Peter Sumin. Photo ura.ru The Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Peter Sumin asked United Russia not to include his name in the list of candidates for a new term, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of United Russia. The party claims that Sumin advised to attract younger personnel to the regions. The powers of the governor will expire on April 18.

Mikhail Berulava. Photo fondro-sochi.ru A new position of deputy head of the CEC apparatus on the formation of territorial and precinct election commissions was introduced in the Russian Central Election Commission. According to Independent Gazeta, a former presidential administration, Mikhail Berulava, was appointed to this post. He will manage the formation of the compositions of the election commission in the regions to the parliamentary and presidential elections of 2011-2012.

Yuri Chaika. Photo EPA Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika said he considers insufficient the results of the work of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office. As RIA Novosti reports, he stated this at the board of the Prosecutor General. "In the context of reducing the load, reducing completed criminal cases and a constant increase in staffing (UKP - ed.) We have the right to expect more significant results," Chaika said.

A rally demanding Putin's resignation in Kaliningrad. Photo of the press service of solidarity The regional branches of the Communist Party is prohibited from holding protests together with members of democratic organizations, in particular with activists of the Solidarity movement. According to Kommersant, a letter with this order signed by the deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the Party of Vladimir Kashin received secretaries of the regional regional branches of the Communist Party.

A suitcase with dollars. Frame EURONEWS In the Main Investigation Department of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate, searches were held. According to Gazeta.ru, the SCP employees were looking for evidence in a criminal case against one of the capital's lawyers, who, according to the investigation, demanded 150 thousand dollars from his principal. He promised to transfer this amount to the police investigator so that he would stop the criminal prosecution of his client.

Special operation in Ingushetia. Photo from the site www.arms-expo.ru In the Nazran district of Ingushetia, an employee of the Investigative Department of the SCP in the Novgorod region was killed, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in the republic’s law enforcement agencies.

Roman Romanchuk. Photo from the site www.peoples.ru The Primorsky Regional Court on Thursday rejected the cassation representations of the prosecution and the protection of the victim, who insisted on the cancellation of the sentence against the boxer Romanchuk. According to Interfax, the verdict against Romanchuk is abandoned and is considered to be into force.

Leonid Tyakachev. Photo Stadium.ru Leonid Tyagachev officially announced the departure from the post of president of the Olympic Committee of Russia. According to Vesti.ru, he emphasized that he was responsible for the unsuccessful performance of the Russian team at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. In his statement, Terkachev admitted that the results of the Russian Olympians at the Games did not live up to expectations.

Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia. Photo WSJ In 1992, according to documents signed by the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee on the mayor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Putin, as well as his deputy Alexander Anikin, rare earth metals, oil products and other raw materials worth more than one hundred million dollars were taken abroad. In exchange for St. Petersburg, within the framework of the barter agreements, the food parties were supposed to enter, but they did not receive.

Fingerprints. Photo from the site www.rozamira.com The head of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor’s office, Alexander Bastrykin, proposed to conduct a mandatory dactyloscopic registration of all citizens living in the territory of the North Caucasus District, as well as refugees and forced immigrants.

Yukos. Grani.ru collage Claims of Yukos to the Russian authorities are unreasonable, "said Georgy Matyushkin at a meeting of the European Court of Human Rights. According to Kommersant, in this regard, he urged the court not to consider the company's complaint. "We continue to believe that the Strasbourg court cannot consider this case and ask to recognize the complaint unacceptable," said George Matyushkin.

Arrest. Photo psychinaction.files.wordpress.com The immigrant from Russia is accused of creating a network from false companies through which money transferred abroad was carried out, reports Associated Press. As explained in the Oregon Prosecutor's Office, a resident of Taigerd, a native of Russia Viktor Kaganov, illegally provided international money transfers, without permission to this activity.

Yukos. Photo by ar The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday proceeds to consider the lawyers of the Yukos shareholders against the Russian authorities, according to which the company wants to receive compensation in the amount of $ 98 billion, Vedomosti reports. The plaintiffs claim that the Russian authorities put forward unreasonable tax claims against the company in order to bankrupt it and sell it to competitors under the state -control.

Sergey Butorin. Photo from the site Criminal Russia The Spanish authorities issued Russia the alleged leader of the "Orekhovsky" criminal group Sergei Butorin. According to RIA Novosti in the press service of the National Central Bureau of Interpol at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the plane with Butorin arrived on Thursday in Moscow.

Arrest. Photo psychinaction.files.wordpress.com The Tver court of Moscow authorized the arrest of the former deputy Minister of Finance of the Moscow Region Valery Nosov, suspected of large fraud. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". Thus, the court granted the application of the investigation, and Nosov will remain under the arrest until May 3 inclusive if this decision is not appealed and canceled by the Moscow City Court. They were not allowed to announce the decision of the press into the hall.