Dmitry Medvedev at a government meeting. Photo of the press service of the Government of Russia The expenses of the Russian budget will be reduced by 5 percent, and according to some articles even more. According to Vedomosti, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced this at a government meeting on Thursday. The reason for the reduction is the slowdown in the growth of the Russian economy.

Vladimir Tungusov. Photo: ekburg.ru Police from the unit to combat organized crime conduct searches for two vice -mayors of Yekaterinburg - Vladimir Tungusov and Vadim Dudarenko. This was reported by Ura.ru with reference to the press secretary of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Sverdlovsk region Valery Gorelykh. The police also came up with a search of an employee of the City Hall by the name of the Cossacks.

Bashar Assad. Photo: Sana.sy The Syrian dictator Bashar Assad confirmed Damascus's consent to transfer all chemical weapons in the country under international control. This was reported by "Russia-24" with reference to an interview with Assad to the television channel. Syria is preparing to send the documents required to prepare the relevant agreement to the UN, the dictator added. At the same time, he rejected the assumption that such a decision was made due to threats from the United States.

Mussolini and Skorzeny on the way from the hotel to the airfield. Photo from the Federal Archive of Germany 70 years ago, on September 12, 1943, the German paratroopers, led by Otto Skorzeny, released Benito Mussolini, who was under arrest at the Kampo Emperor Hotel in the Mountain District of the Grand Sasso region of Abruzzo. The security was not resisted, but due to the accidents of the planners, the 31 paratrooper died and 16 were injured.

Flags of Navalny on Sobyaning. Photo from Twitter Navalny Supporters of Alexei Navalny Nikolai Lyaskin, Denis Platonov and Raushan Valiullin were detained on Poklonnaya Gora. “I am sitting in a car Zakak with Kolya and Denis. The police say, it was impossible today on Poklonnaya Gora to raise a flag with the inscription“ Navalny, ”Valiullin reports on Twitter. “Having tapped from behind, they knocked on the ground. Then only I realized that it was a police officer.

Alexey Navalny and Leonid Volkov. Photo from LJ Alexei Navalny The loser of Moscow mayor Alexei Navalny appealed the results of Sunday elections to the Moscow City Court and 36 district ships of the capital. "They filed a large general complaint to the Moscow City Court and took 951 lawsuit on 36 district courts," said Leonid Volkov, head of the campaign headquarters of the candidate on Twitter.

Boris Stomakhin in the Butyrsky court 07/03/2013. Photo by Gennady Stroganov On Thursday, September 12, at 11:00 in the Butyrsky District Court of Moscow, preliminary hearings will begin in the case of publicist Boris Stomakhin. In accordance with the law, these hearings will be held closed. The case is considered by Judge German Loginov, who previously extended the Polisku period of detention in the pre -trial detention center.

The building of the Ministry of Defense. Photo from the official site Investigators of the Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee conducted the seizures of documents at the office of the Agroprom company - the Oboronservis Subcholding, which specializes in the supply of food to the Armed Forces, Vedomosti reports.

Night wolves. Photo from the site biker.ru The investigation lifted the charges of murder from a member of the three roads "Three Roads" Yuri Nekrasov, reports RAPSI with reference to lawyer Oksana Mikhalkin. His actions are now qualified as intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, which, through negligence, resulted in the death of a biker from the "night wolves".

Constituent Congress ONF. Photo by the presidential press service The Ministry of Justice registered the All -Russian Popular Front, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the co -chair of the Central Staff of the ONF Stanislav Govorukhin. The organization received the status of a social movement. “It is symbolic that it was today, September 12, our organization received registration with the Ministry of Justice and confirmed its status of the all -Russian public movement.

Sergey Kapkov. Photo: mos.ru Sergei Kapkov can leave the post of head of the Moscow Department of Culture, write Vedomosti with reference to several metropolitan officials, as well as a source close to the Kremlin. According to one of the interlocutors of the publication, Kapkov is gone at his own free will - he is tired. Meanwhile, the official’s colleague noticed that he was crowded in the current position.

Sergey Mironov. Photo from the site spravedlivo-online.ru A group of deputies of Fair Russia, led by Sergei Mironov, introduced a bill to the State Duma on the transfer of a single vote day for the first Sunday of November, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the faction. According to the current legislation, a single voting day takes place in Russia in September.

Said Amirov. Photo: mkala.ru The officials of the administration of Makhachkala are suspected of housing for 1.5 million rubles, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan reports . The apartments relying in war veterans were issued for members of the family of the arrested head of the city Said Amirov.

Dmitry Peskov. Photo: Kremlin press service 27 percent received by Alexei Navalny in the elections of the mayor of Moscow is a significant percentage, but "he is not the winner of these elections, but is a loser." This was in an interview with Elephant by the Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. He emphasized that it is difficult to say whether the Kremlin’s attitude towards Navalny as an opponent has changed.

Fight Lebedev with Polonsky. Frame NTV The Moscow City Court recognized the verdict to the owner of the National Reserve Bank Alexander Lebedev, reports RAPSI. He was convicted of beating an entrepreneur Sergey Polonsky. Lawyer Henry Reznik insisted on the abolition of the sentence and the complete excuse of his client. In court, Lebedev noted that his actions cannot be qualified as beatings. He struck only two blows, and this article of the Criminal Code provides for at least three.