the law on the establishment of a “commandant hour” for children and adolescents, Interfax reports. This was done at the suggestion of the Committee on Family, Women and Children. The Committee Chairman Elena Mizulina said that this document needs to be finalized. The date of consideration of the bill has not yet been named.

Olympic fire. Photo from the site www.r52.ru The International Olympic Committee decided to abandon the international stage of the Olympic fire relay and limit it only to the hostess of the Games, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Reuters. This decision was made at a three -day meeting of the IOC Executive Committee in Denver.

Mathematician Mikhail Gromov. Photo from the site www.abelprisen.no The Norwegian Academy of Sciences named the name of the 2009 Abelian laureate in 2009-he became a French citizen of Russian descent Mathematician Mikhail Gromov, ITAR-TASS reports. Gromov will receive 6 million kroons (a little less than a million dollars) “for his revolutionary contribution to geometry,” as the president of the Avid Estereyud announced on Thursday.

Parents of Mikhail Khodorkovsky at public hearings in the Sakharov Center. Photo by D.