Herman Gref. Photo from the site www.ruseconomy.ru The Khamovnican Court of Moscow satisfied the petition of the lawyers Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the ex-head of the MELIATEP MEFA Platon Lebedev to call as their second criminal case of the head of Sberbank German Gref, RIA Novosti said. The petition was filed on Wednesday. The defense motivated him by the fact that Gref from 1998 to 2000 was the First Deputy Minister of State Property, which controlled the securities belonging to the state.

Lyudmila Alekseeva and Eduard Limonov apply to the city hall for a rally. Frame "Grani-TV" The Moscow authorities again forbade opposition and human rights activists to hold a rally in defense of the 31st article of the Constitution, guaranteeing freedom of assembly. This was told by a member of the Executive Committee of the Coalition "Another Russia" Alexander Averin.

State Duma. Hard of news The State Duma adopted a bill in the first reading, which involves the cancellation for drivers of the minimum permissible level of alcohol in the blood and exhaled air, RIA Novosti reports. According to deputies, this bill will help reduce the number of accidents committed through the fault of drunk drivers, and in general increase the level of safety on the roads.

Moscow, May 19. A series of single pickets in front of the Khamovniki Court in support of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photographed by Veniamin Dmitroshkin.

Concert "Aquarium" in Vladivostok 05/17/2010.

Oleg Mitvol. Photo Twitterlinks.ru The prefect of the Northern Administrative District of Moscow Oleg Mitnol appealed to the National Court of Spain and the Central Bank of Cyprus with a request to block accounts and arrest real estate, which, according to his information, is possessed in these countries by the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

Kyiv, May 18, 2010. Autonomous resistance activists carry out a promotion of solidarity with Kuzbass during the visit of the Russian president. Source: Bilozerska Details

An accident on Tverskaya. Photo aqualungmf.livejournal.com Armored Mercedes, equipped with special signals, provoked a serious accident in Moscow. According to Newsru.com, Mercedes S600 with license plate a 505 MR 97, not including a flashing light, accompanied by a guard jeep at high speed crossed two solid lines, and, having drove to the red light, rammed to meet the BMW green car.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photo from Newsru.com Mikhail Khodorkovsky stopped the hunger strike, announced by him in connection with the extension of his detention, reports the press center of the ex-head of the Yukos. According to Khodorkovsky, her goal was achieved - he received confirmation that President Dmitry Medvedev knows about the last decision of the court in the case of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev.

Herman Gref and Viktor Khristenko. Photo rodgaz.ru The Khamovnican Court of Moscow called the Minister of Industry and Trade of Viktor Khristenko as a witness to the process in the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, RIA Novosti reports. He will be obliged to appear in court on June 22. Earlier it became known that the court granted the defense of the defense of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev and summoned to the process as a witness to the head of Sberbank German Gref.

Satirical video "Burden of news-42".

Police on the streets of Nalchik. Frame NTV In Nalchik, an explosion thundered in the building of the police station. According to Interfax , citing a source in the law enforcement agencies of Kabardino-Balkaria, according to preliminary data, there are no victims and victims. Several hundred students were evacuated from the school explosion located next to the place of explosion.

Vsevolod Ostapov. Photo by Evgenia Mikheeva The cassation appeal against the verdict against Vsevolod Ostapov is rejected. According to the Grani.ru correspondent, the Moscow City Court made such a decision on Wednesday. Ostapov, convicted of one year conditionally with a trial period of one year in the so -called "falconry", demanded the abolition of the decision of the Preobrazhensky district court, made in February of the current year.

Bangkok. Photo from the site www.ayda.ru The leaders of the anti -government movement of the "Red Businesses", who were in the "Trek of the Opposition" in the center of Bangkok, decided to surrender to the authorities and dissolve the opposition rally.

Vladimir Resin. Photo from the site www.news.ru The Corruption Countering Commission, established by order of the first deputy mayor of the capital of Vladimir Resin on May 5, was disbanded on Tuesday, May 18, Gazeta.ru reports. According to the publication, the commission, which was supposed to implement the Law "On Combating Corruption" in the complex of urban planning policy and the construction of the city of Moscow, was never collected.