The scammers, who tried to sell the position of representative of the region in the Federation Council for 45 million rubles, were detained in the capital on December 16. One of them is a deputy of the Magadan Regional Duma, going to become a governor. And the head of the criminal group was a woman. All three were detained on Wednesday night in the suburbs when transferring $ 1.5 million.

The armed criminal captured hostages at the Prague Bank of Novodvorská and demanded a ransom. The police have not yet have data on the number of captured people. Negotiations are underway on their release. According to the Czech News portal, as a result of negotiations, the offender released one of the hostages and demanded that he give him 3 million Czech crowns ($ 160 thousand) in cash.

In the center of Nazran, a car exploded on Wednesday. Perhaps there are victims and victims. "At about 13.35 in Moscow, in Nazran at the fork in the direction of the city of Magas, the VAZ-2199 car exploded. According to preliminary data, there are dead and victims," the representative of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia told RIA Novosti . Other details of the incident have not yet been reported.

On the Arbat-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow metro, trains of increased comfort will go. This was announced by the head of the Moscow Metro Dmitry Gaev. Trains will be equipped with a climate control system. In addition, they will have more doors, which will increase the throughput of wagons. “Nine trains of increased comfort were purchased for the Arbat-Pokrovskaya line, soon we will put them into operation,” Gaeva quotes RIA Novosti .

In the 54th year of his life, the famous Russian politician and economist Yegor Gaidar died. He was the main ideologist of the Russian economic reforms of the 1990s. The grandson of the legendary children's writer Arkady Gaidar, he managed to enter his page in the history of Russia. Last night, in the region of three in the morning, the famous Russian economist Yegor Gaidar died. According to GZT .ru , the cause of death was a broken blood clot - the death came almost instantly.

After the tragedy in the Perm Night Club "Lame Horse", which claimed the lives of 146 people, total inspections of entertainment institutions began throughout the country. About how they take place in Moscow and how the capital is preparing for the meeting of the New Year, the special correspondent of the newspaper Vladimir Barinov was told by the head of the capital's department of the State Medical Supervision of the State Superior, Oleg Naydenkov.

Members of public organizations defending the preservation of the capital's architecture monuments presented each other's medals “Defender of Moscow”. Now they all together intend to fight with officials for the building of the central house of the artist (CDH). The open meeting of the “Public Coalition in Defense of Moscow“ Pushkinskaya Square ”took place on Wednesday, December 16, in the hall of the Literary Museum in Trubnikovsky Lane.

In the final report of the parliamentary commission, investigating the causes and circumstances of the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, the names of more than 20 people guilty of the tragedy that occurred will be indicated. The report of the commission will be ready by December 25, the State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said on Wednesday.

The Gazeta, the correspondent of the Department of Culture about the author in the megachit computer game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare-2" is the episode of passenger shooting in a certain Zakhaev International Airport, which is painfully reminiscent of Sheretyevo-2. In the Russian version of the game, this episode was disconnected at the request of certain power structures, but there were immediately craftsmen who restored functionality.

The investigation in the case of large -scale frauds has been completed A criminal case was sent to the court against the heads of the eastern fish resources holding. According to the investigation, the group of companies was engaged in illegal prey and the sale of valuable crab in the Kamchatka area. In half a year alone, the cost of illegal products they put to the market amounted to more than $ 58.7 million.

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Unjustifiably strict responsibility for tax violations creates the ground for corruption. Photo: Maxim Konyaev/newspaper deputies insist on further humanization of tax and criminal law. Yesterday, the State Duma tax subcommittee recommended the adoption of amendments prepared for the second reading of the bill on the decriminalization of the tax sphere.

Dmitry Medvedev today was accepted in the Kremlin in the Kremlin of the NATO Secretary General Anders Fog Rasmussen, who first visits Russia in this status. The main topic of the meeting was cooperation in Afghanistan. A source close to negotiations told GZT .ru that the parties managed to significantly advance about the transit of the NATO military cargo through Russia to Afghanistan.

The goalkeeper of Stuttgart Jens Lemann was disqualified by the German Bundesliga for three matches for a rude reception against the “Minets” striker Aristide Bansa in the German championship match on December 13. The 40-year-old goalkeeper specially stepped on the leg of the opponent. The trick of the former guard of the German national team, out of the blue, led to the red card and the penalty at the gate of Stuttgart.

The Swiss authorities will decide whether or not in the United States director Roman Polanski, at the beginning of next year. This was announced by the representative of the Ministry of Justice of Switzerland Foko Galli. Now the Swiss authorities are studying the American request for extradition of the director and the arguments of Polanski's lawyers. In early December, Roman Polanski was released from the Swiss prison under house arrest. He is in his house in the Alps, writes Associated Press .