In Amursk, Khabarovsk region, a 13-year-old boy died as a result of a gas explosion in a residential building. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the Far Eastern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Five adult residents of the house were hospitalized. Some time later, rescuers found the body of a dead man in the rubble. An explosion of household gas occurred in a nine-story building on Komsomolsky Prospekt on Wednesday at 15.17 (8.17 Moscow time).

The Presidium of the United Russia General Council has included the current governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Eduard Rossel, in the list of candidates for this post, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, Vedomosti claimed that the governor's name was not among the top three candidates, which had to be approved by the presidium before being presented to the country's president.

Vladimir Makarov, Chairman of the Committee for Advertising, Information and Design of the City of the Government of Moscow, was arrested by decision of the Basmanny Court on Wednesday, according to the UPC website. The official is suspected of abuse of power. According to investigators, Makarov arrogated to himself the powers of a higher management and illegally provided commercial organizations with a 50 percent discount on payment for the right to place advertising.

The presidential envoy in the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov considers the criticism of Chechnya’s leadership about the insufficient level of democracy in the republic, RIA Novosti reports. “There are positive trends in the development of democracy in the Chechen Republic,” Ustinov said after a meeting with Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov.

At least 75 people became victims of a series of explosions in Baghdai, AP reports, citing sources in medical circles. The number of wounded exceeded 300 people. 6 explosions thundered in the capital at about 10 am near the building of the Ministry of Finance in the north of the city and near the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, located near the so-called "Green Zone".

The death of the great Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in the prime of his creative powers, at the age of 35, looks very, very mysterious. This story was overgrown with the most fantastic assumptions (for example, there were rumors that Mozart's envious Salieri was to blame for Mozart's death - remember Pushkin's "Little Tragedies"). Among other versions (in addition to intentional poisoning), rheumatism and poor-quality pork also featured.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs needs new furniture to furnish the reception house where high-ranking foreign guests of the department will stay, said Valery Gribakin, head of the information department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Lenta.ru reports this with reference to Interfax. “Our economists have calculated that it is easier and cheaper to renovate the reception house once...

The restoration of the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP, stopped due to the accident on August 17, may require more than 10 billion rubles. According to Vedomosti on Wednesday, this was announced in an interview with Vesti-24 by RusHydro board member Boris Bogush.

The Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office confirmed that the office of the Communists of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region (KPLO) organization had been searched. According to Interfax, citing the department's city administration, the search was part of a criminal case. What kind of case this is and under what article it was initiated, the department did not specify. At the same time, an unofficial source of the agency in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St.

The number of missing people at the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP has decreased from 64 to 62 people, RIA Novosti reports. According to the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Shoigu, two people were found alive. One of them, as it turned out, went fishing. About the second minister did not specify. Shoigu also called unchanged the data on the dead and injured: 12 and 15, respectively.

The authorities of the Moscow region intend to provide assistance to the victims of the fall of the Su-27 fighter. According to Kommersant on Wednesday, this was stated by Governor Boris Gromov after a publication in the publication, which said that the region does not want to compensate the population for damage from the disaster. "To create a commission tomorrow! To start restoring the fences. At home, finally!

The restoration of the turbine hall of the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP, which was destroyed on Monday as a result of an accident, will require about 40 billion rubles. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated to journalists by the head of the Ministry of Energy Sergei Shmatko. According to the minister, four-fifths of the total cost of the power plant is the cost of the dam. The cost of building a new dam would exceed 200 billion rubles.

The Rosgosstrakh company reported 18 dead employees of the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP, who were insured by this company. So far, the Ministry of Emergency Situations officially confirms the discovery of only 13 dead. The press service of the insurance company Infox.ru reported that the relatives of the victims will receive compensation in the amount of 20-40 thousand rubles. Rossgosstrakh reports that they had insured 18 HPP workers from among those who were on the lists of dead or missing.

In Dagestan, unidentified gunmen fired at a Vimpelcom base station and a local gas pipeline, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the law enforcement agencies of the republic. The incident occurred in the Kumtorkalinsky district near the settlement of Uchkent at about 3 am. As a result of the shelling, the station was out of order. The gas pipeline was damaged. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the gas supply was restored seven hours after the incident.

At 6.20 at the Borovitsky Gate, police detained a man who intended to drive a Zhiguli to the Kremlin. According to RIA Novosti, the detainee said that he was a member of the special services and a participant in hostilities and he had an appointment with a representative of the country's government. The police took the driver of the Zhiguli to the nearest police station, a source in the law enforcement agencies of the capital told the agency.