State Duma. Photos of faces The United Russia faction in the State Duma tore off the vote under the bill on the introduction of luxury tax in Russia, in full force refusing to vote, Interfax reports. 135 deputies - members of the Fair Russia factions, the Communist Party and the LDPR in the first reading supported the amendments to the Tax Code, but the project was withdrawn from consideration, since 226 votes are needed to accept the document.

Kabardino-Balkaria. Frame NTV During the unknown car in the city of Baksan in Kabardino-Balkaria, a local resident was wounded and received a shelter near him by a police officer, Interfax reports with reference to a source in the law enforcement agencies of the republic. "At about 5.00 Moscow time on the outskirts of Baksan under the Zhiguli car, in which two police officers were traveling, an unidentified explosive device worked.

State Duma. Hard of news Parties not represented in the State Duma, as well as in the leaf assemblies of the regions, will allow us to participate in their plenary meetings at least once a year. According to ITAR-TASS, the corresponding amendments to the legislation in the second reading were adopted by deputies of the lower house. The bill was submitted to the State Duma Dmitry Medvedev and was aimed at implementing the message of the head of state to the Federal Assembly.

The accident at Gorpadskaya. Frame of the TV channel Russia24 Rescuers discovered eight more bodies of the dead miners at the Department of Dischada in the Kemerovo region, RIA Novosti reports. Thus, the total number of dead in explosions reached 60 people. The fate of another 30 people continues to be unknown. The first explosion at the largest coal mine in Russia occurred on May 8 at 20.55 Moscow time. At the time of the explosion, there were 359 miners in the mine.

Firefighters Two people died and ten were injured as a result of the explosion and subsequent strong smoke at the Nizhnekamsk hydroelectric power station near the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, RIA Novosti reports. The head of the fire department from Naberezhnye Chelnov died from injuries received during the liquidation of the accident.

Kurmanbek Bakiev. Photo from the site www.ferghana.ru The overthrown President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev turned a letter to the CSTO, in which he asked the organization to introduce a military contingent into his country in order to restore his power. According to News Time, a message to a meeting of the leaders of the CSTO countries was delivered by President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, who provided refuge Bakiev.

Detention of participants in the action of the Blue Vederes Society. Frame "Grani-TV" The police and riot police detained 16 participants in the “excursion” in Moscow, organized by the “Society of the Blue Vederes”, whose activists protest against flashing lights on officials of officials ( Video faces-TV ). As the correspondent of the faces reports, about a hundred people with blue buckets or balloons gathered on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow.

The flag of Estonia and the symbolism of the EEC. Grani.ru collage The European Commission recommended that Estonia are accepting in the eurozone, Bloomberg reports citing data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this country. According to the European Commission, in 2010, the budget deficit of Estonia will be 2.4 percent of GDP. One of the conditions for the adoption in the eurozone of a particular country is the reduction in the budget deficit of up to 3 percent of GDP.

Artem Loskutov. Photo "Radio Liberty". The Novosibirsk Regional Court left unchanged the verdict to the artist, organizer of the street action "Monstrium" to Artem Loskutov. The artist himself announced this to the faces. He added that he was going to appeal the verdict on supervisory order, as well as file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. On March 18, the Novosibirsk court sentenced the artist Artem Loskutov, accused of storing drugs, a fine of 20 thousand rubles.

New Times logo The Moscow City Court rejected the complaint of The New Times and recognized the decision to notify documents in the editorial office. Thus, the court dismissed the cassation appeal of the editor -in -chief of the magazine Evgenia Albats.

Artem Savelyev. Photo from the site www.lifenews.ru The American adoption agency sent a petition to the court on the beginning of the investigation of the actions of the foster mother of eight -year -old Artem Savelyev, who flew from the United States to Moscow unaccompanied by adults, reports Associated Press. In the text of the petition, the name of his mother also appears. A woman is suspected of causing a “serious psychological trauma” to the adoptive child.

A Moscow State University teacher was caught taking a bribe for enrolling in a faculty whose dean was her father. was posted on the Web They tried to close the case, but an operational shooting , Polina Surina was charged, Alexei Surin was fired, the results of the Olympiad for applicants were canceled (Polina is suspected of fraud with the results of this competition).

Arrest. Photo psychinaction.files.wordpress.com The Main Investigative Department of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate opened a criminal case against the deputy chairman of the Committee on Cultural Heritage of the Moscow Government Roman Roman, Interfax reports with reference to the source in the investigation. The official is suspected of extorting money from the heads of the research institute "Business Economics".

Police cap. Photo from Newsru.com Three people were arrested on suspicion of trying to blow up the police department in Rostov-on-Don, according to the SCP website. The criminal case under the article "Terrorism" was instituted against a 30-year-old employee of the Federal Migration Service of Russia in the Rostov Region, a 21-year-old student of one of the Rostov universities and a 28-year-old employee of a commercial company. The investigation does not disclose the names of the suspects.

Criminal case. Photo from the site www.nr2.ru The prosecutor of the Western Administrative District of Krasnodar, Vladimir Golota, sent the leader of the youth group for the tolerance of the "ethnic" Anastasia Denisova by an official written apology on behalf of the Russian Federation for moral harm caused in connection with criminal liability.