On May 13, the Sovetsky District Court of Vladivostok recovered 4.3 million rubles from the former mayor of the city, Yuri Kopylov. He spent this amount from the city budget to protect the entrance to his house. Previously, Yuriy Kopylov was sentenced in two cases to three and four years of suspended imprisonment for exceeding official powers. The district court, by its decision, satisfied the claim of the prosecutor, who demanded compensation for damage to the city caused by the mayor.

Eight of the eleven alleged leaders of the organized crime group were found guilty Today, the Khabarovsk Regional Court is expected to announce the verdict in the case of the leaders of the largest organized crime community in the Far East, Obshchak. This case became a precedent for Russia, since Far Eastern crime bosses and thieves in law were tried not so much for committing specific crimes, but for participation in a mafia organization and its leadership.

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Context The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee under the Russian Federation Prosecutor's Office for the Nizhny Novgorod Region opened a criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Incitement of national, racial or religious hatred") in relation to the archimandrite of the Vyatka diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, Father Seraphim (Levitic).

After the winter break, regular sea traffic between Novorossiysk and Sochi on the motor ship “Kometa” has been resumed, said Simon Mamaladze, Deputy General Director of Sochi Sea Trade Port OJSC. Now the cost of a ticket from Novorossiysk to Sochi and back is 1,575 rubles. The ticket price for June is not yet known. In the summer, another ship will operate on the Novorossiysk - Sochi line, calling at the resort cities of Anapa and Gelendzhik.

Today, May 13, it became known that the Ministry of Finance, until June 7, suspended all licenses for organizing gambling activities issued to business entities from April 12, 2006 to May 7. According to the press service of the department, this decision was enshrined in the order “On the suspension of licenses of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine for organizing gambling activities.”

The RTS index rose on May 13 above the psychologically important mark of 1000 points. The MICEX index almost reached 1088 points. On May 13, the RTS index rose to 1002.03 points, according to exchange data. The MICEX index rose by 2.67% to 1087.81 points. Russian stock indices have reached levels corresponding to the levels of early October 2008; they have set new highs since the beginning of 2009.

And NPOs receive government grants Dmitry Medvedev yesterday created a working group to adjust the legislation on non-profit organizations (NPOs). The results of her work will be presented in three weeks. Meanwhile, the Public Chamber announced the start of a competition for NGO projects to receive government grants totaling 1.2 billion rubles. Mr.

The 2014 Olympics may have its first foreign investor One of the largest European engineering and construction companies, Todini Costruzioni Generali (TCG), together with other Italian investors, intends to invest €600-700 million in the construction of two hotel and shopping complexes for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. The head of the company, Luisa Todini, has already presented these projects to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in April at the Russia-Italy economic forum in Moscow.

President of Bashkiria Murtaza Rakhimov supported the initiative of the department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the republic to introduce the institution of the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Bashkiria, official representative of the department Andrei Ignatenko said yesterday.

As the press service of the governor of the Perm region reported, acting. Dmitry Sivkov will be appointed Minister of Natural Resources of the region. Currently, Mr. Sivkov works as deputy head of the regional property management agency, a position he has held since January 2007. He is due to begin his duties next week. As soon as his candidacy is approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Sivkov will get rid of the acting prefix.

An increase in wholesale prices will not cancel their fall in retail World oil prices yesterday exceeded the threshold of $60 per barrel. Domestic Russian spot prices for petroleum products tied to them also made a leap upward, while retail prices for motor fuel continue to decline. Experts do not expect a change in the downward trend - in their opinion, the oil and petroleum products market is still far from reaching the bottom.

Today, May 13, the Frankfurt am Main prosecutor's office will immediately transmit information to the Ukrainian side about the circumstances of the scandal involving the Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko. According to the press secretary of the prosecutor's office, Doris Möller-Scheu, the documents that the prosecutor's office received from the police will be transferred to the Consul General of Ukraine in Frankfurt.

In the final series they will play against CSKA again Russian Basketball Championship CSKA and Khimki, like a year ago, will meet in the final of the Russian Championship. Yesterday, the army team in Kazan won the third match in a row against UNICS, ending the series with a shutout victory. Khimki, which became the finalists the day before, needed one more game to defeat Spartak St. Petersburg.

The court agreed to detain the deputy chairman of the SBU Yesterday it became known that the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv issued a sanction for the detention of the Deputy Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Tiberiy Durdinets. This decision was made within the framework of a criminal case regarding his deliberate failure to comply with a court decision, which ordered Mr. Durdinets to refrain from performing official duties.