TFR "Unsuitable". Photo by the Navy of Russia The next detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet went to the Indian Ocean, where in the Gulf of Aden will begin to protect civilian shipping from pirates, Interfax reports. The large anti -submarine ship Marshal Shaposhnikov, a sea tug and Tanker "Pechenga" went to the banks of Somalia. On board the ships are marine corps units, deck helicopters.

Provocateurs at the "rally of disagreements". Photo photo by Lyudmila Barkova and Evgenia Mikheeva for Grani.ru The Tver court of Moscow twice rejected the complaint of the organizers of the series of rallies in defense of the 31st article of the Constitution with a request to recognize illegal refusal to coordinate their shares on the Triumphal Square in Moscow, reports Echo of Moscow.

Vladimir Putin launches the SSHS. Frame NTV The sixth, the least injured as a result of the accident, the hydraulic unit of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, was launched on Wednesday. According to Interfax, Vladimir Putin pressed the symbolic red button during the launch ceremony of the station. Before starting the hydraulic unit, the prime minister circled the station by helicopter with Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin.

Russian biathletes. Frame of the Vesti TV channel Russian biathletes Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Bogali-Titovets, Olga Medvedtseva and Olga Zaitseva won the gold medal of the Olympiad in Vancouver, reports Lenta.ru. The Russians became the best in the relay at a distance of 4 for 6 kilometers and brought the national team the third gold of the winter games-2010. The Russian team overcame the distance in 1 hour, 0 minutes and 36.3 seconds, allowing five misses along the baton.

Nuclear power plant. Photo from the site www.mrsk-1.ru Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed an order to build a Baltic nuclear station in the Kaliningrad region, which may become the first nuclear power plant in the country with the participation of private, including foreign capital. According to RIA Novosti, the Baltic NPP will be located in the Neman region of the region.

Vladimir Putin. Photo from the site www.russia.lt Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a telegram with condolences in connection with the death of film director Vladimir Motyl in the name of his wife. The text of the message is published on the website of the Prime Minister. At the same time, as the actor Stanislav Sadalsky, the director’s wife, the theater and film actress Lyudmila Podrueva, noted about two years ago in his blog.

Ivan Skobrev. Photo Championship.ru Russian skater Ivan Skobrev won the silver medal of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. According to Lenta.ru, Skobrev showed the third result at a distance of 10 thousand meters, but received a silver award due to the disqualification of Dutchman Sven Kramer, who went through the distance the faster. Kramer showed the result of 12 minutes and 54.50 seconds, but during the distance the distance made a mistake, mixing the paths, and was disqualified.

"Gay parade" May 27, 2006. The police are detained by Nikolai Alekseev. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru The Ministry of Justice of Russia refused to representatives of sex media in the registration of a non -profit organization of legal and information services "Movement for marriage equality", Interfax reports.

Patriot air defense system. Photo from the site www.redstone.army.mil The United States asked Russia to activate efforts in negotiations on strategic offensive weapons in order to conclude a new START Treaty in the next two weeks. According to ITAR-TASS, this was stated by the official representative of the US State Department, Philip Crowley, retelling the content of the telephone conversation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov.

Andrey Piontkovsky We are not allowed to predict how our word will respond. Of course, this is a coincidence, but not even a week has passed after the publication of the Siberia III island , as some of our recommendations (we will make a reservation at once - the most obvious and simple) begin to be implemented.

Chromosomes. Photo from Joannenova.com.au Genetics have deciphered the genome of aphids and bacteria that help this agricultural pest survive and adapt to new conditions, which can be used to create a new type of insecticides, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the articles published in PLOS BILOGY and InST MOLECULAR BILOGY . Aphid, appearing in the fields in early spring, has the ability to reproduce at a high speed.

Moscow Conservatory. Frame of Channel One In mid -May, the reconstruction of the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory will begin, which will end in 2011, to the XIV international competition named after Tchaikovsky, reports Radio Culture. During the repair work, the body of the large hall will be placed in a special sarcophagus. After the competition, the Swiss company will begin the restoration of a unique musical instrument.

Arrest. Photo psychinaction.files.wordpress.com In the city of Troitsk, three employees of the Office of their own security of the 21st department of Moore were detained for the abduction of two women, according to Life News. The senior operatives of the Moscow criminal investigation department Sergey Sorokin, Maxim Chizhov and Stanislav Boldyshev put the victims in the car, after which they held them and demanded two million rubles from relatives.

Anna Shavenkova. Photo Pressa.irk.ru The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs in the Irkutsk Region on Wednesday denied the information of a number of media outlets that the daughter of the chairman of the regional election commission Lyudmila Shavenkova, who shot down two sisters on a foreign car in December, one of whom died and the other was a disabled person, was a witness in the case and can avoid responsibility, RIA Novosti reports.

Police cap. Photo from Newsru.com A policeman was detained at the Irkutsk airport, who found 3.523 grams of heroin during the pre-flight inspection, according to the website of the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office. The incident occurred on Sunday about noon to local time.