Mikhail Stolyarov. Photo: Astrgorod.ru The Basmanny Court of Moscow on Friday arrested the mayor of Astrakhan Mikhail Stolyarov, a suspected of receiving a bribe, Rapsei reports. Stolyarov was detained on Wednesday upon receipt of 10 million rubles. A criminal case on receiving a bribe on an especially large scale has been opened. The mayor of Astrakhan was delivered by plane to Moscow and placed in one of the city temporary detention centers.

Traffic police. Photo Borko/Grani.ru The court in Ryazan recognized the former inspector on special assignments of the regional traffic police of Alexei Kristelev guilty of receiving bribes in the amount of 1 million rubles and the illegal acquisition of special equipment, the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. The ex-police officer was sentenced to a fine of 9 million rubles with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions for a period of 3 years.

Lady Gaga. Photo: fanpop.com The World Court of the Moscow District of St. Petersburg confirmed the May decision to finish 20 thousand rubles of the organizers of the concert of the American singer Lady Gaga for violating the law on the protection of children from harmful information. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the representative of the "trade union of Russian citizens" Daria Dedova.

Opening of a diesel power plant in the village of Abiy, 2011. Photo: 1Sn.ru The Investigative Committee opened the case against the head of the federal budget institution "The Administration of the Lensky Basin of the internal waterways" Pavel Snytko for the disruption of the supply of the northern regions of Yakutia. This was reported on the website of the department without indicating the name of the defendant.

Nadezhda Tsapok. Photo Act.su The Kushchevsky district court of the Krasnodar Territory was repeatedly sentenced by Nadezhda Tsapok, the mother of the leader of the Kushchevsky gang Sergey Tsapk, by three years of general regime and a fine of 500 thousand rubles. This was reported on the website of the regional prosecutor's office.

Alexander Tarnaev. Photo: kprf.ru The State Duma at the plenary meeting rejected the draft law on increased tax on individuals for citizens who have not passed military service, RIA Novosti reports. Changes to the Tax Code were proposed by the deputy from the Communist Party Alexander Tarnev.

Dmitry Rogozin. Photo: gov.ru The Far East needs to be renamed, since this name is not suitable for the region. According to RIA Novosti, this said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. “I don’t understand the phrase“ Far East, ”the official said.“ How does a resident in Vladivostok call himself that - I live in the Far East? What is he for him far? He is our native East. This is our Pacific zone.

Nicotine. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru An anti -tobacco law entered into force in Russia, RAPSI reports. From Friday for smoking at workplaces, in public institutions, entrances of residential buildings, as well as at stations and airports, fines will be charged from 500 to 1,500 rubles. From June 1, 2014, smoking will also be prohibited in restaurants and bars, hotels, long -distance trains and on the plates of electric waist.

President Vladimir Putin supplemented his August decree on the blockade of Sochi during the Olympic and Paralympic Games with a clause on the mandatory registration of arriving citizens. The new decree is published on the official portal of legal information. In accordance with the document, any citizen of Russia who comes to Sochi from January 7 to March 21, 2014 is obliged to register at the place of stay within three days.

Brothers Navalny with their wives. Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru The TFR notified Alexei Navalny of the end of the investigation in the "postal case", the politician himself said . The case was sent to the prosecutor's office to approve the indictment. "I was officially notified that the investigation in the" case of Yves Rocher "is over. Since February, watch the series" Brothers Navalny on the dock, "he wrote.

10 years ago, on November 15, 2003, in Istanbul, suicide drivers drove explosive trucks into two of the city's synagogues as a result of a double terrorist attack. 25 people were killed (6 Jews and 19 Muslims), more than 300 were injured. The terrorists claimed that "Israeli agents" worked in the synagogues. Five days later, on November 20, five more explosions were carried out. The first explosion took place near the building of the Istanbul headquarters of the British bank HSBC.

Forbes screenshot The American publishing house Forbes Media LLC, which owns Forbes magazine, is considering the possibility of selling the publication. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to four sources at once. The head of the publishing house ex-candidate for US presidency from Republicans, Steve Forbs, began to discuss the possible sale of the magazine after potential buyers, in particular Deutsche Bank AG, showed interest in Forbes.

Travel buses in Thailand. Photo by huahintrip.com A bus with tourists early on Friday in the morning in an accident in the vicinity of the Thai resort of Pattaya, 23 Russians were injured, RIA Novosti reports. In total, the bus was 51 tourist. They went on an excursion to the election trekking in the province of Kanchanaburi. According to the latest data, out of 23 injured Russians, at least four are in serious condition.

Peter Pavlensky. Hogol.tv frame The St. Petersburg artist Peter Pavlensky was called for interrogation to Moscow in connection with the sensational action on Red Square. Pavlensky himself informed the "faces" about this. According to him, for an interrogation to the inquiry department, he was called by phone, without presenting the agenda. Currently, the artist consults in this regard with lawyers.

Vyacheslav Lysakov. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru The State Duma deputy from United Russia Vyacheslav Lysakov filed a lawsuit in the Tagansky district court to protect honor and dignity to the Russian branch of Transparency International. This was reported on the NGO website. The first meeting in the case will be held on Tuesday, November 19; Start at 15:00. Lysakov demands to refute information about his income, given in the July report of the organization "Questions to Deputies - 2013" .